Our Team
Below, please read about some of our fabulous after-school instructors, who also work with us during the summer season! Find out more about our core team in the About Us section.
Virginia Bosch is thrilled to be teaching with Curious Jane! This past July, she taught a variety of arts classes with the Curious Jane Marymount School summer program. Virginia teaches playwriting, performance, and visual arts in several theatres and school programs around New Jersey and New York. In addition, she is a passionate actress and dancer, and has studied performing arts at Drew University and the London Dramatic Academy.
Emily Lambert received her BA Honors in Acting from Paul McCartney's The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts in Liverpool, England. She has a background in Visual Arts and performing arts, and has worked as a teaching artist to young girls in both England, Texas and New York. She is also a freelance portrait photographer and owner of Creative Design and Photography. Emily is excited to be teaching another year with Curious Jane!
Liz Dahmen has six years of experience teaching visual art at the high school level. She holds a Master's in Educational Theater from NYU's Steinhardt School of Education. After teaching a quick series of Toy Design classes at Curious Jane over the summer, Liz fell in love with teaching the art of designing and building stuffed toys. From faux food to wild animals, aliens to magical creatures, there's nothing that can't be cut, stuffed and sewed into creation.
Ingrid Alvarez is an artist and business woman who has had a blast teaching 'Zine Scene, Lab Science, Fashion, and Toy Design in her first year with Curious Jane! She also teaches visual art and hip hop dance, and believes in achieving higher levels of self-confidence and self-empowerment through creative expression. Ingrid is inspired by music, fashion, fitness, health, photography, technology, pop culture -- and piquing her student's curiosity! You may also find her face painting for kids and painting live art at special events around New York City.
Luned Palmer is an art educator from Rhode Island. She majored in art at Swarthmore College and lived in San Francisco for 4 years before she moved to Astoria where she lives with her husband, Brett, and cat, Guy. When she is not teaching with Curious Jane, she is knee deep in the art and museum worlds, giving tours, working in development and freelancing as a graphic designer. She loves Curious Jane and always has a blast teaching!
Christina Kosyla is so excited to be working with Curious Jane! Christina is a current graduate student at New York University, where she is working towards her master's degree in Educational Theatre. A graduate of Drew University, she has a background in musical theatre, costume design, and a cappella. In the future, Christina hopes to promote Autistic-friendly theatre for integrated audiences.
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