Aimée…Littlewood Allen Weintz is a teaching artist and shopkeeper (Manager, of Sierra Water, in the Dickerson Arts District, in Reno, Nevada).

Her visual art practice (imaging and sculpture) explores nature through the dimensions of time, light and space. The outcome of which she often enjoys translating into teaching provocations, inspired by such early progressive educators as, Betsey Stockton, Maria Montessori, Friedrich Fröbel, Bruno Munari, and the Waldorf tradition.

Born and raised in Los Angeles until age 17, she is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University’s renown Crafts & Material Studies program (BFA) and holds an MA in Art and Visual Culture Studies from The University of Arizona, Tucson.

For over 15 years, she has served as staff and contractually taught in a variety of settings. Including: Washoe County Schools, Alpine Academy High School in Sparks, NV; Patagonia’s Truckee Meadows Early Childhood Development Center, Verdi, NV; the University of Arizona College of Fine Arts; Paducah Public Schools, KY; National Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY; Cheekwood Estate & Gardens, Nashville, TN, and more.

Aimée currently resides with her family in the high, sage-scented western edge of the Great Basin, along the Truckee River.

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