Founder/Director
Kristin was born in Santa Monica, California. She apprenticed for 5 years at the stained glass studio of Roger Darricarre and received her B.A.in Fine Arts from University of California, Northridge. Kristin taught extension art classes at her alma mater after graduation. She was invited to Japan in 1980 on an artist's exchange program and taught at The Stained Glass Professional School from 1982 to 2003. She also worked at the Mayfair Stained Glass Studio, the largest in Japan, from 1982 to 1993. During this period she completed many stained glass commissions in Japan, Hong Kong, and the United States for banks, hotels, public buildings, and private residences.
In 1987, Kristin met two mentors that changed her life, Dr. Georgi Lozanov, the "father of accelerated learning", who by using the untapped reserve capacities of the brain, developed a method to learn three to five times faster while increasing psycho-physiological well-being, and Dr. Betty Edwards, author of "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain", a ground-breaking book that rocked the art world.
Kristin assisted in organizing Dr. Edwardsf first workshop in Japan in 1990. In 1995 Kristin received the Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Teacher Training Certificate. By 1997 she was also certified to teach the Right Brain Color Workshop. Finally, in June 2000, Kristin opened her first RBR Art School in Tokyo. In the Spring of 2003, she connected with Mayumi Murata and Lia Howe to expand RBR into a creative center focused on using creativity as a bridge to unleash the inner artist in everyone.
Kristin is certified by both Dr. Lozanov and Dr. Edwards and combines their techniques in her unique 5-day Right Brain workshops. Kristin is the lead facilitator in RBR's Right Brain Corporate Program and works closely with companies to structure the seminars around their particular needs. She has been sharing her vision of art and creativity throughout the world for over 15 years.
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