Artist Biographies
Julie Jacobs is the owner and founder of Art Beat Center for the Arts. She is first and foremost a mother of three children, ages 14, 13, and 4. She has been teaching art to children for the past twenty years. She has a passion for art and writing and earned her degree at Mills College as a creative writing student. Julie has a great love of printmaking, painting, and ceramics. She has studied art intensively at The San Francisco Art Institute, California College of Art and Design, Mills College, Rhode Island School of Design, Otis Parsons Academy of Art and Cal State Northridge. She is an avid student who is passionate about art and learning. Julie's goal is to share her joy of creating with others and to never squash the creative spirit.
Toni Ivashkov spent her youth and adolescence traveling the world with her family. She lived and went to school in many countries including France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Russia and Spain. Toni is fluent in 4 languages: English, Russian, Hebrew but slowly loosing Lithuanian. She landed in New York City in 2002 as a student at The School of Visual Arts, (SVA), where she received her B.F.A. degree in Fine Art. Her focus was on multi-media, working in the genres of painting, sculpture, installation, video and performance art. Toni moved to Los Angeles in the summer of 2006, to pursue her career as a multi-media artist.
Since arriving in Los Angeles, Toni has participated in various group art exhibitions including a premiere of her performance piece "Yes, Bite, Now" for the first Annual Pico Community Art Walk in Santa Monica.
Most recently Toni conceived and curated the group art exhibition project called: ?$+$+((((BOXED))))+$+$? held at the Unurban Gallery in 2008.
On going, Toni teaches fine art workshops to children, teens and adults at Art Beat in Encino, CA. She is also working as an art educator for “The Art of Daybreak” Multi-Arts Out-reach Program. The Art of Daybreak brings hands on fine art workshops to Homeless Shelters/ Day Centers for clients with mental illnesses. Toni is also an artist in residence for LA’s best, bringing multi media art instruction for the after school enrichment program for title 1 Schools K-5. In addition Toni is an assistant /intern to Art Curator, Joella March. This internship includes, curatorial studio visits, exhibition design and installation. Toni is working for Main Field Projects- this includes: art handling and art installation for private collections and exhibition design and personal art studio assistant.
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