Creative Spark is the brainchild of Carol Antman whose career includes being a student and teacher of piano as well as an entrepreneur. Between 1981- 1995, Carol and her husband, Mark Antman, started and grew one Jack Rabbit One Hour Photo store into a retail chain of one-hour photofinishing labs with 22 stores. As Executive Director Carol oversees day-to-day operations, planning, marketing, budget, payroll, accounts payable and staff development.

She is assisted in the administration of the art center by by an assistant. Currently, the professional faculty includes approximately thirty teachers who work part time. In addition, artistic talent is brought in for approximately fifteen different shows a year, each one of which is presented several times and resident artists are contracted to work in schools through Creative Spark.