If you searched Superstar Sourcing for Illustration Instructor (with 3 additional requirements) on December 21, 2025 you'd find 400 great candidates

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Illustrator/Cartoonist/Painter/Art Educator/Musician

This candidate is a perfect fit, explicitly listing Illustrator, Art Educator, and long teaching experience, located on Long Island. Candidate 4 career: Freelance Artist Rock Toonz Art (13y 8m) → Chairperson of Visual Art Elmont Memorial High School (29y 2m). Excellent.

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Art Teacher |

This candidate is an Art Teacher residing in Long Island with a strong fine arts background and explicit experience in illustration skills applicable to teaching. Art Teacher (current) → taught Studio Art/Fashion Illustration/Comic Illustration at two High Schools, BFA Studio Art/Art Education. Excellent.

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Art Teacher

Excellent match combining extensive art teaching experience with current freelance artist roles utilizing various mediums and marketing skills. Art Teacher roles (multiple) → Freelance Artist/Instructor, teaching PreK-Adults, portfolio marketing. Excellent.

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Illustrator, Teaching Artist, Graphic Designer

Excellent fit with 19 years of freelance illustration, explicit teaching artist experience targeting K-12/college, and fine arts relevant skills, all within the location range. Teaching Artist → Freelance Illustrator/Designer (19 yrs) → Creative Art Works. Excellent.

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Illustrator | Cartoonist | Art Teacher | Digital Artist Wordpress.CrystalCapone.com

Excellent fit, residing on Long Island, extensive art teaching experience, design background, and freelance illustration work. Art Teacher → Digital Artist/Illustrator → LIU/Adelphi Ed. Excellent.

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Lecturer of Art at Gateway Community College

This candidate is a working illustrator, teacher, and designer with decades of experience matching all core criteria except the specific Long Island location preference. Lecturer of Art → Adjunct Illustration Professor (26 yrs total) → Freelance Illustrator (22 yrs). Strong.

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Illustrator and Visual Artist | PRATT 26'

This candidate is a strong match, actively working as an illustrator, has direct teaching experience, and shows ongoing freelance work, all within the commuting area. Freelance Illustrator → Art Teacher (Personal Lessons), Brooklyn resident. Excellent.

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Artist | Art Educator | Producer of Culture

This candidate explicitly states they work as a freelance illustrator and has Visual Arts teaching experience with a Fine Arts degree. Freelance Illustrator (8+ yrs) → Visual Arts Teacher (2 yrs), BFA Painting. Excellent.

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Painter

Excellent match with significant teaching experience at the college level and a strong background in fine arts/illustration education. Adjunct Professor Fine Arts at Iona College (18yrs) → Painter (Self Employed), MFA Painting, BFA Illustration. Excellent.

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Artist

This candidate is an extremely strong fit, demonstrating extensive experience as an artist, lecturer, and adjunct professor involved in Digital Illustration and Graphic Design, supported by an MFA from Yale, though the primary residence is Brooklyn, not Long Island. MFA Yale (Painting) → Freelance Artist → Instructor MoMA → Lecturer Bergen CC → Adjunct Pratt → Freelance Designer L'Oréal. Excellent.

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Visual Artist

This candidate is a great fit with deep fine arts education, relevant teaching, and illustration experience near the target area. Freelance Artist/Illustrator (19yr) → Teaching Artist (7yr total), PhD in Fine Arts. Excellent.

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Bookwork Artist, Printmaker, Educator

Strong experience as a Printmaker/Educator with teaching roles at multiple colleges and a long history as a visual artist; location is perfect and MFA confirms fine arts background. Suffolk CC Adjunct → Briarcliffe Adjunct → Broken Press Studio Artist → Nassau CC Adjunct, MFA SUNY New Paltz. Excellent.

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Illustrator, Myself Only; HQ; Brooklyn, NY Area at Freelance/Illustrator

This person is an experienced illustrator and educator with a clear fine arts history and strong freelance presence near the target location. Taught at Long Island University. ExParsons/Freelance Illustrator → Taught at LIU/Parson Prof., MFA SVA, 35 yrs exp. Excellent.

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Course Instructor at Art League Of Long Island

This candidate is currently an instructor at an art league in Long Island with a strong fine arts background. Art League Instructor → Abstract Painter, Hofstra MBA. Excellent.

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Artist at HighBrook Studios

Strong fit given their significant teaching background and fine arts education, though location is slightly far north of Long Island. MICA BFA Painting → Artist/Teacher (14 yrs) at HighBrook Studios/Pelham Art Center. Excellent.

