About us

Rosana Azar, an artist

Rosana Azar has been running Creative Adventures since 1997. Her love of art and her passion for teaching children is infectious. Her art enrichment art classes and summer art camps are very popular. Since 1999 she has been creating community collaborative art works.

Originally from Argentina, Rosana immigrated to the US in the 1990s. She is an internationally renown artist with shows in Argentina, United States, Paris, Berlin, Prague and Lisbon.

Bess Gutter, an educator

Bess Gutter comes from Potomac, MD, where, at the young age of 9, she originally met Rosana at their Jewish congregation in Bethesda. She moved to Boston after she graduated high school to go to Northeastern University, where she majored in English, and Minored in Elementary Education. After teaching special education for 7 years, Bess teamed up with Rosana to help give birth to the Creative Adventures book series. She lives in Cambridge, MA with her husband Jordan Strom, and their slim pug, Luna.

As a child, Bess would accompany her mother, Denise, on Take-Your-Daughter-To-Work day. Since then, Bess has always known that education was the field she belonged in. In being a part of Creative Adventures, Bess is working hard to promote creativity and imagination among all students.