Resume
Education
Bachelor of Art, Empire State College, NY 2021 (3.96 GPA)
Associates Degree Stenotype Academy, NYC 1994 (Court Reporter)
Associates Degree The Wood School, NYC 1983 (Admin. Secretary)
Franklin K. Lane High School, Brooklyn, NY 1981 (HS Diploma)
German-American School, Ridgewood, NY 1970-75
Art Experience & Workshops
2022
Constructed new pottery studio in Port Saint Lucie, FL
2022
Consulted with GL Homes’ Lifestyle Director to create a functioning Pottery Studio in their 11,000 sq. ft. Cultural Arts Center, Riverland, FL. This included advising on equipment, supplies, proposing instructors, structure of workshops, and implementing a plan to run a self-sustaining and fiscally sound pottery studio for an HOA community.
2021-22
Chairperson, Glaze Committee, Indian River Clay, Vero Beach, FL
2021-2022
Essence of Mulranny, Ireland, year-long virtual weekly workshop with contemporary encaustartists from all over the world
2021
Maine Encaustic Retreat with Artist Dietlind Vander Schaaf, Kennebunkport, Maine
2020
Wisconsin Artist/Author Rebecca Crowell workshop at Bennington College, VT; Oil and Cold Wax Medium, Techniques and Abstraction
2020
Chicago Artist Jeff Hirst Workshop, The Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT; Collagraph Printmaking with Encaustics and R&F Pigments
2019
Maine Artist Dietlind Vander Schaaf, R&F Paints, Kingston, NY, Encaustic Workshop with Gold Leaf
2019
California Artist Michael Shemchuk Workshop, Victoria, Canada, Abstraction by Design, working with large panels and totems, mixed media collage, reductive/additive work with house paint and varnish
2019
California Artist Susan Stover, Cullowhee Mountain Arts, Western Carolina University, NC, Exploring Materiality: Fiber and Wax Intensive with encaustic
2019
Raku Firing with Master Raku Artist, Bill Shallaly, Sponsored by the Long Island Craft Guild, Nassau County Community College, Garden City, NY
2019
Pittsburgh Artist Lorraine Glessner, R&F Paints, Kingston, NY, Exploration of Encaustic Techniques
2019
Attendance at the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Conference, Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, MN
2018
A Conversation About Color with Artist Lisa Pressman and Master Colorist
Richard Frumes, owner/founder of R&F Paints, Kingston, NY, Color, Pigments, Encaustics, Oil and Cold Wax
2018
Artist Laura Moriarty, R&F Paints, Kingston, NY, Encaustic, Paper and Monotypes utilizing hotbox, torch and heat gun
2018
Printmaker Dorothy Cochran Workshop, Encaustics and Yupo Paper, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
2018
Attendance at the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Conference, David K. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA.
2017
Glaze chemistry workshop with Master Glaze Maker John Britt, Sponsored by the Long Island Craft Guild, SUNY Suffolk Seldon Campus
2017
Workshop w/Master Printmaker Dan Welden, Sag Harbor, NY, Solarplate Printing
2017
Member of the Ceramics Cone 6 Blogspot wherein Ceramic Artists gathered at the Gallery Lodge, Kenai, Alaska. Each attendee brought their expertise and taught. Taught a double-walled vessel workshop. Built and fired raku kilns
2015
Ceramic Artist Bill van Guilder, Long Island Art League, Dix Hills, NY, Ceramic Techniques on the wheel and handbuilding
2014
La Meridiana International School of Ceramics, Tuscany, Italy. Handbuilding and specialized Obvara firings with Artist Marcia Selsor, Terra Sigillata firings, and wheel demonstrations by La Meridiana’s founder, Pietro Madelena (Visits to ceramic studios and museums in Florence, Sienna, Faenza, San Gimignano, Tuscany, Certaldo, Ravenna)
2013-19
Built personal pottery studio in 2013 and continued teaching and collaborating with artists
2012-13
Multiple Ceramic and Raku Classes, Long Island Art League, Dix Hills, NY
2009-12
Commack Adult Education, Commack, NY, ceramics, teachers’ assistant, wheelwork, handbuilding
2003-09
Earth & Vessel Cooperative Pottery Studio, Bay Shore, NY. Attended pottery wheel classes and open studios culminating in a strong foundation in pottery
Exhibits
2022
Art in Public Places: Unveiling of “Through the Eyes of a Storm” on the PSL A.R.T. Buses and in a bus shelter
2021
“Through the Eyes of a Storm” licensed to Port Saint Lucie Area Regional Transit to wrap around the buses.
