SELECTED PUBLIC ART PROJECTS Flowing Waters


WAAM, Woodstock, NY 2010
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS Arts Society of Kingston (ASK); Solo Exhibition 2012 Stages of Winemaking; Millbrook Winery Gallery, NY 2012 Season's of Winemaking, Group Exhibition; A Year Long Celebration of Art and Wine, sponsored by Hudson Valley Wine Magazine, in collaboration with the Millbrook Winery, Millbrook, N.Y. 2011 Grand Celebration of Hudson Valley Art & Wine at Locust Grove, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Jan. 2011 Lyndhurst Historical Site, Tarrytown, N.Y., May 2011 Hudson Valley Gallery, Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, N.Y. August 2011 Lifeforce; Gifts From the River, Mill Street Loft’s Riverside Gallery, Beacon, N.Y. 2011 Forest of Renewal, Group Exhibition; WAAM; Woodstock, N.Y. 2011 Roots of Ascension, Unison Arts Center, New Paltz, N.Y. 2010 For Ascending and Always Creating..., 721 Gallery, Kingston, N.Y. 2010 Transmigration Through Time - Solo Show; WAAM; Woodstock, N.Y. 2010 Go Green, Keep the Hudson Clean; Kingston Sculpture Biennial; N.Y. 2009 The River; WAAM; Woodstock, N.Y. 2009 Nina Silverman Physical Therapy; Kingston, NY 2007-2009 Global Warming; Group Exhibition; Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 2008 Fall For Art; Jewish Federation, Kingston, NY 2007 When Women Pursue Justice; 1199 Gallery & Brooklyn Public Library; NYC 2006 A River Flows to the Sea; Group Exhibition; Sculptural Installation 2005 Greene County Council on the Arts Gallery; Catskill, N.Y. 2005 Living With Uncertainty; Cycles of Renewal; Deep Listening Gallery; Kingston, NY 2004 Hudson River Exhibition; Group; Indoor Installations; GCCA Gallery; Catskill, N.Y. 2003 Explorations into Light and Healing; Women's Wellness Center, Kingston, NY 2002 Healing Ourselves, Each Other and Community; Deep Listening Gallery, Kingston, NY 2000 Healing Mandalas; Solo; Columbia Memorial Hospital; Hudson, N.Y. 1999 Healing Mandalas; Solo; Women's Wellness Center; Kingston, N.Y. 1999 Visions of Healing; Group; Kleinart James Gallery; Woodstock, N.Y. 1998 Drawing Nature; Group; GCCA Mountaintop Gallery; Windham, N.Y. 1996 Life force; A Gift From the Schoharie Stream; Group, Lexington, N.Y. 1996 Tree of Renewal; Indoor Installation; Meals on Wheels Benefit; 1994 The Rockwell Group; South Street Seaport; N.Y.C. 1994 Raising the Dead; Solo; indoor Installations; VCCA; Sweet Briar, Va. 1993 Earth Roots, Skybound; Outdoor Installations; Painted Bride Art Center 1992 and Kensington Gardens; Philadelphia, Pa. Urban Roots, We Aspire; Indoor Installation. 148th Street Gallery; N.Y.C. 1992 SELECTED PUBLIC ART PROJECTS Waves of Transformation, Kingston 2011 Sculpture Biennial, Kingston Rondout, N.Y. Flowing Waters, Enduring Roots; Self; Lifeforce Environment 2009 Sculpture Biennial; Kingston Point Park; Kingston, N.Y. Alive! A Path of Renewal; Collaborative; Sculpture Biennial; 2009 Outdoor Environment; Kingston Point Park; Kingston, N.Y. Living With Uncertainty Sanctuary and Sculpture Garden; Collaborative 2009-ongoing With TBI people and others; NCSC; Lake Katrine, N.Y Wellness Entrance Wallpiece; YMCA; Kingston, N.Y; Collaborative/NCSC 2009 Healing Circle Arbor; Created with those touched by cancer; Permanent 2009, 04, 01,97 Renewed every few years; Waterfront; Kingston, N.Y. Quatracentennial Mural celebrating the Hudson River; Collaborative 2008 Dutchess County Fairgrounds; Rhinebeck, N.Y.; NCSC Explorations; Indoor and Outdoor Fragility Installations; Self; Shokan, N.Y. 2006-ongoing Lifeforce Mandala; Biennial Sculpture Exhibition; Self; Kingston, N.Y. 2005 When Women Pursue Justice; Collaborative Outdoor Mural; Bed-Sty, N.Y. 2005 Atrium Environment; With autistic children; Children's Annex; Saugerties, N.Y. 2003 Lifeforce Journey; Brydcliffe Sculpture Exhibition; Self; Woodstock, N.Y. 2002 Revitalization History Murals; Created by intergenerational community 1995-02 members and Self; Catskill, N.Y. Mandala Reading Garden; Titusville School; Collaboration with students, 2001 3rd-8th grades; Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Lunar Mandala; part of Lunar