Meet Our Staff

Tina
Owner and Designer

Founder Tina Rear has a vision and wants to share her creative outlet with others, one community at a time.  Having experience teaching crafting within her community,  Tina created SCRAP U & Artistry Too, a studio designed to teach new and creative forms of art classes to children & adults!​

Heidi
​Art Coordinator

Heidi is a 19 year old Elementary Education major at The College Of New Jersey.  Heidi has been creating imaginative art projects  since she was a little girl. Heidi's collection of oil pastels paintings and clay figurines have been displayed in district, county, and state wide art shows.  "Clay is my favorite medium."  "I love to get messy and teach children how to explore art through their hands".   

Katie
​Party Coordinator

Katie loves working in our Kids Club & her students love when she comes up with new craft ideas.  Katie is famous for trying a variety of new craft concoctions for the kids to test! 

Doodles
The Studio Bunny
Doodles is new to our studio!  He is a baby Jersey Wooly.  He LOVES greeting all of our guests, eating carrots, and even licking friends he remembers.  Doodles is very cute and a creative little guy.  He's always finding new ways to bring attention to himself to get that extra snuggle, smile and snack from our clients.  

Meet the Artists & Teachers

Rachel Stange

Rachel hails from Minnesota. She has a passion for art and is an avid crafter, providing her creations in String Art and Watercolors to customers here in New Jersey.  She also provides unique crafts, handmade gifts, and home decor like chalkboard lettering pieces.   With a background in education, she's taken her passion to the next level and now teaches art classes.  See our programs page for a list of classes with Rachel.  Contact Rachel at  (507) 475-0641 or prijra01@luther.edu. 
​Find Rachel on Facebook.

Steph Stokes

Steph Stokes is a painter and crafter from Hillsborough, NJ.  While her main focus is on pet portraiture in oil, she loves to create different subjects in different mediums.  She's had a life long love of art, but only started studying it seriously about 3 years ago with the hope of turning her passion into a living.  Her mission is to show others the joy of painting, and how easy and fun it can be!  Steph will be teaching Paint your Pet and Wine and Paint classes.
​See our programs page for a list of classes with Steph.
Contact Steph at (609) 613-6720 or on Facebook.

Susan Niedt

Susan Niedt is a Certified Aromatherapist, Reiki I and Reiki II, and a Certified Positive EFT Practitioner. She studied Aromatherapy at Aromahead Institute and Aromatic Wisdom Institute. She is an active member of NAHA. Her love of plants and their unique healing properties brought her to the world of Aromatherapy, through which she discovered that combining both the therapeutic and energetic properties of essential oils with EFT and Reiki protocols, deeper levels of healing can be experienced. See our programs page for a list of classes with Susan.

​Donna Lewin

Donna Lewin is the owner and director of Music Together Learn and Grow.  Donna has been a registered Music Together teacher for the past 3 years after spending 5 years as a Music Together mom with her children.  Donna studied singing at Rutgers where she sang with the Rutgers Queens Chorale and performed in many musical theater productions.  Donna's goal is to make the world a more musical place one family at a time.   Contact Donna at donna@mtlearnandgrow.com or visit mtlearnandgrow.com.
Register for Music Together Classes
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Barbara Guerriero

Barbara is a certified New Jersey State Art Teacher with a BA in Art History and a BA in Sociology.  She has  a Masters Degree in Art Education and graduated from Kean University undergraduate and postgraduate. She received museum training at the Metropolitan Museum of Art specializing in Egyptian, Early Christian and Renaissance Art. Upon graduation, Barbara was employed at an outpatient psychiatric facility both as a social worker and Art Teacher. 
She is currently  Teacher of Art at Morris Union Jointure Commission and teaches children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Emotionally Disturbed, and Multiply Handicapped ages 4-21. 
She has been teaching Art for 25 years.  In her  spare time she enjoys visiting museums, painting and printmaking. 

