Tutors

Claudia Gadotti

Claudia has a Bachelor in Fine Art with a major in illustration and design from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Claudia is a practising artist, exhibiting at many Galleries and exhibitions in California and Auckland. Along with her past teaching experience she brings to Fine Young Artists a passion for children and a desire to help them develop their own creativity.

Claudia undertakes commissions by arrangement. For more information, contact Claudia at claudia.art64@yahoo.co.nz

Erica Soman

Erica graduated from Elam with a Masters in Fine Art. She has a NZ Teachers Qualification and has taught art for many years. She has also managed galleries both in Australia and New Zealand. Erica is a mother of 2 children and is an extremely organised, structured and knowledgable teacher as well as being a talented artist.

Irena Kennedy

Irena has just returned to New Zealand after living in south America where she put her Bachelor of Fine Arts with a major in sculpture to good use teaching ceramic sculpture to children. Whilst in Bolivia, Irena also taught sculpture to hearing impaired and mute children.
Irena believes that art is an integral part of children's growth, helping to stimulate the imagination as well as being very therapeutic.

Monica De Alwis

Monica has a Bachelors degree in Fine Arts from Elam, University of Auckland, where she was awarded top student for her year and received the Head of the Schools prize for Moving Image and Sound Art. Since graduating she has tutored BFA students at Elam. She now specializes in time-based arts and film making, yet has worked across disciplines including drawing, design, painting, installation and photography. Monica encourages experimentation coupled with the development of fundamental art techniques from which a student can gain courage and create more rewarding and exciting results. Monica has an enthusiastic, thorough and patient teaching style. She has experience teaching children and adults and has also tutored English as a second language.

Tanya Gordan

Tanya graduated from Auckland University with a Bachelor of Visual Arts. A keen painter and jewellery maker, she has since been focusing on her love of crafts selling handmade bags, wallets and jewellery through her Etsy store:
www.etsy.com/shop/gypsybandit
She is passionate about sharing her love of art with others and has plans to return to study in 2011 as a high school art teacher. She also keeps a blog of what she is working on. You can check it out here: http://www.nzfinch.blogspot.com/

Boe Busch

Boe has studied in Melbourne and Auckland and has a Bachelor of Design majoring in Painting. She is a practicing/exhibiting artist with work held in private collections worldwide. Her other love is printmaking, in particular screen-printing. Boe runs her own business designing and screen-printing t-shirts and home ware products. You can check it out at http://www.rodayobusk.co.nz
Boe has years of experience working with children and has tutored a wide range of age groups from year one through to tertiary level. She is passionate about helping to develop children’s skills and creativity in a positive, nurturing and fun environment. http://www.boebusch.co.nz

Amy Potenger

Amy Potenger has a Bachelor of Visual Art from Auckland University, and works mostly in painting and drawing. She loves teaching, and believes that art making needs to be lots of fun! Amy also is a member of the Youth Art Committee at Artstation, and since finishing her degree has been doing some curating.
When Amy's not making art or teaching, she is making jewellery or reading novels.

Fine Young Artists - Auckland, New Zealand

Art for children, at school, after school