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1982 to the present:
Self employed as artist, designer and teacher of decorative papers and the book arts.
For more information about this aspect of my work:
www.pastepaperpatterns.com
February 2009 and ongoing:
Art teacher for the Studio Arts Project,
Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital, 1270 Belmont Avenue, Schenectady, NY 12308
November 2009 and ongoing:
Exhibition Series Coordinator at the View Point Gallery at Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital. There are four small shows during the calendar year. Currently on display is the exhibit, TWO PROJECTS. Students work from the Studio Art Project have their glass transfer paintings and 12 inch square abstract paintings based on Georgia O'Keeffe's work on exhibit.
January 2008 and ongoing:
Teacher of Decorative Papermaking including paste papers and traditional Turkish Marbling. I also have proposed a number of book binding classes and related topics in mechanical measuring and origami.
Albany Art Room, 457 Madison Avenue, Albany, New York 12210
Summer 2003 and all summers through 2009
Art camp Instructor for the Schenectady Jewish Community Center's extended camp.
Schenectady Jewish Community Center, 2565 Balltown Road, Niskayuna, NY 12309
1993- Present
Active member of the Guild of Book Workers, an international membership of bookbinders, conservators and book artists. I have been invited in 1993 in Boston Massachusetts and in 2003 in Denver, Colorado to present for the Standards of Excellence Seminars. I have also traveled to various local chapters through out the United States and England to speak and teach about my specialty paste papers.
My work has been shown in many Guild of Book Workers traveling exhibits.
www.guildofbookworkers.org
June 1990-August 1993
Painting teacher for the Activities Program at Rosewood Gardens
Rosewood Gardens, 284 Troy Road, Rensselaer, NY 12144
September 1979-May 1982
Print shop technician , Cooper Union School of Art, New York, NY 10003
Followed by Center for Book Arts, New York City.
September 1977 through June 1979
Elementary art teacher 1-4 in Williamstown, NJ, followed by 1-5 art position in South Plainfield with New Jersey's mandated gifted and talented program.
Recent Exhibits:
September1-30, 2008 , The Albany Art Room 457 Madison Avenue, Albany, NY
One woman show, Paste Paper Collages: Recent Work
January 2009 & ongoing, Land Fill Art INC., Contribution: Ode to Georgia O'Keeffe, 2009, Marquis Art Gallery, 122 South Main Street, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania www.landfillart.org.
March 1-June 15, 2009: Recent work: Paste Paper Collages 2008 & 2009
The Farber/Miness Lounge Gallery, Schenectady Jewish Community Center,
2565 Balltown Road, Niskayuna, New York
Upcoming Exhibits:
March 20-21,2010, Schenectady Art Attack, specific location to be posted soon....
April 17- July 30, 2010: Fit to Be Bound, Everson Museum of Art, 401 Harrison Street,
Syracuse, New York, "Bagua Grid" will be on display.
My decorative papers and books about my papers are in the collections of the following institutions: This is a partial listing.
Victoria and Albert Museum, London England
The Art and Design Library of Manchester Metropolitan Library, Manchester England
British Museum, London England
Rosamond Loring Collection, Harvard University
Small Press and Rare Book collections in numerous libraries across the United States.
My papers have been commissioned for the covers of first edition books by
John Updike, Ray Bradbury and Joseph Heller.
Other examples of custom decorative papers can be seen on the "uses" page of : www.pastepaperpatterns.com
Posters of paste paper collages are also available through www.inkasart.com
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