“Tell me and I’ll forget;
show me and I may remember;
involve me and I’ll understand.”
Chinese Proverb.
Here are a few quotes from my incredible colleagues, students and their parents.
I thank them for their kind words.
Cindy Crawford, Mother and Model
"Sage has helped us to support and encourage our daughter's love for art. Kaia loves doing all the different projects and I love having them in our home. They definitely deserve a better place than taped to the refrigerator door."
Tea Leoni - Mother / Actress
"We adore Sage. She is an artist and educator who not only connected with our children and had them loving art, she helped them to let go and create amazing, original pieces that they were really proud of. She understands children and brings out their talent and imagination."
Lyndie and Kenny G, Artist and Musician
“Sage was invaluable to us and our children in teaching us art history
through hands on art projects that we treasure today. Our childrens art is
one of our most prized possessions. The experience and skill we learned from
Sage was so much fun and something we enjoyed all doing together every week-
She is simply the best.”
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Karen Satzman
Manager, art classes and family programs
“Sage's enthusiastic approach and sincere respect for children is amazing. Her art lessons are creative, smart, and fun--for the kids and their parents.”
A Martinez, Father and Actor
“In Sage's knowing care, our kids gained wonderful new tools of perception. The confidence that comes when attention is well focused and the world emerges with a fun, newfound and meaningful clarity. They loved the work, and to this day, they love her.”
Leslie Martinez. Mother
“Sage has been working with our three children since they were in preschool, so we have had the benefit of her wonderful creative instruction for about fourteen years. Her understanding of developmental stages and abilities of children of all ages, combined with a diverse fine art education have prepared her well to teach art.
She is a fine artist in her own right, and clearly loves to share her inspiration with other people of all ages. Her infectious good spirits and encouraging nature make her particularly irresistible to kids, and her creative imagination provides for an endless stream of interesting projects and media, framed with real practical artistic discipline.
Her approach gives the kids the opportunity to express themselves while learning techniques for producing and for displaying their work. I found this last step to be surprisingly important. It is one thing to have fun painting a painting, but it takes the process to a much deeper level to learn new methods and "tricks" to achieve the final results you are attempting, and then to learn how to finish the process - to mount or frame your work so that it is ready to be hung in a gallery.
Having watched sage working with kids of all ages for so many years, what I remember most, is the joyful atmosphere she creates, the look of pride on the faces of the young artists as they look at their finished projects, and the extra bonus at the end of her classes of having some great finished art to hang on our walls!”
Greer, Age 10
"Sage has been my art teacher forever and she is the best. She is such a positive influence to me!! She is kind, generous, pretty and a wonderful artist. She is the best.”
Tammy and Eric Gustavson, Parents of Greer
"Sage started with our daughter greer about five years ago. Not only did they have fun, our daughter learned about all types of media and got to work with them including, clay, pastels, paint, watercolors mosaics, specialty markers and more. They visited art galleries and learned all about the artists they were working on. Sage is a sweet gentle soul and a delight to have around, as well as an amazing artist. We trusted her completely with our child."
Meg Kasdan, Board Member, Gabriella Charter School
“I have known Sage professionally, as a teacher at the school where I volunteer, and personally, as a friend of my family. She is a wonderful, highly creative art teacher who knows how to encourage and motivate children to express themselves in their own art projects.
Most important, children love sage. Their faces light up when she comes into the room. Her smile is contagious. She makes certain that each child feels empowered and respected. When her students finish a project, they are justifiably proud of their accomplishment. “
Mary Pomerantz, director, Mary Pomerantz Fine Art
[former director, Mclean Gallery, Malibu, California]
“I often observed sage teaching her [elementary age] students during fieldtrips to our gallery. I was always so impressed by how immersed and focused the kids were in Sage's lessons, and the final products were consistently strong and well-composed examples of each theme and/or technique. I often found myself coveting the children's artwork and on several occasions we sold her students' work to gallery patrons!”
show me and I may remember;
involve me and I’ll understand.”
