All About Me
My name is Elise Galperin. I hold a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Education and an Associate's degree in English, with over 10 years of experience in early childhood development. As a passionate artist and mother of three young boys, I have always found joy in teaching through creativity. My teaching journey has taken me from infants to 18-year-olds across public and private schools, and now into broader outreach efforts—bringing my skill set to a growing city with a high demand for strong early and adolescent educational programs. With a background rooted in public school education, I tailor my curriculum to align with the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills. (TEKS), ensuring all learners are prepared for future academic success.
I specialize in nurturing early and adolescent development through a blended approach of structure and imagination—embracing both traditional classroom strategies and modern learning modalities. My philosophy centers on honoring each student's unique learning style and individual voice.
Through age-appropriate techniques in art, sensory play, literacy, mathematics, movement, science, culture, and geography, I help students build confidence through exploring possibilities with their unique gifts. Whether engaging in collaborative projects, creative storytelling, early numeracy, or hands-on discovery, I guide students to harness their creativity and curiosity across all subjects, laying a strong foundation for lifelong learning.
Art is a place for children to learn to trust their ideas,
Themselves, and to explore what is possible ~MaryAnn f. kohl
Workshops, Learning & Enrichments
Creative Learning & Enrichment Ages 5–8 (early elementary learners)
( MUST BE INDEPENDENT IN RESTROOM)
Enrichment Objectives:
About Miss Elise’s Art House Enrichment:
Miss Elise’s Art House offers creative, inquiry-driven enrichment workshops for children ages 5–8. These short-format sessions 1-3 days per week for 1-3 hours, designed to spark curiosity, foster creativity, and build confidence in a fun, supportive environment.
Educational Enrichment, NOT Supervision:
Miss Elise's Art House provides educational enrichment workshops - not custodial care.
Non-Custodial & Drop-Off Guidelines:
Miss Elise’s Art House: Creative Learning & Enrichment is supplemental and non-custodial. Parents may drop off children during enrichment activity hours or stay to observe. Only registered children may participate in workshops. Siblings or unregistered children are not permitted in the space unless prior arrangements have been made.
Families are responsible for transportation, supervision outside workshop hours, and ensuring children arrive healthy and prepared.
Enrichment Experiences:
Children explore themed units through:
• Thematic, project-based workshops
• TEKS-aligned literacy, numeracy, science, and social studies (integrated through play and exploration)
• Art-integrated learning across all subjects
• Outdoor, nature-based connections
• Social-emotional learning, mindfulness, and leadership
Life Skills Enrichment:
•We incorporate life skills and practical learning into our academic themes
• Safety and emergency preparedness drills (age-appropriate)
• Daily mindfulness and emotional regulation activities
• Community kindness, leadership, and responsibility
• Service-learning projects
Workshops are facilitated by Elise Galperin, a certified Texas educator with over a decade of classroom and enrichment experience. Guest artists and educators occasionally join to share skills and community connections.
Sample Schedule (Enrichment Only):
Our enrichment workshops are short-format, 1-3 days per week for 1-3 hours, designed for focused creative learning.
• Ages served: 5–8 years
• Workshop Size: 3–6 members
Monday: 9:30-12:30 - Storytelling & Art
Wednesday: 9:30-12:30 - Science & Creative Play
Friday: 9:30-12:30 - Outdoor Connections & Mindfulness
Summer Workshops (Coming Soon.....)
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Miss Elise’s Art House12-Week Art Workshop Series
📌 Workshop Description:
Join us for 12-week workshop series designed to inspire creativity and confidence. Each session offers hands-on projects in painting, sculpture, mixed media, and more. This is an educational enrichment experience — not a childcare program. Parents are welcome to stay.
Art, Paper, Scissors (5 - 10)
Workshop Objectives:
* Top notch art supplies (the student keeps)
* Fundamental skills and techniques with varied mediums such as, charcoal, graphite, markers, watercolor, paint, ink and mixed media.
