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Art’s Cool Teaching Staff (from left to right): Miss Deb is the founder and director of the Art’s Cool community whose goal is to foster confidence through creativity. Her professional art careers, extensive art education and adoration of children and love of family, support the studio’s essence. Miss Katie brings her experience as a Pre-K and Elementary Art Teacher as well as an endless list of art and craft inspirational ideas to our studio. We love her for her dedication to Art’s Cool, patience with the kids (she has four of her own!), and completely positive attitude (and her sense of humor too!). Miss Helen is a fine artist, with a masters in Art Education. She is also a LSW and couples her time raising 3 children by also working as a social worker at a homeless shelter. Her patience, kindness and attention to each student adds incredible value to our nurturing environment. Miss Alexa boasts a fine art degree from Salve Regina and brings her incredible talent, bright energy and experience working with children to our studio. Miss Debra is a creative, enthusiastic assistant who has worked with children for years as a K-6 elementary teacher. She brings her patience, positivity and talent to our team. Miss Emma has her undergrad art degree from SNHU and is continuing her studies at BU for Art Education while she teaches at Art’s Cool part time. Miss Kylie earned her bachelor of fine arts in animation at Mass Art and brings her experience as an assistant elementary art teacher and NSMT camp leader to our creative studio. Sienna is an extremely talented assistant who had studied art at Art’s Cool for 10 years prior to joining our team. She knows our program inside and out and is currently in the honors art program at Masconomet Regional High School.

Art is Important

Our unique programs are designed to provide children and teens with an opportunity to foster their own creative passion and gain confidence by developing artistic ability. Our fine-art classes teach both fundamental and advanced techniques through varied mediums and projects. Our fun-based, nurturing environment provides a comfortable, supportive atmosphere in which students can become their artistic potential while enhancing self-esteem. We believe Art is important to expression and should be shared!

What Inspired Art's Cool?

Art's Cool began when Miss Deb (Art's Cool founder) was asked to teach private art lessons to a neighbor's grand daughter. At the time she was busy with her interior design business (In-Colors) and active three young children; but she said "sure." Thankful now that she agreed, as inspiring creativity in others became her truest passion! 

Miss Deb's undergraduate studies included Communications, Fine Art and Art History at Boston College. During her graduate studies Miss Deb concentrated on Illustration and Design at Mass Art.

As a college student in Boston her talent commanded commission paintings, murals, and window designs for Newbury Street and Boston businesses. She also interned at the Society of Arts and Crafts, a gallery located on Newbury Street, and gained experience curating exhibits and jurying craft artists. Miss Deb worked at Little Brown Publishing Co.-Atlantic Monthly as part of an editing team reviewing/editing children’s book manuscripts, storyboard illustrations and articles (including the well-known Arthur the Aardvark Children’s Series and TV Cartoon). Her first studio space was located at the Kendall Center for the Arts in Belmont where she worked in various paint mediums, selling her work and gaining commissions. She then built a business designing and marketing hand-painted furniture and a line of clothing named “Fedele Originals.” The business increased from the art studio into a retail store in Burlington and included several employed artists. Fedele (Miss Deb’s maiden name) merchandise was also sold at a Burlington mall kiosk and through Fedele's national mail order catalog (pre-internet days!). After her second child was born she retired Fedele Originals and opened In-Colors an interior design business. Art’s Cool began in 2010 and has turned out more than 1.5 decades of students!

Breaks and Summer helpers, above left to right: Miss Victoria, Miss Caroline, Miss Molly, Miss Sophie

Art's Cool, Middleton, MA   Deb@artscoolmiddleton.com