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 from Arizona State University, she pursued a teaching career in art and moved to Orange County, California with her sculptor husband, Jason Chakravarty.  There she began a steady run of numerous exhibitions and sales of her work 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.

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

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.

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.

Amanda Meeks is a graduate of Illinois State University with an Art Education Degree and Columbia College with a Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts.  She teaches a variety of Arts and Crafts classes which include but are not limited to Book and Paper Arts, Mosaics and Public works.  She is an Illinois Credentialed Art Teacher for grades k-12.  Working as an active Art Teacher, her interests are in community arts organizations.

Fred Moss is a graduate of the College for Creative Studies with a Bachelors Degree in Illustration and Design.  He has also studied fine art at the Florence Academy of Art in Italy.  He has exhibited in several galleries and shows.  In 2007 and 2008 he was accepted into the American Impressionist Society's Annual National Juried Exhibition for his painting of "Springtime Flowers" and "Rose Garden."  In 2008 he had a solo show at the North Charleston City Gallery.  He has also painted Chicago and Italy cityscapes for limited edition prints which were signed, numbered, then distributed and sold in the Chicagoland area.  The Adler Planetarium gift shop carries one of the prints.