Welcome to Creative Courses!

We comprise of a group of talented, credentialed artists and educators, who love sharing our knowledge and creativity with our students. 

Our Classes include a wide variety of Visual Arts:
Fashion Design
Illustration
Graphic Design
Animation
Game Design
Coding
Anime/Manga
Character Design and Writing
Photography
Painting (all mediums)
Digital Art & Design

Our Awesome Teachers:

*Lori King (Ms. Lori - She/Her) is a graduate of F.I.T in NYC. She worked in different areas of the design industry since 1991, from illustration, pattern making, garment construction to designing full story boards for buyers. She tutored Fashion Illustration for a few years to help other students complete their professional portfolios before their interviews. Lori is also a Polymer Clay artist, Graphic Designer and Illustrator.
B.F.A in Fashion Design
A.A.S in Illustration/Art History
A.A.S in Graphic Design

*M Hopkins (Teacher M - They/Them) is a professional, published artist who creates comics and illustrations with a love for color theory! When they are not drawing, they can be found on the floor playing with their cat, Tuesday. BFA in Sequential Arts from Savannah College of Art and Design.
B.F.A in Sequential Arts

*Rori VanMaanen (Teacher Rori - They/Them)
As an alumni of Cleveland Institute of Art with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Game Design they have a passion for interactive art and how they can push the boundaries of what interactive art means. Having been a visual arts assistant at their old high school Interlochen Arts Academy during the summers, teaching others and seeing the joy in what people create has motivated Rori to pursue teaching. In their free time Rori likes to aquascape. Creating aquariums of any variety of sizes and making little beautiful habitats for their favorite type of fish a Betta fish, they currently have 2 bettas and 4 tanks.
B.F.A in Game Design