Janet
Morgan M.F.A.
SOLO
SHOWS
2011
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The
Wild Woman Book Artist-In-Residence
Exhibition. The Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York.
The
Healers Shambala
Yoga and Dance Center, Brooklyn, New York.
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2010
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Landscapes
Around the World. Artist-In-Residence Exhibition. The Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York.
Shambala
Yoga and Dance Center Anniversary Celebration. Brooklyn New York.
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2008
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1st Annual Mother’s Day Blessing Celebration Official Artist St. Bart’s Church, New York, New York |
2007
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Tales from the Other Side: A Retrospective for Halloween Madame X, New York, New York
Artist-In-Residence
Exhibition. The
Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York.
Gods
& Men: Musings on the Divine Masculine Madame X, New York, N.Y. Plus a Permanent Installation.
Dunya’s
Art & Dance Celebration. The Metropolitan Building, Long Island City, New York.
Munchkinland Murals at the Kostume Kult Theme Camp, Burning Man, Black Rock City, Nevada. |
2006
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Goddesses: The Art of Janet Morgan Microcosm Gallery, An Interactive Exhibit. Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, New York City.
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2004
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The Art of Empowered Bliss - Official Artist of the Omega
Institute’s Women and Power Conference, |
2003 1995
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The
Goddess Dances the Heavens: Homage to Jehan Theatre 3, New York City.
Terra Cotta, Teraphim and Terrifying Terra Firma: Paintings and Ceramics Weill Cornell Medical Library, New York, New York.
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1994 1992
1991
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Canyons & Kivas O’Sullivan Gallery, New York City. Images of the Southwest.
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1986
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Recent Work The 7A Café, New York City. Reviewed: 108-An East Village Review.
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1984
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Portraits
and Scenarios Passaic County Community College, Patterson, New Jersey.
Curated
by Danielle Rubel. Artist’s talk to students.
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1983
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Watercolors
and Window Installation The Sohozat Gallery, New York City. Reviewed - Village Voice.
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RESIDENCIES
2011, 10 & 9
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Artist in Residence for Earth Celebrations, Hudson River Procession, Robes of Honor
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2011, 10, 8, 7 & 3
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Artist
in Residence at
the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York. Teaching workshops for staff.
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2008
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Artist
in Residence at
Saint Bartholomew’s Church, Sunday Series, June. New York, New York.
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2008, 6 & 5
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Artist
in Residence at
Death Valley National Park, California. Presentations and teaching.
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2001
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Artist
in Residence at
the Weir Farm National Historic Site, Wilton, Conn.
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1995
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Artist
in Residence at
the Center for Symbolic Studies, New Paltz, New York. Exhibition and
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1991
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Visiting
Artist at the
Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Two weeks of classes on Art Therapy,
Lectures and Demos.
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1991
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Visiting
Artist in the Resident
Naturalist Program. Appalachian Mountain Club, New Hampshire.
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COMMISSIONS
2008
New York City Public Art for Public School, P.S. 273, Early Childhood Center, Queens.
Terracotta relief plaques.
2008
Private Commission: Portrait of Sarasvati
2006
Madame X Lounge, New York, New York. Portrait of the God Pan, permanent
installation.
HONORS
AND AWARDS
Antarctic
Print published by
Theme Media Polar Arts Program, 2010.
Honorable
Mention The Yosemite
Renaissance Exhibition, Yosemite National Park and Traveling.
Prize
Judge at the 16th
Annual Medical Complex Art Exhibition. Weill Cornell Medical Library.
Lithograph
Published by the
Brooklyn Arts Council and presented to Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden
as a tribute award, 2001.
Also presented to Marilyn
Gelber, Independence Community Foundation, at the opening of the Brooklyn
Arts Council’s permanent home, 2005.
Print
Presentation to
the winner of Best Costume Prize at The Visionary Dance Retreat, Maui, Hawaii,
2004.
Honorable
Mentions at the
10th and 11th Annual Medical Complex Art Exhibition. Weill Cornell Medical
Library. 2000, 2001.
Best
in Show at The
Seventh Annual Medical Complex Art Exhibition. Weill Cornell Medical Library,
New York, N. Y. 1997.