Opera; sponsored by Pauline Oliveros 2000 Foundation; Collaboration with two groups; Lincoln Center, N.Y.C. Lifeforce; A Gift From the Rondout Creek; Biennial Sculpture Exhibition 2001,99 Created by Self; Kingston, N.Y. A River Runs Through Us; History Murals; Collaboration with intergenerational 1999 community members and students; Riccardi School; Glasco, N.Y. Earthmound; Renaissance Fair; Outdoor Installation; Created with those 1998 touched by cancer; Woodstock, N. Y. Cancer Treatment Room Murals; Hassenfeld Center; Honors child who died 1997-98 from cancer; Self; New York University Hospital; N.Y.C. Life force; A Gift From the Schoharie Stream and Hudson River; 1996-98 Regenerative outdoor installations by Self and community members; Art Awareness; Lexington, N.Y. and Catskill, N.Y. Generations Room; AnnMarie Sculpture Park; Finalist; Solomons Island, Md. 1997 City Water Tunnel #3; Exterior Mural for Here Theater; N.Y.C. 1996 Inner City Renewal Projects; Totem Gazebo, Murals, Garden Design, etc. 1991-96 Intergenerational Collaboration; Bedford Stuyvesant, N.Y. Cycles of History and Transformation; Exterior Revitalization Mural 1995 Intergenerational Collaboration; Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Rooftop Poetics; Rooftop Installation of 'Urban Totems'; Created with 1992-95 homeless youth; McBurney YMCA; N.Y.C. Urban Dreams, We Aspire, Indoor and Outdoor Murals; Created with 1992-95 multi-cultural teens and seniors; JASA Center; Williamsburg, N.Y. Jazz Park; Inner City Revitalization Project; Created by design team with 1991-95 intergenerational community members; Philadelphia, Pa. Propagation; Artist in the Gardens; Outdoor Installation by Self with 1990-95 help from community members; Bedford Stuyvesant, N.Y SELECTED AWARDS/ HONORS VSA International Conference Lecture: The Great Integrity; Washington DC 2010 Dutchess/Ulster County Decentralization Grant 2005 Local Initiative Grant 2004 Puffin Foundation Grants 2003,00,97 NYS Foundation for the Arts Artist-in-Residency Grants 1990-02 Greene County Council on the Arts Decentralization Grants 1995-01 Milton Avery Foundation 1997-98 Hudson River Improvement Grants 1997,95 Brooklyn Arts Council Decentralization Grants 1992-96 Art Awareness Grant 1996 Greenway Conservancy of the Hudson Valley 1995 Mill Street Loft Grant 1995 Trust for the Public Land Grants 1991 -94 Stop the Violence Grants 1991 -94 NYS Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Grant 1994 Hillwood Art Museum Project Residency Grant 1993 Arts Connection Artist-in-Residency Grants 1987-93 Mid-Atlantic Foundation Artist-in-Residency Grant 1992 Yaddo Residency 1992 Harburg Foundation Grants 1990-91 Pollack Krasner Grant 1990 SELECTED ADMINISTRATIVE/ EDUCATIONAL POSITIONS Director of Fine Arts; Northeast Center for Special Care; Kingston, N.Y. 2007-ongoing Director of Fine and Performing Arts; Northeast Center for Special Care 2004-07 Serving traumatic brain injured people; Kingston, N.Y. Director Healing Arbor; City of Kingston, N.Y. with Benedictine Hospital 1997-ongoing Director and Grant Writer; Arts for Wellness Programs; Woodstock, N.Y. 2004-06 Professor; Creative Arts Therapy; Dutchess Community College; N.Y. Director and Grant Writer; Healing Circle Visual Arts Program; 1997-03 For those touched by cancer; Benedictine Hospital; Kingston, N.Y. Director; Arts For Wellness Programs; For mentally ill patients on Psych Ward 1999-02 and other populations; Columbia Memorial Hospital; Hudson, N.Y. Director and Grant Writer; Art Through the Generations Program 1998-00 Columbia Memorial Hospital Long-Term Care; Jefferson Heights, N.Y. Director of Art Program and Muralist; Woodstock Day School; N.Y. 1996-97 Community Outreach Consultant and Grant Writer; Greene County Council 1996-97 on the Arts; Catskill, N.Y. Director and Grant Writer; Halsey/Lewis Stuyvesant Public Art and Education, 1991-96 Program; Bedford Stuyvesant, N.Y.
SELECTED EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS Installations, murals, stained glass, holographic stories, puppetry and other special projects by K-12th graders, disabled students, parents, teachers, and community members.
