Our Story

Studio S Fine Arts opened its first studio in Puyallup in 2011. Since then, we have expanded to Lakewood, Federal Way, and Bellevue. Through our partnership with Tacoma Art Museum and Puyallup City Hall, we have encouraged our students to display their artworks to be enjoyed and appreciated by friends and family. Throughout the years many of our students' efforts were noticed and honored at various competitions. Some of our students have moved on to study art in the the best colleges around the world. Art should be created and enjoyed so we do our best to facilitate the process from creation to display and beyond.

Our Mission
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​‘Studio S Fine Arts’ offers studio classes where students preparing for art colleges can experiment and develop their thinking skills through Process work. 

Process work is not a way to start work with results drawn from the beginning in your head, but rather a process of refining, changing, developing, and working on a more suitable finished product in the process of thinking and drawing. 
Without this process, students can only imitate existing images.

To facilitate the work, workbooks (task notes) are created by approaching them from topics, materials, culture, and society.

Our Educators

Director
Sunyoung Kwon
She has received her BFA from Hong Ik University in Seoul, Korea and received her Master of Fine Arts degree at Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. During this time she traveled to more than 30 countries in Asia and Europe studying Fine Art in culturally different settings. She was able to spend a year in Paris, France and she has won several awards for her work and shows her passion and energy through each and every piece she creates. She has over 20 years of teaching experience in art for children and adults.

Instructors
Jane Narr
Jane is a native Washingtonian who undeniably enjoys drinking coffee. She has also spent time in New York, earning her bachelors from Cornell and Masters from Columbia. She believes students deserve quality instruction in an engaging and encouraging environment. She teaches an AP Art History Test Prep course at Studio S Fine Arts, and kids art classes.

Lia Wi
She graduated from School of Visual Arts in New York as a graphic design major. She has experience working in various design companies. She is currently working as a designer manager in Washington. She teaches Photoshop, and other digital arts classes at Studio S Fine Arts.

Dani Dodge
Don't let Dani's spunky bright colored hair throw you off. Her BA in Studio Art and minors in Art History and Theatre is from Washington State University. Dani currently lives in Seattle, occasionally works on local theatre productions, and is a freelance artist and graphic designer. She also loves cats, dogs, and unicorns. 

Iris Han
Iris attended Parsons School of Design as a Fashion Design major. She has designed for multiple lines and specializes in contemporary womenswear. As a Studio S Fine Arts alumni, she is passionate about challenging students to try different mediums to expand their skill set. She holds figure drawing and fashion illustration workshops.
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Rachel Yi
Rachel is currently enrolled at the University of Washington, pursuing a major in interactive design and a minor in nutritional sciences. Finishing her portfolio at Studio S Fine Arts not too long ago, she is aware of the mindset and process that takes place with attending classes, redefining specific artistic skills, and prepping on a portfolio. She strives to encourage students to dig deeper in their artistic processes’ & technical skills with a variety of mediums. She teaches during open classes and one-on-ones.

Rebekah Song
Rebekah, a recent alumna from College for Creative Studies, holds a Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts focusing on 2D Animation and Character Design. She is also an alumna from Studio S Fine Art. Besides digital canvas, she enjoys experimenting with other mediums such as charcoal and color pencils. She also appreciates in learning new skills such as video editing or acting. Rebekah firmly believes that diligent effort and discovering new talents constitute an effective path to becoming a better artist. She encourages students to venture beyond their comfort zone and honing their artistic prowess.​

Cheyenne Kim- Essay instructor
She graduated from Duke University, majored in Computer Science with dual minors in Cinematic Arts and Visual Media Studies. While at Duke she was a merit scholar, student filmmaker (check out some of her work if you are curious), worked as a production director at a creative agency, a teaching assistant for various CS classes, a SAT/ACT tutor for Varsity Tutors, an intern at Verizon and Colgate, and became a caffeine snob. She currently works as a Software Engineer at Goldman Sachs in Salt Lake City, UT. https://littlecheyenne.wixsite.com/my-site