Get To Know Us

Georgina's responsibilities as Visual Arts Director include managing ARTitorium. Georgina got her degree in illustration and worked at the Smithsonian American Art Museum for 12 years. She is originally from Preston, England, but feels at home out west. On the weekends you can find her playing with her two kids, racing through the library's reading challenge, and running up mountains. She also has more cats than is normal.

Kim studied Child Development in college and worked at a daycare for 5 years and at a local craft store before joining us at the ARTitorium. She loves talking to kids and is very excited to plan all of the art activities for them to do. Kim enjoys crafting, reading, and spending time with her husband and two young daughters.

Julie is a super art educator, whom you have probably met while she was teaching our art classes or leading lessons on a field trip. Julie taught art at a charter school for several years and loves bringing her expertise to ARTitorium. She also loves spending time with her husband and three grown daughters.

Azure joins us from Rigby, where plays soccer on a competitive soccer team and is a member of her high school chamber orchestra. She loves to go on horse rides, play soccer and the violin, crochet, draw, and binge watch shows on Netflix. Oh, and pizza!  She loves pizza.

Gage loves art, movies, and music. He is on his school’s yearbook staff, where he takes photos and designs pages. He is also the broadcasting manager for his school's broadcasting class where he helps manage the students as they learn how to stream all of their school events. Gage spends time in the ceramics classroom where he makes things on a ceramics wheel. When Gage isn’t doing homework you can find him listening to music or watching a movie.

Alondra loves photography and taking photos outdoors. She loves food, especially if it's spicy, and spends her spare time with her family. Alondra loves cold weather but not the snow, and she loves to wear hats. 

Nadein likes theatre and has been in over 35 productions, Nadein loves animals and is planing on going into wildlife rehab. Nadein is the current President of UpStage a local student ran impov group.

Ari is a senior at Thunder Ridge High School. She likes taking pictures of pretty things and learning about biology. She loves fall and Halloween. Ari has three siblings and two little dogs. She loves watching nostalgic movies and shows like My Little Ponies and Monster High.

Lizzy loves to read, play the violin and piano, and go to the beach. She enjoys all kinds of art but especially painting and sculpture/pottery. Her favorite thing to do is spend time with her two dogs and two cats. 

Jordyn's responsibilities include creating and designing a lot of fun graphics for ARTitorium. She was born and raised in Idaho Falls and graduated college with a Fine Arts degree. As an artist, she creates art in a digital space and then transforms it into an oil painting. Aside from her art practice, her favorite thing to do is eat food and watch movies with her husband. 

Although you may not see her at ARTitorium often, Brandi is our head honcho. You might recognize her from stage speeches at the Colonial or Summer River Concerts. She keeps the Arts Council ship pointed and moving in the right direction. When not at the office, Brandi spends time with her friends, her kids, and her horses.

Sarah has lived in Idaho Falls for six years. She loves traveling, doing crosswords, studying history, reading, and working with kids. She lives with three kids, two dogs, and one husband. If you can't find her, she is probably taking a bath.