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"We think with the head and the heart feels the
light or darkness of the thought." Rudolf Steiner
EDUCATION:
Illuminism Workshop Series Professional
Watercolor Painting Course - 2001-04 with Leszek Forczek - Bethesda, Maryland Certificate of Completion - 18 January
2004
Medical Section - First Class Free School of Spiritual Science Goetheanum, Switzerland
In June 2003 - 1st and only American awarded a Diploma
for Painting Therapy in the method of Liane Collot d'Herbois working in the USA.
Emerald Foundation Den Haag,
The Netherlands October 1993-2002 Diploma in Painting Therapy according to the methods of Liane Collot d'Herbois.
March 2002 - One of three Americans from the USA to
be awarded Diploma
Rudolf Steiner College, Fair Oaks, CA 1989 - 1994 Major in Arts and Consciousness Studies
Teacher and Remedial Education Programs
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Master of Fine Arts - 1980
Generative Systems - Art/Science/Technology
Virginia Commonwealth University Bachelor of Fine Arts - 1977
Crafts - Textiles and Photography
EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"Weaving Color" Downtown Family Health Care
Charlottesville, VA August 2004 to present
"Where Light Meets Darkness" Downtown Family Health Care Charlottesville,
VA Jan.- Aug. 2004
The World Tree - Paul Winter Celebration Shelburne Farms, Vermont September 2002
5th
International Kolisko Conference for Physicians,Therapists and Class Teachers in Waldorf Schools (internationally) Lahti,
Finland July/August 2002
Lake Champlain Waldorf School Shelburne, Vermont Sept 2001 - April 2004
"Color
in Space" One woman invitational Virginia Commonwealth University Hospital Richmond, VA March 2001
"A
Moveable Feast" Featured Artist and group show bozART Gallery, Charlottesville, VA March 2001
"Color of
Light" Invitational exhibition Washington Waldorf School, Bethesda, MD Sept. 2000
"Light, Darkness and
Collot - Color in Space" International Arts and Architecture Symposium Rudolf Steiner College, Fair Oaks, CA July
2000
"Light, Darkness and Color" Final Presentation and Exhibition for Painting Therapy Emerald Foundation
Den Haag, The Netherlands June 2000
"Death and Rebirth" Featured Artist bozART Gallery, Charlottesville,
VA March 2000
bozArt Gallery Group exhibitions in co-operative gallery Charlottesville, VA December
1999 through Feb. 2001
"Earth, Water, Air, Fire" Invitational group show Spruce Creek Gallery Nellysford,
Nelson County, VA September through October 1999
"Moving Color" Featured Artist bozART Gallery, Charlottesville,
VA April 1999
"Color in Space" One woman exhibition Charlottesville Performing Arts Center, VA November
1998 through January 1999
"Color in Art" Invitational exhibition Washington Waldorf School, Bethesda, MD September
through October 1998
4th International Kolisko Conference The Medical Foundations of the Waldorf Curriculum
Invitational exhibition Linden Hall Sacramento Waldorf School, CA Emerson Hall Rudolf Steiner College,
Fair Oaks, CA August 1998
Nelson County Artists Invitational exhibitions Nelson County Library and
Court House Lovingston, VA Spring/Summer 1998
bozArt Gallery Group exhibitions in co-operative gallery
Charlottesville, VA February through December 1998
Spring Meadow Waldorf School Paintings on loan Richmond,
VA September 1997 through February 1998
"Peace on Earth" Group show Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church Charlottesville,
VA December 1997 through January 1998
"Color in Art" Invitational exhibition Washington Waldorf School,
Bethesda, MD September through October 1997
"Spiritual Movement of Color" One woman show The Central Space,
Charlottesville, VA June through September 1997
"Developing New Capacities" "Breaking New Ground" Group
shows Rackham Gallery University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI August 1997
"Working of the Blood in the
Human Being" Group show University of Colorado Boulder, CO June 1997