FILMS, ARTICLES
AND REVIEWS
The Paintings of Janet Morgan, Documentary by the Artists Archive
Gregory
William Frux Landing a Residency in a National Park Art Calendar March 2009
En
Couleur California Plein
Air Magazine December 2005
Alex
Littlefield Death Valley National Park Attracts Brooklyn Artists Brooklyn Eagle, July 20, 2005
Death
Valley National Park Hosts Visiting Artists Pahrump Valley Times, July 2, 2005
Death
Valley National Park Hosts Visiting Artists Death-Valley.us, June 30, 2005
Gregory
William Frux Janet Morgan, Belly Dancing Artist Unveils Larger Than Life
Paintings, Zaghareet!
Magazine, March-April, 2004
A
Couple from New York,
Bishkek Tonight (Vecherny Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan), September 6, 2000.
Agnes
Murray Brooklyn Arts Council Exhibit Focuses on Brooklyn Landmarks, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, November 6,
2000.
Printmaker’s
Portfolio 2000,
Brooklyn Heights Courier, December 4, 2000.
Gregory
William Frux An Introduction to Website Design: Janet Morgan Art Calendar, Sept. 1999.
Janet
Braun-Reinitz Visions of Goddess The Ithaca Journal, June 1989
Janet
McCann Hymns to a Female God As Yet Unnamed. Vortex,
Spring 1988.
Vivien
Raynor Rutgers: ‘Outsider’ and One ‘Insider’. New York Times, April 26, 1987.
Janet
Gillespie Janet Morgan: 7A Restaurant.108- An East Village Review, Sept 1986.
Alice
Gottesman & Nancy Lupone They Do Windows. Village Voice, April 1983.
PUBLIC
COLLECTIONS
National
Museum of Art of Kyrgyzstan
Death
Valley National Park Museum
Glacier
National Park
Joshua
Tree National Park
New
York Public Library Rare Book Room
Rauner
Special Collections Library at Dartmouth College
Memorial
Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
University
of Wisconsin at Madison
The Juilliard School, Dance Department Department
of Education, New York City
State
University of New York at Stony Brook
Numerous
Library Fine Press Collections
The
Museum of Comedy, Queen, New York
You
Should Be Dancing Studio, New York, New York
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PRIVATE
COLLECTIONS
Andreas
Brown, Gotham Book Mart, New York
Howard
Golden, Brooklyn Borough President
Kendal
Henry, MTA Arts for Transit
Charlotte
Kasl, author, Lolo Montana
Jehan
Jamal, Producer of Goddessdance
Judith
Malina, the Living Theatre, New York
Sharon
Raddock, Boca Raton, Florida
Sky
Dancer Press, Florida
S.E.E.D.-
The New Age Rock Band
Gretchen
Brown, Temple Belly Dance
Lance
Staedler, Photographer
Paul
Wong, Dieu Donne Paper Mill
Phyllis
Galembo, Photographer
Warrington
Colescot, Prof. Emeritus UWN Art Dept.
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SELECTED
GROUP SHOWS
2011
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Balance at Hive at 55, New York, NY. Hudson
River Contemporary: Works on Paper Boscobel Exhibition Gallery, Garrison, NY.
Catalog.
Curated by James L. McElhinney And Katherine E. Manthorne.
&
Salon
de Refuse Pen
and Brush, New York, NY.
Earth
Celebrations Benefit Silent Auction ACA
Gallery, New York, NY.
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2010
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The
Divine Feminine Chapel
of Sacred Mirrors, Wappingers Falls, NY.
Broome
Street Gallery Invitational Exhibition Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY.
Works
by Gallery Artists Tabla
Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
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2009
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Monadnock
Literary & Arts Festival Exhibition Camp Glenbrook, Keene, New Hampshire
Painting
the Americas, North and South of the Border El Taller Latino Americano’s Grady Alexis
Gallery, NY.
Umbrella! (Commission) Forecast Public Art Silent
Auction, Historic Union Depot, St. Paul, Mn. Earth
Celebrations Silent Auction – Benefit Exhibit. New York, NY.
Broome
Street Gallery Invitational Exhibition Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY.
