About

About Me:

Hello & welcome! Classy Artist Box is run by art teacher Kellie and her husband Beckett. Kellie is a wife, mom of two, a licensed art teacher in both Minnesota and Wisconsin. She also takes commissions on the side “for fun.” In addition to Beckett’s role as manager and copywriter for Classy Artist Box, he also teaches 4th grade full time at a local private school. We also added “homeschooling” to our to-do list as we decided to homeschool in April 2023.

We started this small business in early 2019 to help solve a pain point Kellie had while being homeschooled as a child. Our goal is to provide a simple, informative art education program OR fun projects to make for anyone who loves art! It is our absolute joy to serve you and your family in this way.

Kellie earned BA in Art from The University of Minnesota in 2011 and a Master’s in education (with an emphasis on k-12 art education) from Minnesota State University in 2015. Her professors thought she was crazy for writing her master’s thesis on the best methods of implementing art education through technology, but the research proved useful!

Why did we start Classy Artist Box?

There are so many reasons we chose to begin this adventure, but my top 3 are that:

  1. We want to give aspiring artists and hobbiests a way to stay motivated and (hopefully) learn a few things along the way! When Kellie was younger she would have LOVED to have access to a Classic Artist Box or the Art School Box!
  2. We love creating lessons in this cool and unique format! We are a little nerdy like that.
  3. Growing up, Kellie was homeschooled and wanted a more structured art program to follow, plus the monthly boxes and surprise curriculum are a fun way to engage with the materials!

OK, we said we would only tell you 3 reasons why we think you’ll love Classy Artist Box, but it’s hard to stop at only three. We also really love that we can supply art materials and private art lessons to you in a super affordable package. In fact, our goal is to send you your lessons and supplies for less than the average art tutor lesson (that often doesn’t include art supplies)!

Why are we called Classy Artist Box?

Classy is a play on the word CLASS, as in art class! We toyed with the name Class e (*as in electronic) Artist Box, but thought it might be too weird to remember!

Subscribe today if you haven’t already! You’re gonna love what comes in your next box!

Sincerely,

Kellie Witzke + fam