Barbara Steinberg

As an instructor, Barbara is patient and passionate. Technically she can direct and correct without ever leaving me feeling criticized. She teaches when needed and coaches when appropriate. She has an incredible eye for proportion and dimension. Perhaps one of the greatest compliments I can pay to Barbara as an instructor is that she has genuinely helped me find my voice and did not encourage me to just copy her work or style.

Barbara Steinberg has been our daughter’s art instructor for over six years, starting when she was in 5th grade. During that time, she has gone from being an average dabbler to becoming a semi-professional artist with paintings that have shown on multiple islands. Presently, she is doing an Alice in Wonderland series which is truly amazing and which she could not have done without Barbara’s professional assistance. We highly recommend Barbara, both for her technical and artistic abilities.

I am happily sending a letter of recommendation for our Art Instructor, Barbara Steinberg, who is an artistic, poetic expressionist. Our children who are enrolled in her program love her. Barbara has been with our Community Class Instruction Program for more than ten years and currently teaches in our South District. Throughout the years with our program, Barbara continues to nurture children’s artistic expressions and has strong parental support. It would be wonderful if Barbara would be considered for a position with your firm as her attributes and strengths in her passion for Art will be a positive asset. Let Barbara be given an opportunity to show you her passion for nurturing others.

My son Nico has had the good fortune to be enrolled in the class taught by Barbara Steinberg for the past four sessions. Each time one session is over he asks to enroll in another. He has improved his love of art and greatly loves learning about all the animals. I would recommend Barbara's class to all children.

It is a great pleasure that I write this letter of the highest recommendation for watercolor and drawing instructor, Barbara Steinberg. My 8 year-old daughter, Rose has been very fortunate to learn with Barbara in her Animal Kindness Children’s Art Club over the past 6 months. Barbara inspires children with her great passion for art and love for animals and nature by drawing Hawaiian native wild animals and plants. Besides, Barbara encourages children to describe their own paintings and let children share each other’s paintings and discuss like a real artist. We have found great progress on my daughter’s painting since we joined Barbara’s class. Her painting is more realistic, colorful, and shows more details on drawings, and it shows her love and kindness for animals and nature as well. Moreover, she seems more confident in her painting and enjoys sharing feelings on friends’ paintings. Barbara’s class is affordable and two hours is long enough to complete each painting. We truly appreciate this Fine Art learning experience for children in Maui, and look forward to exploring more beautiful artistic world with Barbara.

We are so thankful for Barbara Steinberg and Jonathan — our daughter looks forward to her weekly art classes and also learns about animal kindness! She loves the class pledge and enjoys learning fun animal facts.

My son Sky has enjoyed watercolor art sessions with the Maui Kindness Club taught by Barbara Steinberg. He looked forward to going to each class and begged me to go to the class again after the first session of 9 weeks ended. He learned a special animal kindness song and found a great place to talk about his love of animals. The Maui Kindness Club teaches awareness of the native animals of the islands and how to care for them. Sky learned new techniques in watercolor and in composition. He feels very proud of what he has accomplished in these classes. Barbara is a great teacher. She emits the kindness that she teaches. You can tell she has a true passion for art and for the animals that are drawn and that rubs off on the children. The classes are affordable with choice of being able to pay per class or all at one time. There is a special art reception at the end of the completed session, where Barbara displays each child’s completed work and really makes each child feel special and like an Artist that they are. We look forward to enrolling Sky in future classes to come!

Our family has loved seeing Christina’s passion for art and animals grow more and more in the Animal Kindness Children’s Art Class taught by Barbara and Jon Steinberg at the Kihei Community Center. The sky and the clouds are now a piece of art to be admired and be thankful for every single day. We see the world in colors and soft gentle moments in the midst of the stormy daily ups and downs. Mahalo!

I am writing this letter to express what a great experience it has been for my son to be a part of the Animal Kindness Watercolor class held at Kihei Community Center, taught by Barbara Steinberg. With her knowledge in native and endangered species, my son not only learns the importance in showing compassion towards animals but is also introduced to native species of Maui and worldwide, along with hands-on techniques in watercolor painting — bringing home a masterpiece painted by himself. I love having the opportunity to be part of the art show at the end of each 9-week session, seeing each child’s individual Watercolor Native Animal Creation. My son really enjoys attending this class and would not have discovered his capabilities in the watercolor arts had he not been given the opportunity and motivation from his teacher Barbara Steinberg.