In 2008, Esther left the practice of law to live more creatively. When she was introduced to the Zentangle® method of pattern drawing, a non-representational, contemplative way of drawing complex patterns, her life changed. She’d been drawing patterns since she was a child, but it wasn’t until she experienced the Zentangle method that she felt [...]
Jinjer Markley
Jinjer Markley is an artist, illustrator, and color nerd in Minneapolis, MN. Her formal training is in science: She has an M.M.s in Plant Biology. She also formally studied science teaching and formerly taught middle school science. Her interest in math and science leaks into everything she does, including her abstract watercolor painting. Working with [...]
Shakun Maheshwari
Shakun is a visual artist who works in many genres. She began her artistic life in her native India, learning traditional folk arts from her mother and aunties. With formal art training in graphic design, photography and various other mediums, she has enhanced her background and teaching methods. Shakun uses her folk art background to [...]
Sarah Nassif
As a botanist and artist, Sarah work brings art and science closer together through hands-on art making. As two sides of the same coin, art and science have more in common than most people think. Starting with the five senses, Sarah helps audiences discover their hidden powers to Observe, Record and Share their unique perspectives [...]
Roshan Ganu
Roshan is unavailable for bookings until mid-July 2026 Roshan Ganu is a multimedia narrative artist originally from Goa-India, now based in Minneapolis. As a part of her narrative work she makes comics, cartoons about her surroundings, and also builds multimedia installations, based on what the story/concept demands. She is the recipient of the Next Step [...]
Katrina Knutson
Katrina Knutson was born in South Minneapolis and raised on working class ethics, progressive politics, street art and hip-hop. Since then, she has lived everywhere from Mexico City to Toronto, studying art and looking for inspiration under bridges, on the streets, and in galleries across North America. But no matter how far she travels, Minneapolis [...]
Heidi Jeub
Heidi Jeub is a teaching artist with over two decades of experience, specializing in bookbinding, visual journaling, and abstract painting. Since 2003, she has shared her passion for art with students of all ages, drawing on her own experience as an “alternative learner” to create engaging, interdisciplinary lessons that connect art to subjects like literature, [...]
Andrew Young
Andrew Young (he/they) is a Taiwanese-Indonesian-American puppeteer, artist, and educator based in Minneapolis. They received their puppeteer training through Monkeybear’s Harmolodic workshop, a Black, Native, and POC focused puppetry organization, and has since worked for Mayday and Barebones as a staff artist/performer, as well as continued to create their own work. They have also been [...]
