April 22, 2020
Interview with Mandy Theis (Hallenius)
In this podcast, Emilio Longo interviews traditional realist painter and art teacher, Mandy Theis. Mandy is the president and co-founder of The Da Vinci Initiative, a K-12 non-profit education foundation that is committed to promoting skill-based art training in primary and secondary education. She is also the founder and director of School of Atelier Arts located in Jersey City, New Jersey. Topics covered range from, Mandy’s experiences of her initial art teacher training in university, discovering skill-based training and taking classes with D. Jeffrey Mims, Kamille Corry and Juliette Aristides, as well as her efforts in establishing The Da Vinci Initiative to teach skill-based techniques to art teachers around the world, in order to improve visual literacy in contemporary society.
Mandy's Email: admin@schoolofatelierarts.com
Mandy school's Website (School of Atelier Arts): www.schoolofatelierarts.com