About the Junior School


The Glassell Junior School is the nation's only museum-affiliated school offering year-round art instruction for children ages 4 to 18. Classes are designed to accommodate children of all skill levels and interests. Courses range from drawing and painting, to video and animation, to ceramics and fashion design.

The Junior School maintains an active scholarship program and offers two annual scholarship events: a portfolio competition for all school-age children, and a sketching competition for ages 10 to 12. For detailed information on scholarship opportunities, click here.

Junior School Facilities

Junior School classes and workshops are held in spacious, daylight-filled studios housed in a wing of the museum's Central Administration and Junior School Building, located at 5100 Montrose Boulevard. The Junior School has a covered drop-off door at the corner of Bayard Lane and Bartlett Street (entrance on Berthea Street). Photography classes are held in the Glassell Studio School, directly across the street from the Junior School.

The Junior School is also home to the Norma R. Ory Gallery, an inviting exhibition space that displays, throughout the year, works by Junior School students and faculty. In addition, the Junior School hosts student exhibitions from HISD and surrounding districts in conjunction with Youth Art Month and the Visual Art Scholastic Event.

Faculty

Judi Burton
BFA, University of Houston

Jane French
BFA, San Francisco Art Institute,
MFA, University of Houston

David Fulton
BFA, Tyler School of Art,
Temple University; 
Core Fellow, Glassell School of  Art

Judy Gaddis
BS, University of Houston;
BFA, University of Texas

Donna Garoh
BFA, Tyler School of Art,
Temple University

Emily Grenader
BFA, The Cooper Union for the
Advancement of Science and Art 

Kathy Hall
MFA, BFA, University of Houston

Vahishta Kaikobad
BA, University of Karachi, Pakistan

Elena Lopez-Poirot
MFA, University of Houston; 
BFA, University of Texas

Jessica McMahon 
BFA, Pratt Institute

Seth Mittag
MFA, University of Houston
BA, Southwestern University

Jane O’Farrell
BFA, Baylor University

Valerie Perez
AA, Houston Community College

Mary Ellen Rouen
MFA, University of
Houston-Clear Lake;
BA, University of Texas

Lauren Taylor
BA, University of Houston
M.Ed, Texas A&M University

Tamar Tcholakian
BFA, Pratt Institute

Bonnie Van Hook
MA, Hunter College; 
BA, College of New Rochelle

Richard Williams
MFA, BA, University of 
Houston; San Jacinto College;
University of Maryland

Claudia Zopoaragon
AA, Ce-Art, Bogota, Colombia