Saugerties Art Lab, Saugerties, NY

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The Art Lab Mission

Saugerties Art Lab is a not-for-profit organization working to provide free and low-cost art education and programs to

the youth of Saugerties and the surrounding areas. Art Lab offers programs with an emphasis on hands-on learning

techniques and creative expression.  At Art Lab, we believe embracing the Arts builds stronger communities. Our

stated goals are as follows:

To provide artistic and academic opportunities for children and adults of all income levels and cultural backgrounds;

To encourage community growth by providing equal access to high-quality art, music and interdisciplinary learning experiences;

To offer independent teachers, artisans, parents and homeschoolers support, resources and classroom space;

To provide an art education resource for special needs students and at risk youth in a supportive learning environment;

Board of Directors

Katie Emerson-Hoss, President

Katie has worked for over 15 years as a teacher, trainer, consultant, and therapist with young children, their families

and the professionals that support them. She holds a Master’s degree from UNC-Chapel Hill in early intervention and

family support and is a NYS certified special education teacher. Additionally, she holds certification in infant/parent

and early childhood mental health from the Institute for Infants, Children, and Families of the Jewish Board of Family

and Children Services in NYC. Currently, she is teaching at SUNY New Paltz and pursuing her doctorate in Educational

Psychology at the University at Albany.

Jill Freiberg, Vice President

Jill attended Antioch College School of Visual Arts in Yellow Springs, Ohio and studied fine arts photography. For the

past 20 years she has worked as a chef, caterer and event planner. Additionally, for the past 10 years she has been

involved in animal rescue and dog training. In the 90s she was involved with Northside Center for Child Development

in Harlem. Jill currently lives in Woodstock, NY and is opening Picnics and Parties, her own catering business.

Johanna Hagelthorn, Secretary

Johanna is a childbirth professional currently raising her three children. She has a BA in Linguistics from Macalester College

in St. Paul, MN and a BS, RN from Rutgers University in Newark, NJ. She is also a certified Bradley childbirth instructor and

a DONA-certified labor support doula as well as a post-partum doula. In Saugerties, she is a member of the recently formed

group, Hudson Valley Birth Professionals, a group that strives to help pregnant women have an informed and empowering

birth. She is also an RN at Kingston Hospital in Labor and Delivery. Most recently, Johanna joined the PTA at L.M. Cahill

elementary where 2 of her children go to school and is co-chairing the Reflections committee.

Diane Congello-Brandes, Treasurer

Diane is a bookkeeper with payroll being her specialty. She received her Associates Degree in Business Administration with

honors from Ulster County Community College. Diane served on the executive board of the Mt. Marion PTA for four years;

the first two as treasurer and the last two as co-president. She chaired several committees such as Fall Fundraiser, Spring

Fundraiser, PTA Socials, School Tshirts; organized Donations for Dignity at the school, and volunteered for several other

committees as well.

Beth Humphrey

Beth is a Saugerties based artist who has been working with children for the past 20 years. Beth holds a BFA in printmaking

from Minneapolis College of Art and Design and Certificate of Craft in Surface Design from Oregon College of Arts and Craft.

She was an art and science instructor at the Science Museum of Minnesota, and a member of Up Front Art Artist

Cooperative in Kingston, NY. Beth is a nationally shown artists, now working as a freelance illustrator and is also the

chairperson of the Arts and Education Committee of the Mt. Marion Elementary School, which hires artists, writers and

performers to come to them for assemblies and residencies.

Katie Cokinos

Katie Cokinos is a filmmaker and mother of Lula and Niko. Since her graduation from Texas A&M

University in History/Philosophy in 1986, Katie has been involved in nearly every aspect of films; she has taught, produced,

programmed and written articles, as well as wrote and directed four short experimental films prior to her first feature

length movie, PORTRAIT OF A GIRL AS A YOUNG CAT, 2000. Katie was also the Managing Director of the Austin Film Society,

1990 – 1995. In 2003 she co-founded the Fort Green/Clinton Hill Cooperative, a daycare in Brooklyn, New York. Now living

in Saugerties, she is currently on the PTA of Lula’s school and co - chairperson of the Cahill Elementary REFLECTIONS

Program, an annual arts contest administered through the National PTA and writing a script during Niko’s naptime.

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