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Caroline Rutledge Armijo is a mixed-media artist, who is a ninth generation North Carolinian transplanted into Washington, DC's Chinatown. She works with a variety of media from collage, Chinese Brush Painting, book arts, graphic design, digital photography and embroidery. She has studied art a variety of DC institutions, including the Corcoran and Smithsonian, along with places around the country such as the San Francisco Center for the Book, Penland School of Crafts and the University of North Carolina. Her instructors have included Katie Dell Kaufman, Susan Joy Share, Paul Johnson, elin o'hara slavick, and Dana Ellyn.

She has taught a wide range of workshops at the Paper Source, including Wedding Event Invitations, Paper Portfolios, Single Sheet Books, and Gift Wrapping. Envelopes are her specialty. She has led hands-on activities with numerous non-profits, including The Textile Museum, The Scrap Exchange Creative Reuse Center, and Star Light Ministries. Most recently she taught one of her "make 'n take workshop" on collage and cootie catchers, a familiar children's activity, as part of Star Light's Exotic Dancer MBA. To Caroline, everyone is creative. Art should be fun and playful. She loves the power of surprise that art often reveals.

In December of 2003, Caroline received her MA in Liberal Studies from North Carolina State University, which focused on cultural institutions and lifelong learning. For her final project, she wrote a book on art and play, which shares the evolution of childhood interests into the work of six modern artists. She completed a series of coursework on art, psychology and creativity at the Lucy Daniels Foundation in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1997. She also received her BA in Journalism with a focus on advertising from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1996.

Caroline also enjoys cooking with her husband Henry and practicing Tai Chi. Follow Caroline's adventures at blog.carolinearmijo.com.

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