Lorisse Es Arte

Teaching Artist

Lorisse Es Arte has been working with youth for 25 years. Her trajectory began as a Counselor in Training, followed by Lifeguard and Water Safety Instructor, then Pottery Teacher. She is a teaching artist who recently left her full-time job as an after-school director to pursue her dream of being a working artist (both performing and visual). She loves to teach and create captivating curriculum for her students. She studied at SUNY Purchase where she received her B.A., followed by a study with the renowned Labyrinth Theater Company in NYC. Her artistic disciplines include, but are not limited to, visual art (painting, digital, graphic design, photography, videography, and sculpture), theater (singing, moving actress, directing, writing), podcasting, character design, and most recently makeup. Her latest theater project, titled Broken Dolls and Robotic Hearts, was award-nominated and debuted at the NY Summer Festival in 2018. She has worked for museums, school partners, production companies, and start-up companies in the arts. A spiritual soul, Lorisse also takes great reverence for her service to others in guiding them and lifting them up with her healing and energy work.