Exhibitions

Mercer County Artists, juried exhibition, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ, summer 2024

TAWA at 45, Invitational Exhibition, Ellarslie – The Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ, October 2023

Mercer County Artists, juried exhibition, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ, summer 2022

Fragile, juried exhibition, Hamilton Street Gallery, Bound Brook, NJ, April-June 2022

Women Artists, Trenton Style, invitational, Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ, January-April 2021

Art All Night, Virtual Selects Exhibition, Artworks, Trenton, NJ, August 2020

Art All Day, Trenton Artists Workshop Association invitational, Trenton Free Public Library, Trenton, NJ, November 2018

Airing Out the Attic: Selections from the Fine Arts Collection, Ellarslie – The Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ, July-September 2018

Trenton Artists Workshop Association, invitational, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, Lakefront Gallery, Hamilton, NJ, April 2016

Mercer County Artists, juried exhibition, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ, 2016

Ellarslie Open 32, Ellarslie – The Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ May 2015 (Purchase Award and Best in Show: Mixed Media)

Mercer County Artists, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ, February 2015

Left of Central: Later 20th Century Visual Arts in the Capital City, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ, January-February 2014

TAWA Past, Present, Forward, Artworks, July-August 2008

Extra Innings: An Exhibit on the Art of Baseball, Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ, April-May 1995

25th Anniversary Distinguished Alumni Exhibit, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ, fall 1991

Mercer County Artists ‘89, Mercer County Community College, Trenton, NJ, summer 1989 (Merit Award)

TAWA 10th Anniversary Retrospective, invitational, Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ, August 1988

NJ State Council on the Arts Fellowship Exhibition, The Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ, summer 1987

Mercer County Artists ‘85, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ, summer 1985 (Purchase Award)

Grand Show of Small Work, MUSE Gallery, Philadelphia, 1985

Women and Art in New Jersey, invitational, Anne Reid Gallery, Princeton Day School, Princeton, NJ, February-March 1985

Art in Architecture/Architecture in Art, two-person exhibition, Mercer County Community College, Trenton, NJ, December 1984

Park City, solo exhibition, Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, 1984

The Canal, Invitational, Delaware & Raritan Canal Coalition, Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ, fall 1984

Tools and Other Useful Things, solo invitational, St. Lawrence Lobby Gallery, Lawrenceville, NJ, October-November 1983

Sixteen Artists, juried by Alan D’Arcangelo, Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ, August 1983

Ellarslie Open II, Trenton City Museum, juried by Darby Bannard, Trenton, NJ, March-April 1983

Juried Show ‘83, Summit Art Center, juried by Vivien Raynor, Summit, NJ, winter 1983

Art in Architecture, invitational, WCA/NJ and NJ Society for Architects, Basking Ridge, NJ, winter 1982-1983

Eyes on Trenton, juried exhibition, NJ State Museum and Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ, September 1981, travelling throughout NJ, 1981-1983

Mixed Media, Princeton Art Association invitational, Mercer County Community College, Trenton, NJ, June-August 1982

Art Is Communication, invitational, Western Electric, Hopewell, NJ, 1982

Ellarslie Open, Trenton City Museum, juried by Stefan Martin, Trenton, NJ, March-April 1982

Paintings and Works on Paper, two-person show, Pavilion Gallery I, Mount Holly, NJ, May-June 1981

The Family of Woman, Womanspace, 1981

Sixteen Artists, invitational, Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ, July 1981

MFA Thesis Show, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, February 1981

Alumni Invitational, Millersville State University, Millersville, PA, fall 1979

Collections

Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ

Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ

Mercer County Cultural & Heritage Commission, Trenton, NJ

Private collections in NJ, PA, MD, AL, and MN

Professional Activities

Panelist, TAWA at Ellarslie, Trenton City Museum, November 2018

Juror, Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2003, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, June-September 2003

Curator, Extra Innings: An Exhibit on the Art of Baseball, Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ, April-May 1995

Panelist, Southern New Jersey Arts Initiative Grant Review Panel, NJSCA Grants Program, March 1993

