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Education:
MFA, School of Visual Arts, NYC, 2001
BA, Lafayette College, 1993
Art program at Barnes Foundation, 1999
exhibitions & OTHER PUBLIC EVENTS
2024
ArtPrize, deVos Convention Center, Grand Rapids, MI
Candesence, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
Rockefeller Preserve, Pleasantville, NY
Upstate Art Weekend, Goshen, NY
Inspired! 2024 Honoree, speaker on what inspires, Nyack, NY
Maker Faire - Hudson, Garnerville, NY
Rockland Center for the Arts Member Show
Artist Speaker, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
Cover Lover, Brooklyn, NY
Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY
District 96, New City, NY
OTHER:
Arts Council of Rockland Mentor Mentee program
2023
GROUP SHOW:
Upstate Art Weekend, Goshen Green, Goshen, NY
District 96, New City, NY
Maker Fair, Garnerville, NY
Hidden Treasure Gallery, Palisades Mall, West Nyack, NY
OTHER:
Arts Council of Rockland Mentor Mentee program
Visiting Arts for Haverstraw School District, NY
2022
GROUP SHOW:
Elmwood Playhouse group show and guest speaker
X House, Nyack, NY
Artist Club Group Show, Pelham Art Center
Garnerville Artist Festival, Garnerville, NY
Hidden Treasure Gallery, Palisades Mall, West Nyack, NY
2021
GROUP SHOW:
Art Reborn, New City, NY
The Art Happening, Pelham Art Center, NY
Collab Concepts, outdoor exhibit in Brewster, NY
VOCE/VOICES, Wickham Works, outdoor exhibit, Warwick, NY
YARN, ROPE, STRING, juried, international exhibition at Appalachian Center for CraftRockland Arts Festival: unveiling of #iamYELLOW & #iamPURPLE
Sloatsburg Plein Air FestivalRockland Arts Festival: demo night
Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY
Nyack Art Collective Group Show: online
Valley Cottage Library, Valley Cottage, NY
Union Arts, Haverstraw, NY
OTHER:
Rockland Arts Festival: PFLAG sponsored artist talk
Visiting Artist for Haverstraw School District, NY
2020
SOLO SHOW:
SEE ME, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY
GROUP SHOW:
LET THERE BE LIGHT, Garner Arts, NY (3 pieces shown)
Collab Concepts, Brewster, NY
Women’s Voices, online
Garner Arts member Show, Garnerville, NY
Hopper House Member Show, Nyack, NY
Nyack Art Collective Members Show, Nyack, NY
St. Thomas Aquinas College, Orangeburg, NY and online
OTHER:
Guest Interviewer for WET Online Exhbit
2019
GROUP SHOW:
O+ Festival, Kingston, NY
Artwalk, Nyack, NY95 1/2 Main Gallery, Nyack, NY
Rockland Center for the Arts Pride Benefit, Nyack, NY
L.A.B. Fest, Garnerville, NY
Rockland Arts Festival, Piermont, NY
Nyack Art Collective Members Show, Nyack, NY
ACoR Members Show, Garnerville, NY
OTHER:
Garnerville studio visits for students, Garnerville, NY
2018
SOLO SHOW:
IN OUT AND OF, 95 1/2 Main Gallery, Nyack, NY
GROUP SHOW:
ARTZUU, Garnerville Arts Festival, Garnerville, NYNyack Art Collective Member Show, , Nyack, NY
Combat Paper Exhibit (juried show), Nyack, NY
2017
GROUP SHOW:
Incredible Creature, 95 1/2 MAIN GALLERY, Nyack, NY
Nyack Art Collective Member Show, , Nyack, NY
Piermont Art in the Park, Piermont, NY
How High the Moon, (Juried Show) Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
Guilty Pleasures, (Juried Show) Bel-Ans, Orangeburg, NY
Nyack Art Walk, Nyack, NY
Nyack Art Collective Member Show, Nyack, NY
O D's, Nyack, NY
Valley Cottage Library, Valley Cottage, NY
Garnerville Artist Member Show, Garnerville, NY
Edward Hopper House Member Show, Nyack, NY
2016
GROUP SHOW
Piermont Art Walk, Piermont, NY
Rockland Center for the Arts Member Show, Nyack, NY
Nyack Art Collective Member Show, Nyack, NY
Nyack Art Collective Show, Nyack Public Library
2015
GROUP SHOW
Piermont Art Walk, Piermont, NY
Nyack Art Collective Show, Nyack, NY
AWARDS & GRANTS
2021 Visual Artist of the Year (ACOR)
ACOR ARTIST’S SUPPORT FUND RECEPIENT
MEMBER OF:
Thrive Together Network, Netvvrk, Nyack Art Collective (Board Member and Treasurer), Arts Council of Rockland (ACoR), Hopper House, Rockland Center for the Arts, Pelham Art Center, Garnerville Art Center
PODCAST/INTERVIEW
Stitchery Stories with Susan Weeks, 2020 view here
ACoR instagram inverview with Lisa Levart, 2020 view here
Radio Kingston o+ guest, 2020 view here
ARTICLES
Fiber Arts, 2020
Design for Social Impact Blog: A Bold Public Image to Match