Quality instructors make all the difference.
All of our instructors are academically trained, degreed, and active artists with a passion for teaching.
BILLY Frolov/
Youth Lesson 1 instructor
Born in the north, raised in the south, Billy Frolov is an American artist living and working in beautiful Burbank California. Her work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions on both coasts and published in New American Paintings. Billy’s passion is fostering her students confidence in art making. Her goal is to create a safe space for her students to discover, explore and make mistakes. Teaching them to how to see like an artist and develop a sketchbook practice where they can grow.
https://www.billyfrolov.com
Harper McCallie/
Makers & parties
Harper McCallie graduated with honors from Lewis & Clark College with a degree in Anthropology and a focus in Visual Anthropology. As a lifelong artist, she has explored a wide range of mediums including printmaking, painting, and ceramics. Harper’s enthusiasm and fun-loving attitude encourages students to experiment and follow their creativity.
alex kupczyk/
Youth Lesson 2 instructor
As a recent Art Center alum, Alex is now one of the youngest professors there while continuing to work as a freelance illustrator and fine artist. Alex encourages his students to develop their own unique style, showing them techniques & giving them feedback that will help them achieve the best version of their ideas.
https://alexkupczyk.com
Miki is a recent ArtCenter alumn who has always had a passion for teaching. She encourages students to express their creativity and imagination while developing essential art skills that will remain valuable throughout their lives. She believes that art and creativity can be a lifelong passion and strives to teach her students that anyone can learn to draw, regardless or age or skill level.
https://www.miki-kinoshita.com
anayantzin Sanchez/ Mini Makers instructor
Anayantzin received her BA in Elementary Education from Humboldt State with a minor in Studio Art. She is a very attentive, patient and encouraging instructor. She excels in working well with the various ages within her class, and elicits stunning work from all her students, regardless of previous experience. Her warm manner results in very happy students whose love of art is only enhanced by Anayantzin’s instruction.
Chris Youseff/
Youth lesson 2 instructor
Art Center educated, Chris Youseff an artist / illustrator living and working in Southern California. His calm & thoughtful manner gives his students space to express themselves so he can respond with the most effective feedback.
https://chrisyoussef.com
Ruby Hannan/
Mini Makers & Youth Lesson 1 instructor
Graduating with her BFA in Film, Animation and Studio Art from the Rhode Island School of Design. Ruby recently moved back to Los Angeles from New York. For the past six years, she taught art to first through fourth grade students at BASIS Independent Brooklyn. With her lessons, she focuses on encouraging creative growth and sense of self through art with a focus on independence and confidence in one’s own creative impulses. She specializes in teaching watercolors, collage, oil pastels and more. She enjoys sharing artists that she loves with her students, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Yayoi Kusama and Bodys Isek Kingelez to name a few.
Margaret Tonapetyan/
OWNER
Originally from Michigan, Margaret received her BFA with honors from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts prior to moving to LA. Always a teacher at heart, she set out to create a foundational arts curriculum that would honor the innate creativity in her students. Opening the program in spring 2014, art/work/place reflects her initial philosophy as it continues to grow.