Susan Bodenger Skove, a Cleveland native, Susan Skove graduated from Cooper School of Art and taught design , figure drawing and art concept classes at Cooper and at Interlochen Music Camp. She is a certified Montessori teacher and has taught art classes to a wide age range of Montessori students She has taught silk painting workshops at the Blanden Memorial museum, the Textile Art alliance at the Cleveland Museum of Art and at Notre Dame College.