Keri Wiederspahn received her BFA in Fine Art from Parsons School of Design, NYC. She is the founder of Creative Hands Art Studio & Atelier of Madison, NJ that grew during her commitment over a decade to serve over 350 art students a week in three locations for ages three through adult.

Since moving to New Hampshire, Keri has obtained a 2008 NH State Arts Council grant to pursue Russian/Byzantine Iconography that she is studying with her mentor, internationally recognized iconographer Ksenia Pokrovsky of Boston as well as Father Andrew Tregubov of Claremont, NH. She is also a wife and mother of five.