FOUNDERS:
“First of all, we are parents who are in quest of giving the right foundation, creative education and values to our kids. With this mission in mind we have formed this academy.” - Java & Hetal.
Java and Hetal both are creative souls and passionate about art and sharing their love for art in the community.
Through their community service focus and mindset Java & Hetal have helped many local organizations such as Ekal Vidyalaya, Saheli, Desai Foundation, Akshaya Patra, AIF, Hindi Manch, SETU, Off Kendrik, IAGB, Shishu Bharati, NEMA, GURJAR, NEMM, KANE, NEKK, Tamil Makkad, Prabasi, Bangla O Biswa, IAL, IAB, Paschim Project, Young Indian Professionals, IIT AGNE, VFS, HSS, DAY etc. through both their personal involvement as well as by donating, supporting and sponsoring various events and activities.
They have also created a social engagement platform called CLIQ Social Club that organizes various events to engage adults and seniors in creative, fun and social activities such as stand up comedy, Valentine & Halloween gatherings, Talent shows, Karaoke / Poetry evenings etc.
Java and Hetal through the Academy have also invited/hosted many celebrity artists for workshops and performances such as Shankar Mahadevan, Rajat Kapoor, Vinay Pathak, Neil Bhoopalam, Manasi Multani, Pooja Saroop, Deepti Naval, Karthik Kumar, Mahima Chaudhry, Amit Tandon, Dhiraj Choudhury , Ustad Nishat Khan, Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar, Pandit Jishnu Sircar, Pandit Chitresh Das, Sandip Soparrkar, Surendra Sharma, Sampat Saral, Dr. Ritu Sagar, Ankit Chadha, Atul Purohit, Manan Desai - Chirayu Mistry (The Comedy Factory) etc.
Dr. Java Joshi (Founder/CEO) java@academyofcreativearts.com
Born in India at a young age Java earned several accolades in addition to earning Masters in Fine Arts and Ph.D. in Drawing & Painting from India and Masters in Multimedia and Web design from Art Institute of Atlanta USA.
Early in her career (at age of 13) Java was influenced by Intuitive Abstract Impressionism and started doing solo and group shows of her paintings. Java has also been involved with theatre since childhood and has acted in 200+ plays, award winning short films, TV plays/shows etc. Java comes from a theatre family and her parents have been doing theatre for over 50 years in India. Been involved in both painting and performing arts a large portion of her work reflects relationship between art of painting and theatre with paintings based on themes of “Plays/theatre from across the world". She has created multiple themed series’ such as "Indian Villages”, “Indian Folk Dances” and her most recent collection created during the Covid-19 lockdown titled “Dispositions 2020” that focuses on paintings based on the state of mind during confinement and dealing with racial inequality.
For the last 20 years Java has been involved in promoting art in collaboration with various art outlets including being part of the planning committee for Lexington Open Studios where many local artists showcase their work, helping organize various art competitions, encouraging other artists and creative souls to collaborate and showcase their work. Java has judged many art competitions and has been an active art ambassador in the New England area (USA). Java has exhibited her work both nationally and internationally in Boston, Atlanta, Mumbai and at prestigious shows such as Parallax New York, Louvre Museum Paris etc. Java was also nominated and honored by India New England "Women of the Year" awards in 2013 for her contributions in the field of art. Java has also been honored by Gurjar, VFS, UAINE, South Asian Center Cambridge and many other community organizations for notable contributions and promotion of art. Java was specially invited to India and felicitated by legendary music maestro Shankar Mahadevan for spreading the love for art in the next generation. Java has also donated her art & organized workshops to help raise funds for various non-profit charities including Ekal Vidyalaya, IAGB, Sankara Eye Foundation, Saheli, Desai Foundation etc.
Java loves to share her passion of art through teaching. Her objective is to spread the love of art among children and create the next generation of artists. To achieve her mission for spreading the love for art and enabling the next generation, Java started Academy of Creative Arts which is a school where 30+ different creative and performing art programs are taught under one roof in Burlington. Java is the Founder and CEO of Academy of Creative Arts and actively teaches art to students ranging from 3 to 73 years...
Hetal Joshi (Founder/President) hetal@academyofcreativearts.com
Hetal’s educational background is in Business & Marketing Management and came to US for his Masters in Computer Information Systems from Bentley University. Hetal started his career in consulting with Deloitte and has been doing strategy consulting for about 20 years. After Deloitte, Hetal was involved with a couple of start-up ventures, led Customer Experience Strategy Business Consulting Practice for Cognizant (NA & APAC regions), as VP of Global Services led Kuebix (SaaS based TMS software) through successful acquisition and currently serves as Vice President of Professional Services for an Austin based Healthcare AI startup ClosedLoop.ai.
Hetal also holds a Diploma in Performing Arts (Dramatics) from India and has also been involved in theatre from his childhood days, he has won many best actor awards for his acting at various national level theater festivals. He has acted in over 50 plays, 5 short films and has written & directed many comedy plays, skits, mimes etc.