* The student will learn to demonstrate an understanding of art history and culture as records of human achievement.
* The student will illustrate ideas for artworks from direct observation, experiences, and imagination.
* Once the student has created a multitude of pieces that exemplify a well rounded artist. We create a digital and hard copy portfolio. The student will learn to hang, frame, matte, and host an exhibition of the their work.
BONUS
* 1 FIELD TRIP PER SERIES
* 1 ART EXHIBITION PER SERIES = 1 PORTFOLIO
* VISITING ARTISTS AND SPEAKERS
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Youth Art (7 - 16)
Workshop Objectives:
* Compare suitability of art materials and processes to express specific ideas relating to visual themes, using precise art vocabulary.
* Formulate multiple solutions to expand personal themes that demonstrate intent.
* Select from a variety of art media and tools to communicate specific ideas in drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, fiber art, jewelry, or electronic media-generated art.
* Select and research career and avocational choices in art.
* Once the student has created a multitude of pieces that exemplify a well rounded artist. We create a digital and hard copy portfolio. The student will learn to hang, frame, matte, and host an exhibition of the their work.
BONUS
* 1 FIELD TRIP PER SERIES
* 1 ART EXHIBITIONS PER SERIES = 1 PORTFOLIO
* VISITING ARTISTS AND SPEAKERS
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Painting (6 - 16)
Workshop Objectives:
* Top notch art supplies (the student keeps)
* Students will identify and use line, shape, color, texture, balance, and contrast to create expressive and intentional compositions.
* Learners will plan, revise, and complete a painting using imagination, experimentation, and decision-making skills.
* Students will explore how art reflects identity and culture, and create paintings that express their own stories or community.
* Artists will discuss their work and the work of others using appropriate vocabulary, promoting self-awareness, growth, and appreciation for diverse perspectives.
* Once the student has created a multitude of pieces that exemplify a well rounded artist. We create a digital and hard copy portfolio. The student will learn to hang, frame, matte, and host an exhibition of the their work.
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Art In Motion (All AGES)
Workshop Objectives:
* The student will learn to identify sensory knowledge and life experiences as sources for ideas about visual symbols, self, and life events.
* The student will express ideas and feelings in artworks, using a variety of colors, forms, and lines.
* The student will define reasons for preferences in personal artworks. Explain why they choose to depict life as they do.
* The student will identify general intent and expressive qualities in personal artworks.
* The student will learn to identify the use of art in everyday life.
BONUS
* MULTIPLE FIELD TRIPS PER SERIES
* ART IN MOTION IS A WORKSHOP THAT CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE AND OFFERS A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY, PLUS FIELD TRIPS. WE TAKE ART AND APPLY IT TO OUR LIVES IN A MORE TACTILE WAY. THE EXPERIENCE IS TAILORED AND WRITTEN EACH WEEK TO MEET THE ARTISTS' NEEDS.
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AP Art History Workshop (12 - 18)
BONUS
* 2 HOUR REFLECTION AND CONNECTION ENRICHMENT ONCE A MONTH
* FREE ACCESS TO TWO STUDIO WORKSHOPS PER MONTH
Workshop Objectives:
The primary objective is to teach students to examine and respond critically to the visual arts while appreciating the artistic process, varied media, and exhibition display. In addition, students will successfully identify artistic movements and specific works of art. Students will then analyze these specific works within a social and cultural context (i.e. politics, religion, patronage, gender, function, and ethnicity). Students will be able to develop a critical approach to a given form or forms of art and will be able to articulate an argument in an intelligent and informed manner using art-related terms and a variety of methodologies.
Each session we will cover 5 to 10 images images under the given content area. The art historians will explore the set images through warm ups, varied round table techniques, readings and creating hands on replications of artifacts.
