Jillian Lea

Jillian Lea is a compulsively creative artist and arts educator living in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. She works in multiple media, primarily printmaking and fiber arts, and her artwork is inspired by heirlooms, folk art and craft, nature, spiritualism, and the weird and wonderful all around us. Her printmaking, mixed media, paint and fiber work has been featured in local exhibitions and she regularly participates in local and regional art fairs.

For the past 20 years, Jillian has been teaching art to children and adults. In addition, Jillian is a registered yoga teacher with over 400 hours of training whose grounding in yoga, nonviolent communication and meditation informs all of her teaching practices. Jillian’s mission as a teacher is to empower students through the free exploration of creativity and the joy of making.