Bella Fontanes…

is a teaching artist from Denver, CO. She achieved her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in illustration, with a focus in Teaching Art at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in Minneapolis, MN. She currently lives and works in Denver, CO where she has taught at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities in Arvada, CO and served as an AmeriCorps ArtistYear Fellow at Alameda Junior/Senior International. In addition to visual arts education, she has a passion for the performing arts. Bella also has experience as a stage manager and scenic designer, and has worked as a teaching assistant on five youth productions (students ages 5-14) at the Arvada Center.

Classes Bella has taught include:

  • Meet the Masters (5-8, 9-12)

  • Art, Animation, and Design (9-13)

  • Drawing for Kids (5-8, 9-12)

  • Explore Painting (5-8, 9-12)

  • Mixed Media (5-8, 9-12)

  • Cartooning (9-13)

  • Character Journeys (5-8)

  • Story-Inspired Creations (5-8)

  • Passport to Seussville (5-8)

  • Play in a Day (5-8)

Drama Productions include:

  • Unto These Yellow Sands (2023)
    Dir. Olivia Newman. Arvada Center Black Box.

  • Beauty and the Beast Jr. (2023)
    Dir. David Payne. Arvada Center Black Box.

  • Finding Nemo Jr. (2024)
    Dir. David, Julie Payne. Arvada Center Black Box.

  • My Son Pinocchio Jr. (2025)
    Dir. Bekah Ortiz. Arvada Center Black Box.

  • James and the Giant Peach Jr. (2026)
    Dir. Bekah Ortiz. Arvada Center Black Box.

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