Joanne Gigliotti
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
BATIKTILE.com, DC Metro Area _____________________________________________ 1995 – Pres.
Artist /Tile Artist 2001 – Pres.
Architectural Ceramics
Creating hand painted, decorative, and “batiked” individual tile, and large tile murals. Recently added giclee prints on German etching paper showing on the first section of her web site, Prints. Her goal is to create a multifaceted out door ceramic fountain. Using selected tile designs from the BatikTile work through the years, the latest addition is the collections of PaintedCharms.
Manager and Artist 1995 – 2000
Founding President, Creative Designer and Owner - Initial Phase
This phase of the business: manage a high-end, ceramic tile business which produces two types of work: hand painted wax resist art tiles, custom design ceramic print reproductions. This phase accented the managerial work. Running the business involved: designing new products; directing, supervising, and motivating employees; marketing via direct mail campaigns; involved with clients relations and suppliers; Developing and loading the website www.batiktile.com, and former shopping cart,
TheCeramicTileStore. Presented slide lectures, participated in shows, and attended conferences. Client Testimonials
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC __________________________________ 1987 – 1995
Senior Program Coordinator, Visual Arts Specialist 1994 – 1995
Cultural and Educational Program, The Smithsonian Associates
Conceive and coordinate more than 70 auditorium-based courses/lectures per year in the Humanities, Sciences, and Visual Arts. Research, select, and routinely persuade prominent guest speakers to host Smithsonian museum events which have included internationally acclaimed dignitaries, celebrated leaders, and Nobel/Pulitzer prize winners in the Arts and Science fields. Collaborate with Smithsonian museum professionals and members of Washington’s international, diplomatic, and arts communities to research new topics and identify faculty. Manage $350,000 fiscal budget which required evaluation and approval of programs to promote healthy participation and satisfaction of up to 500 highly educated attendees per lecture. Devise budgets and manage the financial aspects of the program to ensure fiscal responsibility for the institution. Serve as visual arts consultant and advisor to the programming staff, especially to the coordinator of studio classes. Develop copy for The Associate (65,000 subscriptions) and public relations literature.
Director 1987 – 1995
Studio Arts Department, The Smithsonian Associates
Developed, marketed, and implemented 250 visual arts courses and workshops per year within stringent budgetary constraints, which entailed recruiting faculty, writing course descriptions, and conceiving programs relating to Smithsonian museum exhibitions and collections. Projects included “Infinite Illusions: The World of Electronically Created Imagery,” a computer graphics symposium (See Awards). Directed logistics for courses, workshops, and related events, including facilities, equipment,and more than 60 instructors. Oversaw management of photography and printmaking facilities and programs. Researched new topics and identified faculty in close working relationships with museum professionals and members of Washington’s international, diplomatic, and arts communities. Hired and supervised teaching and support staff including volunteers and interns. Generated promotional materials, wrote grant requests, and met monthly newsletter publication deadlines. Our volunteers received awards for putting in the most hours of any of the other department.
Project Director 1987 – 1995
Discover Graphics, Gene Davis Studio
Collaborated with Smithsonian curators and museum exhibit specialists to coordinate annual exhibition of student prints, a unique educational outreach program in printmaking for area public high school art students and their teachers. Promoted cooperative relations with county art supervisors and other public school administrators to facilitate public school visits to the Smithsonian. Designed teacher training programs that assisted school art teachers in using Smithsonian museums as a resource for students. Obtained funding through grants and donations. Studio was originally provided by Mrs. Davis.
Chairperson 1992 – 1994
Smithsonian Institution’s Women’s Council
Secretary 1988–92; Member 1988 - 1995
Council is comprised by twenty individuals (mostly women) elected by all the Smithsonian employees for the purpose of advocating equity and implementation of better life within the Smithsonian work force.
The Fine Arts Connection __________________________________________________ 1980 – 1987
Founder/President 1983 – 1987
The Fine Arts Connection, a commercial operation, Washington, DC
Founded and developed an organization to provide consulting and management services for artists, museums, and collectors. Advised clients on artwork — its selection, care, installation, framing, display, security, promotion, and sale. Oversaw a staff providing services to clients. Directed and designed marketing strategies using media, personal contacts, projects, and direct mail. Established procedures managed office, purchased equipment, and supplies, and took charge of record keeping, filing, and computer use. Wrote letters and promotional materials for self and other artists. Curator of Etruscan exhibition undertaken by contract with government agencies and private collectors. Arranged embassy contacts and social events for artists, collectors, and art museum personnel.
