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Biography
I live with my husband and daughter in New York. My studio is located in the town of Peekskill, New York, an artist’s community. I was born in NYC, NY. While still in high school I studied full time at the Art Student’s League with legendary teachers such as the anatomist Robert Beverly Hale and painter Robert Brackman. At Hunter College I earned a Bachelors of Arts degree concentrating in printmaking and art history. While attending Hunter I studied with Robert Morris. Although I was not stylistically sympathetic with him, he opened up new levels of meaning to my art. While pursuing my Master of Fine Arts degree at Long Island University, I became the graduate assistant of Eli Lockwood, a local sculptor teaching foundation art. Lockwood became my friend and mentor helping me to get in touch with a more personal and intimate vision of art. I earned a Doctorate of Education in Art Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Currently I teach Studio Art on the introductory and advanced levels at Scarsdale High School and also Drawing and Aesthetics courses at the College of New Rochelle. I have exhibited my drawings and paintings in group and one person shows throughout the country and have received numerous awards for my teaching and my art works.
Education
Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY Multi(Print) Media Solution
Columbia University, Teachers College, NYC, NY
Educational Doctorate in Art Education
Dissertation: A Mechanical Vision: Reproduced Works of Art Used as Instructional Resources in the American Public School System 1870-1929
State University of New York at Purchase, NY Printmaking Workshop in Off-Set Lithography
Blackburn: Printmaking Studio, New York City, NY Stone Lithography
Long Island University, C.W. Post, Greenvale, NY Master of Fine Arts in Painting
Art Students League, NYC, NY Artist’s Anatomy and Figure Painting
Art Students League, NYC, NY Artist’s Anatomy and Figure Painting
Hunter College, New York City, NY Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art Major, Minor in Art History
State University of New York at Potsdam, Potsdam, NY
Hunter College, New York City
Awards and Acknowledgments: Fine Arts
2001 Maine Artist Space/Danforth Gallery Portland, ME Drawing The New Millennium Honorable Mention
2000 National Association of Women Artists, New York City, NY Annual Exhibition
Betsy F. Melcher Memorial Award
2000 Silvermine Guild Arts Center, Silvermine, CT Art of the Northeast 51st Annual Exhibition First Prize Drawing 2000
2000 St. Cloud Arts Council, St. Cloud, MN “What is Art?” 1st Prize - Watercolor
1998 The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C. Archive File Est.
1998 Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY 102nd Annual Open Exhibition CLWAC Corporate Award
1998 Fine Arts Institute of the San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA 33rd Annual Open International Exhibition Windsor and Newton Award
1998 Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT Honorable Mention - Drawing
1998 The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C. Archive File Established
1998 Ceres Gallery, Soho, NY 1998 Honorable Mention
1998 Venice Art Center, Venice, FL “Drawing Now” National Juried Drawing Exhibition. 2nd Prize
1998 Highland Cultural Center Art Gallery, Highland, NY National Juried Art Exhibition 1st Prize
1997 Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT 1st Prize - Drawing
1997 Colored Pencil Society of America, Chicago, IL The Derwent Fine Art Pencils Award of Excellence
1996 Arnot Museum, Elmira, NY The Ted Van Brunt Memorial Award
1990 Vermont Studio School, Johnson, VT Teacher Scholarship
1998 Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY Art Fellowship in Painting
1971 Art Students League, New York City, NY Work Selected for reproduction in school catalog
Awards and Acknowledgments: Art Education
1996 National Art Education Association, Chicago, IL Eastern Region Secondary Art Educator of the Year
1992 Council for Basic Education, Washington, D.C. Research Fellowship funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Getty Center for Education in the Arts for proposal entitled, “In the Eye of the Beholder: Cultural Relativism and Aesthetics of the Human Form”
1987 Kappa Delta Pi, Kappa Chapter Columbia University, Teachers College New York City, NY
1986-1987 Columbia University, Teachers College, New York City, NY Arthur Wesley Dow Scholarship
College Teaching and Related Experience
2002 College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY Graduate Aesthetics, and Graduate Drawing
2001 College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY Presenter/w T. Taylor: Visionary Voices: Artists and Poets on Life
2000-2002 College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY Guest Speaker Graduate Art Education Department
1998 New York University, NYC, NY Hosting the University Council for Art Education Presenter: “Andy Goldsworthy: The Art of Nature /The Nature of Art”
1996 School of Visual Arts, NYC, NY Hosting the University Council for Art Education, New York City “Presenter: Public Art: Creating a Site Specific Sculpture”
1994 Columbia University, Teachers College, NYC, NY Invited to review and critique paper about Identity, Culture and Art Education: Cross-Cultural Dialogues
1989 University of Knoxville, Knoxville, TN Tennessee Department of Education, Arts Clinician: Collagraph Workshop for Secondary Art Specialists
