art education

"I loved working with Deborah this year.  I love teaching in an interdisciplinary style and Deborah was a perfect fit.  I always try to incorporate music and art in my classes.  Her creativity, ideas and projects were an excellent complement to my teaching style and the children’s learning.  As Deborah and I worked with the children on peace poems, I was able to interject and teach my poetry unit with the children.  Now, as I am teaching y geometry unit, Deborah is working with the children to create geometric relief designs.  It has been just great!"
-- Maureen Wolf, 4th Grade teacher, P.S. 88
EDUCATION

1992 - 1993

 WHITNEY INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAM - New York, NY

1990 - 1992

 M.F.A. - CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS - Valencia, CA

1986 - 1990

 ART DIPLOMA - THE TEL-AVIV SCHOOL OF ARTS - Tel-Aviv, Israel
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2009 - Present

THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY, 2000 Pennington Road, Ewing, NJ 08628-0718. Adjunct professor, teaching a 2D Module class to undergraduate students.
2004 - 2009 FEDERATION EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE SERVICES (F.E.G.S.) - Working with young adults (ages 17-21) at different capacities (JFK High School, George Washington High School, CDI at 147th street). Teaching film studies, painting, drawing, collage, and sculpture; collaborating with students on public art projects.
2004 - 2006 ROTUNDA GALLERY- 33 Clinton Street, Brooklyn, NY- Teaching at various partnering public school in Brooklyn, ages: 7-14. Designing curriculums, planning residencies and working on year long assignments to be exhibited at Rotunda Gallery and its satellites.
2004 - 2006 BRONX MUSEUM OF THE ARTS - 1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx- NY Interpretative Arts Program- Led gallery talks for individuals and groups, followed by art workshops, inspired by the museum’s collections and art on display.  Taught afternoon adult courses in painting and drawing.
2004 - 2006 THE JEWISH MUSEUM - 1109 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY - Conceptualizing and leading collaborations between the Museum and neighboring schools.  Syllabus included a museum tour and a six weeks project focused on the permanent as well as temporary exhibits at the Museum.
2001 - 2003

PUBLIC ART FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS - 30-30 Thompson Avenue, L.I.C. NYCommissioned by PUBLIC ART FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS to create a 400 square-foot mural at P.S. 69 in Brooklyn in collaboration with third grade students. Conceived and implemented all aspects of the mural planning: Developing a curriculum; creating a final design, contracting and supervising mural production and installation.

GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM EDUCATION PROGRAM - LEARNING THROUGH THE ARTS (LTA) - 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY- Working as a teaching artist. Planning residencies at schools around NYC based on the Guggenheim’s changing exhibits while supporting the school’s curriculum. Themes correlating to the museum’s exhibits. Residencies culminated in an exhibition, “A year with Children” at the Museum.

"This art class really changed my opinion of abstract art.  I used to associate abstract art with strange paintings and sculptures that don't really look like anything and don't really look too difficult to create.  Now, I find a lot of abstract art particularly interesting.  I think that abstract art can reveal a lot about a person and therefore, be very interesting to look at."
-- K.Z. , Student, The College of New Jersey, Experiencing Art, 2009
2001 THE ORGANIZATION FOR HISPANIC FAMILIES AND CHILDREN - FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAM at P.S. 59, Bronx, NY- Partnering with the school’s art teacher on a book making project involving students and their families. Curriculum included: Art and language; narrative structure; illustration techniques; bookbinding. Prepared lectures and presentations about artist’s books and the usage of text in contemporary art.
2001 - 2002

NEW MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART - 583 Broadway, New York, NY- Taught at the Visual Knowledge Program (VKP) at Stuyvesant Outreach High School. Curriculum combined contemporary art (Visual Literacy) with history studies. Final project culminated in a mural, the student’s interpretation of slavery and American black history.

THE CREATIVE CENTER FOR WOMEN WITH CANCER - 147 West 26 Street, New York, NY- Designing two foundation art courses for the winter semesters of 2001and 2002. Subjects explored: color theory, basic drawing techniques, composition, perspective, portraiture and still life. Ages: 33-65
1995 CREATIVE ARTS - New York, New York - Taught all aspects of video production to high school students: Narrative and story boarding, camera work, staging, acting, shooting and editing. Ages: 10-13.
1994 HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT - 265 Henry Street, New York, NY - Art instructor: The Water Project. Collaborative project with 6th grade students from Henry Street Settlement and two other schools in Israel and Japan.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2003

 ALJIRA - A CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART - Newark, NJ

1997

A.I.M - ARTISTS IN THE MARKETPLACE - The Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY

SKOWHEGAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE - Skowhegan, Maine
HONORS AND AWARDS

