About Six Toes Studio
Six Toes Studio Name
Six Toes Studio Name
Six Toes Studio Name
Both Stephanie's babes were polydactyly. Neither side 'fessed up about any genetic history. Surprise! They're brilliant, creative, and uniquely statistically anomalous. We celebrate difference here, and honor one another in our own way.
Creative Community
Six Toes Studio Name
Six Toes Studio Name
Continuing to grow from a home studio to brick and mortar atelier intended to provide space to work and exhibit, learn, teach, and support the creative community in Santa Ana, California.
About Stephanie
Artist Since 2002
Teacher Since 2007
Teacher Since 2007
Stephanie Butler is an artist working in 2D, 3D, and Digital media.
"I adore innovation and I'm beguiled by great analog design and function. I love combining whimsy with poignant or pensive moments."
Butler earned her BA, Teaching Credential, and MA in Art Education, learning from the best at CSULB, the largest, most comprehensive, and diverse School Of Art in the USA.
Teacher Since 2007
Teacher Since 2007
Teacher Since 2007
Stephanie has stepped out of K-12 schools for a break, and is currently teaching in community settings. She's a founding faculty member for two schools, starting and growing an Art program from scratch. She has taught in urban, suburban, and rural areas; at both large and small schools, in traditional public and in charter. Stephanie is a STEAM educator, continuing to learn and grow each year.
Researcher
Teacher Since 2007
Researcher
In her thesis, Stephanie experimented with how the measured creativity of student art works instructed in authentic assessment change after students are exposed to a quantitative data-driven instruction pedagogy. Two experiments were conducted for this study questioning the imposition of a convergent pedagogy on a mainly divergent domain, and questioning the need for such assessment.