teaching staff

Caroline Chiu
Coordinator of C.C. Arts & Crafts Studio

Art Director at C.C. Arts & Crafts Studio
10+ years of professional experience as a children’s art teacher.
MFA, Industrial Design, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
Specialty Area: Watercolor, Oil painting, Chinese Painting, Acrylic Painting, Chinese Calligraphy, Clay, Sculpture, Wood-Carving, 3D Modeling, Graphic Design, Art Curriculum Design

3 years working at CC. Arts and crafts studio as a volunteer.
Assists with administrative tasks in the classroom.
Assists the studio for the social media post.
Social media communications master's degree, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA

Art Instructor at C.C. Arts & Crafts Studio
2+ years of professional experience as a children’s and teenager art instructor.
Specializes in professional drawing instruction for middle and high school students, with a focus on preparing them for various international painting competitions.
Specialty Area: Digital painting, Acrylic painting, Oil painting, VisDev arts, Sketching, Watercolor
MFA, Visual Development, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
Her artworks have been selected by the MFA Character Design in AAU Spring Show 2022, the MFA Creature Design in AAU Spring Show 2023, and received 1st place in the MFA Environment Design in the Vis Dev department, Spring Show 2023.

Art Instructor at C.C. Arts & Crafts Studio
2+ years of professional experience as a children’s art instructor.
2+ years of professional experience as a junior high school teacher.
Specialty Area: Character Design, Environment Design, Storyboard, Look Development, Lighting, Compositing and Video editing.
MFA, Animation & Visual Effects, Academy Of Art University - San Francisco, CA
She works for several 3D animation films as a Look Dev and Lighting artist. Her works had been selected by Academy Of Art University, Spring Show 2022, for best 3D lighting and best Visual Effects short film.

Art Instructor at C.C. Arts & Crafts Studio
1+ years of professional experience as a children’s art teacher.
Specialty Area: Character animation, Creature animation, Storytelling, Clay Art, Sketching
MFA, 3D Animation, Academy Of Art University - San Francisco, CA
She has been involved in character animation for multiple animated projects. Additionally, she has produced bumper for the Academy of Art University Spring Show award ceremony.