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studio nafisa offers drawing, painting, sketching, technical drawing, and Zentangle classes, along with pencil sketching at the studio. The program includes LEGO Early Engineering and LEGO Robotics classes and camps, architecture preparation for national and international architecture entrance exams, and building structures with structures and STEM-based art. It also offers origami, quilling, clay modeling, glass painting, paper collage cityscapes, jewelry badge workshops, and a variety of watercolor, oil, and acrylic painting activities for STEM events, birthdays, camps, and special events, as well as art parties and open studio hours for amateur and experienced artists.
• Schedule: Studio hours include Monday 6:30–7:30 pm; Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 5:30–7:30 pm; and Saturday 11:30–12:30.
studio nafisa runs after school and art enrichment programs at schools, STEM and STEAM events at schools, LEGO engineering at schools, and workshops and events in card making, painting, origami, and STEM. The studio hosts group events for Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, and Boy Scouts, including art badge, patch, belt loop, and pin requirements, as well as Girl Scout and Boy Scout art badges and a jewelry badge workshop at the studio. It also offers workshops for various groups such as social organizations, Scouts, and health care facilities and has worked with various charitable organizations to give back to the community while serving the Aurora and Naperville communities.
The founder, Nafisa Husain, is the Founder and Creator in Chief and is described as the owner and primary driving force behind studio nafisa, and staff member Ms. Erin Bartolotta also teaches at the studio. The founder has formal education in Engineering and Art, prior corporate jobs in Electrical and Software engineering disciplines, certifications in Still Life, Memory, Nature and Geometric drawings, and is a Distinguished Toastmaster. Another staff member has an undergraduate degree in Studio Art, a Master’s degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, and studied art in Japan and Indonesia. The studio’s mission is “Developing and nurturing creative skills and preparing students for lifelong success through creative confidence.”
studio nafisa describes itself as a premier academy with STEAM-focused education for kids, with art, design, and technology offerings and a structured proprietary curriculum designed by an artist who is also an engineer. The program states that students learn to connect the dots between visual arts and other STEM disciplines, that critical thinking, problem solving, and teamwork skills are stressed in the teaching approach, and that its math-based proprietary drawing curriculum focuses on practical use. The program states that its offerings help students demonstrate improved performance in math, science, and creative thinking, and that it focuses on helping kids design and prototype products, sketch and visually communicate ideas, innovate solutions, illustrate, create animated movies, and design games. The founder left an IT corporate job to pursue a passion in visual arts, is a strong proponent of STEAM education and design thinking, and the studio has been described in a testimonial as a haven of quiet and creativity in a busy world.
Parent and participant testimonials mention children attending summer, fall, and winter art camps, spring break classes, and birthday parties at studio nafisa, including activities such as canvas painting and quilling. Several parents and troop leaders report their children or Girl Scout and Brownie troops earning painting and jewelry badges, making earrings, bracelets, and necklaces, and completing projects such as Red Panda paintings and other artworks during studio sessions and Scout meetings. Testimonials describe children talking about design thinking learned at camp, enjoying exposure to different creative mediums, and bringing home artwork they were excited to share, and some reviewers state they would recommend or attend studio nafisa again. The studio also invites families of children who are described as “MAKER” types to subscribe and receive a free project sheet for their child.
Last updated May 27, 2026.
• Schedule: Studio hours include Monday 6:30–7:30 pm; Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 5:30–7:30 pm; and Saturday 11:30–12:30.
studio nafisa runs after school and art enrichment programs at schools, STEM and STEAM events at schools, LEGO engineering at schools, and workshops and events in card making, painting, origami, and STEM. The studio hosts group events for Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, and Boy Scouts, including art badge, patch, belt loop, and pin requirements, as well as Girl Scout and Boy Scout art badges and a jewelry badge workshop at the studio. It also offers workshops for various groups such as social organizations, Scouts, and health care facilities and has worked with various charitable organizations to give back to the community while serving the Aurora and Naperville communities.
The founder, Nafisa Husain, is the Founder and Creator in Chief and is described as the owner and primary driving force behind studio nafisa, and staff member Ms. Erin Bartolotta also teaches at the studio. The founder has formal education in Engineering and Art, prior corporate jobs in Electrical and Software engineering disciplines, certifications in Still Life, Memory, Nature and Geometric drawings, and is a Distinguished Toastmaster. Another staff member has an undergraduate degree in Studio Art, a Master’s degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, and studied art in Japan and Indonesia. The studio’s mission is “Developing and nurturing creative skills and preparing students for lifelong success through creative confidence.”
studio nafisa describes itself as a premier academy with STEAM-focused education for kids, with art, design, and technology offerings and a structured proprietary curriculum designed by an artist who is also an engineer. The program states that students learn to connect the dots between visual arts and other STEM disciplines, that critical thinking, problem solving, and teamwork skills are stressed in the teaching approach, and that its math-based proprietary drawing curriculum focuses on practical use. The program states that its offerings help students demonstrate improved performance in math, science, and creative thinking, and that it focuses on helping kids design and prototype products, sketch and visually communicate ideas, innovate solutions, illustrate, create animated movies, and design games. The founder left an IT corporate job to pursue a passion in visual arts, is a strong proponent of STEAM education and design thinking, and the studio has been described in a testimonial as a haven of quiet and creativity in a busy world.
Parent and participant testimonials mention children attending summer, fall, and winter art camps, spring break classes, and birthday parties at studio nafisa, including activities such as canvas painting and quilling. Several parents and troop leaders report their children or Girl Scout and Brownie troops earning painting and jewelry badges, making earrings, bracelets, and necklaces, and completing projects such as Red Panda paintings and other artworks during studio sessions and Scout meetings. Testimonials describe children talking about design thinking learned at camp, enjoying exposure to different creative mediums, and bringing home artwork they were excited to share, and some reviewers state they would recommend or attend studio nafisa again. The studio also invites families of children who are described as “MAKER” types to subscribe and receive a free project sheet for their child.
Last updated May 27, 2026.
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