About the Author

Tim Needles is an artist and educator from Port Jefferson, New York. His work has been featured on NPR and in The New York Times, as well as at The Columbus Museum of Art, The Norman Rockwell Museum and The Museum of Fine Arts Houston. He’s taught art and media in Smithtown, New York, for 20 years and worked as an Adobe Education Leader and an educational consultant for The Japan Society. Needles is the recipient of the ISTE Creativity Award from the Art and Technology Professional Learning Network, the National Art Educators Association 2016 AET Outstanding Teaching Award and The Lab School’s Robert Rauschenberg Power of Art Award at The National Gallery of Art. He’s also been featured on the “Talks With Teachers” podcast, Art Ed Radio, “Edspiration,” Short & Sweet NYC and The Zen Teacher Blog.