Teachers | Castle Arts | Markham Ontario

MEET THE DIRECTOR

Queenie Chu

Teacher and Director

"In my role as the director of Castle Arts and a fellow educator, my personal mission is to empower Castle Arts to serve as a catalyst for students' artistic development. My goal is to assist students in charting their own unique artistic journeys, whether it leads them to pursue a career in the arts or simply to fuel their personal creative growth.

I take immense pride in our cohesive and supportive team of educators and staff who contribute their teaching to nurture our students' creative abilities. On behalf of the entire Castle Arts Crew, we eagerly anticipate witnessing our students' ongoing growth in the years ahead!"

Queenie Chu is a teacher and director of Castle Arts who believes in using visual arts as a means of tapping into one's creativity and strengthening this creativity through practice. Queenie has built Castle Arts in mind to provide children and youth a space that can help inspire artistic growth and learning.

Queenie currently holds two bachelor's degrees in Education and Fine Arts from York University. She found her passion in teaching when she taught and conducted at a church choir at a young age. During her teaching career she taught in the York Region District School Board and started teaching private art lessons, music lessons, and day school subjects in her home studio.

During her university years she gained leadership experiences in afterschool programs that have set up her skills as a director. She picked up management, organizational, and collaboration skills from her role as a co-president of the Visual Art Student Association and as curator of the Eleanor Winters Art Gallery at her alma mater. Her extensive list of organizing student events and art workshops inspired her current thoughts and beliefs in the importance of creating a strong community of teachers, students, and parents at Castle Arts.

Queenie believes Castle Arts will not only be a place for students to learn the creative and technical art skills but as a place for everyone to be inspired and to pursue their artistic growth and learning in their own personal lives for many years to come.

MEET THE CASTLE ARTS CREW

At Castle Arts we hold strongly to the belief that all our teachers must have a passion in both teaching and in the arts. Our team of teachers have a University and or College degree in the arts with extensive experience teaching children of all ages. All our teachers are either current teachers in the Ontario School Board and/or current practicing artists in their field. We are proud to have to have a team of teachers that can inspire our students' growth and love towards the arts!