Founder/Director 1980 – 1982
The Fine Arts Connection, Inc., a non-profit arts agency, State College, PA
Coordinated traveling art exhibitions, arranged shows in galleries and museums, selected and judged entrants, prepared promotional material for exhibiting artists, supervised sales of traveling exhibition pieces, and used state-of-the-art computer system at the time for inventory and cataloging. Organized and managed facility and oversaw framing and shipping. Served as information coordinator and arts management consultant to artists. This was a wonderful concept but not based on sound financials.
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Harrisburg, PA ________________________ 1981
Traveling Exhibition Coordinator
The Sponsor Development Panel
Used public relations expertise to promote traveling art exhibits in museums throughout Pennsylvania.
Eli’s, an Art Gallery, State College, PA ___________________________________ 1981 – 1982
Art and Framing Consultant
Gallery, Framing, and Art Supplies
Restructured customer relations policies, reorganized inventory system, improved visibility of art work, and enhanced public image. Work resulted in increased art and framing sales.
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA ___________________ 1978 – 1980
Director
Hetzel Union Building Arts and Craft Centre (sic),
Supervised daily activities of the financially self-sustaining Hetzel Union Building “HUB Craft Centre”. Planned classes, maintained supplies for classes and the on-site supply store. Supervised the work of two part-time assistants and 26 graduate student assistants, including work-study students. Maintained budgets and teaching schedules. Hired, trained and inspired all employees and compiled personnel evaluation reports. This included an active ceramics department with kilns, glaze samples to organize and tables to keep clean. Promoted and advertised the all Art Centre’s (sic) activities.
ARTIST ______________________________________________________________________ 1967 – 1978
Artist/Manager
Self-Employed Exhibiting Artist, Philipsburg, PA
Executed multiple one woman single and traveling art exhibitions with responsibility for creating the art, presentation, educational displays and material. Arranged for framing photography, crating, and packing. Raised funds and / or arranged financial backing. Launched extremely successful direct mail campaign which yielded a 97% return rate with an 80% acceptance rate and a 60% closure rate.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Art Teaching
Ongoing Studio/Classes:
Private Art Classes Master Classes in Ceramics. Mentoring for young and emerging artists 1995-Present
The Metropolitan Center for the Visual Arts, Rockville, MD, Developed Classes for artists, 2-D Design for Artists,
“Tile Painting Class: The Exquisite Surface” Winter 2007, Spring 2008, The Mono Print,. 2007 – 2008
Computer Graphics, Independently as the Creative Computer Coach., DC Metro Area,
Women's Issues Project (High School) - Women’s Informational Needs (WIN), 2002 - 2003
Batik, Silk-screen, Color, Design, also piloted a Fine Arts Marketing Program, Art Appreciation, Marketing Art,
American University and Smithsonian Resident Associate Program, 1984 -1987
Art Appreciation, Business of Art, Fine Arts Resume, Developing and Using a Fine Arts Portfolio, Montgomery
College, Rockville, MD, 1987
Army/Airman’s Home, Washington, DC, weekly Art Appreciation Classes, 1985 -1986
Reading, Grammar, Social Skills for troubled young adults, Job Corps, Funded by RCA Victor, Columbia, MD,1983-84
Batik & Silk-screen, Hetzel Union Building (HUB) Arts and Craft Centre, 1965 -1978
Art Services - Presentation Work
Conduct Artist Services business to assist other artists, in conjunction with the artist’s own studio operation which include: creating and hosting websites, doing publicity materials, planing framing and presentation for exhibitions. 2007-2009
Lectures:
Guest Lecturer and art presentation for “Welcome to Washington”, the residence of Betsy Forster, Nov. 6, 2007
Tile Heritage Foundation on both Historic tiles and her own work in conjunction with the National Tile Association
of America conference. Baltimore, MD Sep. 10, 2001
The Smithsonian Institution, Associates Program, Lectures, Films & Seminars Department:
Tuesday Morning Series “The Art of Batik on Fabric”, 1994
