Our art program at the Windmill Center was initiated by Jim and Jill Pustorino, local artists working at painting and drawing. They are the operators of Victory Hall Drawing Rooms in Jersey City, New Jersey.

James Pustorino is the Director of “Victory Arts Project”, a non-profit organization that produces art education programs and public projects in the NY/NJ area. Jim is joined by his wife Jill, also an artist, as well as his sister-in-law Kathleen Scipoione in providing artistic opportunities, classes and encouragement to the participants of the Windmill Center.

Jim and Jill both have Bachelors of Fine-Arts from Carnege Mellon. Kathleen has trained as an architect. Kathleen is interested in systems and structures, is adept at drawing and takes a more structural disciplined approach. She works with participants who are more detail oriented. Jim is originally from Brooklyn, New York. Jill and Kathleen are from Ohio. Jim originally started teaching art and art appreciation in Virginia and Pittsburgh. He eventually established Victory Hall and then Jim worked on programming for children at the Jersey City Museum.

Victory Hall and the Victory Hall Arts Project do outreach to children as well as providing a venue for art exhibits. Jim, Jill, and Kathleen are committed to working with as many artists as possible. They promote artists in some very intriguing ways- on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Light Rail and on fencing for the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency. They also work with Rise-Up, a group of artists in wheelchairs.