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Education
M.B.A. in Nonprofit Management, University of Judaism, Bel Air
Teaching Credential in Art, California State University, Long Beach
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree: 3-D Media Metal, Textiles, and Wood, California State University, Long Beach
Professional Experience
2007-Present - Adjunct Professor, Cypress College (Beginning and Advanced Jewelry/Metalsmithing)
2006-Present - Instructor II, Torrance Cultural Arts Center (Beginning and Advanced Jewelry/Metalsmithing, Beginning and Advanced Beading)
2000-2003 - Project Coordinator, The Music Center, scholarship program for students in the visual and performing arts
1999-2001 - Visiting Professor, Free Arts for Abused Children (Jewelry and Ceramics)
1996-1997 - Teaching Assistant, California State University, Long Beach (instructor of record) 3-D Survey Course in Fibers, Metal and Wood
1996 - Teaching Assistant, California State University, Long Beach, Beginning and Intermediate Jewelry
1994-1995 - Studio Assistant, California State University, Long Beach (maintained studio equipment and prepared demonstrations and lectures)
Grants and Fellowships
1998 - Scholarship to Haystack Mountain School of Crafts-Selected for outstanding level of accomplishment in Metalwork
1995 - Fine Arts Affiliates Scholarship- Granted for artistic and scholarly achievement in art and art education-funded by a support group for the College of the Arts at California State University Long Beach
1994 - Dramatic Allied Arts Guild Scholarship-Granted for outstanding artistic achievement by the Art Department at California State University Long Beach
1993 - USA Today "All American" Award-Selected as a finalist for academic and artistic achievement by USA Today Newspaper
Exhibition Record
2006 - Metalsmith Exhibition in Print 2006, Metalsmith Magazine. Curators: Elizabeth Goring (Curator of the Modern Jewellery Collection at the National Museums of Scotland), Jo Lauria, (Former Curator of Decorative Arts at Los Angeles County Museum of Art), Myra Mimlitsch-Gray (Professor of Art in the Metal Program at the State University of New York at New Paltz
"One Woman Show," Karen Melfi Gallery (Invitational), Sante Fe, New Mexico
2005 - "Cocktails at 5 Gowns at 8: Celebrating the Art of Conversation/ A Glass, Wearable Art and Jewelry Show," Curator: Lisa M. Berman, Sculpture to Wear Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2003 - "Captured," Werby Gallery-California State University Long Beach (Juried)
"Evva S. Vale Memorial Exhibit," Long Beach Community Center (Juried), Best in Show
2000 - "Insights-Annual Juried Exhibition," University Art Museum -California State University Long Beach
"Out of the Fire," Gallery C-California State University Long Beach. Curator: Christina Y. Smith
Bibliography
Elizabeth Goring, "Jewelry and Communication: Breaking the Code," Metalsmith, Vol. 26, No 4, 8 and 24.
Helen Driggs, "Mad About Mesh," Lapidary Journal, February 2007
City T.V. "Get Out," Episode #65
"Jet Black," Genlux, Spring 2006
Visiting Artist Lectures
2006 Brandeis University National Women's Committee, Los Angeles Chapter
2006 Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
2005 James Renwick Alliance, Bethesda, MD
2005 Art Jewelry Forum, Providence, RI
Television
Warner Brother's television series, "Without a Trace", jewelry worn by lead actors Anthony Lapaglia and Poppy Montgomery
Necklace worn by Kate Albrecht for the LA premiere of HBO's "Entourage"
NBC's television series "Windfall," jewelry worn by Jaclyn DeSantis, character name-Maggie, and Alice Greczyn, character name-Frankie
Fox's television series "House," episode #10, jewelry was selected to appear on the lead actor as a pivotal piece to the plot of the episode
David E. Kelley's Fox television series "Boston Public," Necklace and bracelet set worn by actress China Shavers.
Professional Organizations
Metal Arts Society of Southern California-Former Board Member and Secretary
Society of Northern American Goldsmiths
American Craft Council
National Art Education Association
Manufacturing Jewelers and Suppliers of America
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artist statement
As the daughter of a survivor, I have inherited the legacy of the Holocaust and the responsibility to report its history to future generations. As an artist, I am creating a body of work to honor my father, the only one of his family to have survived the Holocaust. I use my art to memorialize the past and as a means to come to terms with the unimaginable trauma and loss of my father's generation.
The materials and process I use are metaphorical for both the fragility and strength of human life. Folded origami-style, each bud is made from a fine, tight weave of stainless steel wire mesh that mimics the look and feel of silk. Though delicate in appearance, once the metal is formed, the flowers become sturdy and resilient. Steel is a cold, sober, non-precious metal that is often overlooked or discarded as scrap material. In these pieces the material is transformed to create precious-looking flowers. The stainless steel flowers are juxtaposed against fine silver and 24 karat gold flowers folded from Precious Metal Clay sheet and combined with fresh water pearls and semi-precious stones.
In the process of creating each flower is tended to carefully, worked and shaped by hand, and then securely attached to either a sterling silver hand-woven, linked or chain-mail base structure. Attachment is not haphazard or random, but rather repetitive and exacting with a gestalt sensibility, so as to create thickets of form from material. The process is meditative and prayer-like in nature. It is a form of documenting each life that was lost, to create a permanent record of people and events that should not be forgotten.
Imbued with meaning, objects may carry history from one generation to the next--just as jewelry passed from parent to child may transmit history from one generation to the next. My intention is to create a lasting representation of that which in nature is fleeting. For me, this is a way to memorialize the ephemeral in a sturdy form.
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