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
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 and house paint and varnish
2019
California Artist Susan Stover, Cullowhee Mountain Arts, Western Carolina University, NC; Exploring Materiality: Fiber and Wax Intensive (encaustic)
2019
Bill Shallaly, raku artist, Sponsored by the Long Island Craft Guild, Nassau County Community College, Garden City, New York
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
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. I taught a one-day closed vessel workshop. During the workshop we built raku kilns and fired them
2015
Ceramic Artist Bill van Guilder, Long Island Art League, Dix Hills, NY; Ceramic Techniques on the wheel and hand building
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)
2012-2013
Multiple Ceramic and Raku Classes, Long Island Art League, Dix Hills, NY
2009-2012
Commack Adult Education, Commack, NY; ceramics, teachers’ assistant, wheelwork, handbuilding
2003-2009
Earth & Vessel Cooperative Pottery Studio, Bay Shore, NY. Attended pottery wheel classes and open studios culminating in a strong foundation in pottery
Exhibits
2019
10 by 10 = 100 Art Show & Sale at VSOP Projects, VSOP Gallery, Greenport, NY; Exhibition, piece entitled “Amagansett” sold (December)
2019
Mills Pond Gallery Member Artist Showcase “Dorian” Encaustic Painting (Oct 13—Dec. 2)
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 an“Alaskan Confluence," raku piece created and fired in Kenai, Alaska. (3/9—4/7)
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
1982-1994
Legal Secretary/Administrative Assistant, NYC Law Firms
1994-2020
Freelance Court Reporter
Volunteerism, Activism, & Memberships
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, chair of Glaze Committee.
2020
Member of Catalyst Art Lab, online artist community hosted by mentor artists Jeffrey Hirst, Lisa Pressman, Susan Stover, Paula Roland, printmakers, mixed media, painters in encaustic, oil and cold wax
2017-2020
The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA)
2017-2020
Member, Long Island Craft Guild, NY
2013-2020
Member, Long Island Art League, NY
2009-2011
District-wide Chair, Disabilities Awareness Committee, Commack School District; co-author of grant to CVS Caremark (and granted) to sponsor programs at Sawmill Intermediate School (2011); oversight of district-wide programming of Arts-in-Education with full budgetary responsibility and reporting to the Board of Education
2005-2010
Chair, Wood Park Primary School Arts-in-Education; responsibility for selecting, booking, budgeting $26,000/year programming for 500, K-2 students.
2005-2015
Assisted in many PTA/Special Education PTA 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.