Our Teachers
The Muse's instructors are all working writers and published authors who have taught courses at colleges, universities, and other community organizations. Read our teachers’ biographies and see what classes they are currently teaching.
Christine Rucker
Christine Rucker is an artist and educator based in Norfolk, VA. Her specialties include bookmaking, printmaking, painting and drawing. She received her BFA from Pratt Institute in Painting and Art History, and has been a resident artist at the Manhattan Graphics Center and Governor's Island Art Fair in New York City. Between 2012 and 2018, she ran the fine art press QbyQ Press and organized events in NYC and Hampton Roads. She currently teaches at The Muse Writers Center and the Norfolk City Jail.
Current Classes Taught
- Visual Journaling: A Creative Fresh Start
- (Winter/Spring 2025)
- Visual Journaling: Cleaning the Slate for the New Year
- (Winter/Spring 2025)
Previous Classes Taught
- Visual Journaling Workshop
- (Fall 2024)
- Visual Journaling Workshop: Exploring the Imagination
- (Summer 2020)
- Visual Journaling Workshop: Exploring the Imagination (Now Online)
- (Winter/Spring 2020)
- Visual Journaling: Exploring the Imagination
- (Fall 2020)
- Visual Journaling: Exploring the Imagination
- (Summer 2022)
- Visual Journaling: Exploring the Imagination
- (Fall 2022)
- Visual Journaling: Exploring the Imagination
- (Winter/Spring 2023)
- Visual Journaling: Exploring the Imagination
- (Fall 2023)
- Visual Journaling: Exploring the Imagination
- (Summer 2024)
- Visual Journaling: Summer Freedom (LIVE IN PERSON!)
- (Summer 2021)