Amanda Chakravarty (Creative Director of Art Cube Studios) has come home after a long sojourn out west.  After receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Drawing and an Art Endorsed Teaching Credential from Arizona State University, she pursued a professional artist and teaching career in art and moved to Orange County, California.  There she began a steady run of numerous exhibitions and sales of her work around the nation while teaching art to junior high students in the public school system.  As a working professional artist and art instructor, she believes that anything can be achieved through belief and encouragement.  Amanda has been credentialed to teach grades k-12 in Arizona, California and is current in Illinois.

Amanda teaches mainly drawing classes at Art Cube Studios, instructs independent sessions for advanced high school students and adults and special needs students... and runs the studio of course.  =)

You can view Amanda's personal website at:  www.AmandaChakravarty.com

Hannah Miller grew up in Plainfield, Illinois were she attended the Plainfield school districts.  She graduated in the summer of 2009 from Benedictine University with a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art with a focus in oil painting.  While her most interested subject is the human figure and its environment, her talents and expertise extent beyond just the figure.  She teaches a variety of oil painting classes which include, but are not limited to figure painting, still life painting, landscapes and the interdisciplinary techniques of numerous eras.  Her ambitions are to teach High school level art in hopes to inspire the minds of young artists.

Hannah teaches Oil Painting classes for Middle School students, High School Students and Adults at all levels.  She also teaches independent sessions in Oil Painting for all levels and drawing for beginner-intermediate students of all ages at Art Cube Studios.

 

Karen McQuary is a graduate of the University of Illinois with a BFA in Painting and Illustration and University of St Francis with a Master of Education.  She works in advertising, graphic design and illustration as well as produces works of fine art and photography.  As an Illinois credentialed Art Teacher for students in kindergarten through 9th grade, Karen is an experienced educator and skilled in many areas.

Karen teaches any Elementary and Middle School Classes and independent sessions for kids and adults and special needs students at Art Cube Studios.

You can view and purchase Karen's pieces on her Etsy Page at:
www.etsy.com/shop/KMCQdesigns

Lynne Dutton
a.k.a Ms. Chocolate
 
Lynne teaches Elementary age classes and workshops. She also loves to help out with Special Events such as Birthday parties at Art Cube Studios.  

            

 

Denise M. Baran-Unland is a freelance writer, author of the BryonySeries young adult vampire series. and founding member of WriteOn writer's group. She formerly taught features and creative writing classes for a homeschool cooperative and operated a youth ministry.
 
Denise will so be teaching creative writing workshops for High School and Adult age students at Art Cube Studios.

Mike Carlson studied at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and graduated in 1971.  He has exhibited at many Chicago and suburban galleries and art fairs and has won numerous awards for his watercolor works.  In addition to being a watercolor artist, Mike also worked for the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Daily News as a cartoonist and Art Director for 38 years.  Again, Mike has now returned to painting, at a rapid pace, hoping to continue where he left off.

Mike teaches Watercolor Painting for Adults at Art Cube Studios.