Team 'Arts and Animation'

Dr. Helene D. Clayton-Jeter- is our go-to for advice and contacts in the area of mindful activities and stress relievers that artists need when their projects become intense and complicated and they look for "stress busters". She holds a BS in Biology and Biochemistry, from VA Commonwealth University, as well as an OD in Visual Science. To her credits she has experience as an Author, Strategic Healthcare Executive, former Commonwealth of Virginia Board of Health Professions Chair & Board of Optometry President. Also, in the arenas of Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurshiip and Innovation, Drug and Medical Device Development-Northeastern University. Founder and CEO of HealthScape LifeSciences.

Student Ambassador, Brad O. Spady, is our first Ambassador of 'good will'. His plan is to encourage & recruit more student artists like himself to attend Arts and Animation Studios.

Ambassador Bradford is an artist and his focus is in designing cartoon characters.; website bradspadyart.com. Bradford is a product of the Lab School in Washington, DC and Fairfax County Public Schools where he matriculated through and graduated Langley High School. He attended Northern VA Community College where he studied Art and Animation. He was a student at the College Living Experience in Washington, DC, which afforded him time at the Cafritz Arts Center. Bradford has had many experiences that enriched his interest in character design. Some examples are spending valuable time with two Disney Artists, in Orlando, and flying out to Los Angeles to meet artist Gary Baseman. In 2011, Bradford was selected by the Pyramid Art Center to be one of the artists to work on a special Christmas card project for President and First Lady Michelle Obama. He was afforded two tours of the White House to spark inspiration to draw and submit his illustration. He welcomed competiton from students at Duke Ellington School of  the Arts and The Corcoran School of Arts and Design. He later gifted President Obama a copy of his first book and received an original signature letter of thank you from the First Family.