Welcome to the 2026-27 Lower Elementary Art Studio! Hello and happy fall to you all! My name is Emily Bawol, and I will be your child’s art teacher this year. I am so happy to have your kiddo in the studio, as it is quite honestly one of my favorite places to be, and I hope it will be for your child as well! A little about myself, I am an artist, art educator, art therapist, and mama. I have been working as an art educator for the better part of the past 25 years, in Michigan, Evanston, Illinois, as well as in Portland, Oregon. I have taught all grade levels, preschool through undergraduate university levels, however, I have become firmly rooted in the necessity of creating a rich art education experience in early childhood, through my seven years of teaching at A2STEAM. I am a Choice-Based Art Educator, or more specifically a TAB (Teaching for Artistic Behavior https://teachingforartisticbehavior.org/ ) educator. This means that my priority within my studio is to tre...