1988 Belmont College, Nashville, TN Tennessee Department of Education Arts Clinician: Presented one week workshop on Paper Plate Lithography and Drawing
1988 Pace University, Westchester, NY Speaker: Workshop in Secondary Education
1987 State University of New York at Purchase, Purchase, NY Participant: Committee to Explore Arts Bridging the Curriculum
1983 Long Island University - C. W. Post Campus, Greenvale, New York
Assistantship in Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture in the B.F.A. Foundation Program
Other Teaching Experiences
2007 - Present Westchester Community College Watercolor, Peekskill, NY
2007 - Present Westchester Arts Workshop, White Plains, NY
1989 - Present Scarsdale High School, Scarsdale, NY Advanced Placement Studio Studio Art Major/Minor, Drawing and Painting Major/Minor, Printmaking
1987 Queens College, Queens, New York “Artist in Wonderland - A Studio/Art History Approach”
1985-1989 Briarcliff High School, Briarcliff Manor, NY District Art Coordinator, Advanced Placement Studio, Drawing and Painting II, Studio In Art, History of Western Art, Issues in the Visual Arts and Aesthetics,
1983-1985 Rye Country Day School, Rye, NY Advanced Placement Art History, Advanced Placement Studio, Beginning and Intermediate Art
1981Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY Instructor
Work Related Experience: Presentations
2008-09 Bureau of Education (BER) Enhancing your Secondary Art Education Program (Utah, Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Georgia, MIssouri, Massachusetts, and Connecticut
2008 Bureau for Educational Research "Enhancing Your Secondary Art Program" Atlanta and St. Louis
2003 Scarsdale High School, NY Workshop Day, Presenter: Process Journals
2001 New York State Art Teachers Association 53rd Annual Conference, Rye Brook, NY Contemporary Issues in Art Education
2001 National Art Education Association Conference, NYC Presenter: Beyond AP Studio Art & Cornered: The Collagraph in Perspective
2000 New York State Art Teachers Association 52nd Annual Conference, Boces Rockland, NY Teaching For the 21st Century Presenter: A 21st Century Mystery
1999 NAEA, Washington D.C. Presenter: Summer Reading/Dark and Light Book Art
1998 NAEA, Chicago, IL Presenter: Andy Goldsworthy: The Art of Nature/ The Nature of Art
1996 NAEA, San Francisco, CA Presenter: “Epistolary Epiphany: Summer Insights and Memories” and “Public Art: Creating a Site Specific Sculpture”
1995 NAEA, Houston, TX Presenter: “Illustrating a Headache-Angst and Eastern European Art”
1994 NYATA, Kutshers, NY Presenter: “Illustrating a Headache-Angst and Eastern European Art”
1993 NYATA, Kutshers, NY Presenter: “Body Image/Self Esteem” in Art
1993 NAEA, Chicago, IL Presenter: “In the Eye of the Beholder-Cultural Relativism and Aesthetics of the Human Form”
1992 NYSATA, Rockland Community College, NY Speaker: Topic-Council for Basic Education Fellowship on Human Aesthetics and Cultural Relativism
1991 NAEA, Kansas City, MO Presenter: “Issues in the Visual Arts and Aesthetics”
1981 Northport Galleries, Northport, NY Speaker: Relief Printmaking
1981 Syosset Art Association, Syosset, NY Panel Speaker: How to Develop an Art Cooperative
Work Related Experience: Art Education
2004 Somers High School, Somers, NY Guest Speaker, On Being an Artist/Educator
2004 Congressional Student Art Competition/Exhibit, Marist College, NY Juror for Sue Kelly
2001 Educational Testing Service Princeton, NJ Reader for AP Studio Art Portfolio
2001 Exploring Art by G. Mittler and R. Ragans Glencoe Publications, Mission Hills, California selected to be in chapter called: Describing Art Works
1998-1999 University Council for Art Education, New York City, NY Board Member-Treasurer
1996 Far West Laboratory, San Francisco, CA Scorer for National Board Certification Early Adolescent through Young Adulthood/Art
1993-1995 New York State Art Teachers Association Chapter 7 Vice President
1994 NYS Education Department - Arts and Humanities Comm. Albany Developed Exemplary Lesson: “Illustrating a Headache: Angst and Eastern European Art” Compact for Learning
1993 ETS, Princeton, NJ Consultant /Question Writer for Praxis Series
1992 Understanding Art and Exploring Art by G. Mittler and R. Ragans Glencoe Publications, Mission Hills, California Lesson Consultant
1991 ETS, Princeton, New Jersey Reader for AP Art History Exam
1990 Davis Publications, Worcester, Massachusettes Reviewer
1990 The Complete Printmaker by John Ross, Clare Romano, & Tim Ross Student work selected for inclusion in chapter on printmaking in the classroom
1989 – 1991 Columbia University, Teachers College, New York City Coordinator: Art Teacher’s Center
1989 MOMA, NY Art Educators’/Coordinators’ Think Tank: Curriculum and Art Education Text
Work-Related Experience: Fine Arts
1992 Macmillan Publishing Limited, London, England Member of Research Panel for The Dictionary of Art
1992 Rizzoli, NYC, NY Illustrator, History of the American Rocking Chair, by Bernice Steinbaum
1990-1991 Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Soho, NY Research Assistant
1979 Harbor Gallery, Cold Spring Harbor, NY Research Assistant
Professional Organizations and Schools
Art Students League, New York City New York State Art Teachers Association
College Art Association
Organization for Independent Artists
Colored Pencil Society of America Women in the Arts
International Society for Education Through Art
Katonah Museum Artists Association
National Art Education Association
National Association of Women Artists
New York Artists Equity
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