Mari Carini finds great satisfaction in serving others. Her professional career spans many areas in the arts. Positions have included working as an art therapist with at-risk youth and their families, teaching art at the college level and in an elementary school serving grades K-4 through 8th grade students, and working as a free-lance graphic designer. Through her classes and workshops, Mari has served as a creativity mentor to literally thousands of people over the past 16 years. Her teaching style is warm, casual and hands on, and her enthusiasm for the creative process is contagious.