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about us
Super-Stories was launched in 2022 by Grace Lang and Ramiro Davaro-Comas, artists and educators located in upstate New York.
Mission Statement:
Super-Stories is a registered 501(c) 3 non-profit that focuses on community storytelling through public art, hands-on making experiences, and partnerships with local artists and educators. We believe deeply in the power of developing a visual language to better understand ourselves and others. We are dedicated to cultivating a creative community in Columbia County and beyond by engaging with people of all ages and backgrounds, providing space for curiosity, collaboration, exploration and personal expression.
Vision:
Super-Stories is committed to providing both free and paid art-making opportunities in our Makers Space and through off-site programming. We trust the power of public art to communicate with broad audiences and feel these large-scale artworks are most compelling when they center the voices of students. Our mural collaborations and other hands-on art workshops offer young people the chance to build confidence, focus, and critical thinking skills. The spaces in which we teach will always be safe, accepting, and socially inclusive. We believe in the ripple effect of sharing knowledge: If you know something, teach it!
Ramiro Davaro-Comas is an Argentine/American artist, muralist and art educator. His passions for painting, storytelling, and community work have pushed him to travel throughout his career, collaborating with galleries and artists around the world. He splits his time between his studio practice and his public art work. Davaro-Comas is currently co-directing Super-Stories, an organization he launched with artist Grace Lang that focuses on arts education and large scale mural projects. Their motto is - If you know something, teach it!
Grace Lang is an American multimedia artist and educator. A deep understanding of the link between creative expression and identity development informs her work facilitating art-making workshops for children, often with a focus on exploring personal narratives. She spent three years on the education team at Art Omi Sculpture Park in Ghent, NY and is a co-director of Super Stories. She holds undergraduate degrees in Illustration and Literary Studies, as well as a Masters in Educational Psychology. Grace also loves reading, cooking, snowboarding, and hanging out with her and Ramiro's baby, Otis.
Anne Schaefer is an artist and educator. Her work comprises painting, print and large-scale installation in which color and pattern are paramount to creating optically challenging and perceptually immersive experiences for the viewer. Schaefer's work has been featured in group and solo exhibitions throughout the United States. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Washington University and a Master of Fine Arts from Cranbrook Academy of Art. Schaefer is a former print fellow at the Fabric Workshop and Museum and has worked as a college-level art educator for over 15 years. She has been a member of a number of artist collectives such as Vox Populi and Tiger Strikes Asteroid, where she served as director from 2011-2013. Additionally, she had been a member of the Ichabod Crane Central School District's Board of Education since 2021 and is the current chair of the Valatie Zoning Board of Appeals. She lives in Valatie, NY with her husband and two children.
Aaron Headley is a longtime supporter of the arts – his wife is a working artist and his two daughters are following her lead. When he's not tinkering with his 200-year-old house, he works as a financial advisor in New York City. He's glad to put that experience to work for Super-Stories.
Board of Directors
Julia was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. She is a practicing mixed-media artist and arts educator, currently teaching middle and high school art for the Watervliet City School District. Previously, she spent a year as an elementary school art teacher for North Colonie Central School District, and before that taught elementary and middle school art at Shady Hill School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Earlier in her career, she taught elementary and middle school art at Stephen Gaynor School, middle and high school art at The Churchill School and Center, and collegiate-level art to high school students at The New York State Summer School of the Arts. In 2010, she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Manhattanville College. In 2019, Julia received her Master of Science in Art and Design Education from Pratt Institute, where she was awarded the Pratt Circle Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, Pratt Institute’s highest honor.