“One Artist’s Transition to Tile”, 1995
Ceramic Tiles, Campus on the Mall, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 1994
“Grants, Finance and the Business of Art,” for the Alumni, Undergraduate and Graduate School of Arts and
Architecture, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1994
Invited speaker at the “Women In Museums Network,” Washington, DC, 1990
Presented at the Smithsonian Advisory Council on Education, Smithsonian Castle, 1989
Presented Series of slide lectures and programs on coordination and management of the arts: Highlights include:
“Business and the Arts Panel,” Allentown Museum, Allentown, PA, 1982;
“How to Have Exhibitions Without a Gallery,” Association of College Unions International
Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, 1981; “And You Thought You Couldn’t Have a Craft Program,”
Assoc. of College Unions International Region IV Center, Bloomsburg, PA, 1978–83
Graduate Teachers Assistant Art Instructor:
Supervised seniors majoring in Arts Education. Developed multi-art Elizabethan Festival: applied for and
received 80% of all funding, coordinated publicity material for local print and television media, managed
budget, and collaborated with the Educational Intermediate Unit, The Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA 1977
Junior and Senior High School Internships and Substitute Teaching, Centre County, PA, 1976
Montgomery County School System, Ashburton Elementary: Bethesda MD,1986-87, Art Room, taught art:
handicapped preschool through sixth grade, including gifted and learning disabled. Exhibited their work at
Bethesda Metro Centre, and at The Pennsylvania State University, First Floor Gallery, Hetzel Union Building,
University Park, PA. Second time MCPS: 4 Schools / 3 Days, 1995/96
Demonstrations of the Art (Batik) Process:
Aired on June 8 and 3 times after that for many cable stations across the country (50 million viewers)
BatikTile.com, LLC was a special guest on Multimedia Entertainment Television,
Presentation by Robert J. Valli and Joanne Gigliotti. Deerfield Beach, FL,June 8, 2000
Masur Museum, Monroe, LA, 1992
Arnot Museum, Elmira, NY, 1975
Patterson Library, Westfield, NY, 1975
North Lincoln Elementary PTA, Philipsburg, PA, 1975
Association of College Unions-International, Region IV Conference, Gettysburg, PA, 1973
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, 1973
Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA, 1973
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 1971, 1973
Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA, 1972
Blair County Arts Festival, Altoona, PA, 1972
Centre County Festival for the Arts, State College, PA, 1968, 1969, 1971
American Craftsmen’s Council, Bennington, VT, 1970
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Arts and Crafts Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 1969
North View Heights Elementary, Pittsburgh, PA, 1969
KDKA-TV, two-program series, Pittsburgh, PA, 1968
WPSX-TV, State College, PA, 1968
Mon-Valley High School, Monessen, PA, 1967
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Artists in Hospitals Program:
Currently designing a large ceramic and glass mural with fused glass artist Carol Kanga for Pediatric floor in Georgetown Hospital In conjunction with Judy Rollin’s Studio G. Studio G, launched at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, DC. in 1993. The project is an Artist in Residence Program for professional artists—musicians, dancers, poets,
storytellers, and a variety of visual artists. 2009 - Present
Russian Art Project:
Art Specialist for the The Russian Art Project’s Russian art auction, Designed the installation for the May 13, preview and opening, Guy Mason Center, DC, May 12, 2006 Facilitated and helped manage the auction at the International School, DC May 13, 2006. The Project was sponsored by the Russian Embassy, the Russian Cultural Center, Art Index, Publishing House, and the American Association of Russian Language, Culture and Education, funded by National Business & Accounting Consultants. It also donated half the revenue to charity. Please visit www.RussianAP.com and choose Panel of Specialists.
I wish I had made this site! It won a site competition in Russia. A useful site I did make, RussianFineArtsProject.com was used to dispense the forms that I co-wrote to use for the project. 2005, Continue as consultant.
