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Xena
- Rate 288 GHS
- Response 1h

288 GHS/hr
1st lesson free
- Drawing
- Painting
- Art and Design
- Art School Preparation
- Calligraphy
Art school scholarship recipient and current art teacher, teaching portfolio prep, application strategy, and scholarship guidance for aspiring art students
- Drawing
- Painting
- Art and Design
- Art School Preparation
- Calligraphy
Lesson location
About Xena
I’m Xena, an artist, illustrator, and educator based in New Jersey, with a BFA in Illustration and over seven years of experience teaching art.
My teaching path has taken a few different forms. I’ve taught in my own college’s pre-college program, working with teens preparing for art school before they’d even graduated high school. I’ve also taught at a Montessori school, running high school art courses in a self-directed, student-led environment, which shaped how I teach now: I meet each student where they are rather than pushing a one-size-fits-all curriculum.
On the student side, I know exactly what it takes to get into art school and pay for it. I earned a scholarship as a sophomore and have gone on to win additional scholarships since. That combination, having been the student going through admissions and having taught at every level from pre-college to Montessori high school, is what I bring to every session.
Outside of teaching, I work across oil painting, watercolor, and zine-making, and I’ve shown in gallery exhibitions including Critical Mass at See Saw Art. I bring that working-artist perspective into every portfolio I help build, not just what gets a student in, but what makes their work genuinely their own.
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I teach portfolio development techniques and scholarship strategy for students applying to art school. As a scholarship recipient myself and someone who’s earned additional scholarships since, I know firsthand what admissions committees and scholarship boards are actually looking for, beyond just “good” work.
We will take the steps to make an outstanding portfolio before their chosen school chooses them!
My approach starts with an assessment of the student’s current work and target schools, then I'll build a personalized plan: strengthening technique, developing a cohesive body of work, and crafting an artist statement that stands out. Each session includes hands-on critique, portfolio review, and homework tailored to gaps I identify. I also walk students through scholarship applications specifically, since that process is different from general admissions.
Lessons are for high school students (preferably sophomore-senior) preparing art school applications, whether they’re just starting a portfolio or refining one close to submission. I work with all mediums and skill levels.
Recommendations
Recommendations come from relatives, friends and acquaintances of the teacher
I highly recommend Xena for lessons in fine arts. I have seen the extremely high quality of her multimedia work first hand, as well as her deep passion for the arts. She is also excellent at explaining new concepts and a remarkably patient person.
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Rates
Rate
- 288 GHS
Pack prices
- 5h: 1,438 GHS
- 10h: 2,877 GHS
free lessons
The first free lesson with Xena will allow you to get to know each other and clearly specify your needs for your next lessons.
- 1hr
online
- GHS288/h
Details
If a student wants a short-term course to go over work they may already have, we can talk about a week of tutoring that goes in-depth on what they should work on to improve what they already have. This would come with:
-a catered list of what they should work on and what the student would need to prepare
-time with me to work on speaking with the director of student affairs of their college if necessary.
-time talking about what college life looks like.
-time preparing a game plan of what internal schooling would look like and how they need to present themselves within a classroom and to peers.
-emailing and introducing themselves properly to get the best out of college life.
Once you have booked me, your student can think of me like a big sister to ask questions to.
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