Jen Schafer
Jen began learning about henna while working in the children’s department at the Wood County District Public Library in Bowling Green Oh in the late 90’s. She was offered the opportunity to teach teens at the library about what she’d learned. Later she went on to present her henna related programing ideas at a conference of librarians from all over Northwestern OH, and encouraged them to offer such programing at their own libraries. They didn’t. They hired her instead! Slowly over the next few years Jen began to spend more time as a henna artist than as a librarian and she officially began Body Art by Jen, the first incarnation of her henna business, in 2001. Jen has taught about henna across the country and been featured on arts IN focus on PBS39.