Fine Arts Networking:
Implemented Art Networking Program for Carnegie Mellon University Alumni and friends of the arts, for FIne Arts and
the Heinz School Professional Networking, 2004 - 2006
Past Jury Experience:
One of a panel of jurors, Annual Photography Contest, NIH Camera Club, Bethesda, MD, 1994
Sole juror, Annual Members Exhibition, the Arts Club of Washington, DC, 1993
Sole juror, Masur Museum of Art, 19th Annual Juried 4 State Regional Prof. Fine Arts Competition, Monroe, LA, 1992
One of 3 jurors, 45th Annual Orchid Show, Orchid Paintings Exhibition, National Arboretum, DC, 1991
One of panel of judges, Governor School for the Arts, Philipsburg, PA, 1977
AWARDS
List of awards for web site were listed there - www.batiktile.com
Navigational bar category for Awards (no longer posted). 1996 - 2001
Smithson Society Grant for Discover Graphics Program, Smithsonian Institution, 1994
Creative Programming Award from the National University Continuing Education Association for
“Infinite Illusions: The World of Electronically Crated Imagery.” 1990
Exceptional Service Award, Resident Associate Program, Smithsonian Institution, 1989, 1990
Represented five-state region in national conferences of College Unions, International, FL, 1975
Association of College Unions-International chose, sponsored a one woman traveling exhibition
which appeared in colleges and universities throughout PA, MD,VA, WV, and, DC, 1974
First Place in Category, Big Bend’s National Competition, Tallahassee, FL, 1968
Westinghouse Electric Corporation Purchase Award, 3 Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA, 1967,1968
Mellon Grant (scholarship for painting). Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1966
Charles K. Archer Scholarship (for outstanding work in painting), 1965
James Marcoli Award/MusArt Award for Best in Show, Pittsburgh, PA, 1963
National Scholastic Awards, Gold Key, Pittsburgh, PA, 1960, 1962, Portfolio Finalist, NY, NY, 1963
Dollars for Scholars, Mellon National Bank, Pittsburgh, PA, 1959
PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS
Artist Reviews/Inclusions/Slide inclusions:
Journal NewsPapers, Serious About Ceramics, H& G Section W,DC Area 1998/99
American Tile Artists Slide presentation by Richard Serving, ITC Coverings, 1997
Tile Artist’s Today by Susan Werschkul, Tile Heritage Foundation Symposium, 1996
The Washington Post Home Section, (with color photo of Batik), 1992
The Four Star Quarterly of the Smithsonian Institution Women’s Council, 1992
The Torch, a monthly newspaper for the Smithsonian Institution, October, 1991
Trade Magazines & Books:
Decor Magazine,Unique Batik, March, 2001
Traditional Home Magazine, Page 30, July, 1998
Kitchen and Bath Magazine, Fall, 1998
Tile and Decorative Surfaces, May 1998
The Designers Showcase, 1996, 1997
Traditional Building Magazine, Portfolio Section, 1995, 1998
Kitchen and Bath Design News, March, May, 1998
The Designers Showcase, 1996, 1997
Work Reviews:
Interviewed and reviewed for my part in the Russian Art Project for Auction, DC, May, 2006
For my work: Expression Magazine.,Exploring the Art of Batik, “Tile to Die for”, May/Jun., 2002
Infinite Illusions Reviews: Macweek, 1992; Crystal City Magazine; Sign of the Times, 1991; U.S. News & World Report,
Washingtonian Magazine, Newport Examiner, InfoWorld, Macweek, Museum and Arts (Washington), Voice of America,
Chinese Television, PGH Public TV, The Discovery Channel; 1990-91
The Studio Art’s office: “Artists’ World,” National Public Television, 1990
Publications:
Batik for Artists and Quilters, by Eloise Piper, North Light Books, Cincinnati, OH, March, 2001
Washach Wave, Restaurant Guide, Heber, City, Utah Winter, 2001
DECOR Magazine, Framing Article, March, 2001
A Chapter, “Grants and Finance,” The Business of Art, 1989, partially funded by the National Endowment for the Arts,
published by Prentice Hall; contributions to Time Life Book, 1988,
Studio Arts classes, mine, and my staff’s Classes, The Associate, Smithsonian Institution, (pub. 75,000) 1984 – 1995
Film Documentation:
The Elizabethan Festival, “Creative Elizabeth”, documented by the Art Education Department at
The Pennsylvania State University, permanent library collection, State College, PA, 1987
Inclusions:
Art Business News, 1981; The Museologist, 1981
Pennsylvania Art Education Newsletter, 1977
Craftsmen’s Gallery, publication of the American Craftsmen’s Council, New York, NY, 1975
Gallery International, Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 1969
Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania Brochure, State College, PA, 1968
The Point Newspaper, Pittsburgh, PA, 1967
Bi-Centennial Calendar-by State College Federal Savings and Loan, State College, PA, 1967
FINE ARTS EXHIBITION RECORD
Tile Shows, Exhibitions & Installations:
Tile Exhibition: “Food as Art”, a 2 person exhibit, City Hall, Gaithersburg, MD, Nov. 2008 - Jan. 2009
National Institutes of Health (NIH), An Exhibition of Batik Tile and Prints, Giclee posters were
made for the Exhibit, Neuroscience Center Building, Rockville, MD, Sept. 27, 2007
Opening Reception for the Garden of the Chiaroscuro Dream, Marco Island, FL March, 2001
Displayed on our own Web Site, BatikTile.com 1996 - Present
National Tile & Stone Exhibition at the ITC Coverings Show, 1997
Multiple Installations into interiors of homes..The site is showing more finished items 1996 - Pres.
