Springfield Avenue Partnership Spotlights Simone Anthony Brown

MAPLEWOOD, NJ - The Springfield Avenue Partnership is spotlighting women throughout March. Below is one of their profiles:

Meet Simone Anthony Brown, an artist, instructor and owner of Express Yourself Studios, LLC, located at 1877 Springfield Avenue in Maplewood. Simone has been inspiring children and adults for 11 years offering art classes, workshops, summer camps, birthday parties and other art events. The idea for Express Yourself Studios was derived from the need to create a work-life balance. A mom of 4 children, she and her husband, Rodney decided they would build a business that will be family-oriented and allow for that balance.

Her former tenure in the advertising and publishing fields, holding positions in Media Planning at Young & Rubicam, DMB&B and Deutsch and Sales Development roles at The New York Times, Essence and People has given her the tools to run her art studio and gallery with great success. Simone’s mission for the studio is to be an outlet for children and adults to express themselves creatively via classes in the arts.

The breadth of programs offered at Express Yourself Studios is a reflection of Simone’s passion which is to foster creativity and community, and infuse young children and adults with some art history education so that participants can leave a class and conduct further exploration and research about a specific genre of art or an artist on their own.

Simone wants her doors to always be open to new people and ideas. “As the neighborhood is changing, new buildings are going up attracting new residents to Springfield Avenue, we are dedicated to being a creative outlet for everyone and will continue to evolve as the neighborhood evolves.”

To learn more about the studio and its offerings, visit http://www.expressyourselfstudiosllc.com.

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