Paint & Sip in White Plains, NY

Jose Habana (shorthand for something a lot longer) grew up the first son of first generation Filipino immigrants. He came along and experienced the second rise of video games, stayed up late to watch old school anime, and bathed his brain in the contrasts of a world getting used to the Internet as "A Thing" - where anybody could be anything. With all of that in Jose's head, he dubbed it his life's mission to discover how to make COOL THINGS. This meant wandering the vast expanse of the Internet - cutting his teeth on the virtual Wild West, and walking the state of New York to find masters to teach him. Drinking it all in resulted in a style that incorporates Western and Eastern influences, a love of color, and a streak of wit to match. When you meet Jose, you'll find someone enthusiastic to talk about almost any subject that could come to mind - and maybe some that haven't. He hopes you'll join him on any number of adventures into the wild blue yonder.

Vicky Poole is an accomplished artist and actress. She received her bachelor degree in Fine Art with a concentration in Graphic Design at Maryland Institute College of Art. Vicky has had her paintings as well as jewelry displayed in galleries, and as of more recent creating set designs for photoshoots and events. Her Greatest artpiece is Vicky's 3 yrd old son, Prince Adrian, whom has become an inspiration and staple in these olaborate photoshoots. As an accomplished actress, Vicky has worked in Off-Broadway productions, national commercials, and network televised episodics. Vicky loves high energy, colorful personalities, and hopes to inspire others to embrace that frequency of energy on their canvasses and in the classes!

Saleen is a mixed media artist, focusing on oil paint and jewelry making. Born and raised in the Bronx, where she created her own therapeutic world with a brush, paint, and a canvas in her senior year of high school. As Saleen continues to grow, she sees herself as a teacher and instructing others the beauty of expressing yourself through art. Outside of muse, Saleen enjoys church and caring for her family.

Zoe is a French-American artist who loves to explore a variety of mediums, but her true passions are drawing and painting. Zoe has loved drawing since a young age and always carries around a pocket-sized sketchbook. She has filled dozens and dozens over the years, sketching anything and everything that inspires her. Zoe loves to travel and lived and worked in Spain last year. She loves nature and reading--especially fantasy and sci-fi. With a B.A. in Psychology and Visual Arts, she plans to become an art therapist and hopes to have a positive impact on her communities through the medium of art.

An animator working as an illustrator, Jose has explored multiple mediums of expression throughout his artistic career. His work explores the nuances of daily life, and the intricacies of the moment. 'The stillness of stillness is not the true stillness' - Bruce Lee

Grace (American, b. 2003) is a multidisciplinary artist who uses her work to unveil the beauty and grotesque nature of womanhood and queerness. She addresses the coexistence of freedom and suffocation of these identities within a male-centered society. Grace graduated from Pratt Institute’s two-year intensive program in Utica, NY, before completing her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan. She was awarded the Fran Fiorentino Award for Excellence in Drawing awarded by Pratt Institute. Her paintings have been displayed at the Munson Museum, The Rockefeller Institute of Government, The McCulley Gallery, and the Fashion Institute of Technology. Most recently, her work was displayed at the FIT John E. Reeves Great Hall for the 2025 Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition.

Valentina has always been a creative person, and shares a number of passions ranging from writing to fashion to music to filmmaking to, most importantly, art. She was born and raised in the Bronx where she first learned how to mix paints and blend colored pencils, all skills she has taken with her through college and into the world, which she now shares at Muse! She loves creating fan art for her favorite tv shows and films, sketching and photographing cars, and making handmade gifts for friends and family.