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Meet the Founders

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Dr. Cortney Chaffin Kim
cortney@artsq.org

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Dr. Heather Graham
heather@artsq.org

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Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank
lauren@artsq.org

We want to take you on an adventure.

Founded in 2023, we created ARTSQ to instill a lifelong love of art, archaeology, and history in everyone.

We’re not a massive institution. We’re not anonymous voices behind a wall of text. We’re not standing in a museum talking in hushed whispers.

We’re three women with PhDs and decades of experience in art history, history, and archaeology who believe that learning should be joyful, personal, and accessible to everyone. We choose our materials with care, we obsess over the details, and we design every resource to feel with purpose.

Our content is made to be accessible, whether you’re new to art history or already an expert.

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Our story

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We are also all parents, so we know how challenging it is to engage kids!

Developing close-looking skills with sketching.

Empowering kids to understand art with confidence.

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Two young girls making silly faces in front of a framed painting of a woman in a museum. The painting has a sign with the name "Tiziano" and the title "La Maddalena." The background is ornate and decorated with gold accents and red wallpaper, and there is a fire extinguisher on the right side.
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Museums can be tough spaces for kids.

We’re here to make art history more joyful, more personal, and more human.

Let's go!
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Get to Know Us

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Meet ARTSQ cofounder Cortney!
Meet ARTSQ cofounder Cortney!

Meet ARTSQ co-founder Cortney!

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Meet ARTSQ cofounder Heather!
Meet ARTSQ cofounder Heather!

Meet ARTSQ co-founder Heather! Heather is based in Los Angeles, where she works as a professor of art history.

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Meet ARTSQ cofounder Lauren!
Meet ARTSQ cofounder Lauren!

Meet ARTSQ co-founder Lauren! The first thing you should know about Lauren is that she loves a good story—not just epic adventure and fantasy tales but also the ones that relate to people living their lives, today and in the past.

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  • You can find some ways to work with us here.

    If you are looking to develop content with us, please send us an email at info@artsq.org.

  • We make free videos (find them on YouTube and on our website), courses, travel guides, and educational resources (see our ARTSQ Store or TPT Store). It is our joy to find different ways to connect with people and help them fall in love with art and history.

  • We are three PhDs with more than 70 years of experience in the classroom between the three of us. While we’ve spent most of our time teaching at the university level, our passion is make art history accessible beyond college classrooms. We also focus on areas of the world that aren’t as well-represented online.

  • You can reach us anytime via our contact page or send us individual emails (find those on this page, above).

  • We encourage you to join our newsletter to hear about all the things happening behind the scenes.

  • Collaborative, creative, and supportive.