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Meet The Team

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Melanie Drown

Executive Director

Melanie Drown serves as our Executive Director. She studied at Montana State University, where she earned her degree in accounting. Melanie also nurtures her creative side through glass arts. She leads many glass fusing workshops and creates stunning pieces of her own. 

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Jessica Inez

Jessica Inez has been with Stumptown Art Studio since its beginning. She helped develop the ceramics and walk in art studio, making art available any time the studio is open. She also served on our board and volunteered for many years. Jessica is now at the Studio full time as our Studio Manager and Events Coordinator. You will catch Jessica planning magical events for the young and young at heart.

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Charity Flowers

Education & Art Director

Charity Flowers has been with Stumptown Art Studio for the past 10 years. She has taught classes for all ages and abilities. She currently serves as our Education Director. Charity earned her MFA in 2015 from the Academy of Art University, San Fransisco, where she studied sculpture and figurative art. She shares her time between Stumptown Art Studio and Flathead Valley Community College, where she works as an adjunct professor in the Art Department. She is a lover of good friends, dogs and her family.

Studio Manager
& Events Coordinator

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Jeanne Langan

Clay Studio Manager
& Ceramics Instructor

Jeanne has over ten years of pottery experience, directly working with clay as an intern in multiple community studios, as an apprentice in a production pottery, and now as the manager of our Clay Co-op and clay classes. Jeanne's goal in our studio is to bring clay to as many people as possible. She hosts a variety of classes at Stumptown, from beginner clay lessons and evenings to make festive projects, to multi-week courses focusing on a range of clay techniques, as well as private lessons. When she's not covered in clay, you can find her playing roller derby, with her doggo Wayne, or working on a handful of farms in Whitefish and Kalispell.

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Brooklin Conklin

Certified STEAM Instructor

Brooklin studied at the University of Montana, Missoula. She is a certified teacher and leads our STEAM preschool. Brooklin brings her creative energy to the classroom where she brings all disciplines together in a unique class environment. Brooklin loves spending time with her energetic boys and all things outdoors.

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