Education
Grants, Fellowships, Awards, Commissions
Public Collections
Teaching Positions
Lectures, Panels, Symposia, Visiting Artist/Critic Visits
Community Service
E D U C A T I O N
1966 - Skidmore College, BA - Painting & Art History
1969 - University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Fine Arts, MFA
G R A N T S , F E L L O W S H I P S , A W A R D S , C O M M I S S I O N S
INSTAAR Affiliate, University of Colorado Boulder, 2013.
WCA Lifetime Achievement Award, Women's Caucus for Art, 2011.
Bessie Berman Grant in Painting, The Leeway Foundation, 2000.
“One Percent” Public Art Commission awarded by the Redevelopment Authority of Philadelphia, Marriott Hotel, Philadelphia, 1996.
Residence Fellowship at the Bellagio Study and Conference Center, The Rockefeller Foundation, September 1993.
National Endowment for the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship, 1991-92, 1985-86.
Distinguished Achievement Award, Skidmore College, 1991.
Nominee for the AVA (Awards in the Visual Arts) national artist award, 1990, 1989, 1984, 1981.
Residence Fellowship at Giverny, Readers Digest Foundation, April – September 1989.
Institute of Contemporary Art – “Patron Print” Artist –1989.
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Individual Artists Grant, 1989, 1981.
Visiting Artist Grant – Artists for the Environment Foundation, Walpak, NJ, May 1983.
Visiting Fellowship to Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM, November 1982, 1980.
Visiting Fellowship to the Print Research Facility at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, December 1981.
The Print Club of Philadelphia, 57th International Competition – Professional Prize, 1981
Purchase Prize, Rutgers University National Drawing Show, New Brunswick, NJ, 1979
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P U B L I C C O L L E C T I O N S
Air Co. Corporation, Montvale, NJ
American Telephone and Telegraph Center
ARCO, Philadelphia
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
AVC Corporation, Philadelphia
BankAmerica, CA
Blue Cross of Southern California
CIGNA Corporation, Philadelphia
Colgate University, Picker Art Gallery, Hamilton, NY
Commodities Corporation of America, NY
Continental Bank, Philadelphia
De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
First Pennsylvania Bank, Philadelphia
FMC Corporation, Philadelphia
General Public Utilities Corporation of Reading, Reading, PA
Goldman and Sachs, New York
Hahnemann Hospital, Philadelphia
Hay Associates, Philadelphia
Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH
IBM, Tucson, AZ
James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
Ken Parker and Associates, Philadelphia
Mobil Oil Corporation, Washington, D.C.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
Petro-Lewis Corporation, Denver, CO
The Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, NJ
Reader’s Digest, Pleasantville, NY
Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA
Rutgers University Collection, Stedman Art Gallery, Camden, NJ
Security Pacific National Bank, CA
Smith, Kline and French, Philadelphia
University of New Mexico, Tamarind Collection, Albuquerque, NM
Wells Fargo Bank, CA
Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia
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T E A C H I N G P O S I T I O N S
Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA
Full Professor, 1985 – 2000
Associate Professor, 1978 – 1985
Assistant Professor, 1973 – 1978
Instructor, 1969 – 1973
Princeton University, Princeton NJ
Visiting Professor – Visual Arts Program, Spring, 1985
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass CO
Visiting Instructor, Summer, 1996
2-Week Workshop – “Painting the Landscape En Plein Air in Oils”
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L E C T U R E S , P A N E L S , S Y M P O S I A , V I S I T I N G A R T I S T / C R I T I C V I S I T S
2013 Panelist, "Art At Lunch: FOCUS," Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Presenter, "Communication of Science Through Art: A Raison D'etre for Interdisciplinary Collaboration", American Geophysical Union,
San Francisco, CA
Panelist, "Nature Through the Lens of Art and Science," Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Presenter, “Conversations Contemporary”, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Guest Speaker, “Linking Artists to Opportunities: Galleries, Grants, Residencies and Public Spaces”, College Art Association, Trenton, NJ
Panelist, “Climate Change and Politics of Snow II”, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Panelist, “Global Warming: Women in Science and Art Discuss Climate Issues and Activism”, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Panelist, “Culture of Climate Change”, Nature, Ecology and Society Colloquium, CUNY, New York, NY
