Artist Statement
The rooms in which my images take place invoke ideas of home. At the same time, they refer to the interior world of thought and feeling. I begin by constructing an architectural foundation, and then proceed to inhabit the space with figures and props which interact in an implied narrative.
I mine art images from every period of history for ideas and inspiration, and include them in my work both directly and indirectly. I am fascinated by what happens when different artistic traditions meet within an image. The flexibility of collage allows me to weave together found images with a variety of processes and media, such as woodcut, linocut, collagraph, monoprint, drawing and painting.
In my work I explore themes of connection and separation, and the complexities of human interaction. I seek to create an emotional world that can be entered and contemplated.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2011
CELESTIAL BODIES, Hosmer Gallery, Northampton, MA
SIX OF ONE, HALF A DOZEN OF THE OTHER, Augusta Savage Gallery, Amherst, MA
2010
ROMARE BEARDEN AND FRIENDS, Great Neck Art Center, NY
100 ARTISTS FOR HAITI, Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA
STEAMROLLER PRINT PROJECT, Dynamite Space, Northampton, MA
2009
Solo shows:
THESE ROOMS, The Salon at the Academy, Northampton, MA
Cushman Café, Amhesrt, MA
2008
INTERMEDIA, Burnett Gallery, Amherst, MA
BOX GALLERY, Sea Cliff, NY
2007
SELF REFLECTION, Hosmer Gallery, Northampton, MA
SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2006
FACULTY SHOW, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, Hartfprd, CT
SIX ARTISTS/ONE CAUSE, Gallery at 19 Forbes, Northampton, MA
SWEET HARVEST: ARTS AND CULTURE FESTIVAL, National Yiddish Book Center, Amherst, MA
LEGACY OF THE LEVERETT LANDSCAPE, Barnes Gallery, Leverett, MA
2005
THREE ARTISTS, Gallery A3, Amherst, MA
SMALL WORKS, Gallery A3, Amherst, MA
AUCTION, Gallery A3, Amherst, MA
FROM THE ARTISTS’ HAND, Burnett Gallery, Amherst, MA
2004
FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING, Nashawannuck Gallery and Guild Studio School Gallery, Easthampton
INVITATIONAL, Gallery A3, Amherst, MA
ARTISTS FOR PEACE, Barnes Gallery, Leverett, MA
2003
Jewish Community of Amherst , Amherst, MA
Solo show
2002
ARTISTS FOR ANIMALS, Barnes Gallery, Leverett, MA
AWARDS AND HONORS
2009
ARTIST RESIDENCY AT SOARING GARDENS
Wyalusing, Pennsylvania
1989 – 1991
RESIDENCY IMPLEMENTATION GRANT, New York Foundation for the Arts, NY
1986
ARTS IN EDUCATION GRANT, New York State Council on the Arts, in association with the Studio In A School Association
ARTS IN EDUCATION GRANT, National Endowment for the Arts, in association with the Studio In A School Association
1985
ARTISTS’ FELLOWSHIP, New York Foundation for the Arts: Works on Paper
JUROR, Artist-in-Residence Program, New York Foundation for the Arts
1984
GRANT, NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, in association with the Studio In A School Association
1983
MIMES AND MINIATURES, Honorable Mention, Brooklyn Arts and Culture Association
VISITING ARTIST/ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAMS
2000
Visiting Lecturer, Jewish Early Childhood Education Conference, Miami, Florida
1997
Visiting Lecturer, Columbia Teachers College, NY
1996 – 1999
Visiting Artist, Cold Spring Harbor Schools
1995
New York Foundation for the Arts: Artist in Residence Grant
1989 – 1992
New York Foundation for the Arts: Artist in Residence Grant
1989
Lincoln Center Institute/Museum of Modern Art
Teaching artist, Museum Education Program
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Current Position (since 2001)
ART EDUCATOR, Wildwood School, Amherst, MA
2006-2007
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, Drawing and Painting, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
GUEST LECTURER, Long Island University, Art Education Department
1995 to 2001
ART EDUCATOR, Goosehill Primary School, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Taught studio classes, drafted district’s Elementary Art Curriculum,
initiated parent partnership program and portfolio program
1987 – 1995
ARTIST/ INSTRUCTOR, P.S. 321, Brooklyn, NY
Established studio program with teacher-training component
1986 – 1987
ASSISTANT PROGRAM DIRECTOR, Studio In A School Association, NY
Supervised 31 artists-in-residence studio sites, conducted staff
development and teacher training workshops, created arts curriculum
materials for artists and teachers
1981 – 1985
ARTIST/ INSTRUCTOR, Studio In A School Association, NY
1984 – 1986
INSTRUCTOR, Drawing and Painting, New York State Summer School for the Arts,
State University College, Fredonia, NY
1983
INSTRUCTOR, Drawing, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, MFA – 1983
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, BFA – 1978
