Nick Gilliland

3-6 ART/UPPER SCHOOL ART INSTRUCTOR

B.A. Game Art and Design, University of Advancing Technology
M.S. Organizational Leadership, Argosy University

Although I’m currently in the corporate world, I began my professional career as an artist in the video game industry, a passion I continue to this day in various side projects. Although my experience in facilitation has primarily been as a corporate trainer, I have a formalized art education from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design which I bring to the classroom. We discovered Caritas while looking for a Christ-focused education for our daughter, and when Kathy asked if anyone felt called to teach art, I leapt at the opportunity! Introducing these kids to their artistic side, especially with the focus that they were made in the image of the greatest artist of all, God Almighty, is a singular joy I look forward to every week.

I’m an Arizona native and have been with my amazing wife Jenny for 14 years. When not teaching, working, or parenting I can be found serving with the worship band at our church, writing stories about far off worlds and grand adventures, or cooking delicious meals for family and friends.