Paradigm
Shift- in Honor of Kinji Akagawa. Minneapolis College of Art and Design Gallery,
Minneapolis, Mn.
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2008
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Yosemite
Renaissance. Traveling
exhibition starting at the Yosemite Museum. HONORABLE
MENTION
Fish
Follies Cordova
Historical Society and Museum, Cordova, Alaska.
Generations
VI. A.I.R.
Gallery, New York, NY.
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2007
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Paintings
of the Antarctic Peninsula. Onboard the Orlova in the Drake Passage, Quark Expeditions.
Singular
Objects: from the Artistsbook Library and Kentler Flat Files at Proteus
Gowanus Chakra
Paintings. The
Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York.
The
Original Face.
Microcosm Gallery, New York, New York.
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2006
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Urban
Shaman: Visualizing Spirit Liberation in Truth Social Justice Center, Newark, N.J.
Music
to My Eyes Artwork
inspired by music. Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn, New York.
7th ANNUAL MERMAID SHOW Sideshow
Gallery, Williamsburg Brooklyn, New York.
Small
Works Show Brooklyn
Artist’s Gym Gallery, Brooklyn, New York.
Why
We Gather Times
Square Gallery, New York City.
2nd Annual Death Valley Artist in Residence Open House with Gregory Frux, Brooklyn.
Wish
You Were Here AIR
Gallery, New York City.
An
Odyssey: UW-Madison MFA Printmakers Return 2006 Southern Graphics Council Conference, Woodstock
Goddess Festival Exhibition The Varga Gallery, Woodstock, New York.
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2005
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Death
Valley Artist in Residence Open House with Gregory Frux, Brooklyn, New York.
Crossed
Destinies, A Tarot of the Artists Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn.
Curator: James Pinney. Exhibition Catalog.
8TH Annual Mermaid Show The Coney Island Museum, Brooklyn, N.Y.
35th Anniversary Cross Cultural Communications, Small Press Publisher The Russian Samovar, N. Y.
15th Annual Medical Complex Art Exhibition Weill Cornell
Medical Library, New York. |
2004
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Sensuous
Abundance Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York. Curator: James Pinney.
Postcards From The Edge Visual AIDS Benefit, Brent Sikkema
Gallery, New York City.
Small Works Show The Creative Center for People with Cancer,
New York City.
Night of 1,000 Drawings Artists Space, New York, New York.
The
7th Annual Mermaid Show Celebration of the Coney Island Mermaid Parade, P.M.S.
Women Painters, Musicians and Sculptors Brooklyn College Art Gallery at the Brooklyn War
Memorial. |
2003
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Miracles
of Peace United
Nations Secretariat Building, New York, New York.
Enchanted
by Bandelier! Art Center at Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos, New Mexico.
Images of Dance The Adrienne Moore Gallery, New York City.
You’re
Invited Weill
Cornell Medical Library, New York City.
Woodstock
Goddess Festival at Legends Exhibition and performance, Woodstock, New York.
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2002
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Atlantic Avenue Walk the Windows Brooklyn, New York.
Members Exhibition the Maria Henle Gallery, Christensted, St.
Croix, US Virgin Islands.
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2001
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Myths and Visions Object Image Gallery, Brooklyn, New
York.
Postcards to New York (after 9/11) Columbia Teacher’s
College, New York, New York.
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2000
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Two
New York City Artists Exhibiting in Bishkek: Janet Morgan and Gregory Frux National Museum of Art of
Kyrgyzstan.
Brooklyn Arts Council, Printmaker’s Portfolio Brooklyn Borough Hall, Brooklyn, New York. Again at the Metrotech Center Gallery. |
1999
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St.
Lucy’s Art Show St. Lucy’s Church & Homeless Shelter, Jersey City, New Jersey.
Visions
of Satire and Wit The Feral Art Gallery, Brooklyn, New York.
Midsummer
Festival Banners
paintings, Center for Symbolic Studies, New Paltz, NY.
Five
and Ten: Money Related Art The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, New York.
Salon
Show III The
Feral Art Gallery, Brooklyn, New York.
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1998
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International
Marcel/Marcella: Man/Woman of the Dream Project in Hungary Matyas Miraly, Hungary.
