MONICA LEE
TEACHING ARTIST & FOUNDING MEMBER
Monica Lee’s art making started as a young child growing up in a busy household with five sisters. She was very influenced by her father who was always creating and building. Monica has taught over a thousand art workshops at Ruth’s Table since 2011. Her creative reuse and community based art workshops have participants of all ages and abilities. She has also taught at ScrapSF, FabMo, SFCB, and other venues. Monica makes her own artwork, some of which has been exhibited in the United States and Japan. Prior to teaching art workshops Monica was a professional film photographer for 30 years publishing her portraits and architectural images in books and magazines nationally and internationally. She has a B.A. degree in Visual Communications. She lives with her husband Jonathan Rapp and their dog Maple Bar and have two adult children Elana and Samuel Rapp who grew up in an art-filled house in a foggy part of San Francisco.