Our Faculty

Below is a partial listing of our faculty members.

Miriam Alvarez
B.F.A., F.I.T. NYC
Parsons School of Design

Jill Amorosano
M.A., SUNY at Stony Brook

Paul Bachem
Long Island Plein Air Painters Society

Karen Bachmann
F.I.T. NYC
Pratt Institute - Cooper Union
Ruth Baderian
Art Student League
American Watercolor Society

Shain Bard
M.F.A., Lehman College
B.A., Lehman College

Yvonne Bassett-Berger
NAPP - National Association of Photoshop Professionals

Karl Bourke
Hertfordshire College of Art & Design,England
Royal Academy of Arts Schools, London, England 

Stan Brodsky
Doctorate, Columbia University
M.F.A., Iowa University

Joseph Bucci
M.S., Columbia University
B.S., New Paltz Teachers College

Ethel Camhi
B.A., Queens College

Michael Carbone
Retired NYS Art Teacher
Bill Christ
School of Industrial Art
Art Students League of NY

Sue Contessa
Boston University, Fine Arts
Art Students League of NY

Kathleen Di Resta-Roth
B.F.A., SUNY New Paltz
Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts, CA

Tony DiStefano
Professional Storyboard Artist/Character Designer

Beth Drucker
A.A. Parson School of Design F.I.T.
N.Y.I.T.

Donald Dwyer
B.A., M.A., Univ. of Michigan
M.P.H., Columbia University
Parsons School of Design -Instructor

Roberta Erlagen
SUNY F.I.T.
A.S., SUNY F.I.T.

Laura Forrest
B.F.A., C.W. Post, L.I.U.

Laura Freeze
B.A., Brooklyn College

Louise Fucci
B.A., C.W. Post, L.I.U.

Jo-Ann Gartner
SUNY Farmingdale

Suzan Haeni
Adjunct Professor (retired)
Textiles/Surface Design Dept. F.I.T NYC

David Haussler
M.F.A., Bradley University
B.F.A., Bradley University

Ward Hooper
Art Student League of NY
Art Director, Colman Group NYC

Jane Irvine
Member American Craft Council
Exhibitor: Buyers Market
of American Craft

Stephanie Navon Jacobson
M.A., C.W. Post, L.I.U.
B.F.A., Univ. Massachusetts, Amherst

Thom Janusz
M.M., University of Miami
B.M., Louisiana State University
Carole Jay
Assoc. S., Pratt Institute
B.A., SUNY at Stony Brook

Michael Killelea
S.V.A., SUNY, Farmingdale
Art Director, photo editor
Newsday/Daily News (retired)

Julianna Kirk
B.S., Malloy College
M.A., SUNY at Stony Brook

Joyce Kubat
B.S., Michigan State
Brooklyn College
Arts Student League

Barry Lafler
Glass Tech., Brookhaven National Labs
Pres., Tech. Glass Blowers Society

Patricia Lind
M.A., N.Y. Institute of Technology
Water Street Atelier
The Stevenson Academy of Fine Arts

 

Gina Mars
M.A., C.W. Post, L.I.U.
B.A., C.W. Post, L.I.U.

Edward McEvoy
B.A., Hofstra University

 

Arlene McLoughlin
B.F.A., F.I.T.

Bill Merklein
Schermer College
Bd. of Dir. Museum of Contemporary Impressionism

 

Laura Meshover
B.F.A., Adelphi University
B.S., Art Education at Brandeis

Barbara Miller
B.A., SUNY at Stony Brook
C.W. Post Graduate Studies

 

David O. Miller
B.A., Eastern Kentucky University
Former Art Director US Space Camp
Owner Miller Design/Illustration

 

Donna Harlow Moraff
Pastel Society of America
Muttontown School of Art

Mary Nagin
M.A., Adelphi Univ.; P.S.A.
B.A., Plattsburg State University

Janice Nesta
Independent Watercolor Artist/Instructor;
Member of L.I. Quilting Guild

Vivien Pollack
SUNY F.I.T., Parsons School of Design

Denis Ponsot
School of Visual Arts, St. John's Univ.

Russell Pulick
Pulick Pottery, Owner
Instr. Harbor County Day School Camp
A.A.S., SCCC Computer Programming

Elizabeth Ryle
B.A.(Hon), Leicester Polytech, England

Ruth Sachs
B.S., Hartwick College, Alfred University

Loretta Scena
President - Long Island Guild of Rugcrafting Artists
McGowan Trained Rug Hooking Teacher

Sungsook Setton
B.A., SUNY at Stony Brook
Instructor at China Institute
MFA Goddard College

Lauren Singer
B.A., SUC Genesco
M.P.S., Pratt Institute

Janice Spillane
Enameling Guild North East

Alice Sprintzen
Instructor: Long Island High Schools,
C.W. Post; published author

Arlene Steinberg
B.F.A., Syracuse University

Svatava Stern
The Stevenson Academy of Fine Arts
Institute of Children's Literature

Lucy Taylor
M.F.A., Vermont College Norwich Univ.
B.A., Smith College

Richard Torrey
Alleghany College
Nationally Published Cartoonist

Salvatore L. Tortora
Commercial Art Training Fine Art

Kiril Tzotchev
M.F.A., College of Fine Arts, Bulgaria
Academy of Fine Arts, Univ. of Sophia

 

Debbie Valentine
SUNY - Albany
Artist Northport-East Northport Community Theater

Gary Valentine
B.S. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Set Designer/Technical Director Northport-East
Northport Community Theater

 

Aniko Veres-Fe
Fine Art Academy, Budapest
Ecole des Beaux Arts, France

Irene Vitale
The Painting Group of NYC
American Society of Portrait Artists

Jennifer Vomvas
University of Pennsylvania

Jo Ann Wadler
BFA., School of Visual Arts

Nikki Walsh
Dowling College

Jeff Webb
M.A., C.W. Post, L.I. University
B.F.A., Pratt Institute; P.S.A.

Christian White
B.S.A., Rhode Island School of Design
Liceo Artistico Bernini, Rome Italy

 

Karen Whitten
B.S. Rochester Institute of Technology
The Jewelry Arts Institute
B.F.A., Pratt Institute; P.S.A.

Suzanne Young
Academie Paris, France; P.S.A.
The Cooper Union & Art Students League

Annette Ademski Zbodula
B.A., University of Colorado