World
Artist For Tibet Invitational at Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, New York.
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1997
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7th
Annual Medical Complex Art Exhibition Weill Cornell Medical Library, N.Y. BEST IN SHOW.
Park
Slope Open Studio Tour, The Pier Show and Benefit Auction the Brooklyn Waterfront Artist
Coalition.
Mirror
Mirror On The Wall: Women in Self-Portrait Smithtown Township Arts Council, St. James, New York.
The
Light Box Williamsburg Art and Historical Society, Brooklyn, New York.
Midsummer
Festival & Burning Man The Center for Symbolic Studies, New Paltz, New York.
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1996
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Three
Artists in the Andes The Maria Henle Studio Gallery, Christensted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
25TH Anniversary of Cross Cultural Communications Press Small Press Center, New York
City.
Artist’s
Plate Project Sea Cliff Gallery, Sea Cliff, New York.
3rd
Annual Small Works Invitational Blue Mountain Gallery, New York City.
Midsummer
Festival Center
for Symbolic Studies, New Paltz, New York. Banners.
Rites
of Spring celebration of the Neighborhood Gardens of the Lower East Side. Puppets and banners. Painted
Post Card Benefit Auction Dieu Donne Papermill, New York City.
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1995
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Wildlands:
Mountains and Interior Landscapes Artist-in-Residence Exhibit at the Center for Symbolic Studies,
National
Expressive Therapy Conference Exhibition Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York.
Art
of Paper Dieu
Donne Papermill, New York City.
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1994
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Prints
by Students of Warrington Colescott and Fran Myers Duke University Institute of
Arts, Durham, N.C.
Objects
of Affection Floyd Bennett Field, Gateway National Park, Brooklyn, New York.
Lenox
Hill Artists and Invited Guests Weill Cornell Medical Library, New York.
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1993
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Earth
Day Celebration World Trade Center, New York, New York. Large Puppets. Earth Celebrations.
Red
Ozier: A Literary Fine Press, 1976-1987 Humanities Gallery, Cooper Union, New York City. Books.
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1992
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Women
Depict Men Ward
Nasse Gallery, New York City.
McCarren
Gardens Autumn Festival Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York. Banners.
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1990
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The
Hot and Cold Show The Pyramid Gallery, New York City.
What
Does Heaven Look Like? Symes Gallery, Flushing, New York.
Group
Show The Pyramid
Gallery, New York, New York. Curator:
Paul Bogdanovic.
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1989
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Visions
of the Goddess Cornell University Gallery, Ithaca, New York.
Goddess
Festival Exhibition The Open Center, New York, New York.
Helm’s
Degenerate Art Show XFH Multimedia Space, New York, New York.
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1987
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The
Naïve Figure: Eccentric Visions Rutgers University Gallery, Newark, New Jersey. Curator:
Alison Weld. |
1986
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Ten
Chinatown Second
Annual Open Studios Tour, Sponsored by the Asian Arts Institute, New York
City.
The
Androgyne Show at Cuando Neighborhood Center, New York, New York.
The
Lady in the Harbor: Images of the Statue of Liberty Hilton Hotel, New York.
Color
and Light Vasarely
Gallery, New York, New York.
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1985
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Paper
as Paint Artisan
Space of the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York. Curator: Paul Wong.
The
Red and Green Show New York Institute of Technology, Manhattan Campus. Curator: Tony Clemente.
Start
Again Ground
Zero Gallery, New York City. Curator: Robert Costa.
Body
Language New
York Institute of Technology.
Paper
and Print: Handmade Paperwork and Limited Edition Books Hardwick College, Ineota, New
York.
Five
and Dime Goes to the Beach Five and Dime Gallery, New York City.
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| Etc. |
TEACHING,
WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES
Earth
Celebrations: Hudson River Procession Workshops with Children, Henry Street Settlement. 2009, 10
& 11.
Wild
Utah, an Illustrated Artist’s Talk (with Gregory Frux), The Tuesday Evening Hour, New York,
NY. 2011
Plein
Air Workshop Chapel
of Sacred Mirrors, Wappingers Falls, New York, July 2010.
Annual
Three Day Painting Workshop. Conducted at the Fire Island Appalachian Mountain Club Cabin. 2007,
8, 9 & 10.
