Resume:

Selected Exhibitions

2013 Solo show, Joy Gallery, Key West, FL

2013 Group show, Art Fusion Gallery, Miami, FL

2012 Juried art shows with American Art Marketing

2012 Solo show, Andrea Cabane Gallery, Phoenicia, NY

2012 Recipient, the Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation Grant

2011 Recipient, the Joan Mitchell Foundation Artist Grant

2011 Solo show, Arts Upstairs Gallery, Phoenicia, NY

2011 Group show, Cornell Street Studios, Kingston, NY

2010 Solo show, Art Society of Kingston, NY

2006-2009 Group shows: Art Fusion, Miami, FL; Joy Gallery, Key West, FL; Kaaterskill Gallery, Hunter, NY; Lotus Gallery, and Kleinert James Gallery, Woodstock, NY

1997-2005 Shows: Arte Direct, Naples, FL; Mountaintop Gallery, Windham, NY; Millbrook Winery, Dutchess County Arts Council, Millbrook, NY; Essential Art Gallery, Stone Ridge, NY; ERPF Cultural Institute, Arkville, NY

Related Work Experience

Contemporary Fresco Painter for 10 years
2005-present: Studio artist, painter, private educator, workshop leader

Fiberartist for 30 years
1982-2004: Natural dye workshops at craft schools, private organizations
1995-2005: Rita Schwab Fiberarts, Production Weaving Studio, NY
1979-1995: Studio weaver of one-of-a-kind, handwoven textiles.

Teaching Positions

The Open Studio, Englewood, FL
Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT

Sugar Maples Center for Arts and Education, Sugar Maples, NY

Guilford Craft Center, Guilford, CT

Penland School of Fine Crafts, Penland, NY

Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY

The Blue Ridge Fibers Guild, Boone, NY

Florida State University Adult Education Program, Tallahassee, FL

Lafayette Arts & Crafts Center, Tallahassee, FL
 

Professional Affiliations

Lafayette Arts & Crafts Center, Tallahassee, FL

Naples Art Association, Naples, FL

Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota FL

American Art Marketing, New York, NY

Engelwood Art Center, Englewood, FL

Art Society of Kingston, Kingston, NY

Woodstock Artist Association, Woodstock, NY

Publications & Reviews

“Summer’s Blossoms Live Again as Dyes”, The New York Times (Sunday ed.) 1/25/2004

Ulster County Travel Guide, Cultural Tourism (Listing), 2002–present

“Venus & Mars”, Accessory Merchandising, October 2002

Exhibition review, Accessory Merchandising, September 2001

Exhibition review, Appalachian Spring: Celebrating American Crafts Holiday, 2001

Exhibition review, Taconic Weekend, November 9, 2000

“Artist works showcase beauty and texture of the earth’s fibers”, The Daily Gazette, 7/06/2000

(Solo exhibition review) Woodstock Times, March 1997

(Exhibition review) The Catskill Center News, April 17, 1997

Education

MFA, Fiberarts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

BFA, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

Art Education/German Literature, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Weaving, Surface Design, Penland School of Fine Crafts, Penland, NC

Corporate and Private Collectors

Terri Myers, North Fort Myers, FL

Ellen Peterson, Woodstock, NY

Brenda & Cesar Chavez, Wethersfeld, CT

Rochelle & Phillip Krombolz, Malvern, PA

Ellen & Michael Brown, East Brunswick, NJ

Dr. Jan Jensen, Tallahassee, FL

Bernard & Jill Dayan, Katonah, NY

Susan Kungle, Basking Ridge, NJ

Jonathan Malamny, White Plains, NY

LaVonne Johnson, Marco Island, FL

Mr. and Mrs. Kaminsky, Sunny Isles, FL

Josh Katzman, New York, NY

Teri McDowell, Greenwich, CT

Lee Middlekauff, Denver, CO

Joel B. Miller, Boston, MA

South County Psychotherapy, Wickford, RI

Eva Wilford, Killingworth, CT

Rick Rosen, Cheshire, CT

Christopher J. Civale, Ameriprise Financial, Raynham, MA