ARTS MATTER:

"When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I worked at the college - that my job was to teach people how to draw. She stared at me, incredulous, and said, "You mean they forget?""

~Howard Ikemoto

Sitters Studio was founded in 2006 with the idea that arts matter. We believe that it is important to support the artists of today as well as share art with the future generation. And while most will not grow up and choose the life of an artist, it is this connection to the arts in youth that will prepare them for productive adult lives.

How Arts Improve Child Development:

1. Encouraging Self Expression

2. Increasing Motor Skills

3. Developing Problem Solving

4. Encouraging Creativity

We hope that through Sitters Studio we will create a community where people can support artists and artists can enrich children and society will be better as a result.

WHO WE ARE:

Kristina Wilson, Founder and President

Kristina had always dreamed of being a performer, but her love of children has been a constant throughout her life. She has volunteered her services to children as a "safety town" counselor, a D.A.R.E. role model, a band teacher, and currently as a Big Sister for BBBS of New York. She earned her B.M. at NYU and her M.M. at OCU and now lives and performs in New York City.

Michelle Roediger, Director of Operations

More than ten years of operations and business development in businesses serving families, including five plus years in the financial industry. Volunteer experience includes Wigs for Kids fundraiser chairman and hair donation, Susan G Komen participant, and Habitat for Humanity laborer.She earned her B.A from Ohio University and resides in New York City with her husband, an actor.