Jessica Jane Russell is the founder of Art Room Atelier, in Bantam, Connecticut. She has degrees in Fine Art and English, and a Masters in Architecture from Yale. After ten years working in different capacities in the local art community of Litchfield County, she recognized a need among young families for more creative time and space for their children. This was the beginning of Art Room Atelier in old brick Switch Factory by the Bantam River. The center offers unpressured, process-focused art creation, allowing for messy experimentation, sensory stimulation, hand-eye coordination, material exploration, courageous decision making, and independent thinking.