Art in School Coordinator 

Kirsten Martsi is an arts educator with 15 years of experience in arts and community engagement at non-profits. She holds a BA from Hamilton College in English Literature and Classical Languages, and an MA from the Cooperstown Graduate Program for Museum Studies in Art History and Museum Education. Kirsten has worked in art museums, a botanic garden, a municipal arts council, and disability service and advocacy organizations, doing community engagement work, curating art exhibits, leading hands-on art making, and planning public programs and public art projects. She currently serves as the Vice Chair on the Brattleboro Town Arts Committee and supports the Art in Schools program at RGS in addition to other arts nonprofit and grant writing work in Vermont. 

As an artist, Kirsten enjoys exploring fiber art as well as watercolor and pen and ink illustration. Her current focus is on improv quilts and quilt pattern design, connecting with a family history in quilt-making and exploring slow hand-making techniques. As a teaching artist, Kirsten has taught knitting, nature journaling, watercolor, quilting, punch needle embroidery, weaving, and other media.