Instructors

Brittany Bowen | BA, Post Baccalaureate Teacher Certification, Behavioral Health Specialist | Teaches Mindful Art

"My first art love is probably photography, and I was introduced to that when I was in middle school and experimented with disposable film cameras. I made my friends be my models and I even kept meticulous scrapbooks which kids these days might think are ancient relics."

Eboné Amos | MFA in Dance: Performance and Choreography, Florida State University | Teaches Ballet, Contemporary and Jazz

"As an instructor, I am interested in individuality. My primary goal as an instructor is to cultivate an environment where my students can find validity in their dance abilities through exploration and self-discovery."

Dillon Ward | Professional Filmmaker | Teaches The Short Film

"I was first introduced to filmmaking the summer before 5th grade when I took a stop motion animation class. The camera we used took floppy disks, and I can still remember the stacks and stacks of floppy disks everyone had next to their computer while editing."

Karen Orozco | BFA | Teaches Digital Photography

"The hardest part of being an artist is learning how to accept mistakes you make and develop from them. Staying motivated and on task is also hard; especially with all the demands of deadlines, school, work, and family."

Mary Biggers | Knitting Extraordinaire | Teaches Beginning Knitting

"Knitting in a group has always been a joyful experience, people doing what I love and teaching each other different ways of doing or looking at projects."

Shana Thornton | Writer and Owner of Thorncraft Publishing | Teaches Creative Writing Basics, Creative Writing for Military and Families and Fiction Writing

"Both reading and writing have always been a big part of my life and my routines. Writing is a practice, and many parts of it become better with time and effort."

Rachel Qualls | BFA | Teaches Art for Children and Art for Teens

"My mom always encouraged me and my brother to draw and make things, so I think I knew I was an artist from the time I was very young. Middle school is when I knew I wanted to be an art teacher."

Tim Pafford | Professional Artist | Teaches Drawing and Mixed Media Painting

"I started drawing cartoons about age 5 and loved it. I especially love to work with mixed media. I specialize in watercolor, oils and pencil."

Tyler Spuzzillo | Current APSU Graduate Student | Teaches Beginning Guitar and Beginning Ukulele

"Music has been a love of mine for as long as I can remember. As a kid, I participated in choirs outside of school (instead of sports) and attended summer music camps. Shortly before I was a teenager, my parents gifted me a "guitar starter kit," which sparked my playing of instruments."

Community School of the Arts Instructors