April has been active in the arts since high school where she took vocational commercial art. She went on to study Art Education at the University of Akron. She is a mother of two children, one dog, and two cats! She looks forward to helping you create a masterpiece while having a blast doing so! Remember - there are no mistakes, just happy accidents!
Faith recently started working at Painting with a Twist but has been creating art her whole life. She paints frequently, but also enjoys other art forms, such as making costumes, and taking photos. She is a senior in high school and hopes to continue her art in whatever the future lies for her. She feels very at-home being surrounded by other amazing artists and instructors and is ready to learn a lot.
Hope is originally from Louisville, KY and moved up here in 2021 with her parents to help her older sister with her first child. Hope is 24 years old and has been doing art her whole life. Her favorite mediums are graphite pencils, acrylic paint, and card stock with glue. Hope is currently enrolled at Cleveland State studying to be a special needs teacher. In her free time Hope loves singing, trying new crafts, playing video games, hanging out with her boyfriend and family and snuggling her dog.
Jen has been teaching at Painting With a Twist for 3 years. She loves being surrounded by creativity and is often inspired by ideas from guests. Jen has always created art via various forms and opportunities throughout her life. In her spare time, Jen enjoys volunteering at her local food pantry and advocating for all of the adoptable City Dogs at the Cleveland Kennel.
Josh is attending Baldwin Wallace University as an Arts Management Entrepreneurship and Visual Studio Arts major. He has been with Painting With a Twist for 1.5 years and has no intention on going elsewhere. He joined the team as an assistant in June of 2023, and became an artist in July of 2023 and has been teaching ever since. When Josh is not at the studio, you can find him working in his studio at home working on projects that revolve all around the anatomical heart! Back in high school, he took an AP Studio Art class and his portfolio was all about the different emotions or feelings that are associated with the diagnosis of a heart condition and how those emotions and feelings progressed over time! His portfolio earned him a 5 on the AP Art exams. If you want to see his work, his art instagram page is down below Socials: @artbyjoshstitchick on instagram
Leah has recently started working as a stage artist at Painting with a Twist but has been creating and painting her whole life. She is a self-taught artist currently studying for her real estate license. She has recently started creating murals and is working on building her art business aside from real estate. She is also working on creating her own clothing brand and will soon be traveling to different cities to take part in various art shows.
Maddie is one of our assistants at Painting with a Twist. She studies theater and English at Case Western Reserve University, and enjoys reading, crochet, and hanging with her cat. If you need anything just give her a call from your table! She's the one with all the lapel pins.
Margaret Harper Jenkins (known as Mars by close friends and family) is a Cleveland-based creative who dabbles in many different outlets of expression. Classically trained in illustration and sculpture, Mars majored in studio art with a minor in psychology and a pre-certificate in art therapy at Cleveland State University during the year 2019. After graduation, Mars began teaching acrylic painting classes with Painting with a Twist while also working as a freelance makeup artist. Creating work that fosters child-like joy, but through story-telling and intentionality; Mars's artwork is a constant unfurling; shedding layers around her soul to reach an authentic and expressive core, while being honest with that essence whether it be dark and brooding or light and cheery. The driving force behind her professional and artistic pursuits is to foster meaningful and impactful relationships with individuals and communities- specifically through the promotion of the arts. Advocacy and storytelling are at the core of her work. Mars’s philosophy remains tied to the belief that education of the arts is a right, not a privilege- that everyone should have access to art and the materials to create it. Mars believes art is the catalyst for amplifying voices and uniting communities
Sarah has been an artist since she first picked up a pencil as a child. She joined Painting With A Twist two years ago and really enjoys being able to share her passion with others. Along with painting she enjoys knitting, sewing and all kinds of crafting. Outside of art, she enjoys musical theater and spending time with her family, friends and pets.