Sara Malekzadeh received a B.A. from the University of Rhode Island, and an M.A. in Art Education from Teachers College, Columbia University.
Sara believes in the importance of meeting children where they are and providing them with the tools and skills they need to be successful. She strives to connect with each of her students, relating and talking to them about the latest trends, songs, movies, video games, sporting events, books, Lego sets, pets, play dates, superheroes, and of course, sneakers!
Sara loves helping students grow creatively and artistically. The tools they learn in the art studio translate to many other disciplines and aspects of their lives. Students are given opportunities to explore materials and discover new mediums with an emphasis on the process and not the product. They are encouraged to take risks, and make choices; they learn that the “oops“ are just as important as the “I did its“ in the art studio. Sara started teaching at RCS in 2013.
Jade Vincent holds a B.S. in Visual Art Education and a B.F.A. in Ceramics from the State University of New York at New Paltz. She also earned an M.A. in Art Education from the Maryland Institute College of Art.
Her experience includes teaching advanced high school ceramics, operating her own studio, leading outreach ceramics programs for underprivileged communities, teaching art to elementary and middle school students in Kindergarten through eighth grade, as well as providing private art and pottery lessons. She began her career at RCS in 2012 and is the proud mother of one happy RippKid and one budding future RippKid. Jade maintains her own studio practice with the creation and sale of her functional and sculptural pottery.