Kelly Mansfield is an artist & art educator, working with children of all ages, & mentoring art teachers, for 20 yrs.  She teaches at St. Mary's Academy. Her passion is in unleashing the deep awareness children have.  She is a member of the National Art Education Association, as well as board member for ArtSource CO, a professional development wing of CAEA. She has a Masters in Fine Arts from Regis University w/ an emphasis in sensory experiences.  She is a member of NEXT Gallery in the 40 West Arts District. 

Jennifer Wiltse has been a bilingual teacher for over 20 years.  She uses song, drama, literature and movement to teach Spanish. She continues to study language acquisition theory and effective modalities for language instruction.  She holds a Masters in Education with an emphases on Bilingual/Biculturanl Education and has a current Colorado Professional Teacher's Liscense.  She currently teaches at Valdez Elementary school in NW Denver.

Katy Irvin has been teaching since 2004 and currently teaches at The Studio School in Adams 12 Schools. Katy has developed a philosophy that aims to support a child’s innate sense of creativity, balanced with ideas and techniques to develop artistic skills.  Her goal is to engage children in , fun, creative experiences.  She has a Masters in Art Education with an emphases in Exceptional Learners.

Anya Thomson is the former owner and director of The Music Train, LLC which once offered classes, lesson, concerts for families and kids.   She built a  curriculum for young children that taught the fundamentals of music through play based and experiential learning.  She is a professional singer/musician and has been performing for 20 years in various groups, including Jazz, Blues, Sacred and Secular Choral, Rock, R&B, Folk and Country/Bluegrass.  She  currently teaches pre-school music enrichment.

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Rainey is a Kids Yoga Teacher, an Outlaw Yoga Teacher and a Certified Laughter Yoga Leader.   She has a Masters Degree in Education from the University of Denver, & has a Bachelors Degree in Public Relations from Oklahoma University. She teaches kids & adults to honor joyful and childlike behavior in order to reduce stress, prolong good health, and spread peace.

 Amy Berlin has been teaching art to people of all ages since 2007, specializing in and now concentrating on providing creative experiences to early-learners and their guardians or caregivers. Her philosophy of art teaching fully embraces Process Art, where the experiences had and discoveries made are the most important and celebrated products - of course, there are usually very beautiful and artfully tangible products that come as a result of these! She is a part-time, stay-at-home-mom to two young boys, an active member in their school communities, and enjoys encouraging and fostering a love of nature, the arts, and community with them at home.

Katy