Jenny is a down to earth Southern gal from Virginia, who loves helping others become inspired. She’s been making art since she was a young thang when she spent countless hours drawing blades of grass and backyard landscapes. Although at age 5, she was sure that her clumps of plush turf were some of the best drawings in the world, Jenny’s life adventures have led her to dapple in a wide variety of all things crafty and community based.

As a certified Oregon teacher, her experiences include teaching special education for 5 years, starting a community glass studio and camp called Arts for Peace at Grace Institute, a local non-profit where she worked for 7 years, and in 2006 starting her own community glass studio, Jennifer Wells Design, on Alberta Street. Her favorite art mediums include glass fusing and mosaics, silver-smithing and soldering. She loves teaching and working with all ages and abilities but is most content when she’s leading others through their own creative journey.

Jenny believes that we all have an artful spirit that must be fed. Her hope as an art teacher is to tap into the inherent creative drive that is within each and every one of us; to inspire and to be inspired.

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