Breaking the Barrier
When I was 12, I decided I wanted to be a teacher and pursued the avenue of art education after graduating from High School. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, I reached my goal as a public school art teacher. It was a great adventure for my students and me.
Because I didn't conform and fit into the institutional box, I decided to "retire" from that the Public School educational environment in 1992. I began teaching privately and subsequently founded a private art studio/school (Cygnet Studios, Inc) that thrived into the mid 2000s. Along the way I developed several other branches of business in art, music and lastly -- coffee.
My long-standing, community centered career which consisted of several successful businesses, was destroyed in 2011 partly through predatory placed businesses but ultimately through domestic violence. I was forced to flee and close my cherished company. The transition has been challenging; however, my return to creativity through craft is one way available to create a new career.
Here’s the good news!
https://www.thedragonflyranch.com/post/coming-soon-may-8-5pm-pstlet-s-talk-shop-with-marti-pineno
I am reintroducing some favorite designs from the 1990s and developing new ideas for Etsy.
Here is a list of some of the companies I founded.
Cygnet Studios / Paint your Pottery (art/music studio/ceramic decorating):
1987 - 2011 (destroyed 2011)
Conewago Coffeehouse:
2006 - 2011 (destroyed 2011)
Woodwind Medic (woodwind instrument repair)
2013 - present
Artside My Box (artwork and hand crafted boxes)
2015 - present
Creative Coaching Company (online mentoring)
2015 - present
Transform to Triumph (online coaching)
2016 - present
OH Baked (Bakery):
2017 - present - see our Etsy shop
and https://www.OHbaked.com
