from Fine Art Starts — Portland, Oregon

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Biography

Sascha comes from a family of professional artists, musicians, and creative entrepreneurs. Sascha traveled and independently studied art through seven countries in Europe from 1992-93. She attended Antioch College in Ohio and then transferred and graduated from Marylhurst University with a degree in Fine Art. She has a Master's in Teaching and has taught art at multiple public, private, and charter schools since 1997 as well as founding her own art school, Fine Art Starts in 1997. She was the Director of all public and private cultural and educational programs at the prestigious Carnegie Center in Oregon City and also served on the Board for the Oregon Art Education Association.

Sascha's personal artwork is found in private and University collections mostly on the West Coast. Sascha consults with, teaches at, and assists schools in developing fine art programs. As an Art Specialist she enjoys teaching mixed age classes at her own FAS studio, Touchstone School and Alliance Charter Academy. She especially likes working alongside classroom teachers on integrated studies projects. She currently teaches visual art full time at Jesuit High School, and for Fine Art Starts after school and online art camps during the summer.

Sascha has inspired and taught many regional and nationally-awarded and scholarship-winning students, many of whom have gone on to pursue careers in graphic design, animation, and fashion design at reputable schools (with scholarships) such as the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in LA, Pratt in NYC, RISD (Rhode Island School of Design), Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and Pacific NW College of Art.

Her teaching style is infused with Love and Logic, and based on Discipline Based Art Education (DBAE), combining art production, art history, criticism, and aesthetics together.

In her free time Sascha loves spending time with her sweetheart and their five children, ages 9, 10, 13, 20 and 22 (who also love sushi, art, and music)!

Personal Art Gallery