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