Cass Waters

Teaching Artist Assistant

Cass is a multidisciplinary artist and educator based in Brooklyn, New York. She currently serves as a Teaching Artist Assistant in the Public Art Youth Employment Program at Creative Art Works, where she supports young people in bringing large-scale mural projects to life. While painting is central to her practice, Cass also works in sound, video, and photography.

Originally from Woodstock, Georgia, Cass developed her artistic voice while traveling across the U.S., working as an art model, and participating in open studio communities. She took an alternative path to art education, eventually relocating to New York City to pursue her Master of Fine Arts at the New York Academy of Art, where she graduated in 2025. Cass currently lives and works in Brooklyn, where she runs several community projects, including The Nostrand Gallery and The Exchange NYC.

Cass brings a spiritually investigative and environmentally sensitive approach to both her studio work and teaching. Her art explores the emotional and material textures of built environments, engaging themes of class, architecture, and human presence. Through layered surfaces and shifting perspectives, she examines how perception unfolds over time. As a teacher, she values curiosity, collaboration, and fostering spaces where students feel empowered to explore and express their own creative voices.

You can find her work at casswatersart.com.