We’ve welcomed a number of new teaching and performing artists to our professional roster in recent months—and we wanted to share a brief introduction to each. For more information, click on the artist’s name.
Amanda Wallace is a visual artist whose specialty is encaustic painting. She’s taught art throughout Hampton Roads, Washington DC, and Northern Virginia.
Amina Bryant is a violinist and music educator with a deep passion for working with young students. This spring, she was the teaching artist for one of our Strings Impact residencies in Portsmouth, where students learn the basics of the violin.
Ashlee Rey is an actor who has performed in numerous productions in Hampton Roads. With a background in STEM that included a stint as a supervisory nuclear engineer at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, she has now decided her “heart is with the arts.”
Ashley Ault is a visual artist educator who has worked with students in public schools in North Carolina and Virginia for more than a decade.
Gary “G” Garlic Jr. is a singer and musician who plays piano, drums, bass, and guitar. He’s joining his father, longtime A4L percussionist JuJu Drum, as a performing artist in a new ensemble called One World Beats.
Janae Thompson is a theatrical performer with numerous acting credits in Hampton Roads and beyond.
Kiara Noble is a dancer, musician, and theater artist whose experience ranges from musical theater to ballet, jazz, and lyrical dance.
Nin-Eanna Bryant is a visual artist who has exhibited her work in juried exhibitions and art shows across Hampton Roads.
Sequoia Rodwell-Lacewell is a visual artist in Hampton Roads who paints abstract acrylic paintings and custom watercolors.
Both Nin-Eanna and Sequoia served as teaching artists for our IDEAL residencies this spring.
We’re pleased to report that we’re also on-boarding some additional new artists. By doing so, we expand the breadth and depth of our programming, providing students with an even greater diversity of art forms, artistic expertise, cultural and historical perspectives, and teaching styles. We’ll look forward to sharing more about our other new artists soon!
If you’re an artist who’s passionate about arts education and its potential to touch students’ lives by sparking creativity and a love of learning, we’d like to hear from you. Read more about how to become an Arts for Learning Virginia artist here.
If you’re an educator who wants to get a jump on the school year, contact us! You can book any of the artists we’ve shown here or others on our roster. Here’s the full list.
You may also search by program, breaking it down by grade level, art form, content, theme, and more: https://arts4learningva.org/program/
Better yet, talk with our expert, School and Community Relationships Coordinator Katie Driskill. She’ll help you explore options that are just right for your students. Reach her at 757-961-3737 or Scheduling@Arts4LearningVA.org.
