Meet Our Team

The Core Team That Shapes Daily Life at Siela Art Studio

The People Who Shape Daily Studio Life

The artists and makers who give this space its steady rhythm, care, and direction.

A strong art studio is shaped by the people who guide it each week. These four help shape the studio through teaching, preparation, care for materials, and respect for the work happening each week.

Each person brings a different medium, background, and teaching style, yet the feeling across the studio remains consistent. Students are met with thoughtful instruction, personal attention, and a place where their work matters. For children, that often builds focus and confidence. For adults, it creates room to return to making with purpose. For families, it brings trust and familiarity over time.

While other artists may join selected classes or events, these are the people who give the studio its daily rhythm and continuity.

Sielos Art Studio Team: Asta Zimkus
Founder, Creative Director, Ceramic Artist

Asta Zimkus

Asta leads the studio with warmth, discipline, and a deep respect for making by hand. Through ceramics and creative direction, she helps shape a place where children and adults can build skill, focus, and confidence over time.

Her teaching is personal and grounded. She helps students feel at ease while still taking their work seriously, which gives the studio a steady, thoughtful tone.

For many families and adult learners, she is the person who first sets the standard for what learning here feels like: calm, attentive, and rooted in real art practice.

Focus: ceramics, studio direction, and long-term program growth

Sielos Art Studio Team: Rasa Ibianskiene
Visual Artist, Painting and Drawing Teacher

Rasa IbianskienĖ

Rasa brings years of visual art practice to the studio, with strong knowledge in painting, drawing, and surface work. Through her teaching, students build skill, attention, and a stronger way of seeing.

Her classes help students slow down, observe more closely, and work with greater care. She brings a steady presence to the room and helps students grow through regular practice rather than rushed results.

For children, teens, and adults, her guidance adds depth to the learning experience and helps make the studio feel thoughtful, focused, and personal.

Focus: painting, drawing, and visual art study

Sielos Art Studio Team: Agne Sabonis
Glass Artist, Studio Arts Assistant

Agnė Sabonis

Agne brings a careful eye, steady presence, and years of art practice to the studio. With a background in glass and fine art, she adds color, precision, and thoughtful care to the work happening here each week.

She supports classes, studio preparation, and the daily flow of creative work with patience and close attention. Her calm approach to work helps students feel more at ease, especially when they are trying something new or learning to trust their own process.

For children and adults alike, her presence adds warmth, patience, and quiet strength to the studio experience, helping the space feel steady, personal, and well cared for.

Focus: glass art, class support, and studio assistance

Sielos Art Studio Team: Vidas Zimkus
Co-Founder, Wood Artist, Sculptor

Vidas Zimkus

Vidas brings years of making, building, and artistic practice to the studio. Through woodwork and sculpture, he adds strong material knowledge and another important creative voice to the space.

As co-founder, he has helped shape the studio from the beginning. His work reflects patience, discipline, and respect for materials, which add depth and stability to the studio’s daily life.

For students and families, his presence adds depth to the studio and reinforces the value of patience, careful work, and making by hand over time.

Focus: woodwork, sculpture, and studio building

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