Presenter, "Tang Tenth Anniversary Salon", Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga, NY
2007 Lecturer, "On visiting Edna Andrade's Works on Paper Show", Woodmere Art Museum, PA
Panelist, "Women in Feminists Who Changed America", Women's Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Visiting Critic, for Graduate Painting Students, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Lecturer, Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
Panelist with Andrew Revkin, Reflections on Exhibit, Out of the Blue, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA
2005
Panelist, “Secular& Sacred-Art and Heritage” for Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center, Independence Seaport Museum
Lecturer, Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ
Juror, Von Ness Scholasrship/Fellowship, Moore College of Art and Design
2004
Key note speaker, "Terrestrial Forces" Lecture, Museum of Fine Arts, FSU, Tallahassee, FL
2003
Panelist, “Focus 30 years Later” Moore College of Art And Design, Philadelphia, PA
Lecturer, “Art and the Wissahickon”, Germantown Science & Art Club, Germantown, PA
2002
Lecturer, "My work as a landscape artist”, for MYX, Reykjavik, Iceland
2001
Panelist, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Lecturer, James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
Lecturer, Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA
2000
Visiting Artist and Critic, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1998
Guest Speaker, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Guest Speaker, Middle Tennessee State University, Mutreesboro, TN
1997
Guest Speaker, The Cosmopolitan Club, Philadelphia, PA
1995
Chair, The College Art Association Conference, Boston, MA, “Painting: Dead Again/Born Again?”
Guest Speaker, Westmoreland Museum of Art, Greensburg, PA, “Cecilia Beaux and the Business of Art”
Guest Critic, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Post-Baccalaureate Students
Guest Speaker, Community College, Houston, TX
Visiting Artist and Critic, Summer Six Program, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Guest Lecturer, Cortland State University, Cortland, NY
Guest Lecturer, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
1994
Juror, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, Ninth Annual National Print Show
Guest Speaker, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Chair, The College Art Association Conference, Seattle, WA, “The Role of the Landscape Artist in the 90’s: One of Respect or Dismissal?”
1992
Visiting Artist, Summer Six Program, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, “20th Anniversary Celebration”
Visiting Artist and Lecturer, University of Delaware, Graduate Painting Department, Newark, Delaware
Guest Speaker, Alliance Francaise, International House, Philadelphia, PA
1991
Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Guest Lecturer, “Painting in Giverny,” Bucks County Community College, PA
Artist and Juror, Fleisher Art Memorial, Fleisher Challenge Competition, March
1990 Panelist and Juror, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Individual Artist Fellowship Grants
Guest Lecturer, “The Giverny Experience,” The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Guest Lecturer, “The Giverny Experience,” The Cosmopolitan Club, Philadelphia, PA
1989
Panelist, “Elemental Concerns,” College Art Association Conference, San Francisco, CA
Panelist, “The Subjective Response in Contemporary Landscape Painting,” Women’s Caucus for Art, San Francisco, CA
Guest Lecturer and Critic, “Work/Travel,” Portland State University, Portland, OR
Selected Patron Print Artist, Institute for Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
Readers Digest Residency Recipient, Musee de Claude Monet, Giverny, France
Guest Lecturer, SMU in Paris, France
1988
Visiting Artist, Critic and Lecturer, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Speaker, “The Process of Creating Art,” Business Volunteers for the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Chairperson, College Art Association, Committee for the “Artist’s Award for a Distinguished Body of Work”
1987
Presenter, Women’s Caucus for Art, Awards Dinner, Houston, TX, honoring Judith Brodsky
Member, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA, Doctoral Equivalency Evaluation Committee
Guest Juror, “Woman Image Now,” Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Panelist, “Space Chase Conference,” Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Member, College Art Association, Committee for the “Artist’s Award for a Distinguished Body of Work.”
