Sno is interviewed by magazine Canvas Rebel.                                                                                                            Image: @korbin2055
Read the interview here.

Sno is interviewed by Creators, Assemble! as one of their Limelight Artists.

​Sno (they/them), formerly Miss Autumn, is a graduate of West Chester University, a state college in south eastern Pennsylvania. They have a bachelor degree in Early Childhood Education (birth-3rd grade) and had a Master Teacher Permit with School Age Emphasis from the state of California.

They taught preschool at a Reggio-based (art/science/play) location in La Jolla, Ca. for seven years, in San Diego's Hillcrest neighborhood for six years and as a substitute in varied classroom settings and locations.

This is their nineth year teaching the art program that they designed and founded in San Diego, California.

They have brought their art program to schools, homes, small businesses, art festivals, an art museum, international locations via Zoom, a global animation project and most recently, to self-paced eLearning lessons that can be experienced world-wide. 

Growing up on the East Coast, Sno began drawing, painting murals, reading art books and freehand sketching cartoon characters as a child. Art became a hobby, then a passion, and soon after, a skill.

Once on the West Coast, their own personal artwork grew in range from pencil & ink to paint to digital creations and has been featured in an art show benefiting the San Diego School of Rock, on Keds footwear donated to bullied LGBTQIA2S+ youth and also auctioned off by the Whole Planet Foundation to help women in need.

They frequently showed art at North Park's Subterranean Coffee in group shows curated by After Dark Creations and associated with Thumbprint Gallery.

Sno's first solo art exhibition was presented by Thumbprint Gallery at the Subterranean Coffee Hillcrest from March-April 2020.

Recently, Sno teamed up with Creators, Assemble! (CA!) and donated artwork to their digital publication that raised funds for The San Diego African American Museum of Fine Arts and the San Diego LGBT Arts Alliance. Sno also worked on CA!'s collaboration with the Make-a-Wish foundation as an artist who turned a critically ill child into a super hero illustration and also as a creator liaison who matched artists with MAW families. They have also played in CA! D&D charity Twitch streams as the Changeling Sorcerer Bubo Scandiacus. 

In 2022, their artwork has been shown at The Comic Con museum during Horrorgasm's group art shows for Cinema Junkie's Secret Morgue film marathons.
2022 also boasted Sno's first time as a professional at Comic Con, where they spoke to CA! networking event attendees as an experienced educator and artist. 

They are currently working on writing and illustrating a children's book about how pets have helped their owners through a global pandemic. 

Personal paintings and prints are available at the enroll tab and at their Etsy store.


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Sno uses they/them pronouns and identifies as Nonbinary, Agender and Female to Nonbinary (FTN) Trans.

A huge 'thank you' to the unfortunate misinformation regarding gender identity spread by a famous comedian, the constant and plentiful ignorance trolled into social media existence that dismiss Trans lives and, in a positive light, the beauty and brilliance of artist and Black, Trans woman Connie Fleming whom Sno taught about to their art students in late 2021. A complex convergence of events occurred all at once and inspired personal change.

"Without these events, it would have taken me much longer to find out who I really am. The frustration felt when experiencing ignorance and the love felt when understanding instinct pushed me to research, listen and respond. I am a proud part of the LGBTQIA2S+ community. If you have questions- ask someone who identifies. We have more insight than a comedy show, more sense than a anti-human rights policy maker, more magic than a transphobic writer of wizards."
-Sno

Resources:

Call Me 'They' + Alok

How To Respect Non-Binary People

Gender Neutral Upbringing + A TED Talk

Hannah Fons' 'Neither He Nor She But Me' + Gender Nonconformity + A TED Talk

In response to the murder of Mr. George Floyd and the rise of hate crimes against the AAPI communities in 2020, Sno decided to exclusively teach art lessons about artists from underrepresented communities, to bridge the educational gap between ignorance/racism and understanding.

They research to the best of their ability but being that they exist as a white American, their view through the white lens may need to be corrected at times. They welcome any corrections to misunderstandings so that they may better serve their students and the communities being studied. 

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​Sno has led several public art shows for their students within the North Park community, both at booths at Ray at Night and The North Park Festival of Arts.

Students have displayed their artwork at the Hillcrest Whole Foods Market.

The San Diego Museum of Art's 'Young Art' 2021 exhibit featured student artwork.

Several Autumn Sno Artwork students, along with Sno, got their artwork into several of OKGO's 'All Together Now' animated music videos. If you participated, find your name in the credits here!



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​Studying education theorists in college,
Sno favored Howard Gardner and his
Multiple Intelligence Theory. The theory does not solely base a child’s intelligence on reading and math scores but on many different areas of development. 

Musical – Rhythmic & Harmonic intelligence involves us listening to music relating to the artist/author we are studying.  We may create an instrument or listen to the different sounds that our art materials make.

Visual – Spatial intelligence will be used quite often.  We will recognize shapes, patterns, styles, colors, form, movement and other aspects of our visual world.  Opposites and similarities, color combinations, depth of field and much more will be observed.

Verbal – Linguistic intelligence will have to do with the stories we read and the vocabulary we learn.   It will come into play when students verbalize their ideas and thoughts about artwork. 

Logical - Mathematical intelligence will ask us if our work makes sense to us.  It will help us know how many or much of something we need or use.  

Bodily – Kinesthetic intelligence will move our hands and bodies.  Different types of artistic tools such as pencils, pens, crayons, markers, brushes, paints, clay and more all require movement to live.  Fine and gross motor movement allow our imagination to be physically seen. 

Interpersonal intelligence will help us empathize with how artists may have felt when creating a piece, why they chose their subjects and materials and how other classmates feel when creating art. 

Intrapersonal intelligence is a popular early childhood topic, as it pertains to the self.  We will better understand not just our favorite shapes, colors and tools but how our own unique perspective makes our creations interesting and fun!

Naturalistic intelligence builds on our knowledge of our environment and world.  If we create animals, where do they naturally live?  If we turn ourselves into something else, are we pretending we live in our world or another? If we use recyclable materials, can we recognize that what we once thought of as trash can now take a completely different meaning?

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Sno is dressed up as the character Jack Burton from the movie Big Trouble in Little China during a Halloween-day class.
​They are reading the students a book about Salvador Dali. 
                                                                          
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Sno has painted Stephen Colbert as a hobbit and Tom Hanks from the movie Big to try to be selected for Colbert's 'Small Biz Bump' to raise funds for the business. They weren't selected but these paintings are on sale under the 'Enroll & Store' tab!


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Sno holds a Trans flag and is very excited to change their gender on their California license from an 'F' to an 'X.' 

Sno has taught about dozens of underrepresented artists and cannot wait to share the stories of many more. 




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Sno poses with a student who was selected by the San Diego Museum of Art to have their artwork featured at the museum.

















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Student’s minds, bodies and spirit will light up with possibility and capability
as they understand their lives through art and their creations.

         Welcome to Autumn SnŌ Artwork!
       San Diego, Ca