1997

 SKOWHEGAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE - Skowhegan, Maine - Scholarship

1995

 EXPERIMENTAL TELEVISION CENTER - Scholarship

1992

 WHITNEY INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAM - 385 Broadway, New York, NY - Scholarship
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS

2004

 PUBLIC SCHOOL 40
Commissioned Through the ROTUNDA GALLERY to create a banner installation at P.S. 40, Brooklyn, NY

2003

PUBLIC SCHOOL 69
Commissioned through PUBLIC ART FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS to create a wall mural at P.S.69, Brooklyn, NY

Images of the mural
EXHIBITIONS AND SCREENINGS

2010

 BABEL
Group show, Space 37, Queens, NY

 

 HOMEWARD FOUND
Solo show, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Full color catalogue with an essay will be published to accompany the exhibition

2009

 PIEROGI 2000
Flat files, ongoing, Brooklyn, NY York, NY

 

 PAPER IN THE WIND
Group show, Thomas Jackel gallery, New

 

 TRANS-POSITIONS along the Queensboro Bridge
Group show, Henry DeFord Gallery, Queens, NY

 

 FRESH PAINT (Bineth Gallery)
Tel Aviv, Israel

2008

 NEW FACES
Three person show, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

 

 CONTINUITY
Group show, NurtureArt, Brooklyn, NY

 

 CIGE-CHINA INTERNATIONAL GALLERY EXPOSITION
Beijing, China

 

 FRESH PAINT (Bineth Gallery)
Tel Aviv, Israel

2007

 RED DOT ART FAIR (Paradigm Art)
South Park Hotel, NY

 

 POINTS OF DEPARTURE: INNER AND OUTER JOURNEYS IN CONTENPORARY ART
Group exhibition, University of Pennsylvania, Fox Art Gallery, PA

2006

 AIR IN HUNGARY
Group show, 2B Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

 

 PINK KID GLOVES
Four person show, Chashama Gallery, New York, NY

 

 WANDERLUST
Solo exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY

2005

 PROJECT DIVERSITY
Group exhibition, Eleventen Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

 

 REFLECTIONS
ARTIS 2005, Nexus Projects Gallery, New York, NY

 

 WANDERINGS
Group exhibition, Makor Gallery, The 92nd Street Y, New York, NY

2004

 AFTER THE LIGHT
Group exhibition, The Andy Warhol Factory, New York, NY

 

 TIMLESS/TIMELINESS
Group exhibition, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ

 

 (BE) LONGING
Three person show, Makor Art Gallery, the 92nd Street Y, New York, NY

 

 ERRATA AND CONTRADICTION
Group exhibition, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

 

 IN THE FACE OF OTHERS
Group exhibition, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY

2003

 THE AFFORDABLE ART FAIR
Pier 92, New York, NY

 

 (ID)ENTITY
Group exhibition, NurtureArt Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

 

 BLACK AND WHITE
Group exhibition, Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, NY

2002

 SEE THROUGH
Group Exhibition, Satellite Project Space, L.I.C., NY

 

 INTIMATE
Group Exhibition, Brooklyn Fire Proof, New York, NY
VIDEOS

2002

 THINGS (CAME) (AND WILL) DISAPPEAR- Directing, producing and editing

1995

 YOUR NIPPLES DO NOT RESPOND- Directing and producing

1994

 SAVAGE CROPS- Directing, producing, editing and acting
MEDIA/PUBLICATIONS

2009

 STUDIO VISIT MAGAZINE Volume 5, published by the OPEN STUDIO PRESS

 

 public art for public schools, Written by Prof. Michele Cohen and published by MONACELLI PRESS

2007

 UNAMBIGUOUS - 99 artists from around the world, curated by ARTWORLD DIGEST publisher David Cohen, USA

 

 PINK KIDS GLOVES - Curator's picks, NY ARTS MAGAZINE, USA

2006

 Featured artist, ZEEK MAGAZINE - A Jewish Journal of Thought and Culture, Israel

2004

 ALJIRA A CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART - Catalogue and essay by independent curator Dominique Nahas, USA

 

 LIFE INTEGRATES ART, by Amadie hart , URBAN LAND MAGAZINE, Urban Land Institute, USA

 

LOWER MANHATTAN CULTURAL COUNCIL (LMCC) Winter Brochure (cover), USA

 

 ERRATA AND CONTRADICTION, curated by Melisa Shields and Philip John Usher HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS, USA

2003

 Featured artist, ENTRE LINHAS Literary Magazine, Israel

2000

 A WELL ROUNDED ARTIST, by Marcela Bergamo , FOLHA DE SAO PAULO, Sao Paulo. Brazil
1998 PROFESSTION OF FAITH, by Marcelo Rabonovitch, EN FOCO, Brazil
 

 

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