Rivian Bütikofer earned a BA in painting and printmaking from SDSU and an MA in education from Point Loma Nazarene College. As an artist and longtime educator, Rivian combines her educational experience and extensive background in art, drama, and art therapy with an enthusiastic and encouraging teaching style. She has been an artist-in-residence and a visual arts resource administrator, K–12, for the San Diego Unified School District and has taught at the secondary level in several area schools. Rivian has also taught at her own art school, The Magic of Art, as well as at University of California, San Diego (UCSD), the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD), and San Diego Museum of Art (SDMA), and was a consultant to the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.

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