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Meet the team behind GATE
GATE is shaped by visual arts educators working across international schools and creative contexts. We share a belief in learning through making, collaboration, and exchange.
Robyn Zellar
GATE Director
Team Leader,
ASL GATE 2019
Tess Hitchcock
GATE Advisor
Team Leader,
ISF GATE 2022
Maribeth
Soldevilla Relano
GATE Advisor
Team Leader,
AISB GATE 2023
Robyn is an international art educator with 27 years of experience. Originally from upstate New York, she now teaches in London, where she's a swing dancer and Taiko drummer. She created GATE to connect art teachers across Europe and beyond, launching the first Exchange in 2019. Robyn believes in the power of the collective mind and is dedicated to creating meaningful, collaborative learning experiences for art teachers around the world.
Tess has been teaching Visual Arts at the International School of Florence since 2019. Originally from Maine, in the USA, she is passionate about helping kids access their creativity and feel empowered to take risks and make discoveries. In her free time, Tess is a voracious reader, with her favorite genres being sci-fi and fantasy.
Maribeth is a 3rd culture kid currently living and working at an international school in The Netherlands. Her teaching experiences span from early childhood to high school, from general art, design technology and graphic design. Maribeth is passionate about art education and integration through the arts. She loves all things art, meeting and collaborating with fun, creative folks.