Enrichment Content:
Art history is an enrichment that covers global art from as early as 20,000 b.c.e to present day. We will be covering 250 artworks from 10 different content areas. We will not always work sequentially and often it will be necessary to return to previous works covered but we will cover all 250 in depth. The content areas are listed below:
AP Art History Content Areas
· Content Area 1: Global Prehistory
· Content Area 2: Ancient Mediterranean
· Content Area 3: Early Europe and Colonial Americas
· Content Area 4: Later Europe and the Americas
· Content Area 5: Indigenous Americas
· Content Area 6: Africa
· Content Area 7: West and Central Asia
· Content Area 8: South, East, and Southeast Asia
· Content Area 9: The Pacific
· Content Area 10: Global Contemporary
FAQ ART HISTORY
Will we still produce art?
YES ALWAYS!!! Within the workshop we will ALWAYS be creating work with various mediums to apply new knowledge.
Can I still take the studio art workshops?
Yes, studio workshops will be offered to Art History students. You will be eligible to come to 2 of the 4 studio workshop offered in a month for FREE. Extra courses will be $25 to attend. Attending on extended days is allowed.
What is art history?
Art history – the study of art from across the world, and from the ancient to the present day – covers virtually every aspect of human history and experience. This is because it looks at works of art not just as objects, but as a way of understanding the world, and the societies in which they were created.
What were the conscious and unconscious choices that led to an artwork’s form and subject matter? What does its content – how people are represented, how religion is shown – tell you about the society in which it was created, and its history? How was it received when it was first put on display, and how has this changed?
By asking these questions, art historians gain a fascinating insight into how people throughout time and across the world lived, thought, felt and understood everything around them. Developing understanding of these challenges helps us make sense of the relationship between people, art and the forces that shape the world we live in today – and provides us with the critical skills to understand the visual world around us.
⏬️ Don't wait for the opportunity, create it ⏬️
Enrichment Library
This enrichment library is comprised of art lessons for all ages. These videos are for educational purposes only.
Adapt these activities at your discretion for your child/classroom.
Enjoy.
One-on-One Enrichments
When you sign up for a One-on-One workshop/monthly membership, you can be assured of plenty of individual attention and focus. Each workshop involves an element of learning and theory but the majority of the enrichment is devoted to putting that theory into practice. Get in touch to find out more.
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PRIVATE WORKSHOP SERIES/MONTHLY MEMBERSHIPS:
~ The student will demonstrate effective use of art media and tools in design, drawing, painting, printmaking, and sculpture that are tailored to the student’s needs, wants and interests. 🌟
~ Fundamental skills and techniques with varied mediums such as, charcoal, graphite, markers, watercolor, paint, ink and mixed media.
~ The student will learn to demonstrate an understanding of art history and culture as records of human achievement.
~ The student will illustrate ideas for artworks from direct observation, experiences, and imagination.
~ The student will select artworks for a personal portfolio based on evaluation of developmental progress, competency in problem-solving, and a variety of visual ideas. ⭐️
~ Once the student has created a multitude of pieces that exemplify a well rounded artist. We create a digital and hard copy portfolio. The student will learn to hang, frame, matte, and host an exhibition of the their work. ⭐️
~ The student will analyze a selected career opportunity in art, identifying the training, skills, and plan of action necessary for realizing such a goal; this includes hosting, curating and installing solo exhibitions. ⭐️
Private Sessions: Time: Once a week for 1 hour or 30 minute sessions (dates and times are flexible) Cost: $60 an hour
The beginning is the most important part of the work ~ Plato
About Miss Elise's Art House
Miss Elise’s Art House provides creative learning and enrichment designed to spark curiosity, build confidence, and nurture creativity in children. We offer hands-on, project-based workshops that focus on creativity, exploration, and personal growth in a fun, supportive environment.
Please note:
We are not a daycare or school. Our workshops are supplemental, not custodial, and are designed to enhance your child’s education through creativity and enrichment.
Parents must review and sign our comprehensive handbook and liability waivers during registration. These documents outline our policies, safety practices, and what is expected of both the children and parents.