Meet Alyssa Laverda!

 Hello Everyone! My name is Alyssa Laverda and I a recent graduate of the Coordinated BFA program with the Pennsylvania  Academy of the Fine Arts and the University of Pennsylvania.  I received my Certificate in Painting from PAFA in 2013, and  studied  a minor in Art History at Penn finishing in …

Meet Alexander!

Hello everyone, I am Alexander and I will be teaching a poetry course for high school students this summer. With Team Rubicon I worked on the mural at the Alexander Adaire School kindergarten and was introduced to Art Sphere Inc. I’m not much of a painter; I love to read …

Meet Nathaly!

Hi my name is Nathaly I am a recent college graduate. I was born and raised in Philadelphia and I cherish all my childhood memories that intertwine with art. When I was a child I purchased my own drawing pad and created more than 100 pages of what I called …

Meet Muyan!

My name is Muyan Zhang. I am part of the Art Sphere teacher team, responsible for helping teach at the Tzu Chi center. Bilingual in English and Chinese, I’m working to translate and edit the Chinese version of the lesson book  “Creating Legacies through Art”. I am also helping create …

Meet Rebecca!

Hi there! My name is Rebecca Mah, and I recently graduated from Tyler School of Art with a degree in Graphic and Interactive Design. I am currently working full time as a graphic designer in center city but love helping out with Art Sphere in my free time. Although I …

Mother- Daughter Volunteers

ASI’s “Creating Legacies through Art” new art education book is the eighth creative project that my daughter Rebecca and I have collaborated on, and it’s been one of the most rewarding. In the past five years, we’ve worked together to create logos, posters and publicity for a murder mystery gala, an oral history project and for community reads to benefit public …

Meet Blair!

Hello, I’m Blair Nakamoto. For over a year now I have been part of Art Sphere Inc.’s art teaching team, offering painting skills for murals, art lesson plan writing, and appreciation for simplicity and heartfelt values with craft-making and design. I am now in New Jersey, born in California, and graduated from …

Meet Barbara!

Hi from Barbara Hauck-Mah, a new ArtSphere volunteer who also is newly relocated to Philadelphia after living and working too many years in northern NJ. I grew up in Queens NY, went to college in California and Michigan and lived briefly in Minneapolis and Connecticut. So far, I’ve helped proofread and do a glossary …