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Mai Ryuno is an artist, educator, and founder of Play Full Ground in Monterey, CA who cares deeply for the community and the conditions of people and society. Mai became an educator by chance through her practice and professional work in art, creating educational artworks and teaching in Young Artist and PreCollege programs at art school from 2007 to 2010. She’s continued to teach art at California community colleges as well as urban planning, civic engagement, and youth leadership. Her vision for the Play Full Ground microschool is to empower and encourage youth to gain a deeper understanding of themselves and the world around them, and make a difference with their actions through the creative process of Think, Do, Share. Creative youth can be a catalyst for social change and make a difference in our community. Mai strives to create a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment for students with diverse backgrounds to find their creative voice, express themselves freely, and gain a sense of community.
3 Reviews on “Play Full Ground”
Former student
Mai is a wonderful person. She gives great feedback and critiques your artwork in a way that makes you understand what you can do better on. Very inspirational as well and encourages you to challenge yourself as well as, in a sense, open a door to your creativity if you let it happen.
Arts student
I like the approach-not giving too many specific instructions, but instead allowing students to experiment and find their own style. Mai is also very encouraging to all students. She fosters a good atmosphere of sharing and learning from each other.
Student
Mai has great ideas to challenge one’s routine way of going about work. She’s truly non judgmental about students’ different approaches.