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Artist & Educator | Exploring Narrative and Symbolism through Art & Education

This candidate is an excellent match, possessing significant teaching experience in visual arts (including charter schools) alongside a robust freelance artist background and a fine arts educational foundation. Artist/Educator → Visual Arts Teacher/Freelance Artist, multiple teaching roles. Excellent.

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Visual Artist/painting

This individual has direct teaching experience at a recognized art school and a strong fine arts foundation, though the location is NYC and freelance portfolio isn't specified. Career: Teacher at Sarah Lawrence College (8yrs) → Teacher at NASFA, Cooper Union Art School. Excellent.

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Fine Artist

Excellent fit for teaching fine arts roles with strong educational credentials, though location may be slightly off. Adjunct Professor at UCNJ → Professor at Mongolia International U, Alfred (BFA) → Pratt (MFA) in fine arts. Excellent.

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Freelance Illustrator/Concept Artist

Excellent fit as a freelance illustrator with specific mention of traditional/digital skills related to illustration, though the primary location is outside the immediate LI area, it is in range, and teaching experience is implied by the vocational nature of the freelance work, though not explicitly listed as a formal instructor role. Freelance Illustrator for 3.5 years, BFA Illustration focus, good skills list. Excellent.

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Adjuct Professor for the Arts, NYU / Fine Art / Painting /Illustration

Excellent fit as this candidate is currently an Adjunct Professor teaching design/painting/illustration and has extensive freelance illustration experience. NYU Adjunct Professor / Freelance Illustrator (23 years) → Parsons BFA. Excellent.

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Freelance Illustrator

This background is very strong for illustration experience, highly relevant freelance roles, and a BFA in Illustration, but explicit teaching experience isn't listed. Freelance Illustrator (various clients) → Ink and Paint Assistant → SVA (BFA Illustration). Strong.

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Art Teacher

This candidate is a practicing illustrator with direct freelance art teaching experience using developed lesson plans, and works in a relevant NYC location. Freelance Illustrator → Manhattan Youth Art Teacher (8+ yrs) → started freelance art teaching program via Zoom. Excellent.

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Illustrator/Fine Artist

This candidate is an excellent fit, having a BFA in Fine/Studio Arts, professional freelance illustration experience, and direct teaching experience in drawing/painting. Freelancer (12 yrs) → NYC Public School Teaching Artist (6 yrs) → Art Instructor (3 yrs). Excellent.

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Freelance Illustrator, Painter, Portrait Artist, Graphic Designer, Educator

Excellent fit, this candidate explicitly lists Educator alongside strong freelance illustration history and an MFA in Illustration. Freelance Designer/Illustrator (24+ yrs) → Teaching Assistant (History of Illustration) at Syracuse U; MFA Illustration. Excellent.

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This candidate has MFA in Illustration, freelance experience, and teaching assistant experience, located within range, hitting nearly all key criteria except explicit full-time 'Illustration Teacher' role. Freelance Illustrator → Teaching Assistant → MFA Illustration. Strong.

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Artist/Illustrator/Caricature Artist

Excellent fit, combining fine arts background, existing teaching experience at college level, and current artist/illustrator roles within range. Fine Artist/Illustrator → Instructor at Pratt, Baruch, Kingsborough (extensive teaching). Strong.

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Illustrator

Excellent fit as a career illustrator with significant teaching experience, although the fine arts background is slightly diluted by the illustration specialization. Freelance Illustrator (29 yrs) → Instructor at SVA (16 yrs) → MFA/BFA (Illustration).

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Self Employed Visual Artist

Excellent fit with extensive teaching history in fine arts/illustration fields, though current status is working privately outside LI. Parsons Instructor → ESoberon Studios → Self Employed Artist. Excellent.

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Contemporary Visual Artist/Art Teacher

This candidate explicitly has teaching experience instructing drawing and painting, aligns with a fine arts visual artist, and has nearly 10 years of teaching experience, though location isn't LI, the teaching/art combo is strong. Self-employed Teacher → ArteLatAm, taught drawing/painting to middle schoolers. Strong.

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Illustrator

Excellent match for illustration skills, fine arts background, and freelance work, plus 2 years of direct Art Instructor experience, making them a very strong contender even though they aren't directly on Long Island. BFA Illustration/Animation → Freelance Illustrator/Comic Artist → Art Instructor (2 years), currently based in NJ. Strong.