MEET THE FACULTY!

Cindy Rehm
Art Exploration
Storybook Art
Drawing & Painting
Cindy Rehm resides in Brevard, after a rich and rewarding career in Arts Education and Arts Administration in Connecticut. Cindy served as Supervisor of Art Education K-12 in Simsbury and founded and directed the Simsbury Arts Academy, a thriving vibrant extended day and year arts education program which provides the school districts, and Connecticut area students with year-round opportunities to study music, visual art, and theatre.
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Cindy has worked as an arts education consultant, locally, statewide and nationally, in arts educational curriculum and assessment development, including for The Getty Center for Education in the Arts.
Her awards and recognitions include the Connecticut Art Education Association: Distinguished Art Supervisor and Art Educator Awards, and Simsbury Chamber of Commerce Educator of the Year Award.
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She is a mixed media two-dimensional artist creating abstract, floral, landscape and figurative artwork.
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Michael Koz
Fun with Storytelling & Animation
Michael Koz has been a Multimedia Designer for 25 years and loves teaching people what he loves to do. His fun and exciting skills include graphics, motion graphics, animation, and character animation.
Michael has worked for the U.S. Navy to help educate pilots, and for WalMart and Sam’s Club on nationwide graphics.
While working for Exciting Events, his "outside of the box" creativity was encouraged. Some events included Jurassic Park, Alice in Wonderland, Pirates of the Caribbean, and many more.
Recently, he has joined the faculty of Blue Ridge Community College as a teacher of Graphic Design.