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The Art Zone was founded in May 2003 by Laura Krug, MA. In her own words. . . " I loved art as a child. Like most adults, I lost my connection to art and creativity after college when I learned to join the "real world." I worked in Real Estate, Business Management and Accounting. When my son was born, I became fascinated with child development. When he was just 6 months old, I pulled out the paints and began playing with art materials with my son. I visited my aunt, Barbara Blades, an artist and art educator working in Chicago. She showed me a book titled "Doing Art Together" about the parent and child art workshop taught at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I was hooked. I approached the local parks and recreation departments with a proposal to teach a "parent and me" art class based on the "Doing Art Together" program. It was a hit. I was also asked to teach other "mommy and me" play-based classes as well. During these classes, parents would ask me important questions about child development. It was then that I realized that I needed some formal training. I left my "real job" to go back to school and study child development. It was a new dream to follow: to provide optimal child development in a setting with lots of art making. I earned my Masters in Educational Psychology with a specialization in Early Childhood. During my field study, I met the most amazing woman, Ruth Beaglehole who talked about applying the principles of nonviolence to child raising. She is brilliant; has the most amazing vision for optimal child development, and remains my mentor to this day. All that I have learned from Ruth, I do my very best to apply at every level of the Art Zone. At the Art Zone, we use the creative process combined with the philosophy of nonviolence to provide optimal child development services for you and your child. You can not have optimal child development without supporting parents to do thier job well. Ruth has created a wonderful parent training curriculum. Through the non-profit agency she founded,( www.cnvep.org ) she is training thousands of parents and hundreds of parent educators, therapist, and social workers to teach CNVEP's philosophy. I am a certified by her agency to provide training in nonviolent parenting. It is a joy to bring this training to our community. I am so grateful to have amazing work that I love on so many levels, each and every day."

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