Monadnock
Literary & Arts Festival Art Workshop and Demonstration, Camp Glenbrook, Keene, New
Hampshire, 2009
Substitute
teaching, figure drawing. The Art Students League, New York, 2009 & 2010,
Art
Workshops for Children, Sunday School. St.
Bart’s Church, New York, New York. 2009
Watercolors
for Writers. Workshop for Graduate Students at
Antioch College, Keene, New Hampshire. 2007.
Music
and Art. Illustrated Talk and Dance
Performance at Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn, New York. 2006.
Ranger
Talks and Outdoor Watercolor Classes in Death Valley National Park as part of a residency. 2009, 08 & 06.
Creating
Your Own Deity - Illustrated Talk and Workshop at the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors in conjunction with
the exhibition
Goddesses: The Art of Janet Morgan. October 2006.
Keeping
the Creative Juices Flowing talks
for the Creative Arts Therapy students and the New School for Social Research,
New York City. June 2006
Watercolor
Class for the Pre-op Nurses at Memorial
Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, November 2004.
Artist’s
talk for students
at the Pioneer Preparatory School in Dominica, British West Indies. 2003.
Workshop
on Cancer and Creativity for the Art Therapy Club at Hofstrau University, Hempstead, N. Y.
2000.
Presentation
on Creativity and the Art of Recreation for the Head and Neck Support Group,
Memorial Sloan
Kettering Cancer Center, N.Y. C. 1998.
Talks
on Expressive Therapy
for the Studio Workshop School, New York City, 1993-7.
Art
& Visualization
- Guest teacher at
Share’s Wellness Day. Breast Cancer Support Group, New York City, 1990.
Lecture-demonstration
of Relaxation and Visualization Techniques for the Patient-to-Patient Volunteers,
Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1990.
Art
Therapy Workshops conducted for Hospice Workers:
1). The
Center for Awakening, a rural hospice in North Carolina. Two weeks in
residence.
2).
Hospice of Wilkes, Wilkes General Hospital. Wilkesboro, North Carolina. 1987.
Guest
exhibitor and lecturer
at Tunxis Community College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1986.
Guest
exhibitor and lecturer
at The Passaic County Community College, Patterson, New Jersey, 1985.
Instructor
of Portfolio Development at the Pratt Art Institute. New York City. 1980-83.
ILLUSTRATION
AND DESIGN WORK
Graphic
and poster designs
for Musicians of Brooklyn Initiative, The Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church,
Outreach Theatre,
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Oakland University
Department of Music, Theatre and Dance, San Diego Folk Dance Center,
Morgiana’s
Middle Eastern Dance Troupe, American Dance Festival; Antioch University, New
Hampshire.
Small
Press Book illustration for The Perishable Press, Red Ozier Press, Black Mesa Press, The No
Press, Gaedes Pond Press,
Rara Avis Press, Cross Cultural Communications, The
Subcutaneous Press and the Perivale Press.
Magazine
illustrations for
Whole Terrain (Antioch College), Crescent Magazine’s Dance Issue, Small Press
Magazine, Ahnoi,
Fiction Network, Identity, East Village Eye, Mother Jones,
Alive & Well, BWAC Magazine, Redrock Wilderness;
Newsletter of the Southern
Utah Wilderness Alliance, and The Ostrovski.
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Recreation
Therapist Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Patient Recreation Department, with the Adult
population.
Supervision of art and music therapy interns. Publisher of creative arts magazine The
Creative Network. Yearly
patient art exhibition.
1988
through 2006.
Director
of the Poetry and Small Press Department at the Gotham Book Mart, New York City.
In-house
graphics, catalog production, exhibitions, university accounts. 1979 - 1987.
EDUCATION
Master
of Fine Arts from
the University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1979. Warrington Colescot, Jack Damer.
One-Year
Intensive Program in Art Therapy at the Studio Workshop School, New York City. Dr. Erika
Steinberger.
Bachelor
of Fine Arts from
the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 1976. Kinji Akagawa, Siah Armajani.
Junior
Year at the Nova
Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Eric Fischl, Mira
Schor, Gary Kennedy.
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