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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