Shannon Green is the founder and director of The Cool School Los Angeles. He has been teaching and working in the arts for the past 15 years and is also an established painter working primarily in oils and mixed media. As an artist his work has been featured nationally and locally. During his years in education he has worked with a variety of institutions such as LACMA, SFMOMA, The Academy of Art University and LA City College. He has had numerous teaching residencies with local elementary schools and teaches mainly painting and drawing, color and design and a myriad of themed children's classes.