ART|DESIGN
Inspiring and encouraging creativity in children
ABOUTUS
After 20 years working in the newspaper business (10 years as Art Director and illustrator for the Staten Island Advance and 10 years as an Art Director at The Wall Street Journal), I decided to venture into an area that had long been a passion of mine: teaching art to children.
Growing up in the 1950s-60s (yes, I’m ancient) and in another place (Long Island), I look back on what I thought was an idyllic childhood free of sophisticated electronics, 24 hour TV and Facebook (all of which I now love) and consider myself very lucky.
Art is the way to experience that lifestyle today. If you have nothing else, a pencil and a piece of paper will do ... and of course, your imagination! You can see by the art on this website, that imagination is not in short supply!
Thanks for making these classes a success. I hope that you enjoy the lessons as much as I do. Your children are precious to me and they will be treated like family as long as they are in my charge...dirty hands, shirts and all! —Miss Susan
KATE MCDERMOTT is a Senior Event Producer + Designer, expert glue sticker, world traveler and loves glitter. Graduated from School of Visual Arts in NYC.
She has 5+ years in the event world managing and designing brand experiences worldwide for Visa, Nivea, Amex, Facebook, Intuit Quickbooks, Eucerin and Aquaphor.
She has 6 years of experience in the visual design and retail display industry. She has project managed the creative work flow from developing concepts through to the execution and installation of in-store retail displays. Kate has created and managed campaigns for Harry Winston, Disney, Hudson Bay Company, Nine West and Burberry in New York and Canada for their Christmas retail windows as well as all season window programs.
Kate is uniquely talented as she is a creative and operations/project management expert. Kate has overseen production, crews and visual display programs as well as the visual brand roll out globally for Club Monaco, Aldo and North Face.
JENNIE DATRE graduated from the College of Staten Island with a degree in Elementary and Special Education. She is a former NYC DOE teacher who has a passion for instilling the love of learning and art in her students. Jennie will be leading the toddler program and ELA Test Prep classes.
Jennie also teaches Crossfit to children in lower grade public schools.
She has over 12 years experience working with children from grades k-6.
Jennie is mom to 4-year-old Winter!