Panelist, Experimental Art Fellowships Grant Review Panel, NJSCA Grants Program, November 1992

Panelist, Visual Arts Organization Grant Review Panel, NJSCA Grants Program, May 1992

Artworks (formerly the Princeton Art Association/PAA), Executive Director, Curator, and Instructor, 1982-1992

Member, Art Selection Committee, NJSCA Arts Inclusion Program, for the Trenton Office Complex, Trenton, NJ, 1991-1996

Panelist, Art Selection Panel, Art-in-Architecture Program, Annex to the Federal Courthouse, Trenton, NJ, 1990-1991

Curator, Artworks, curated or co-curated shows, 1988-1992

Juror, Shifting Power — How Would You? sponsored by the WCA/NJ, The Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ, February 1990

Juror, 16th Annual Employee Arts & Crafts Competition, The Squibb Gallery, Princeton, NJ, September 1989

Juror, Progressions: A Juried Exhibition of Sequential Works, sponsored by the WCA/NJ, Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ, September 1986

Curator, Vincent Ceglia, A Retrospective, Trenton City Museum and Mercer County Community College, Trenton, NJ, spring 1986

Fellowship Recipient (1984-1985), NJ State Council on the Arts

Lecturer, Weekends at Ellarslie: Drawing Techniques, Landscapes in the Romantic Period, and Painting Techniques on Paper, Trenton, NJ, 1984

Trenton Museum Commission, Commissioner (member of Acquisitions Committee), Trenton, NJ, 1982-1984

Panelist, Problems for Women Artists, Mercer County Community College, Trenton, NJ, spring 1983

Award, Outstanding Young Women of the Year, 1983

Curator, Narcissus, an exhibition of self-portraits at the NJ State Museum, Trenton, NJ, December 1982

Panelist, Creativity, Educational Improvement Center, Princeton, NJ, fall 1982

Eyes on Trenton, Coordinator, Moderator of panel discussion of Visual Arts in New Jersey, NJ State Museum, Trenton, NJ, fall 1981

Trenton Arts Commission, Commissioner (1980-1983, 1989-1992); conceived and implemented the Ellarslie Open show in 1982

TAWA, founding member and president (1979-1983), producer of 1981 Eyes on Trenton, NJ State Museum and Trenton City Museum

Certificate of Appreciation, city of Trenton, NJ, for significant contributions to the city, 1981

Selected Reviews and Publications

Purcell, Janet: “Celebrating Women Artists,” The Times of Trenton, February 26, 2021

Purcell, Janet: “MCCC Exhibit Traces History of Trenton Area Art Community,” The Times of Trenton, February 7, 2014

Mercer County Cultural & Heritage Commission, Sesquicentennial Calendar, one of 13 artists represented, 1989

Xero 7: Water, limited edition artists’ book, one of 39 artists represented, Trenton, NJ April 1988

Yess, Mary: “Progressions,” WCA/NJ, Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ, September 1986

Yess, Mary: “Vincent Ceglia, A Retrospective,” Trenton City Museum and MCCC, Trenton, NJ, March-April 1986

Sozanski, Edward J.: “An Artist’s Black Humor Sends a Serious Message,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 11, 1984

Raynor, Vivien: “Impressionism in Morristown; Artists in Trenton,” The New York Times, August 21, 1983

Brady, Lisa: “Series Final 4,” The Trentonian, August 8, 1983

Zimmer, William: “A Modest Show in Trenton,” The New York Times, April 10, 1983

Yess, Mary: “Eyes on Trenton,” catalogue of the exhibition, TAWA, September 1981

Raynor, Vivien: “Can Culture Survive in the State Capital?” The New York Times, September 27, 1981

Schjeldahl, Peter: “A Flurry of Activity in Trenton,” The New York Times, August 3, 1980

Education

MFA (Painting), Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, 1981; studied with George McNeil

BA (Art History), Millersville University, Millersville, PA, studied with Hal Lewis