Tell us a little bit about you and your background. I graduated from Manhattanville University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication/Media and Marketing. I’m passionate about storytelling and service; my fulfillment is dedicating my career to providing experience and developing interpersonal connections.    What attracted you to work at…

Art Focus®: Cartooning (Grades 3-5) Architects of the Future Overview: Students learn about “Architect of the Future / The Fortune Teller” by artist Chitra Ganesh. Students create a character who can see into the future. This character can be based on an important person in their life. Students create 3…

Tell us a little bit about your journey as a young and developing artist. When I was younger I was really interested in drawing anime characters but I would get frustrated because I didn’t understand anatomy. My drawings didn’t turn out how I wanted them to look. I focused on…

Tell us a little bit about your journey as a developing artist. I learned about oils when I was in high school, and that’s when I started painting on my own. Then I started taking classes with a professional artist through the 70s. Then life happened and I stopped painting…

Teen Focus on Painting Muted Cityscapes Overview: Students create an acrylic painting incorporating realistic cityscapes using a muted palette and either 1- or 2-point perspective. Students use cityscape as subject matter, accurate perspective, desaturated palette, and thick paint application. Vocabulary + Terms: Horizon Line, Vanishing Point, Cone of Vision Featured…

Tell us a little bit about you and your background My name is Danielle and I am the Director in Manhasset. I am originally from California and have lived in New York for 15 years. I moved to New York for grad school and obtained my Masters in Fine Arts…

Teen Digital Art Shuffle Punny Animal Fusions Overview: Students create an illustration of their favorite animal that is combined with a random drawing prompt or a silly pun. Students learn how to fuse two different concepts to create one unique concept. Essential Skills: Students learn about realistic textures, clipping masks, and…

How long have you been a student at One River? I’ve attended classes at One River since the pre-pandemic era, making it so that I’ve spent approximately four to five years at the institution. The majority of those years, if not all, were spent within the Teen Digital Art Shuffle…