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2009-2011 Board of Directors, CT Chapter Womens' Caucus for the Arts 1995-2006 Board of Directors - Secretary, Fritz Eager Foundation for Art Education, CT 1987-2006 Art Teacher, New Canaan High School, CT 1999-2006 Co-Leader, with Joy Abrams, Art and Yoga Retreats, Madison, CT 2001-2009 Coordinator and Co-Leader, with Joy Abrams, Art and Yoga Retreats, Tuscany and Calabria, Italy 1998-2001 Board of Directors, Connecticut Art Education Association 1985 Cooperative Gallery, “Connecticut Clay,” South Norwalk, CT 1985 Coordinator and co-leader, with Suzanne Benton, art & mythology tour to Greece 1983 Coordinator and leader of multi-media crafts tour of Japan 1982-1984 Founding Member & past President of Connecticut Clay Artists 1981-1983 Board of Directors, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT 1971-1988 Studio potter (produced sculptural & functional stoneware) 1971-present Exhibiting and instructing art classes in my Winsted, CT loft-studio
Select Awards and Prizes Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart Univ, Caryatids, Bridgeport, CT (2007) Juror: Jessica Hough, Aldrich Museum "Juror's Award" Artwell Gallery, 11th Annual Juried Exhibition, Torrington, CT (2007) CT Art Education Association (2000). Outstanding Art Educator Award Silvermine Guild Galleries, Art of the Northeast, New Canaan, CT (1999) Juror: Allan Stone, Allan Stone Gallery Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT (1986, 1987) Miami Beach Festival of the Arts, Miami, FL (1987) Purchase Award Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton, CT (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985) Wilton Professional Art Show, Wilton, CT (1980) Barnum Arts Festival, Bridgeport, CT (1980)
Solo Exhibitions Bell Gallery, Greenwich, CT Brookfield Craft Center, South Norwalk, CT Fairfield County Savings Bank, Norwalk, CT Mari Gallery, Mamaroneck, NY Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT Sound Shore Gallery, Port Chester, NY Unique Gallery, Westport, CT
Selected Juried & Group Exhibitions Artwell Gallery, Torrington, CT Atria-Architects Gallery, Hartford, CT Anderson-Marsh Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL Azuma Gallery, SoHo, NY Branchville Soho, Georgetown, CT Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT Connecticut Audubon Birdcraft Museum, Fairfield, CT Connecticut Clay co-op (founding member), South Norwalk, CT Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT Fordham University, Bronx, NY Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Bridgeport, CT Guilford Handicrafts Show, Guilford, CT Josseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, CT Lowe Art Museum, Miami, FL Miami Beach Festival of the Arts, Miami, FL Museum of Art, Science & Industry, Bridgeport, CT Northwest Connecticut Arts Council Public Art Project (A Bear Affair), Torrington, CT New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT New Canaan Library, New Canaan, CT Rockefeller Center, New York, NY Saugatuck Gallery, Westport, CT Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT Sound Shore Gallery, Port Chester, NY The Elements Gallery, Greenwich, CT
Publications 2002 New Canaan, Darien and Rowayton Magazine, Sept/Oct issue 2001 "Scholastic Moves" television documentary 2000 Speech to CT Art Education Association – “Creativity Matters” 1986 The Sunday Republican, Waterbury, CT 1985 Consultant and artist for “Clay” filmstrip, Educational Dimensions, Stamford, CT 1982 Personalities of America, American Biographical Institute, Raleigh, NC 1982 Consultant for “Glazing Basics” filmstrip, Educational Dimensions, Stamford, CT 1981 Review, Art New England, Boston, MA 1979 Script for “Clay” educational filmstrip, Nutmeg Productions, New Canaan, CT
Select Collections Spencer Davis, former publisher, Ceramics Monthly Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Washington, DC General Electric Corporation, Fairfield, CT Honorable William Collins, former Mayor, Norwalk, CT Housatonic Museum, Bridgeport, CT L. Rey McMillan Inc., New York, NY. La Chiara, Human Resource Center, Tuscany, Italy Lockwood-Matthews Mansion, Norwalk, CT. Charles Carpenter, New Canaan, CT Honorable Alan Nevas, former State Attorney General, Westport, CT Jack Paar, Host of The Tonight Show, Greenwich, CT Pitney-Bowes, Stamford, CT Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT Southern Connecticut State College, Contemporary Ceramics Collection Women’s Caucus for the Arts, CT Chapter
Education National Board Certified Teacher, 1997 M.A.E. Rhode Island School of Design, 1993 B.A. University of Bridgeport, 1968. Work/study with Tom Schafer, M.C. Richards, Hal Reigger, Stanley Bleitfeld, Marilyn Dintenfass, Frank Boyden |
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