Roaring Mouse Creative Arts Studio
Roaring Mouse Creative Arts Studio, 7526 20th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98115
About
Roaring Mouse Creative Arts Studio offers preschool, art classes, camps, birthday parties, and other creative programs that include process art, sensory experiences, dramatic play, print making, abstract expressionism painting, and Creative Drama. The program also offers Nurturing Pathways® Creative Dance, Pop-Up Adventure Playgrounds, and nature hikes in a colorful, light-filled studio with connected art and play areas that allow activities to move between play and art.
• Ages: 3–12 years old
Roaring Mouse Creative Arts Studio opened in 1997 and has been operating for over 28 years. Its mission is to provide opportunities to develop self confidence and awareness through artistic and creative experiences, and to enhance communication and understanding between people. A cornerstone of the studio’s philosophy is the link between creativity and play, and the connected art and play areas support a free flow of ideas from play to art and art to play. Through creative exploration, students are encouraged to follow their thoughts and curiosities into other forms of expression and to experiment with combining ideas in new ways. Roaring Mouse respects and understands different learning styles and supports the unique process and growth of each student, and all of the teachers are committed to giving students the best chance to discover and develop their own creative potential and to find ways to share those gifts with the world.
Roaring Mouse was founded by Lassie Webster, who received training at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, studied with Anna Deveare Smith, went on to study visual arts, music, dance, and childhood development, and holds a B.A. in Arts and Literature from Antioch University. She taught an arts- and social-emotional development-based kindergarten program in Seattle Public Schools for 19 years. The leadership team includes Lassie Webster, Founder and Director; Jessica Lord, Program Director and Teacher; Deidre Behrend, Birthday Party Coordinator and Teacher; Marie Carson, Creative Arts Teacher; Sayuri Fujiwara, Art Teacher; Andrea Ichikawa, Administrative Coordinator & Teacher; and Tracy Melary, Creative Arts & Preschool Teacher. Jessica Lord is an early childhood educator with over 20 years of experience working with diverse populations of young children and families, teaches Nurturing Pathways® Creative Dance, and hosts Pop-Up Adventure Playgrounds in the community. Deidre Behrend first joined Roaring Mouse as an intern in 2014, later completed a B.S. in Human Development and Family Studies at UW–Madison, has worked as a preschool teacher, swim teacher, art teacher, behavioral therapist, and childbirth educator, and is pursuing a Masters in Couples and Family Therapy at Antioch. Creative Arts Teacher Marie Carson holds a BA in English and has led nature hikes through forests, wetlands, and prairies in Missouri, assisted in a Montessori Early Childhood classroom in Bothell, and co-taught at an outdoor preschool in Bellevue. Art Teacher Sayuri Fujiwara graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a BA in Studio Art and served as a long-time Art Docent for Sacajawea Elementary School. Administrative Coordinator & Teacher Andrea Ichikawa is a local theatre arts educator specializing in Creative Drama, studied Theatre with an emphasis in Educational Drama at Western Washington University, worked for 14 years on the Education team at Seattle Children’s Theatre with students ages 3 to adult in schools, libraries, and museums around the Puget Sound, and is a Washington State Teaching Artist Training Lab graduate. Creative Arts & Preschool Teacher Tracy Melary graduated from Western Washington University with a bachelor of arts degree in political science and a minor in psychology and has worked with young children, primarily as a nanny but also in classroom settings, for 24 years.
Last updated January 7, 2026.
• Ages: 3–12 years old
Roaring Mouse Creative Arts Studio opened in 1997 and has been operating for over 28 years. Its mission is to provide opportunities to develop self confidence and awareness through artistic and creative experiences, and to enhance communication and understanding between people. A cornerstone of the studio’s philosophy is the link between creativity and play, and the connected art and play areas support a free flow of ideas from play to art and art to play. Through creative exploration, students are encouraged to follow their thoughts and curiosities into other forms of expression and to experiment with combining ideas in new ways. Roaring Mouse respects and understands different learning styles and supports the unique process and growth of each student, and all of the teachers are committed to giving students the best chance to discover and develop their own creative potential and to find ways to share those gifts with the world.
Roaring Mouse was founded by Lassie Webster, who received training at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, studied with Anna Deveare Smith, went on to study visual arts, music, dance, and childhood development, and holds a B.A. in Arts and Literature from Antioch University. She taught an arts- and social-emotional development-based kindergarten program in Seattle Public Schools for 19 years. The leadership team includes Lassie Webster, Founder and Director; Jessica Lord, Program Director and Teacher; Deidre Behrend, Birthday Party Coordinator and Teacher; Marie Carson, Creative Arts Teacher; Sayuri Fujiwara, Art Teacher; Andrea Ichikawa, Administrative Coordinator & Teacher; and Tracy Melary, Creative Arts & Preschool Teacher. Jessica Lord is an early childhood educator with over 20 years of experience working with diverse populations of young children and families, teaches Nurturing Pathways® Creative Dance, and hosts Pop-Up Adventure Playgrounds in the community. Deidre Behrend first joined Roaring Mouse as an intern in 2014, later completed a B.S. in Human Development and Family Studies at UW–Madison, has worked as a preschool teacher, swim teacher, art teacher, behavioral therapist, and childbirth educator, and is pursuing a Masters in Couples and Family Therapy at Antioch. Creative Arts Teacher Marie Carson holds a BA in English and has led nature hikes through forests, wetlands, and prairies in Missouri, assisted in a Montessori Early Childhood classroom in Bothell, and co-taught at an outdoor preschool in Bellevue. Art Teacher Sayuri Fujiwara graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a BA in Studio Art and served as a long-time Art Docent for Sacajawea Elementary School. Administrative Coordinator & Teacher Andrea Ichikawa is a local theatre arts educator specializing in Creative Drama, studied Theatre with an emphasis in Educational Drama at Western Washington University, worked for 14 years on the Education team at Seattle Children’s Theatre with students ages 3 to adult in schools, libraries, and museums around the Puget Sound, and is a Washington State Teaching Artist Training Lab graduate. Creative Arts & Preschool Teacher Tracy Melary graduated from Western Washington University with a bachelor of arts degree in political science and a minor in psychology and has worked with young children, primarily as a nanny but also in classroom settings, for 24 years.
Last updated January 7, 2026.
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