Artha (Slangerup) Jackson is a patron member of SAMA (Society of American Mosaics Artists). She is a mostly self-trained mosaic artist who fell in love with this ancient art form just a few short years ago after having taught children drawing and watercolor for many years in Mesa while raising her seven children. She took a leave of absence from teaching art to working full time at Brigham Young University, then returned six years ago and settled in The Islands in Gilbert, Ariz. She relishes her time expanding her online business and teaching classes in her private workshop. In April 2007, she began teaching mosaic classes at Michael’s in Gilbert. She gives mosaic classes in elementary schools and teaches drawing in the summertime at her home.
Having always been involved in art since the age of six at the knee of her “Grandma Stella” (not her real grandmother, but a live-in friend of the family), Artha thrived on her art ability throughout her school years, earning a Bank of America Award in her senior year at Encinal High School in Alameda, Calif. Her first college class in art was taken when her first children (twins) were just four months old at Alameda College in California. She later received private art instruction and took more art classes at Mesa Community College and at Brigham Young University, all while raising her large family. Artha specializes in the trendy mosaic vessel sinks and smaller projects for the home and garden. She set up her Web site in 2006 and is thinking ahead for possibilities of conjoining her art and music talents with a specialized business in her community.
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