Meet Our Exceptional Teaching Staff
Shaping Creativity, Inspiring Minds
At the Manayunk-Roxborough Art Center, we are lucky to have a team of truly talented and dedicated individuals who make up our esteemed art teaching staff. Passionate about sharing their knowledge and love for the arts, our instructors are paramount in creating an environment where creativity flourishes, skills are honed, and artistic dreams become a reality.
With an innate ability to connect with students of all ages and abilities, they strive to cultivate a supportive and inclusive atmosphere where everyone feels encouraged to explore their artistic abilities. Whether a complete novice or a seasoned artist, our teaching staff caters to individual learning styles, fostering personal growth and creative expression.
We firmly believe that art has the power to transform lives and shape communities. Join us and experience the transformative power of art under the expert guidance of our extraordinary teaching team. Unleash your creativity, expand your horizons, and embark on an artistic journey like no other.
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Heather is an award winning artist and educator, active in the industry for more than 25 years. She strives to combine a love of vivid imagery, science, history and nature in her work, ultimately hoping to communicate a new perspective to her viewers.
She works primarily in acrylics, but also uses oils, watercolor, gouache, and digital paint tools.
Heather has brought visual arts programming to institutions and individuals, children as well as adults, throughout the Greater Philadelphia area since 2012. Organizations that she has worked with include Bartram’s Garden, Morris Arboretum, The Free Library of Philadelphia, Mt. Airy Homeschooling Co-op, and the Lewis J. Katz School of Medicine at Temple University.
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Kiera has made art since childhood as a means of personal and collective expression through implied narratives. Her award winning handmade films, photographs, and drawings are internationally screened and exhibited at film festivals, galleries, and museums. For over twelve years, Kiera has helped students find their artistic voice and latent greatness in a variety of mediums at the community and University level.
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Meredith is a psychologist and spiritual director who has been helping people heal and become more of who they are for almost 30 years. She believes that creativity is a spiritual act. Realizing that she could glue anything she wanted onto her paintings and call it “mixed media” was an awakening. She looks forward to creating space for all of us to remember the joy of creation with art supplies. To learn more about her work, visit Making Connections.
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Kiki Sage Powers (they/them)
Kiki has been working as an Artist and Teacher in Philadelphia for the past fifteen years. They have their Bachelor's Degree in Printmaking from Tyler School of Art as well as a Masters in Education. Kiki believes that every person deserves their own creative art practice as part of a full life. They are well versed in many mediums but have a particular interest in collagraphs, crochet, watercolor and digital design. You can check out their work on instagram @kiki.sage.powers.
