ART PROJECT AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE UNITED STATES NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK 92ND STREET Y: INSTRUCTOR: 2003 - current Courses for adults in collage and mixed media PARK AVENUE SYNAGOGUE Artist-in-Residence, 2003 - current SCHECHTER MANHATTAN Art coordinator and teacher, 2004 - current CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK : Research Foundation – High School Programs Collage mural incorporating students’ essays: Summer 2011 THE JEWISH MUSEUM, Special projects and family workshops: 2004, 2005 LONG ISLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM, Family Workshops: 2004 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Education Dept. Workshops in creativity, guest lectures: 2002-2018 BIMA at BRANDEIS: 2007–2019 Artist-in-Residence in Visual Arts: Intensive arts training for high school students GENESIS AT BRANDEIS, IMPACT BOSTON: 2002-2018 Community art projects, mixed media art workshops. TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCE, Concrete dragon in school yard: 2006 BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE BIG BEND, Mural and sculpture: 2004 FLORIDA ARTS AND CULTURAL ENRICHMENT: 2000-2003 Murals and concrete sculpture projects in public with residents and students. PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE FRIENDS FOREVER: Community projects with Protestant/Catholic groups from Northern Ireland and Arab/Jewish groups from Jerusalem, Israel: 2003-2005 KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI Mural of Jewish and Hispanic cultural symbols with local youth groups: 2004 CHENNAI, INDIA Murals in the Ganna Deepam Institute with residents, staff and students: 2009 HONG KONG, CHINA Artist-in-residence: exhibition and workshops: 1997 LONDON, ENGLAND INTER-ACTION TRUST: School yard concrete sculpture/mural project: 1986 MIDDLE EAST “SEEDS OF PEACE”: 1997 - 2002 Art projects with teens from Jordan, Egypt, Palestinian Authority and Israel “ELIJAH SCHOOL”, Jerusalem: 2000 Christian, Muslim and Jewish 6th grade students presented illuminated texts from their respective sacred books to Pope John Paul II on the occasion of his visit “BEIT STURMAN”, Northern Israel: 1999 300 Arab and Jewish students built concrete doves in a public square
EDUCATON M.A. Studio Art, New York University B.F.A. Art Education, Massachusetts College of Art