Arts for the Developmentally Disabled; Ulster/Greene Counties ARC; N.Y. 2000 A River Runs Through Us; Community History Mural; Riccardi School; 1998-99 Glasco, N.Y.; K-6th graders, parents, teachers, community members Recyclable Courtyard Environment, Brinkerhoff School; Fishkill, N.Y. 1998 25th Year History Mural; Woodstock Day School; N.Y; K-8th graders 1997-98 Murals and Indoor/Outdoor Installations; Catskill Schools; N.Y. 1996-98 Garden/Church Revitalization Projects; Murals, gazebo, etc. 1991-96 Bedford Stuyvesant, N.Y; intergenerational community members History Mural; Catskill Middle School; 7th graders and seniors;. N.Y. 1995 Indoor/Outdoor Murals; JASA Senior Center! 1S49 Middle School 1992-95 Williamsburg, N.Y. Outdoor Environmental Installation; Red Hook High School; collaboration 1994 with Bard College; red Hook, N.Y. Varied Curriculum Based Projects; East Harlem Tutorial Program; N.Y.C. 1994	Varied Projects; Children's Museum of Manhattan; 2nd-8th graders; N.Y.C. 1991,94 Outdoor History Murals; Phoenicia Elementary School; whole school; N.Y. 2004 Earth Day Installation; Children's Annex; autistic children; Saugerties, N.Y. 2003 Mobile Health Van; Interior Van Painting/Murals; Self and others; Sponsored by Columbia County Health Consortium; Hudson, N.Y. 2002 Lyme Disease Mural; 3rd graders; Germantown Elementary School, N.Y. 2002 Varied Permanent and Temporary Projects; NYS Foundation for the Arts 1986-02 Artist-in-Residency Programs; N.Y.C., Long Island, and upstate N.Y. Reading Garden; Titusville School; Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; 3rd-5th graders 2001 Lunar Mandala Installation; at risk youth collaborating with those touched by cancer 2000 Mill Street Loft; Poughkeepsie, N.Y; Benedictine Hospital; Kingston, N.Y. 2000
SELECTED COLLECTIONS/ COMMISSIONS
Diana L. Rose; Woodstock, N.Y. 2009,07,02 Lucy Barbera; Woodstock, N.Y. 2009,08,06 Joan and Richard Kalmans; Weston, Conn. 2008,06,03 Robert Young; Woodstock, N.Y. 2008, 2004 Marvin Schildhorn; Kingston, N.Y. 2008, 2002 Nina Silverman; Kingston, N.Y. 2008, 07 Wendy Lyons; Mt. Tremper, N.Y. 2005 Andrea Goodman; Maine 2005 Ione; Kingston, N.Y. 2003 Robert Young; Bearsville, N.Y. 2003 Enid Kaplan/Jordan Dietcher; Montreal, Canada 2003, 2000 Audrey Steinhorn; Saugerties, N.Y. 2001 Stephen Brophy; Greenville, N.Y. 2000 Post Office History Murals; Catskill, N.Y. 1998	Elaine Oster; N.Y.C. 2000, 1988 Lisa Newell; Washington, D.C. 1999, 1990 Ione; Kingston, N.Y. 1999 Deborah Remsden; Woodstock, N.Y. 1998 Roslyn and Stanley Togut; Boca Raton, Fla. 1998 Hassenfeld Center Murals; N.Y.U. Hospital; N.Y.C. 1997-98 Catherine Street Community Center Mural; Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 1995 Our Lady of Victory Church; Bedford Stuyvesant, N.Y. 1994-95 Charlotte Mandel; Cedar Grove, N.J. 1994 June Gold; Westport, Conn. 1994 Anne Salacuse; Santa Monica, Ca. 1993 Stephen Schram; N.Y.C. 1992 William Lessaire; N.Y.C. 1992 The Glorious Church; Bedford Stuyvesant, N.Y. 1992 Greg McCaslin; N.Y.C. 1991
EDUCATION Pratt Institute; Brooklyn, N.Y. MFA 1983 Washington University; St. Louis, Mo. BFA 1974
SELECTED BOOKS/PUBLICATIONS
On The Wall; Four Decades of Community Murals; U. of Mississippi Press 2009 by, Braun-Reinitz/Weissman, pgs.106-07, 194-97 Mandala, Journey to the Center; DK Publishing 2002 by Bailey Cunningham; Community Healing, p. 138 Making A Living While Making a Difference; New Society Publishers 1999 by, Melissa Everett; Catalysts for Change, pg. 90-91 Woodstock Times 12/4/08, 7/28/01, 4/1/99, 2/4/99, 11/13/98	Kingston Daily Freeman 8/ 31, 2009, 7/09; 12/4/08, 7/13/01, 8/13/00, 6/11/99, 3/17/99 Art for Your Life; Healthy Living Magazine; Fall 2004/Winter 2005; pg.20-23 2005 Kingston Daily Freeman; front page, Catskill P.O. Mural Dedication 2/2004 Albany Times Union 4/13/99, 5/6/01, 7/1996 Hudson Valley Green Times 11/5/99 Hudson Valley Magazine 7/19/96 New York Times 9/19/91