Andrew Levine Claire Watson Garcia Title Claire Watson Garcia, an artist, writer, and teacher, is an instructor at New England's renowned Silvermine School of Art, in New Canaan, CT, where her workshops and courses "For the Absolute and Utter Beginner" have been popular for over twenty years. Garcia combines her passion for creating, teaching, and writing about art in her books, Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner, and Painting for the Absolute and Utter Beginner. Title President, The Growth Engine Engine Co. Faculty, Silvermine School of Art New York Times Technology Columnist Advancing Creative Thinking: Imagination to Innovation, April 27 and 28, 2012, Ridgefield, CT Co-sponsored by The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield Library, Ridgefield Arts Council and The Morris Media Group Artist and Social Activist