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Curriculum Vitae

Education

1976Stanley Hayter Workshop, Paris, France

1975Hugh Stoneman Workshop, London, England

1974-85Bob Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, NYC

1972-74Certificate of Completion in Fine Arts Graphics, The Art Students League of New York, New York, NY

1971-72The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA

1970-71Green Mountain College, Poultney, VT

Present Positions

2000-presentNational Academy School

1997-99Art Faculty, Carriage Barn Arts Center, CT

1992-presentFaculty, Silvermine School of Art, CT

1986-presentInstructor, Art Students League of NY

1974-presentOutreach Programs (Public and Private)

Selected Past Positions

2004Printmaking Instructor, Summer History Camp, The Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich, Greenwich, CT

2003Workshops, Dahesh Museum of Art, New York, NY

1998Lecturer on Art by Children for the NYC Pediatric Society

1996-97Gallery Director, Cat Black Gallery, Westport, CT

1994Seaport Association, Norwalk, CT

1993-Photography Appointments Private and Public

1993Westport Art Center

1992-Silvermine School of Art, CT

1991Printmaking Workshop, Artists for Eritrea, Bob Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, NYPrintmobile at the Schomburg Center, NY

1990Creative Child Inc., Inner City Programs, NYLecturer on Art by Children at the National Arts Club, NYC

1989-90Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, Children’s Program Director

1986Teaneck High School, Magnet Program

1984-90Bob Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Outreach Programs , NYC

1984-86Part-time Personal Assistant to Print Dealer, Sylvan Cole, NYC

1980-84Sergio Tosi Stampatore, Master Printmaker, NYC

1980-81Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, Printmaking Workshops

1974-Outreach Programs, Private and Publically Funded

1974Outreach Programs: NY State Council of the Arts, Woodstock, NY

1972-78Lindgren Nursery School, NY

Selected Exhibitions and Museum Collections

1997Graphic Arts Center International Miniature Print Competition, Purchase Award, Norwalk, CTPhotography Exhibition Benefit “A moment in Connecticut,” Southport, CT

1996Midtown Payson Gallery, NYC

1995State of CT Department of Environmental Protection “Rivers of CT” Photography Competition, Honorable Mentions, CT

1993 -Silvermine School of Art, CT

1992Westport Historical Society, CT

1991Metropolitan Museum CollectionBook Arts Gallery, NYC

1986 -Annual Instructors Exhibitions Arts Students League of NYSylvan Cole Gallery, NYC

1986Columbia Museum Collection, SCMcNay Museum, TX

1985The College Board Collection of Prints by American Artists, NYC

1984McNay Museum, TX

1982Printmaking Workshop, “Multibles by Multibles,” NYC

1981Delaware Art Museum, DE

1980 – 86Associated American Artists, NYC

1980Marilyn Peal Gallery, NYCInternational Miniature Print Competition, Korea

1979 – 86American State of the Arts Gallery Exchange, NYC

1977Art Students League One Person Show, after McDowell Traveling Scholarship Award

1975Woodstock Artists Association

1974Audubon Society, National Academy Galleries, NYCWoodstock Artists Association

1973Pioneer Moss, NYC

Selected Exhibitions by Students

1997Project Return “In Celebration of Homes” Birdhouses

1995Japan Society Gallery, NYC, “Ningyo” The Art of the Human Figurine, Dolls

1992Westport Historical Society, Etchings, CTMural Commission, Union Settlement, NYCUnited Nations Exhibition of Asahi Shimbun International Competition, NYC

1990D’Arcy Masius Benton and Bowles, NYC, permanent installation of etchingsCinque Gallery, Inner City Students Group Show, NYCUnited Nations Exhibition of Asahi Shimbun International Competition, NYC

1989United Nations Exhibition of Asahi Shimbun International Competition, NYC

1986Thirteen/WNET Annual Competition and CompetitionUNICEF Greeting Cards of Nursery School Students Etching

1985-presentMuseum Folk Art Stores, NYC, two locations

1984UNICEF Greeting Cards of Nursery School Students Etching

1983UNICEF Greeting Cards of Nursery School Students Etching

Awards/Grants/Fellowships

2014Honored for 20+ Years of Teaching, 90th Anniversary Fundraiser, Silvermine School of Art, New Canaan, CT

1998Honorable Mention, “Current Choices”, Connecticut juried art show, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT (juried by John Cusano and John Russell)

1997Purchase Award, International Miniature Print Competition, Connecticut GraphicArts Center, Norwalk, CT

1995Honorable Mention, “Rivers of Connecticut Photography Competition”, State of Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Hartford, CT

1975Edward G. McDowell Traveling Scholarship Winner, The Art Students League of New York, New York, NY

1974Best of Show, “Do Your Own Thing Contest”, Pioneer-Moss, New York, NY

Museum Collections

Metropolitan Museum Collection, New York, NY
Columbia Museum Collection, Columbia, SC
McNay Museum, San Antonio, TX
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
PMW Print Collection, New York, NY

Memberships

Artist Equity Association, NYC
Artists Fellowship Inc., NYC
Art Students League of NY Life Member

Listings

Who’s Who in American Art
Who’s Who in the East
Who’s Who in the Women of the World

Personal

Born: August 5, 1951
Certified Yoga Teacher 1983-present
Reiki practitioner 1996-present