Guest Artist, Critic and Lecturer, Hollins College, Roanoke, VA
1986
Guest Juror, annual Women’s Caucus for Art exhibit “Influences: Across Borders, Beyond Boundaries,” Florida International University,
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Member, Art in City Hall, Curatorial Committee, “The Still Life in Two and Three Dimensions,” Philadelphia, PA
Juror and Guest Lecturer, All Florida Exhibit, “Inner Surfaces,” sponsored by Women’s Caucus for Art
Member, Kutztown University, Tenure Panel
1985
Visiting Professor, Princeton University, Princeton NJ
Convener, Women’s Caucus for Art/College Art Association Los Angeles Convention, Developing and Planning Session
Guest Artist, Great Lakes Colleges Association, The Philadelphia Urban Semester
Guest Juror, Westmoreland Arts and Heritage Festival
1984
Guest Lecturer and Critic, “Art Series Program,” Kutztown University
Guest Juror, Bucks County Community College, sculpture contest for “Volunteer of the Year Awards”
Speaker, Women’s Caucus for Art, Awards Dinner, Toronto, Canada
Guest Juror, Delaware County Community College
Guest Lecturer, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ, Visiting Artist Series
Guest Lecturer and Critic, Stockton State College, Atlantic City, NJ
Guest Lecturer and Critic, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
1983
Moderator and Panelist, “Drawing: A Mainstream Activity of the Eighties,” College Art Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA;
with Dotty Attie, Arnold Bittleman, Chuck Close, Keith Haring and Ellen Lanyon
Presenter and Coordinator, 5th Annual WCA Honor Awards for Outstanding Achievement in the Visual Arts, Women’s Caucus for
Art Convention, Philadelphia, PA
Guest Speaker, “Pennsylvania Waterways Project and Landscape as Theme,” Allentown Art Museum, PA
Guest Lecturer, “Pennsylvania Waterways Project,” Albright College/Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery, Reading, PA
Guest Lecturer and Critic, “Review of Work and Pennsylvania Waterways Project,” Artist for Environment Foundation
Panelist, 1984 Painting Fellowship Grants, New Jersey State Council on the Arts
1981
Panelist, “Politics and Arts,” Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
Guest Panelist, Artists Talk on Art Series, “Landscapes as Morality Play,” Landmark Gallery, New York, NY
Guest Speaker, Whitney Museum of Art, Fairfield County Branch, Stamford, CT, in association with The American Landscape:
Recent Developments exhibition
1980
Panelist, “Why No Great Women Artists?” Women’s Caucus for Art and Coalition of Women’s Art; with Linda Nochlin (moderator),
May Stevens, Audrey Flack, Grace Hartigan, Diane Russell, Thalia Gouma-Peterson, Josephine Withers and Adelyn Breeskin
Guest Speaker, “Review of Development,” Bucks County Community College
Panelist, “Philadelphia Women Artists,” Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Gallery Lecturer, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadlephia, PA
Guest Lecturer, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
1979
Panelist, “Landscape Observed and Transformed,” College Art Association Conference, Washington, DC; with Yvonne Jacquette,
Jane Frelicher, Ann McCoy and Lenore Malen, Moderator
Guest Lecturer, “Photography’s Role in My Work,” Philadelphia College of Art, Photograph Department
Guest Speaker, “Second Annual Roaring Fork Women in the Arts Festival, Colorado Mountain College, Aspen, CO
Panelist, “What Enables Creativity?” and “Issues – 1979,” Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Denver, CO
Guest Speaker, “My Own Work and the Landscapes of the West,” Yuma Arts Association, Yuma, CO
Guest Speaker, “Review of 10 Years and My Attraction to the West,” Denver University, Denver, CO
Guest Lecturer, “My Work Since Skidmore,” Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY; in conjunction with the First Distinguished Alumni
Award Exhibit
Guest Panelist, “Artists Talk on Art Series: Why Make Art in New York?” Landmark Gallery, New York City
