Kristin Linder is a lifelong artist and has worked most of her life as a painter. She opened khlstudio, creating murals, portraits and fine decorative finishes for private residential clients, designers and hospitals. Between stints on the scaffold, she designed and implemented collaborative hands-on arts programs for fragile populations in residential schools, rehabs, hospitals and a maximum security facility. She is inspired by Dr. Judith Burton at Teachers College, Columbia. To better understand the clinical impact her programs were having, she returned to Teachers College to complete an MA in Arts Ed/Trauma, as well as two post-graduate certificates in Trauma-Informed Creative Arts Therapy. After falling in love with clay in grad school, she now uses her joy of creating with clay as an excuse to paint on her pottery. Her passion is sharing her love of art, clay and color with students of all ages. She has taught nursery school through senior citizens