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<p style="text-align: left;">ClassRoom17 was founded by Michael John Guadarrama in the winter of 2008. After Michael (known as Mikey) ended his education at the School of Visual Arts he  realized school was not really for him. Knowing that college could not possibly be the only place where someone could get an education, Mikey was on a search to learn everything he could possibly know about being a professional artist. Six months after leaving SVA he became a broadcast designer and a commercial animator at Alien Kung Fu. Mikey met up with a good friend of his named Bonnie Carbone and told her about his educational experience outside of the classroom.</p>

ClassRoom17 is an education outside of the typical environment. By exchanging ideas, motivations, and trading perspectives, the people involved can help vary their instances towards their work and development. In ClassRoom17's ethic, an artist becomes a teacher and a student. This will give artists the ability to learn more about the real world of art other than what is taught in classes, to give artists a chance to be heard, exhibit their work, remove all the competition, and work together as a team. ClassRoom17 is a family of artists feeding each other what they know to finally eliminate the cruel words “Starving Artists”.
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