"Breathing Light: A New Yoga
for the Senses" Group show Holy Spirit Retreat Center Los Angeles, CA May 1997
"Color in Space" One
woman show Jefferson National Bank Lovingston, VA April through May 1997
Crossroads Waldorf School Group
show at auction Charlottesville, VA April 1997
Emerald Foundation Private showing Den Haag, The Netherlands
April 1997
Tandem Friends School Group show at auction Charlottesville, VA March 1997
"Color
in Space" One woman show First and Merchants Bank Lovingston, VA February and March 1997
"Twenty Years"
Retrospective one woman show James Madison Library Lovingston, VA February and March 1997
"Light,
Darkness and Color" One woman show Avalon Gallery Charlottesville, VA January and February 1997
"Local
Artists" Continuing, rotating group show Rockfish Valley Fire Department Afton, VA December 1996 through July
1999
"Color in Art" Group show Washington Waldorf School Bethesda, MD November 1996 through June 1997
"Light, Darkness and Color" One woman show Dogwood Institute Charlottesville, VA September through
Nov. 1996
Homecoming Group show University of Science and Philosophy Swannanoa Afton Mountain, VA
September 1996
"Twenty Years of Color" Major retrospective Brunswick-Greensville Regional Library Lawrenceville,
VA June through August 1996
"Apple Blossoms" Group show, photography contest Nelson County Board of Tourism
Lovingston, VA April 1996
"Color" One woman show Dogwood Institute Charlottesville, VA November
and December 1995
Olympia Waldorf School Group show at auction Olympia, WA February 1995
"Spirit
in Art" One woman show First Presbyterian Church Sacramento, CA July 1994
"10,000 Plus" Group
show celebrating the opening of the Alumni Board Room at the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL March 1994
Waldorf Teacher Education Conference Group show Rudolf Steiner College Sacramento, CA February 1994
Cedar Springs Waldorf School Group show at auction Placerville, CA February 1993
Goethean Studies
Art Exhibition Group show Rudolf Steiner College Sacramento, CA May 1992
Arts Program Exhibition Group
show Rudolf Steiner College Sacramento, CA May 1991
"Xerography" Group show 1708 Gallery Richmond,
VA July 1989
Local Artists Group show Southside VA Community College Alberta, VA Spring 1989
"Art
Work" One woman show Nottoway Public Library Crewe, VA April 1989
"Art Work" One woman show Nottoway
Public Library Blackstone, VA March 1989
"Bumbershoot Arts Festival" Group show Seattle Center Seattle,
WA Two years - 1987 and 1986
"Generative Systems Chicago" One woman show Arsenal Gallery Central Park
New York City, NY September 1982
"Masks: Disguise, Deception, Transformation" Group show Art Institute
of Chicago Chicago, IL May 1980
"Information Overload" Thesis Exhibition Master of Fine Arts School
of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL May 1980
Photography Exhibition Group show University
of California Los Angeles, CA April 1980
"Generative Systems Chicago" Group show Traveling Exhibition
Tokyo Gakuin College Tokyo, Japan Spring 1979
Photography Exhibition Group show Field Museum of
Natural History Chicago, IL Spring 1978
"Virginia Craftsmen" Group show Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Richmond, VA January 1978
"Virginia Photographers Exhibition" Group show Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Richmond, VA Spring 1977
My work is held in many public and private collections, some listed below:
Virginia:
Southside Virginia Community College Alberta, VA Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, VA Many private collections.
Illinois: Chicago Historical Society Chicago, IL Private collections.
California: Artemisia,
Raphael House Fair Oaks, CA Private collections.
Also private collections in the following areas: Washington,
DC; New York; Massachusetts; Connecticut; Vermont; Florida; Michigan; Tennessee; Nevada; Washington; Alabama; Missouri; Finland;
Germany; Den Haag, The Netherlands; Switzerland.