Chinese Proverb.
Here are a few quotes from my incredible colleagues, students and their parents.
I thank them for their kind words.
Cindy Crawford, Mother and Model
"Sage has helped us to support and encourage our daughter's love for art. Kaia loves doing all the different projects and I love having them in our home. They definitely deserve a better place than taped to the refrigerator door."
Tea Leoni - Mother / Actress
"We adore Sage. She is an artist and educator who not only connected with our children and had them loving art, she helped them to let go and create amazing, original pieces that they were really proud of. She understands children and brings out their talent and imagination."
Lyndie and Kenny G, Artist and Musician
“Sage was invaluable to us and our children in teaching us art history
through hands on art projects that we treasure today. Our childrens art is
one of our most prized possessions. The experience and skill we learned from
Sage was so much fun and something we enjoyed all doing together every week-
She is simply the best.”
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Karen Satzman
Manager, art classes and family programs
“Sage's enthusiastic approach and sincere respect for children is amazing. Her art lessons are creative, smart, and fun--for the kids and their parents.”
A Martinez, Father and Actor
“In Sage's knowing care, our kids gained wonderful new tools of perception. The confidence that comes when attention is well focused and the world emerges with a fun, newfound and meaningful clarity. They loved the work, and to this day, they love her.”
Leslie Martinez. Mother
“Sage has been working with our three children since they were in preschool, so we have had the benefit of her wonderful creative instruction for about fourteen years. Her understanding of developmental stages and abilities of children of all ages, combined with a diverse fine art education have prepared her well to teach art.
She is a fine artist in her own right, and clearly loves to share her inspiration with other people of all ages. Her infectious good spirits and encouraging nature make her particularly irresistible to kids, and her creative imagination provides for an endless stream of interesting projects and media, framed with real practical artistic discipline.
Her approach gives the kids the opportunity to express themselves while learning techniques for producing and for displaying their work. I found this last step to be surprisingly important. It is one thing to have fun painting a painting, but it takes the process to a much deeper level to learn new methods and "tricks" to achieve the final results you are attempting, and then to learn how to finish the process - to mount or frame your work so that it is ready to be hung in a gallery.
Having watched sage working with kids of all ages for so many years, what I remember most, is the joyful atmosphere she creates, the look of pride on the faces of the young artists as they look at their finished projects, and the extra bonus at the end of her classes of having some great finished art to hang on our walls!”
Greer, Age 10
"Sage has been my art teacher forever and she is the best. She is such a positive influence to me!! She is kind, generous, pretty and a wonderful artist. She is the best.”
Tammy and Eric Gustavson, Parents of Greer
"Sage started with our daughter greer about five years ago. Not only did they have fun, our daughter learned about all types of media and got to work with them including, clay, pastels, paint, watercolors mosaics, specialty markers and more. They visited art galleries and learned all about the artists they were working on. Sage is a sweet gentle soul and a delight to have around, as well as an amazing artist. We trusted her completely with our child."
Meg Kasdan, Board Member, Gabriella Charter School
“I have known Sage professionally, as a teacher at the school where I volunteer, and personally, as a friend of my family. She is a wonderful, highly creative art teacher who knows how to encourage and motivate children to express themselves in their own art projects.
Most important, children love sage. Their faces light up when she comes into the room. Her smile is contagious. She makes certain that each child feels empowered and respected. When her students finish a project, they are justifiably proud of their accomplishment. “
Mary Pomerantz, director, Mary Pomerantz Fine Art
[former director, Mclean Gallery, Malibu, California]
“I often observed sage teaching her [elementary age] students during fieldtrips to our gallery. I was always so impressed by how immersed and focused the kids were in Sage's lessons, and the final products were consistently strong and well-composed examples of each theme and/or technique. I often found myself coveting the children's artwork and on several occasions we sold her students' work to gallery patrons!”
