Our Team

Cassandra Monson // Program Director,
Lead Teacher

Cassandra Monson is a professional artist and a freelance art teacher. Cassandra has a BFA from the College of Visual Arts and many years of teaching experience. She teaches art classes all over the Twin Cities and offers an outdoor summer art program where young artists make art in an evergreen forest or sitting on the sandy shore of the Mississippi River. Cassandra teaches students to invest themselves in the creative process so that they will build a quality product. Cassandra combines quality art materials with reusing and recycling to enhance her student’s creative problem-solving skills and promote environmental consciousness.

All Cassandra’s art programs are integrated with literature, language, history and information about animals and artists from all over the world. Cassandra incorporates mindful meditation and an appreciation of nature in all her programs. She shows her artwork at local galleries, community art spaces and participates in local art fairs. This provides a rich opportunity for her students to learn from a working artist.

 

Brin Monson //
Program Assistant Director

Brin (pronouns they/them/theirs) lives part-time between Minneapolis and Portland, Oregon. They have been teaching for Wonderland Creative Center for five years! They also teach programming for the Girl Scouts and lead several troops ages 6-11. In addition to teaching art projects to kids, Brin is a restorative yoga teacher focusing on balancing the nervous system while incorporating mindful movement, awareness and breathwork. In 2018, Brin completed their yoga teacher training with additional studies in restorative yoga. They have participated in several daylong meditation retreats and workshops on mindful awareness practices; they study qigong moving meditation and t’ai chi. 

Brin’s practice is built on a foundation of spending time in nature, quietude and intentional rest. Their teaching is inspired by intuition, laughter and mindful play. Brin enjoys traveling, activism, biking, dancing, walks outside, playing with their niblings, and connecting with their community of friends and family around the world. As a fellow LGBTQ2SIA+, Brin is passionate about human rights, and trans rights are human rights!

Hannah Kramer // Teacher

Hannah Kramer is performer, teacher, mother, martial artist and lover of movement. She has a background in contemporary dance and performance and spent ten years touring and performing with numerous Minneapolis based choreographers. Her love of performance and experience in nonprofit administration eventually led her to pursue a career as a fundraising auctioneer, compelling audiences in the Twin Cities and beyond to give in support of organizations doing meaningful work in their communities. She currently teaches aikido classes to children and families at East Lake Aikido which she co-founded with her husband, Galen in 2018. They can be found there, along with their two young children, six days a week.

WCC is grateful for the beautiful photos and brilliant videos on this gorgeous website, thank you:  

  • Thomas Myrmel // videos and photos. 

  • Patrick Marschke // website.