Gloria Power

After retiring from 30 years in the corporate world I have found a second career. My love of sewing, crafting and creating has lead me to this point in my life. My new business is Totes by GG. The name was a gift from my granddaughter. GG. Is a nickname for Grandma Gloria. I  sew custom made Tote bags of different sizes and varieties. I attended craft and vendor fairs all over the state. You can find me on Facebook or by emailing me at
Glory29@yahoo.com

Amy Ewans

Amy provides mixed media classes including but not limited to monoprinting, Zen doodling, drawing, painting, and collage. She uses an endless list of products and prefers to create pieces with a sketchy, illustrative nature. Her mixed media and art journaling classes will be offered at Scrap U in the future.  She will also be present for selected studio events where she will offer mini make & take classes.
​See our programs page for Amy's evening class schedule.

Gina Moleta

Gina's love for baking started at an early age when she would help her grandmother in the kitchen. Her passion continued to grow throughout her life as she introduced baking in the classroom to her former students while she was a pre-school teacher for 10 years. She is now a proud stay at home mother of 3 beautiful kids who are all following in their mother's footsteps & also taking on a love for baking. Gina  is currently teaching baking classes to children & adults. She also is busy fulfilling her baking orders of specialty cakes, cake pops, cookies, & more from her loyal clients. Baking is not just a part of Gina's kitchen, it's a part of her family, & a part of her heart. Email Gina at ginamoleta79@gmail.com.

Meet Tina, Owner and Designer

Founder, Tina Rear has lived in Hillsborough for over 17 years and has always been an active member of her community but when her dream of opening an art studio became a reality it opened up a whole new world of art to our community!  
"I got the teaching bug when my friend Maryann asked me to create and teach a scrapbooking program for Amsterdam School's enrichment program.  I fell in love with the program and returned every year there after.  Being creative is my passion, I love to watch students  try new things, grasp new concepts and apply them to school projects and at home in their own freestyle art!   The kids are excited to share their masterpieces and  I am always amazed at how talented and expressive children are or how often I've heard a parent remark that they didn't know their children were that talented"!

"I have always wanted a Studio where people stop in, take a class, do some freestyle art, take creative risks, hang out and meet new people.  Art is not only therapeutic but socially a great tool to bring people together.  Scrap U  & Artistry Too is a safe space both personally and professionally for every guest who enters.  Our warm, inviting climate is most important to me.  I want each of our guests (adult and children alike) to have the opportunities to experience new, amazing art programs and learn a variety of different art mediums from talented professionals in their craft that they would not otherwise get to experience.  Hillsborough has not had a one-stop shopping location for all their artistic needs and now they do!  Plus you can shop!  Our new pop-up vendor shop allows artists and entrepreneurs the opportunity  to showcase their talents and products. It's a win for the guest and supports other community members in their  endeavors."  

Tina's  commitment to support her community comes from years of volunteer and non-profit work.  Tina has established a corporate relationship with Safe + Sound Somerset, Domestic Violence Center in Hillsborough as the primary contributor of Scrap U & Artistry Too's fundraising efforts (details on our Community Involvement page).  Tina's resume of volunteerism includes many other organizations: Hillsborough's Cultural Arts Commission, Organization for Autism Research (OAR) as well as coordinating family events & fundraisers throughout Hillsborough  schools.  In 2008, Tina founded a non-profit organization, Care to Share Support Network, that worked with families of children with special needs throughout Somerset County.  During the lifespan of the charity, Tina was recognized for her work and significant contributions to Hillsborough's Special Education Department.  Tina received proclamations from Hillsborough Township, the Magic 98.3 award for “Women Who Make Magic” and Somerset Counties "Women of the Year" for Volunteerism.

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This is Miley, the craft cat!  ​Miley works from Tina's home office because she understands that some of our guests may be allergic to her fur.  Miley likes to "help" create new designs for our classes!

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