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INSTRUCTORS Brooklyn Design Lab would not be what it is without our instructors. All our teachers are professionals in their field and are working artists. Please read more about them below, and visit their websites to see them in action!
Teaching has always been a passion for Amy. She has worked in the Studio in a School's Early Childhood Program, as well as Medical Center Nursery School (an early childhood school affiliated with and supported by Columbia University) and Brooklyn Free Space preschool. Amy was also an instructor for eight years at Parsons School of Design, Pre-College Academy. And, if you think you might have seen Amy feeding the sea lions and training the pigs at the Central Park Zoo years ago, you'd be right!
Amy lives in Park Slope with her husband and two children, Luna (7) and Mars (3).
After her thriving rock-selling business, Tracy went on to acquire a BA from Lafayette College in Fine Art and Art History. Later, she received the Dean's Award from Adelphi University while completing her MA in Art Education. While in graduate school she specialized in printmaking: specifically large-scale abstract woodcuts.
Tracy spent 4 years teaching art in a school district on Long Island, where she served as the sole art teacher for 2 elementary schools (grades K-5), and also taught classes at the middle and high schools. When she's not teaching she can be found sewing, quilting, knitting or embarking on countless art adventures with her daughter.
Jane grew and sketched onward, honing her craft at the University of Mary Washington in VA, the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, and in her various book design and art department roles at Random House and Simon and Schuster. Today Jane is an Art Director and Illustrator based out of Brooklyn, NY. She is the creator and designer of a signature stationery line for Clarkson Potter/Random House called p.s. bella by jane archer-a gift product collection sold all over the world. Her illustrations, character animations, and design have been featured in numerous books, magazines, websites, and more. Jane also has many years of experience working with and creating art with children. In her role as Director of Bellevue Events for the Inkwell Foundation (www.inkwellfoundation.org). Jane designs and leads monthly drawing workshops for patients in Bellevue's child psychiatric unit. She is also currently at work on illustrating and designing an empowering and uplifting cd for children (www.myspace.com/jumpingthroughhoops) created by Park Slope child-psychiatrist and violinist, Dr. Kari Groff-Denis.
www.psbella.com
www.designrelated.com/psbella
His animated shorts have been featured at Sundance and in the Student Academy Awards. Since moving to New York in 2004, he's worked with Disney, Cartoon Network, and Nick Jr, and recently directed music videos for They Might Be Giants. Currently, he's directing animation on Nick Jr's "Team Umizoomi." His animated collaboration with his 5-year old cousin, "Why Did Count Duku" has delighted audiences all around. Sean has guest lectured at Pratt, Parsons, and the University of the Arts, and volunteered through New York Cares teaching reading and math to elementary students in Sunset Park.
www.seanmcbride.com
Working as a teaching artist for the past 2 years, Rose now teaches after-school and in-school residency programs through The Joan Mitchell Foundation, Wingspan Arts and Brooklyn Arts Council.
www.rosenestler.com
Mollie received a BFA in Painting and Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University. She has also studied metalsmithing and is a self-taught graphic and web designer. Her jewelry making turned from hobby to profession while working at Ritual Adornments in Santa Monica, California. While honing her skills providing design and construction help to customers, she became a teacher there as well. Mollie has taught classes in wire wrapping and stringing and knotting, and developed her own classes in mixed media construction and hand made clasps.
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AMY YANG : classes for 18m-4's, after-school classes, Mini Lab, Summer Lab
Amy has a BFA from NYU, Tisch School of the Arts. Her photography has been exhibited throughout New York City and internationally. Amy spent a few years in the web world, and served as Creative Director of Screaming Media where she worked with Jay Chiat (he had great shoes). Amy is also the Amy in Lily+Amy, LLC, the clothing company she created with her mom. Lily+Amy outfits babies, kids, and grown-ups.
Tracy is an art educator living in Park Slope with her husband and daughter Lotte (age 3). When she was 6 years old she used to glue together painted rocks, load them into her red wagon and go door to door trying to sell them as sculptures to her neighbors.
Jane Archer began illustrating during childhood summer visits to her mother's hometown in the hills of southern Italy.
Sean McBride is an animator based in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. He has a BFA in animation from The University of the Arts (Philadelphia).
Rose is a Brooklyn based mixed-media artist who finds her inspiration in forgotten found objects and the unnoticed, discreet details of urban life. She holds a BA from Mount Holyoke College in Fine Art and Art History. This year, Rose was awarded a studio residency at the Supporting Women Artists Project (SWAP) and has exhibited work at galleries in New York and Chicago. Her past residencies include Byrdcliffe Artists Colony, NY Studio Gallery ARTcamp, Harold Arts, and Vermont Studio Center.
Mollie is a Brooklyn-based jewelry designer who loves to repurpose old pieces and fashion them into contemporary designs. She is an avid collector, finding her parts at flea markets, yard sales and thrift stores. She sells her work on molliedash.com and at Brooklyn boutiques Sodafine and Old Hollywood.
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