Hi there! I’m a teaching artist with over 10 years of experience blending art, design, and instructional design to create engaging learning experiences for middle school students. I design and implement project-based curricula across STEM, humanities, and art, turning ideas into hands-on projects that build real-world skills. Beyond the classroom, I freelance as a designer and storyteller, collaborating with local businesses to source materials and showcase student work. I love mentoring students, exploring 3D modeling, digital media, and hands-on fabrication, and I’m committed to making learning creative, collaborative, and accessible.…

K Stith

Hi there! I’m a teaching artist with over 10 years of experience blending art, design, and instructional design to create engaging learning experiences for middle school students. I design and implement project-based curricula across STEM, humanities, and art, turning ideas into hands-on projects that build real-world skills. Beyond the classroom, I freelance as a designer and storyteller, collaborating with local businesses to source materials and showcase student work. I love mentoring students, exploring 3D modeling, digital media, and hands-on fabrication, and I’m committed to making learning creative, collaborative, and accessible.…

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Hi there! I’m a teaching artist with over 10 years of experience blending art, design, and instructional design to create engaging learning experiences for middle school students. I design and implement project-based curricula across STEM, humanities, and art, turning ideas into hands-on projects that build real-world skills.

Beyond the classroom, I freelance as a designer and storyteller, collaborating with local businesses to source materials and showcase student work. I love mentoring students, exploring 3D modeling, digital media, and hands-on fabrication, and I’m committed to making learning creative, collaborative, and accessible.

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Work Experience

Curriculum Developer and Program Manager at The Workshop Middle School
August 1, 2023 - Present
Oversaw more than 250 individual projects implementing a project-based learning pedagogy; established connections with local businesses to procure assets for student projects; developed curriculum and unit projects for STEM, Humanities, and Art; conducted freelancer onboarding; managed afterschool program activities and staff; created curriculum for Adobe Creative Suite; instructed students in carpentry and fabrication techniques (laser cutting, 3D printing, sewing, soldering, cobbling, painting, printmaking, drawing, drafting); taught 3D modeling software (Blender, Tinkercad, SketchUp) and UX design coding on Unity and Scratch, enabling students to create articulating 3D structures, playable games, and interactive apps; directed student-led pop-up shops and multimedia design installations.
Curriculum Developer and Program Manager at Canarsie Ascend Middle School
August 1, 2023 - October 24, 2025
Conceptualized and managed afterschool program activities and staff; assessed 240+ students' progress; facilitated computer science lessons using HelloWorld CS curriculum; taught HTML, CSS and stackable block-based coding using co-blocks in a project-based learning model; created project-based art lessons to support scholar growth; conceptualized merchandise with executive level staff; produced a mini documentary detailing student experience in the art class.
Instructional Designer at CAMBA
June 1, 2020 - October 24, 2025
Conceived art lessons to improve student skill through a standardized program; conceptualized merchandise with executive level staff; held strategic planning sessions to boost recruitment through targeted campaigns; instructed students in chess, with students earning awards in the Chess in Afterschool tournament.
Curriculum Developer and Program Manager at The Workshop Middle School
August 1, 2023 - November 4, 2025
Oversaw more than 250 individual projects implementing a project-based learning pedagogy; established connections with local businesses to procure assets for student projects; developed curriculum and unit projects across STEM, Humanities, and Art; onboarded freelancers and independent contractors to diversify curriculum; conceptualized and managed afterschool program activities and staff; created curriculum for Adobe Creative Suite; instructed carpentry and fabrication techniques (laser cutting, 3-D printing, sewing, soldering, cobbling, painting, printmaking, drawing, drafting); taught 3-D modeling software (Blender/Tinkercad/SketchUp) and UX design coding on platforms such as Unity and Scratch, leading to articulating 3-D structures/figures, playable video games, and interactive apps; directed student-led T-shirt pop-up shop, abstract art gallery, portrait gallery, and multimedia design installations.
Curriculum Developer and Program Manager at Canarsie Ascend Middle School
August 1, 2023 - August 1, 2023
Conceptualized and managed the afterschool program activities and staff; assessed 240+ students progress throughout the school year; facilitated computer science lessons through HelloWorld CS curriculum; taught HTML, CSS and stackable block-based coding using co-blocks through a project-based learning model; created project-based art lessons to ensure growth of scholars; conceptualized merchandise with executive level staff; produced mini documentary detailing student experience in the art class.
Instructional Designer at CAMBA
June 1, 2020 - June 1, 2020
Conceived art lessons to improve student skill through a standardized program; conceptualized merchandise with executive level staff; held strategic planning sessions on boosting recruitment for maximum impact through targeted campaigns; instructed students in chess, winning awards and trophies in the Chess in Afterschool tournament.
Curriculum Developer and Program Manager at The Workshop Middle School
August 1, 2023 - November 24, 2025
Oversaw more than 250 individual projects implementing a project-based learning pedagogy; established connections with local businesses to procure assets for student projects; developed curriculum and unit projects for STEM, Humanities, and Art classes; onboarded freelancers and independent contractors to diversify curriculum; managed afterschool program activities and staff; created curriculum to instruct students in Adobe Creative Suite; instructed students in carpentry and fabrication techniques; taught 3-D modeling software and UX design coding leading to student-created 3-D structures, playable games, and interactive apps; art directed student-led T-shirt pop-up shop and multimedia design installations.

Education

BFA in the visual arts with a focus on graphic design and illustration at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
August 1, 2009 - May 1, 2013
BFA in Visual Arts at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
August 1, 2009 - May 1, 2013
BFA in Visual Arts (Graphic Design & Illustration) at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
August 1, 2009 - May 1, 2013

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Industry Experience

Education, Media & Entertainment, Non-Profit Organization, Professional Services
    uniE621 Camba "NASA" Shirt
    Designed a shirt for CAMBA's after school program in Brooklyn, it was an incentive shirt for an event they had planned for the participants in the program. About 100 shirts where printed and the kids really liked the design. It was a play on the NASA logo with an astronaut doing the (then) very popular "shoot dance".…
    uniE621 Camba "NASA" Shirt (Shoot Dance Variant)
    Designed a shirt for CAMBA's after school program in Brooklyn, it was an incentive shirt for an event they had planned for the participants in the program. About 100 shirts where printed and the kids really liked the design. It was a play on the NASA logo with an astronaut doing the (then) very popular "shoot dance".…
    paper CAMS Lions Jersey mock up

    Designed the Jersey for middle school basket ball team CAMS LIons, the idea was a retro style jersey with a twist on the old Raptor’s dinosaur illustration.