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History | |
| Born, Springfield, MA, 1941 B.F.A., Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 1963 Studied at The Art Students League, Woodstock, NY 1963 Studied at the University of Illinois, Champaign 1963 -1964 M.A., the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 1964 - 1966 M.F.A. (with honors), the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 1966 -1967 Married Steven Kemenyffy, 1968 Daughter Maya born, 1970 Awarded National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant, 1973, Assistants Grant, 1977 President Erie Art Museum 1985-88 Chair Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, 1997- 01 Chair Emeritus Pennsylvania Council on the Arts 2001-09 Chair Advisory Council Erie Community Foundation 2006-08 Trustee Erie Community Foundation 2008 -2017 Member Garden Club of America / Carrie T. Watson Garden Club |
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Collections (selected credits) | |
| The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Mr. Raku Kichizaemon, Kyoto, Japan The Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, PA The International Ceramic Museum, Kecskemet, Hungary The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA The Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Irvine, CA Ubukata Industries Company, Inc., Nagoya, Japan The Kemper Insurance Company, Long Grove, IL & Osaka, Japan Rohm and Haas, Philadelphia, PA |
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Publications (selected credits) | |
'Drawing The Purpose', Essay: Landscape Drawing / Drawing Landscape, Published by Intellect Ltd., Bristol, UK 2008 |
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Civic Donations (selected credits) | |
| 'The Traveler', public arts project, Ogunquit ME 2007 The Garden of Knowledge: Preparatory pen & ink drawings for the Harding Elementary School Foyer Floor, Erie, PA 2003 Designer: The New Garden: Trinity Center, Erie, PA 2001-2002 Food in the Year 3000: 12 mixed-media drawings (monotype, etching, fabric painting), Dining Hall, East High School, Erie, PA 2001 Who are the people that create a great public education?: Life- size Figurative Drawings, studies for Raku Ceramic Mural (Entrance Foyer), East High School (Library & Main Office), Erie PA 1999 |
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International Exhibitions and Commissions (selected credits) | |
St. Joseph's Chapel, Multi wool rugs, Alexandria, Egypt 2007 |
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Workshops / Lectures (selected credits) | |
| The Potters' Council, Keynote Speaker, 'Drawing: a Life', Indianapolis, IN 2008 Loughborough University School of Art & Design, 'Drawing: As You Will', Leicestershire, UK 2007 The University of Applied Arts & Crafts, The Artist & Community, Prague, the Czech Republic 2001 The International Ceramic Studio, The Artist & Community Kecskemet, Hungary 2001 Chatham Green: The Art of the Garden Symposium: The Gardens & Sculpture of Raku Place, Chatham College Pittsburgh, PA 2001 Tile Heritage Foundation Symposium, Raku Tiles, Raku Place McKean, PA 1999 (workshop); The Making of the East High Mural , East High School, Erie, PA (lecture) 1999 Colonial Williamsburg, the National Gardening Symposium, The Gardens of Raku Place, Williamsburg, VA 1996 Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 1991 |
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Juried Exhibitions (selected credits) | |
| Tracey(Contemporary Drawing Issues - Sketchbook); (5 Sketchbooks: Rome; Prague; Out & About; 8 Ways & Back; Hungary), Loughborough University School of Art & Design, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK, 2002 (online exhibit) 12th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition; San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX 1998 The 4th International Ceramics Competition, Mino, Japan 1995 Erie Art Museum Annual Spring Exhibition, Erie, PA 2003, 2002, 1994, 1990, 1986, 1980, 1973-1970 Annual Exhibition, the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA 1998, 1993-1990, 1988, 1987 (Award), 1983 (Award), 1982-1978 |
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| The American Society of Landscape Architects The Erie Art Museum The Garden Conservancy The Hardy Plant Society / Mid Atlantic Group The Nurseryman's Association of Pennsylvania The Royal Horticultural Society |
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