EDUCATION
Photographic Apprentice for Larry Colwell 1969-1972
B.A. Fine Arts, Rider College 1971
M.A. Photography, Goddard College 1978 Thesis: A Study of the Emergence of the Photographic Portrait
WORK EXPERIENCE
Photographer 1969 - Present
Ballet Etudes Company Norwalk, CT photographer 1993- 2018
Lincoln Logs Ltd. Marketing- 2005 - 2008
PhotoGraphics Workshop New Canaan CT Director 1971-1984
PhotoGraphics Workshop New Canaan CT Instructor 1971-1984
University of Bridgeport Professor 1975 - 1980
University of Bridgeport Director of Extension Program off campus at PhotoGraphics Workshop 1974-1981
EXHIBITS Individual and Group - Partial List
Jewish Museum Augsburg Swabia, Augsburg, Germany Ritual object with photographs in "Shalom Sisters" Jan - Oct. 2021
Ritualwell.org - Ceremonies of Jewish Living - Photographs used throughout the site.
Images 25: An invitational exhibit by Shoreline Alliance for the Arts at Art Place, Yale University, New Haven, CT 2006-2007
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Museum (New York) 2002 - present Personal Tallit on exhibit
A Different Purim Sound - Esther and Vashti Purim Flags by Jewish Artists. The JCC in Manhattan. The Laurie Tisch Sussman Gallery 2002
American Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York City 2001 Personal Tallit on exhibit for one year.
Creating American Jews National Museum of American Jewish History Philadelphia, PA 1998
Re-Vision 25 retrospective of PhotoGraphics Workshop New Canaan, CT 1995
Points of View Greenwich Arts Center 1994
H. Pelham Curtis Gallery, New Canaan, CT 1993
Images '90 Guilford, CT.
Westport Center for the Arts, 1989
Malaprops Asheville, North Carolina 1985
Ledel Gallery New York City 1981-1984
PhotoGraphics Workshop 1971-1983
Rowayton Arts Center, 1971-1983
H. Pelham Curtis Gallery 1983
Thirteen Who Teach 1982
Ireland Ledel Gallery 1982
Bartlett Museum 1980
Slater Memorial Museum 1975 and 1978
Greater Hartford Civic and Arts Festival 1973-1979
Images of Woman Portland Museum of Art 1977
Breadth of Vision: Portfolios of Women Photographers NYC 1975
Friends of Photography Carmel, CA, 1975
Janthina Gallery Rowayton, CT 1974
Rider College Lawrenceville, NJ 1974
BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS - Partial List
Journey - Ma’yan 1997-2004
The Journey Continues: Ma’yan Passover Haggadah 2000, 2002
Tradition!: Celebration and Ritual in Jewish Life 2000
The Tapestry of Jewish Time 2002
Between Twelve and Twenty, 1982
Thirteen Who Teach, 1982
Illuminations, 1981
Family of Women, 1979
Women Photograph Men, 1977
Lightwork Magazine, April 1975
PERMANENT MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Holocaust Tallit purchased by Dobkin Family Foundation
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine,
Haifa University, Israel, Israel Portfolio,
National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Museum
PORTFOLIO
Israel, Limited Edition, 1983, Ten black & white prints.
ADVANCED WORKSHOPS:
Monhegan Island, Maine 1981
Martha’s Vineyard 1982
Sante Fe, New Mexico 1982
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