Tile Heritage Show & Sale, Santa Barbara, 1996
“The Smithsonian Women’s Exhibition”, a juried show for art of the staff, in the S.Dillon Ripley Center for one month, 1995
The Smithsonian “Early Childhood Enrichment Center” auction, art purchased as a commission, 1994
One-Woman Exhibitions:
Association of University Women, Clearfield Library, Clearfield, PA, 1977
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, 1973
Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA, 1973
Gettysburg College, Student Union, Gettysburg, PA, 1972
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 1971, 1973
International Art Gallery, South Hills, Pittsburgh, PA, 1970
One-Woman Exhibitions (Traveling)
1977 Schedule
Massilion Museum of Art, Massilion, OH, January 20-February 15
Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts, Columbus, GA, May 1-30
Banks Haley Gallery, Albany, GA, June 5-July 5
Illinois Union, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, July 20-August 20
Oklahoma Science and Arts Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, September 15-October 15
Charles B. Goddard Center for Visual and Performing Arts, Ardmore, OK, November
The Frank McClung Museum, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, December 15-January 15
Oglebay Institute, Wheeling College, Wheeling, WV, January 23-March 3
1976 Schedule
Carroll Reece Museum, Johnston City, TN, January 1-31
Fayette Art Museum, Fayette, AL, February 10-March 10
Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS, April 2-30
Abilene Fine Arts Museum, Abilene, TX, May 12-June 2
Brigham City Museum of Art, Brigham City, UT, July
University of Logan, Logan, UT, August
Rahr Civic Center, Manitowoc, WI, September 5-26
Battle Creek Art Center, Battle Creek, MI, October 15-November 15
Bronx Library, Manhattan Branch, New York, NY, December 1-30
Muhlenburg State College, Allentown, PA, 1976
Chatauqua Art Association, Chatauqua, NY, 1974, 1975
1975 Schedule
Patterson Library, Westfield, NY, February 1-March 1
Westerly Library, Westerly, RI, March 14-April 14
Seven New York Libraries sponsored by the Bronx Museum of Art’s
Art Exchange Program, New York, NY, May-August
Arnot Museum of Art, Elmira, NY, September 6-September 19
Arts and Science Center, Nashua, NH, October 1-November 1
University of Pennsylvania, Student Union, Philadelphia, PA, November 10-30
Slide Show for College Unions International, Montreal, Canada, 1974
1974 Schedule Traveling Batik Painting Exhibit sponsored by
The Association of College Unions-International, 1974
Keystone Junior College, PA, December 5-December 24
Lehigh County Community College, PA, January 1-January 21
Bloomsburg state College, PA, February 1-February 21
Susquehanna University, PA, March 1-March 24
Mt. St. Mary’s College, PA, April 1-April 23
Western Maryland College, MD, May 1-May 24
George Washington University, DC, June 1-June 23
West Virginia Wesleyan, WV, July 1-July 24
Duquesne University, PA, September 1-September 23
Frostburg State College, PA, October 1-October 24
The Pennsylvania State University - Fayette Campus, PA, December 1-December 23
Juried Exhibitions
Tile Heritage Exhibitions Yearly juried Exhibitions Presented with Conference 1995 -1999
Creating Community: Visual Art & Crafts by Smithsonian Women, Washington, DC, 1995
Smithsonian Institution Early Enrichment Center Auction Art Exhibition, Washington, DC, 1974
National Conference of College Unions International, Miami, FL, 1975
International Art Gallery, Group opening for new location, Pittsburgh, PA, 1975
The Framing Hut, Group opening for new location, Johnstown, PA, 1975
Eve Exhibition, Columbus, GA, 1975
Two Rivers Gallery, Robertson Art Center, Binghamton, NY, 1975
American Crafts Council Annual Festival, Bennington, VT, 1974
Craftsmen’s Guild Exhibition, The Arts and Crafts Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 1971
Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania, Invited Show, State College, PA, 1969, 1970, 1971
Rhode Island’s Festival for the Arts, RI, 1968