Participant as a Fellow, Fall Program, “Literature and the Visual Arts: The American Landscape,” Lilly Foundation, Pennsylvania Program
Guest Lecturer, “Review of Work,” Beaver College, Glenside, PA
1978
Guest Lecturer and Visiting Artist, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Guest Lecturer, Visiting Artist and Panelist, “The Dealer and the Artists,” Arizona State University; with Marian Locks, Leonard Lehrer and
Muriel Magenta
Panelist, “20 Landscape Painters,” Summit Art Center, Summit, NJ; with Alan Gussow, Wolfe Kahn, Karl Schrag, Peter Homitzkg and
Ted Christenson
Guest Lecturer and Visiting Artist, “Summer Six Program,” Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Panelist, “Three Philadelphia Realists,” Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA; with Edith Neff and Arlene Love
1977
Panelist and Moderator, “Artists as Humanists Today,” College Art Association Conference, Los Angeles, CA; with Audrey Flack,
Elenore Antin, John Moore, Phillip Pearlstein and Cindy Nemser
Panelist, “Philadelphia Women Artists,” National Art Education Association, National Convention, Philadelphia, PA
Guest Lecturer and Visiting Artist-Critic, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Guest Lecturer, Yavapai College, Prescott, AZ
Guest Lecturer, Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, AZ
Panelist and Guest Artist-Critic, “Contemporary Landscape – Image and Idea,” Queensboro Community College, Queens, NY;
with Philip Pearlstein, Bill Richards, Marcia Resnick, David Hendricks and Lenore Malen
Panelist, “Who Cares About the Arts?” Radio Station WCAU, Philadelphia, PA
1976
Panelist, “Changing the Art World Structure,” College Art Association Conference, Chicago, IL; with Alice Baber and Dorothy Gillespie
Visiting Artist, Cheltenham Adult School, Cheltenham, PA
Guest Lecturer, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Symposium Participant, “Humanizing the Art World,” Pleiades/Cloud Gallery, New York City, Association of Artist-Run Galleries;
with Jacqueline Skiles, Jonathan Price, Richard Kerp and Joellen Bard
1975
Symposium Participant, “Women in the Arts: Our Status Today,” New York University, Loeb Student Center; with Dorothy Gillespie,
Mary Garrard, Cindy Nemser and Vivian Wechter
Guest Speaker, Arts and Humanities Committee Conference for the President’s National Commission on the Observance of International
Women’s Year, State Department, Washington, DC; with Lila Katzen, June Wayne and Mary Garrard
Guest Artist, Interview, Radio Station WBAI, New York, NY
Guest Lecturer, Celebration of the Arts, sponsor: National Council of Jewish Women; Cherry Hill Jewish Community Center, Cherry Hill, NJ
1974
Guest Speaker and Visiting Artist, National Conference, “Philadelphia Focuses on Women in the Visual Arts,” Beaver College, Glenside, PA
President, Organizer and Coordinator, “Philadelphia Focuses on Women in the Visual Arts,” and Panelist, “Radical Alternatives,”
with Arlene Raven, Lucy Lippard, Ann Sutherland Harris, Pat Maniardi and Mary Beth Edelson
1973
Panelist, “Contemporary Approaches to Realism,” Alliance of Figurative Artists, New York City; with Chuck Close, John Moore, Janet Fish,
Miriam Levin, Cindy Nemser and Gregory Battcock
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C O M M U N I T Y S E R V I C E
Board Member, Philagrafika, 2006 – Present.
Board Member, Fleisher Art Memorial, 2007 – 2009.
Member, Committee on Women in the Arts, College Art Association, 2006 – 2009.
Board Member, College Art Association, 1994 – 98.
Member, Philadelphia Art Commission, 1992 – 96.
Member, Mayor’s Cultural Advisory Council, 1987 – 91.
Member, Morris Gallery Committee, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1988 – 91.
Board Member, Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, 1985 – 89.
Board Member, National Women’s Caucus for Art, 1984 – 87.
Vice President for Planning and Development, WCA, 1984 – 86.
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