My Story!
My name is Azi Amiri. I have been teaching since I was 19. Many years ago! Let's keep it that way!
In all these years, I have realized that art can significantly affect us physically and psychologically. Against the practical aspect of art and artmaking on us, it has been overlooked mostly.
My mission is to take art from walls and pedestals to everyday life and help others unlock their full potential.
With my team's help, we create workshops tailored to each client's needs and designed to help individuals explore their creativity and gain meaningful insights as they develop work skills.
Meet the Team
Artzi Zone, a creative space where artist and musuem educator with 20 years of experience teaching art come together to develop workshops to promote collaboration, problem solving and many more work skills! Our aim is to inspire and empower through art.
Azi Amiri
She has more than 20 years of experience teaching art and art history to audiences with diverse cultural and educational backgrounds, ages, ethnicities, and levels of expertise.
She teaches art history at CUNY and has offered numerous workshops at museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Guggenheim, and Morgan Library and Museum.
Taryn Matusik
Taryn is an Arts and Justice Educator with many years of experience in New York City and East Coast museums, galleries, schools and universities.
Her work as an educator draws from a vast array of sources that include her experience as an art historian, a yoga teacher, an actor and puppeteer, a fiber artist and a backyard farmer.
Amy Gilbert
Amy is an artist and educator with over 12 years of experience working in New York City art and design museums. With an initial career in the fields of advertising, marketing, and communications. She experienced firsthand the benefits of cultivating creativity in corporate and nonprofit work environments. She holds degrees from Parsons School of Design and Teachers College.
Shar Galarza
Shar Galarza is a queer Brooklyn native artist and educator. With over a decade of art education within institutions, she uses her knowledge and background in multidisciplinary mediums to create content and workshops around the theme of self-identity, community, and activism.
Museum Educators
ArtziZone is lucky to have the option to work with several artists and museum educators who are experienced in developing and leading art-making workshops customized to address their audience's needs.
Contact
At Arzizone, we are always looking for new and exciting opportunities. Let's connect!