All About Us!
Besties Since Third Grade
Hi! We are Lois and Jinny and here’s our story!
We started our first creative business over 30 years ago on the playground when we were in third grade. During recess, we made rainbow friendship bracelets and took orders for custom beaded earrings.
We both went on to become public school teachers, artists and moms. Now, many years later, we are creating Bunny Ears Art House- a dream creative space we would’ve loved as kids!
With a combined 30 years of teaching experience, we’ve designed an art curriculum that is based on child development, develops crucial motor and cognitive skills, and also is full of joy.
Our name, Bunny Ears, comes from this photo taken at our favorite mall photobooth when we were 10-years-old.
Meet Jinny
Jinny is a 12-year public school veteran teacher. She taught K-3rd grades in Boston and Washington, D.C.
Jinny holds an Illinois Professional Educator License, Master’s of Arts in Teaching from Simmons University (Boston) and a Bachelors of Arts in Communications degree from Boston University.
From 2020-2022, she lived in Seoul, South Korea to train with traditional clothing designer to design and sew hanbok-Korean traditional clothing. As well as study traditional folk crafts.
Jinny is a serial crafter. In addition to sewing, she dabbles in pottery, crochet, knitting, embroidery and weaving.
She lives in Lincoln Square with her husband, two kids and dog, Franklin.
Meet Lois
Lois is a former Chicago Public Schools K-8 art teacher. She’s also worked as a children’s program director and camp director for various nonprofit groups around Chicago.
Lois holds a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts degree in Art Education from the School of the Art Institute in Chicago.
She is also a potter and freelance graphic designer.
In her free time, you can find Lois behind the pottery wheel.
She lives in Skokie with her husband and three kids.
Read more about Lois here: Lincoln Square Pottery Featured Artist