Big Bend’s First National Art Competition, Tallahassee, FL, 1968
Centre County Festival for the Arts, Penn State University, PA, 1968, 1969, & 1971
Associated Artists Annual, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, 1968, 1971
Harrisburg State Art Exhibition, William Penn Museum, Harrisburg, PA, 1967
Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA, 1967, 1968, 1969
Juried Exhibitions (Traveling)
Association of College Unions-International (Reg. IV) Traveling Art Exhibition, 1973-74
Susquehanna University, Susquehanna, PA, January 24-February 14
Penn State-Wilkes Barre, Wilkes Barre, PA, February 17-March 10
Lehigh County Community College, Lehigh, PA, March 13-April 3
Penn State-Capitol, Harrisburg, PA, April 6-April 27
Juniata College, Juniata, PA, April 30-May 21
University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, Bradford, PA, May 24-June 14
Slippery Rock State College, Slippery Rock, PA, June 17-July 8
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, July 11-August 1
West Virginia Wesleyan College, WV, August 28-September 18
Bethany College, Bethany, WV, August 28-September 18
Penn State - Behind, Erie, PA, September 21-October 12
Marvin, PA, October 15-November 5
Allentown College, Allentown, PA, November 8-November 29
Bucknell University, PA, December 2-January 1]
Blair County Juried Exhibition, PA, January-February
Appalachian Corridors: Exhibition #3, 1972
California State University, CA, July 9-August 4, 1972
Dulin Gallery of Art, Knoxville, TN, August 20-September 15, 1972
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, October 1-October 27, 1972
West Virginia Wesleyan College, WV, November 1-15, 1972
Buckhannon, WV, November 19-December 15, 1972
Ball State University, Muncie, IN, January 7-February 2, 1973
Northwest Galleries, North Wilkesboro, NC, February 18-March 16, 1973
Craftsmen’s Guild Exhibition, The Arts and Crafts Center, Pittsburgh, PA, January 1973
Allegheny College, Meadville, PA, April 4-27, 1973
North Georgia College, Dehlonga, GA, May 13-June 8, 1973
Clemson University, Clemson, SC, August 5-31, 1973
Chattanooga Art Association, Inc., Chattanooga, TN, September 2-28, 1973
Bethany College, Bethany, WV, October 14, November 9, 1973
Permanent Collections
The McCormick Collection, Marco Island FL
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
Senator Strom Thurmond Information Center, SC
Westinghouse Electric Corporation Collection, Pittsburgh, PA
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA
Saints Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church, Philipsburg, PA
Philipsburg Library, Philipsburg, PA
Borough Building - Philipsburg Historical Society Collection, Philipsburg, PA
Many private collections in Northeast USA
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Who’s Who in American Art (Administrator and Painter)
Who’s Who in the East
Tile Heritage Foundation
Tile Council of America
International Tile Council
Tile Artists of America
Past Affiliations:
Smithsonian Institution’s Women’s Council (Mentoring Committee)
Women in Museums Network (WIMN)
Latino Working Committee (Smithsonian Advocacy Group)
College Art Association
National University Continuing Education Association
National Computer Graphics Association
American Association of Museums
Phi Kappa Phi National Interdisciplinary Honor Society
EDUCATION
The Pennsylvania State University, Master of Education in Art, 1978
Carnegie Mellon University, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Design & Sculpture, 1967
Certificate in Design, Minor in Psychology, Completed at PSU,1978
Additional Current Studies:
The National Women’s Business Center, Washington, DC (Business Studies Courses)
Trinity University, Washington DC, classes in (Human Relations, Creativity, and Learning)
George Washington University (Conservation of Art), 1983
Ongoing Seminars through the years in current area of endeavor surrounding the arts,
business, computer training, web skills, personal and professional development.
References, Recommendations, and Visuals Upon Request
May 31, 2010