HONORS, AWARDS, PUBLICATIONS, etc.:
Artists Roster Virginia
Commission for the Arts Appointed two 4-year terms 1997-2006
Published: "Collot Painting Therapy" Echo,
article, Charlottesville, VA January 2004
Published: "Two Case Studies in Collot Painting Therapy" March
2002 Den Haag, The Netherlands
Published: "The Passion" Watercolor veil painting Front cover art Spring
2000 "Lilipoh" magazine, Nyack, NY
Recipient: Artist-in-Residence Matching Grant - Fall 1999 National
Endowment f/t Arts Virginia Commission f/t Arts and The Parent Association of the Crossroads Waldorf School, Charlottesville,
VA
Awarded: Blue Ribbon/First Place "Apple Blossoms" photograph Festival of Brunswick County, VA October
1999
White Ribbon/Third Place "Guardian Angel Prayer", collage weaving Mixed media category Festival of
Brunswick County, VA October 1999
Member: bozART Gallery Charlottesville, VA, February 1998 through
April 2001
Article: "Light, Color and Darkness" New Times" Lynchburg, VA January 1998
Recognition:
As Founder of the Art Bank of Southside VA Brunswick County, Virginia Fall 1998
Article: "Light, Darkness
and Color" "Reflections", Avalon Newsletter Charlottesville, VA February 1997
Awarded: Blue Ribbon
First Place and Prize money White Ribbon for Third Place, professional category "Apple Blossoms Photography Contest",
Nelson County Board of Tourism Nelson County, Virginia April 1996
Published: Artwork "Visions",
Fine arts publication Tokyo Designer Gakuin College Tokyo, Japan 1982
Published: Photographs "Society
of American Archivists" Basic Manual Series "Archives and Manuscripts: Exhibits" Chicago Historical Society Chicago,
IL 1980
Published: Photographs "Annual Report" Chicago Historical Society Chicago, IL 1978-1979
Published: Generative Copy Art /Textiles "Placemats" Fine Arts Portfolio of Visual Artists, Chicago,
IL April 1980
Published: Photographs "Museum News" (for Chicago Historical Society) September/October
issue 1979
Published: Photographs "Umbra" Fine Art Portfolio of Visual Artists School of the Art Institute
of Chicago Chicago, IL May 1979
Recognition: Two separate years I was selected as a Semi-Finalist, on
the basis of the strength of my art work, from and representing, the United States of America for a Fulbright-Hays
Scholarship to study and photograph in Indonesia 1980 and 1979
Article: School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Bulletin Department of Generative Systems Chicago, IL May 1979
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Painting Therapist
and Educator Artemisia and Medical Section Conference "Topics in Primary Care: An Anthroposophical Approach" University
of Michigan Integrative Medicine Presented case study and taught Painting Therapy Ann Arbor, MI August 2004
Visiting Artist / Educator: "Life of the Child" keynote speaker: Dennis Klocek Waldorf Teachers conference
Lake Champlain Waldorf School Shelburne, VT April 2004
Richmond Waldorf School painting with and mentoring
faculty March and April 2004
"Nurturing the Child" Painting w/parents Charlottesville Waldorf School Charlottesville,
VA February 2004
Mid-West Waldorf Teachers Conference Ann Arbor, MI 2003 and 2004
"Inner Path~Outer
Walk" Meditation Conf. w/Arthur Zajonc Shelburne, VT Oct. 2002
"Thinking of the Heart" Anthroposophiacl
Doctors and Therapists Retreat with Dennis Klocek Ann arbor, MI Novovember 2002
Visiting Artist / Educator
/ Painting Therapist VERMONT: Lake Champlain Waldorf School Shelburne, VT Spring block 2004
Lake Champlain
Waldorf School Shelburne, VT 6 six-week blocks 2001-2003
Upper Valley Waldorf School Quechee, VT Autumn
2001
CALIFORNIA: San Francisco Waldorf School Presentation of Case Study in Painting Therapy San Francisco,
CA February 2004
"Glowing Warmth in Human Soul" East Bay Waldorf School El Sobrante, CA January 2004
RHODE ISLAND: Meadowbrook Waldorf School Faculty Enrichment West Greenwich, RI June 2003
KENTUCKY:
