About Studio
A practice built inside Montessori schools, not adjacent to them.
Studio is the design and communications arm of Montessori Makers Group. We work with schools, training centers, advocacy organizations, and Montessori-rooted practices whose work is stronger than their ability to explain it.
Why Studio exists
Most Montessori schools are doing more interesting work than their website, their tour, or their enrollment materials suggest. The gap is rarely effort. It is that nobody has built the structure that lets a school say the same true thing consistently, in every place a family encounters it.
Studio builds that structure. Sometimes it looks like a website. Sometimes it looks like a messaging system, a logo, an editorial rhythm, or a clear map of where understanding breaks down. The through line is that every decision starts from what is actually true about your organization, then works outward to how it is expressed.
The people you work with
Founder
Hannah Richardson
Nearly twenty-five years in Montessori across independent, public, charter, and justice-centered communities. Founder of Montessori Makers Group and its connected ecosystem. Hannah leads Studio’s strategic direction and works directly on flagship communications engagements.
Studio Partner
Madison Courtney
Madison Courtney brings seven years of strategic communications experience and a background as a Montessori Primary Guide to every Studio engagement. As former Director of Communications at AMI/USA, where she designed and built the organization’s website, she knows what it takes to make Montessori work legible to the people who need to understand it. At Studio, she works directly with schools on communication strategy, content systems, and brand voice.
How engagements run
Studio takes a limited number of clients so each one gets real attention. Most engagements begin with a conversation about what feels off, move into a scoped piece of work, and end with something your team can actually maintain. You can see the work we have built or read how we work.