Pearl Rosen Golden & Susan Seitner

Teaches at Continuing Professional Studies at Bank

Professional artist, Pearl Rosen Golden, MA, is currently a consult for schools and museums in developing art programs for children with special needs. In addition, she is an adjunct professor at Queens College, CUNY. Previously she was the Arts and Culture Coordinator for the National Center for Disability Services in Albertson, NY., and Director of the Long Term and New Initiative Programs for Studio in a School in Manhattan. In addition, she was the Special Education Coordinator at the Queens Museum of Art for 13 years. MS. Pearl holds MA in Fine arts from Brooklyn College and a BA from Brooklyn College. Photographer Ig Mataholds a BS in Chemical Engineering from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. She has been working with the camera obscura and the pinhole camera since 1988. She has taught Pinhole and the Basics of Photography at the Museum of Natural History and the Bank Street School for Children, both in New York City. Mata has had exhibits in New York State and cities throughout Brazil. Susan Seitner, MA, taught at The Dalton School, where making different kinds of books was an important part of her first grade classroom. As the school librarian, she brings bookmaking experiences to teachers through faculty workshops and to children through after school classes and special projects. Ms. Seitner has an MA in Elementary Education from Teachers College, Columbia University and a BA from Goucher College.