2021-22
Ohana Group, Ft. Pierce, Ceramic Sculpture and Oil & Cold Wax paintings
2021-22
Grunge Exhibit, Prints and Oil & Cold Wax paintings
2021
Vero Museum of Art, Encaustic paintings
2021
Us Exhibit, 500 Orange Avenue, Ft. Pierce, Collagraphs and Encaustic Monotypes
2019
10 by 10 = 100 Art Show & Sale at VSOP Projects, VSOP Gallery, Greenport, NY Exhibition, piece entitled “Amagansett”
2019
Mills Pond Gallery Member Artist Showcase “Dorian” Encaustic Painting
2019
The Long Island Craft Guild 60th Anniversary Echoes Exhibit, Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY. Two pieces: “Fish School,” collage mixed media and “Alaskan Confluence,” raku piece created and fired in Kenai, Alaska.
2018
Empire State College Art Show, Albany Hilton, NY. Over ten pieces of artwork from solarplate prints, encaustic monotypes, mixed media, and raku piece “Alaskan Confluence” on display for 3-day conference.
2017
Holiday Harvest of Artists, BJ Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY “Amagansett” and “The Nude” Solarplate Prints
2017
A Quotidian Life, Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY. “Ravens” Solarplate Print
2017
Dan Welden Studio, Sag Harbor, NY, Fourth Annual Print Parade
2017
Patchogue Arts Council Festival, Arts on Terry, Students representing LIU Post in Printmaking and Ceramics
2017
Nature’s Wild Beauty: Rainforest meets the Pacific, Solo Exhibition at SAL Gallery, B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library, LIU Post. A year of artwork combining ceramics, printmaking, photography and sculpture
2016
LIU Post Sculpture Building, “Artichoke” print, Oct. ’16 – Feb. ‘17
Scholarships & Grants
Transfer, Merit and Art Scholarship LIU Post 2016-17
Recipient of the Long Island University O’Malley Supply and Travel Grant, Spring 2017, for travel to Alaska August 2017 where I presented a pottery workshop in Kenai, Alaska, to a group of ceramic professionals from the US and Europe
Professional Experiences
1994-2020
Freelance Court Reporter
1982-1994
Legal Secretary/Administrative Assistant, NYC Law Firms
Volunteerism, Activism, & Memberships
2022
Resident Artist at Indian River Clay, Vero Beach, member of Glaze Committee
2021
Member of The St. Lucie Cultural Alliance, Port Saint Lucie, FL
2021
Participant in upcoming The Samaritan Center for Homeless Families’ 29th annual “Soup Bowl” fundraiser, Vero Beach, Florida
2021
Member of Indian River Clay, Vero Beach, Florida,
2021
Chair of Glaze Committee, Indian River Clay
2022
Member of Glaze Committee, Indian River Clay, Vero Beach, FL
2020-21
Member of Catalyst Art Lab, online artist community hosted by mentor artist Jeffrey Hirst, Susan Stover, Paula Roland, Lisa Wagner, printmakers, mixed media, painters in encaustic, oil and cold wax
2017-20
The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA)
2017-20
Member, Long Island Craft Guild, NY
2013-20
Member, Long Island Art League, NY
2009-11
District-wide Chair, Disabilities Awareness Committee, Commack School
District, co-author of grant from CVS Caremark that sponsored programs at Sawmill Intermediate School (2011) including full budgeting responsibility and oversight of all district-wide programing K-12 and reporting to the Board of Education
2009-11
Commack School District Arts-in-Education Chair for Wood Park K-2, responsibility included programming and budgeting 26K/year
2005-10
Chair, Wood Park Primary School Arts-in-Education; responsibility for selecting, booking, budgeting $26,000/year programming for 500, K-2 students
2005-15
Assisted in many PTA/Special Education related volunteerism activities
Specialized Training
Thirty-five-hour course and attendance at multiple lectures by professionals in the educational and development field pertaining to people with special needs. This training has led to a nurturing, patient and intuitive understanding of teaching and working with individuals with special needs.