Instructors

NCMA art teachers are practicing artists and experienced educators. Their knowledge of art and teaching techniques make classes fun and informative.

• Kyle Blumenthal
  kyle@kylesart.com
  M.F.A., M.A., Painting, Long Island University, C.W. Post; B.F.A., Painting, Pratt Institute
  
• Yvette DeMeo
  B.F.A. Parsons School of Design; studied fine art at Wheedons School of Arts Graphica; taught at Montessori Art School
  
• Dr. Ellen Frank
  ellen@efiaf.org
  Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in English Literature and the Visual Arts from Stanford University; studied Art History and Connoisseurship at Yale, the Courtauld and Warburg Institutes.
  
• Pearl Rosen Golden
  pearlrg@gmail.com
  B.A. Studio Arts, Brooklyn College; M.F.A. Brooklyn College; lecturer in the Early Childhood and Elementary Education Department, Queens College; Art Education Department, Brooklyn College ; and New Perspectives at Bank Street College of Education.
  
• Max Hergenrother
  MAXINK@mac.com
  B.F.A. Fine Arts, St. John's University; M.F.A. Illustration as Visual Essay, School of Visual Arts; Adjunct Assistant Professor, St. John's University
  
• Pamela Koehler
  pkoehl@gmail.com
  MA, Adelphi University; BA, State University of New York; Certificate in Art Education, School of Visual Arts; Certificate in Visual and Applied Arts, Sunbridge College
• Joyce Kubat
  joyce91@optonline.net
  B.S. Psychology, Michigan State University; Art Students League of New York; Brooklyn College
  
• Steven Lampasona
  steve@lampasona.com
  M.F.A. Long Island University, C.W. Post; B.A. State University of New York at Brockport; Graduate work in education, NYU
  
• Gianni Monteleone
  giannifineart@yahoo.com
  M.F.A. School of Visual Arts; drawing and painting instructor, School of Visual Arts; over 24 years of professional experience
  
• Jennifer Gioe Peper
  jgioepeper@yahoo.com
  M.A. Hofstra University; BFA Green Mountain College, concentration: ceramics
  
• Iandry Randriamandroso
  iandry@hotmail.com
  M.A. in Community Arts, The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore; Art Students League of New York, 2005-2008; BFA St. John's University, Queens NY.
  
• Ashley Valentine
  a.valentine63@gmail.com
  B.F.A, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; concentration: drawing and
  painting.