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Launch Creative Minds!
ART is in our DNA. With creative storytelling, journey with the Social Artistic Model (SAM) through Situated Activities.
SAM: Situated Activities Model of Social Learning
Social Impact through ART
Voted as The Winner of
“Family Favorite of 2019
for the Best of NYC”
with very special thanks to
Queens Family Magazine.
Social Impact: Great Good in Art Exhibition, March 15, 2025, at Fire Company Five https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1GUUP4Uwfx/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Human Flourishing Conference, May2-3, 2025 at Harvard Graduate School of Education https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15EMAvcXUJ/?mibextid=wwXIfr
MS-HS Design Thinking Lab
MS/HS Curriculum - scaffold the emotional intelligence frameworks into ability-level art instructions with techniques training.
- Empowered multilingual youth to express identity and culture through interdisciplinary, project-based artmaking rooted in community and belonging.
- Guided students in building competitive art portfolios while exploring pathways in creative industries, emphasizing voice, agency, and real-world application.
- Designed reflective, arts-based curricula that integrate social connection, emotional expression, and collaborative critique—core to SAM’s relational learning approach.
Learning Goals: K-5th
Success Coach: Portfolio
Learning Goals for K-2nd:
Exercise focus, patience & fine motor skills. Explore fine arts mediums with appropriate application instructions.
For 3-5th Graders, art education is focused on color theories and skill acquisition, while scaffolding situated learning and experience hands-on activities. The goal is to build resilience and techniques through iterations.
Story telling is the key component for these learners to develop visual vocabularies.
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Success Coach: Portfolio
Success Coach: Portfolio
- My coaching practice emphasizes the intersection of art, education, and marketing, guiding clients in developing authentic portfolios, impactful visual narratives, and strategic approaches to creative entrepreneurship. I advocate for art as a catalyst for positive societal change, encouraging artists to use their voices not only to express, but to lead, question, and connect.
- Through a collective and lifelong learning mentality, I help clients recognize their unique strengths, embrace critique, and cultivate the confidence to thrive in today’s creative industries—aligned with the principles of the Social Artistic Model (SAM). Flourishing in the arts is not just about success; it’s about meaning, connection, and contribution.
Re-imagine
Re-imagine
- From classrooms to galleries, corporate campaigns to community-based installations, Kimmy Ma continues to explore art as a relational, reflective, and transformative practice.
- As a success coach, I believe that mentorship is most powerful when it is personal, purposeful, and rooted in lived experience. I work closely with aspiring artists and creative thinkers to help them navigate the evolving landscape of art, design, and education—equipping them with the tools to build resilient, meaningful, and values-driven careers.
Our Story
Art is means of self-expression unlike any other. Launch students' creative minds by co-constructing knowledge and techniques through medium-based art classes. Paying close attention to the fundamentals, we explore different styles and techniques of fine art, all the while encouraging personal growth and creative voice. Master the delicate strokes of watercolor or learn the practice of intricate charcoal drawings!
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Success Coach
Kimmy Ma is pursuing her doctoral degree, her research
explores how long-term visual arts engagement in out-of-school settings fosters youth’s sense of belonging, autonomy, and well-being. Drawing from my art praxis, this research is guided by the Social Artistic Model (SAM), a guiding framework I developed to position arts engagement as a relational and reflective learning process. SAM integrates emotional intelligence, critique, and identity expression into a participatory experiential learning model. Motivated by observed declines in youth social connectedness—exacerbated by the isolating effects of digital culture—this inquiry investigates how sustained, community-rooted visual arts practice supports human development in the era of AI. SAM extends as an intervention in teaching artistry into a dialogical framework for interdisciplinary curriculum design, positioning creative learning as a vital, human-centered force for educational equity and youth flourishing.
sharing her passion for lifelong learning and personal growth.
As Experiential learning curriculum designer for nearly two decades, I commit to mentorship and advocacy in our communities.
Students' Videos on Instagram
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Private lessons with Mrs. Ma available.
Student Portfolio Prep
Student Porfolio Prep
Portfolio development takes serious commitment for young artists (6th graders-HS): Our young talents are expected to put in strong work ethics and self-motivation are ready to prepare a compelling portfolio. Many begin their preparation 1-2 years before audition, in addition to after 2 years of basic medium/technique training. These art works demonstrate young artists' dedication and hard work to create original concepts while using exceptional understanding in techniques. Portfolios are thoughtfully developed in observations & imagination categories to show strong design and visual narrative, in both found objects in mixed mediums and in fine arts mediums. Art theory and creative discussions further prepare our art learners to articulate confidently in their visual essays and in auditions & on-site practical exams. Our young artists are mentored, prepared and focused, as they launch their creative minds! Portfolio sizes up to 14x28.