Colleen Gerrits is an artist/teacher with a Bachelor of Education. She is currently the art teacher at the Booker School in Port Williams, Nova Scotia, Canada. She grew up in Oakbank, Manitoba and now lives in Greenwich, Nova Scotia with her Husband, three kids, and her cat Chessie. She has been running art classes for 16 years out of her home art studio. She is very passionate about art and loves to share it with kids and adults through art classes, retreats, paint nights, and school workshops. Colleen is a member of Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS), Artists in Schools-ArtsSmarts, and Professional Artists In The Schools (PAINTS) Program.