Team Category: Instructors

Jorge Corral is a lifelong artist hailing from Miami, Florida, whose creative journey began as a young boy sketching on his bedroom walls. With an insatiable passion for art in all its forms, Jorge has honed his skills across various mediums, including painting, illustration, concept art, animation, 3D modeling, and visual effects (VFX). His extensive experience and dedication to the craft have made him a versatile and accomplished artist. Now, Jorge is excited to share his wealth of knowledge and enthusiasm for art in the classroom, inspiring future generations of creatives to follow their artistic dreams.

Andrew Braunberger is a versatile artist from Minneapolis, Minnesota who works in many media. Chalk pastels, acrylics, oils, pens and markers, digital media, sculpture, ceramics, and food. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in the College of Arts and Sciences from the University of North Dakota in 1992. He loves to collaborate with other artists.

Minna Maillakakis is an art experienced educator and artist living in Southwest Florida. She has taught grades PreK- middle school art as well as classes for seniors living in skilled nursing homes. For the last 4 years, she has concentrated on serving the elderly and providing a high level of customer service and earned a hospitality certification while supervising a motel at a large, local continuing care retirement community. For her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and 2 dogs at the beach, loves planning children’s birthday parties, enjoys strolling at art festivals, and painting.  She is excited to join the Alliance team and looks forward to working in youth education to bring more art to children in the area.

I am a local artist and make crafts I sell from clothing to random creations. However, I create art to relax, not just for money. I like to do art anytime I can and it makes me happiest when my art makes others happy. I have two cats named Dexter and Chowder, and small dog named Freya. I’m also going to be a mom soon too and can’t wait to see my baby. Art is about relaxing and creativity not stressing out!