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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
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