Meet our Instructors and Staff

at the National Building Museum Summer Camp

This is a list of some of our past Summer Camp staff members. Please check this page in the future for a complete list of Summer 2012 camp instructors and staff.

Julieanne Brodzik (Group Leader) is a Washington, D.C.-based artist and arts educator. A recent graduate of the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Julie now teaches elementary art for Fairfax County Public Schools. A lifelong learner and crafter, Julie loves picking up new skills and hobbies; most recently, she starting a knitting club for students at Churchill Road Elementary School.

Tom Hardej (Group Leader) is a graduate student in historic preservation and museum studies at the University of Maryland. Last summer at the National Building Museum summer camp his electives included "Re-designing the White House" and "City of the Future," where he taught students about history, architecture, and planning. He also spent several summers as the director of a day camp in Connecticut. 

Amy Herbert (Guest Artist, Building Artists). As co-principal of Aesthetic Answers, Amy is the guiding eye for all interior design and decorating projects. Amy looks at each project as an opportunity to express the personality of her client in creative and innovative ways. After graduating with a BA in art from Messiah College, Amy has worked for the past 5 years in a variety of positions: as an apprentice with a master printmaker; designing, constructing, and installing interior displays for Anthropologie; and teaching art and dance throughout D.C.

Ashley Searles (Guest Artist, Building Artists) has been dancing and performing in New York City for the past 12 years and recently relocated to Philadelphia. She received her BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and her MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she was the recipient of the Chancellor’s Award. Her performing credits include works by Twyla Tharp, Mark Taylor, Doug Varone, David Parsons and Carolyn Dorfman among many others. In addition to performing, she served as rehearsal director for Murray Spalding Movement Arts from 1999–2004. Ashley’s choreography explores interdisciplinary collaboration and has been presented by Dance Space Center NYC, JUMP Arts Festival, Long Island University, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the Hanalei Center, Kauai, Hawaii and the Adrienne Theater, Philadelphia. She currently creates and performs with the New York-based Moving Theater, most recently appearing in their production of Its My Party, premiering at the Greenwich Music Festival. She is also an adjunct performing and teaching artist with the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange and has been featured in performances at The Kennedy Center, The Baltimore Theater Project, and the Los Angeles Theater Center.