Artemisia Annual Medical Conference Case study presentation in Painting Therapy June 2003
FINLAND:
Kolisko Medical/Pedigogical Conference Lahti, Finland August 2002
TENNESSEE: Linden Corner Waldorf
School Board and Faculty Retreat Nashville, TN July 2001
ALABAMA: Redmont School in the Waldorf Tradition
Teacher Education Summer Program Birmingham, AL May 2001
Artist/Educator Middle School Art Assistant,
Nursery/Kindergarten Crossroads Waldorf School Charlottesville, VA 2000-2001
Color Consultant/Lazure Artist/Lecturer/Educator:
International Arts in Architecture Symposium Rudolf Steiner College Fair Oaks, CA July - August 2000
Painting
Therapist/Educator: as part of practicum/studies: Emerald Foundation Den Haag, The Netherlands Spring 2000
Rudolf Steiner School Amersfoort, The Netherlands Spring 2000
Den Haag Elder Care Centre Den Haag,
The Netherlands Spring 2000
Artist-In-Residence/Painting Therapist/Educator: Work with children K-8, faculty
and community Crossroads Waldorf School Charlottesville, VA January 1996 to June 2001
Visiting Artist/Painting
Therapist/Educator: Austin Waldorf School, Austin, TX December 1999
Monterey Bay Charter (Waldorf) School
Monterey, CA October 1999
Spruce Creek Gallery Nellysford, Nelson County, VA September 1999
Linden
Corner Waldorf School Nashville, TN May and June 1999
L. A. Alliance for Childhood Los Angeles, CA October
1998
Pasadena Waldorf School Pasadena, CA October 1998
Westside Waldorf School Santa Monica, CA October
1998
Santa Barbara Waldorf School Santa Barbara, CA October 1998
Los Angeles Branch Anthroposophical
Society Pasadena, CA October 1998
Artist/Educator Nature Path Native American Program Grades 1 - 4
Crossroads Waldorf School Charlottesville, VA Summers: 2000, 1999, 1998
Summer Enrichment Program Tye
River Nelson County Public Schools Nelson Co., VA 1997, 1996
Class Teacher - Fourth Grade Olympia
Waldorf School Olympia, WA 1995
Co-Founder and Administrator Andrea Meredith Scholarship Fund Sponsored
by Signature Arts Global Alliance West Palm Beach, FL 1993-2000
Artist, Consultant and Laboratory Technician
Raphael Pharmacy Fair Oaks, CA Created artistic signage; designed and built storage spaces; assisted Pharmacist
in production of homeopathic medicines. Direct application of Goethean Studies ie. Observation of Nature through
Metamorphosis of Plants into healthy, restorative and preventative, medicines. 1991-1994
Administrative
Assistant Rudolf Steiner College Fair Oaks, CA Co-directed summer conference registration 1993 and 1994
Library
Assistant Southside VA Community College Alberta, VA Planned and managed art exhibitions in the library from
the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and private artists. 1988-1989
Educator in English Southside VA Community
College Alberta, VA Summer 1988
Founder and Director Art Bank of Southside Virginia Alberta, VA Founded
this organization to promote the arts in rural Brunswick Co., VA Co-wrote grants and received and managed funds. 1988-1989
Guest Artist/Director Copy Art Workshop Bumbershoot Arts Festival Seattle, WA Proposed/Competed and
was selected. Planned, directed, managed and taught workshop in Copy Art to approx. 1600 children and adults per
day, for four days, two consecutive years over Labor Day weekends. 1986 and 1987
Board Member Artists Unlimited
Seattle, WA Served on planning and fund raising committees. 1986-1987
Guest Artist Artists Unlimited,
Seattle, WA Taught workshops in Copy Art to differently-abled artists. 1985
Artist and Instructor Generative
Systems Department School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL Taught introduction to technology and art,
designed curriculum and scheduled field trips to explore newest technologies in various fields to see how new tools can be
used to create art. 1980
AND, I am the mother of a wonderful 22-year-old daughter named Melissa!
References
on work experience and character will be provided upon request.
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