After School Staff Bios

Spring 2023

Bárbara Hernandez Moreno

B árbara is a Mexican artist who has been a writer since 2019, a visual artist since 2014 and a photographer since 2009. She has taught workshops for Vickie Fremont’s My Hands, My Tools organization and worked with Dalton students in a private art class. She is thrilled to now be joining the Dalton After School Program! Barbara has participated in an art residency at the Museo de Artes Gráficas, and has a diploma in Art History from UAdeC. Barbara spent 4 years at the Facultad de Filosofía Libre de Argentina and took online classes and is a Nutritionist by UANL. Her artwork has been exhibited at the NYC Health + Lincoln Hospital, Museum of Latin American Art MOLAA, Museo de Artes Gráficas, Museo de la Laguna, Museo del Desierto and Museo Biblioteca Harol R. Pape, to name a few. Among the clients of her photography portfolio are: Sears, JCPenney, John Derre, Magna, La orquesta Filarmónica del Desi erto Coahuila de Zaragoza, Il Mercato, CEGO Corporate, to name a few. Barbara is about to publish her first book: “Otras Navegaciones.” An eclectic artist with many interests, Barbara is drawn to philosophy, history, politics, physics, religions, art, photography, and old texts.

Yuki Kittaka

Yuki grew up in Japan enjoying visual arts such as origami, painting, drawing, and crafts. She has been teaching origami to very young students from ages 3 to 10 years since 2000. She developed a special method to help them accomplish the goal without giving up or losing interest. She received her BFA and MFA from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.

Dulce Lamarca

Dulce is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and arts worker. As an artist, she has collaborated with actors, dancers, and comedians to produce her work in a collaborative manner. As an educator or teaching artist, she has taught youth, adults, elders, and people with disabilities, in Brazil, New York, and Argentina, traveling to underrepresented communities and teaching in a compassionate and resourceful manner. As an arts worker, she has worked for several galleries, museums and artists from all over the world. She is currently working for renown artists Mark Tribe, Pablo Helguera, and Vickie Frémont, and has worked for art institutions such as El Museo del Barrio (New York’s leading Latino cultural institution) and La Salita Gallery (founded by MoMA PS1 curator Elena Ketelsen). Lamarca was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. She holds a BFA in Painting and Arts Education from REA Regina Espacio de Arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and a MFA in Fine Arts from SVA School of Visual Arts, New York City. Her experience working at a hospice with terminally-ill patients for three years and her background as a cellist deeply informs her work.