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 Staff and Teaching Artists

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

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Sheila Fortson
Founder & Executive Director​

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Crystal Amah
Director of Marketing & Community Engagement

Samantha Douse
Senior Manager of Programming & Operations

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Zoé Irving
Executive Assistant & Operations Assistant

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Torance Douse
Manager of Finance & Culture

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Zoe Fasig
Reception, A/V Tech

Z Marciniak
Reception, Photography

Duke Ellington

Mascot & Official Greeter

Taylor Reynolds
Reception, Photography

Jordan Kappler
Programming Assistant

TEACHING ARTISTS

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Omar Ramírez
piano

Nico Muñoz
piano, guitar, ukelele, percussion

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Dr. Michelle Brooks
piano, voice

Giselle Ladenheim
piano, clarinet

Torance Douse

piano, voice, guitar, saxophone

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Anisa Wilbon
flute

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Heejin Seo (Jin)
voice, piano

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Allison Hill
cello

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Oliver Munoz

viola, violin

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Nadia Simmons
visual art

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Jordan Kappler

creative writing

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Z Marciniak
visual art

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Eren Fitzgerald
violin, music history, historical/non-Fiction writing

1319 S. State Street, Chicago, Illinois 60605  | Ph: 312-469-0667

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