Lishka DeVoss - Founder of Kranky Kids®

Education:
Houston Museum of Fine Arts - Studio Arts Course (sculpture)
Houston Conservatory of Music (theory)
Parsons School of Design (environmental design)
Manhattan School of Music (composition and voice)
University of New Hampshire (music theory, Italian)
University of Minnesota (creative writing, music theory, graduate courses for teaching musicology, Italian)
Harvard University (certified teacher training for Italian, K-12)
Wellesley College (certified teacher training for Italian, K-12)
Ivor Spencer International School for Butler Administrators/Personal Assistants

Personal Studies:
Private instruction in piano, trumpet, violin, voice and composition
Three years apprenticing in piano tuning and repair at University of Minnesota
Mason & Hamlin Piano Factory (apprentice in piano design and construction)
Private and class instruction in sewing (Singer, Bernina), fabrics, costume design/construction and set design/construction

Teaching:
Piano and music theory since 1993
Elementary School Enrichment Programs since 1993
Italian (1-8) 1997 - 2000
Kranky Kids® After School Programs since 1995

Author of:
How To Be A Professional Waiter or Waitress
    St. Martin’s Press, 1985
The TakeOut Book
    The Art Asylum Press, 1987

Kranky Kids (article)
Learning & Technology Magazine
Digital Video in the Classroom
April 2004