2019-2020 Poet Laureate of Montgomery County
2001-2015 ArtWell Education Director (theartwell.org); Founder, We the Poets Program
1991-2022 Workshops and courses on poetry, art and literacy: ArtWell, Cerulean Arts, Interfaith Philadelphia, Jewish-Arab Center of Haifa University, Main Line School Night, Penn Literacy Network, Montgomery County Poet Laureate Caesura Conference, National Association of Poetry Therapy, National Liberty Museum, Penn Center for Educational Leadership, Penn Studio School of Art, Ritualwell.org
1997 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Phila, PA; certificate, painting and printmaking
1981 Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; Ph.D. in Learning Disabilities
1976 Teachers College, Columbia University; M.A. in Learning Disabilities
1975 The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; BA
Poetry
2022 Jewish Chronicle Poetry Contest (winner)
2017 Moonstone Press Chapbook Contest “Camera Obscura”, 2nd Place
2013 Raynes Poetry Prize, on “Justice”, 2nd Place
2011 OSV Magazine Contest, 1st Prize
2007 Palabras Press Poetry Contest Honorable Mention
2004 Public Service Award from the National Association of Poetry Therapy
2003 Interfaith Relations Award from the Montgomery County Advisory Board to the PA Human Rights Commission
Painting
2015 Art for Action Award, Inliquid Collaboration with the Peoples’ Paper Co-op
1997 Cuff/Samak Prize Special Notice, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1997 Deena Gu Award, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1997 Estelle Barenbaum Rubens Painting Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1997 Susan Carlen Brown Special Notice, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1996 Kaiserman JCC Painting Competition, First Prize
Apiary, Autum Sky Poetry Daily; Babganewz, Babel Fruit The Breath of Parted Lips (Anthology, Cavankerry Press 2005); Baltimore Review; Bridges: A Jewish Feminist Journal; Cagibi; Camera Obscura (Moonstone Publishing 2017); Chrysalis Journal; Coffin Bell: Cumberland Poetry Review; East Coast Ink; Harrisburg Review; Etching the Ghost (Atmosphere Press, 2022); From the Depths (Anthology, Ritualwell, Reconstructing Judaism, 2022); Glass Poetry Press; Global Poemic; The Ismaili Magazine; Layers of Possibility (Anthology, 2007); Minyan Magazine; Moment; Murmuration (Moonstone Arts Center, 2024); OSV Magazine Contest; The New Verse News; North of Oxford; One Art Poetry Journal; Palabras Press Poetry Contest Passager; Piedmont Literary Review; Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle; Philadelphia Stories; Poetry and Jewish Prayer: A Handbook for Teachers (ArtWell, 2002); Response; Ritualwell; River Heron Review; Rockvale Review; Rogue Agent; 6ix; Schuylkill Valley Journal; Solstice; Sparks and Disperses (Cornerstone Press, 2022); Teaching About God and Spirituality, (A.R.E. Press, chapter, 2002); Toho Journal; Waterways Magazine
Solo
2019 Caesura Festival, Camphill Soltane, Glenmoore, PA
2019 St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, N. Wales, PA
2017-Current Cerulean Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2015 Ladies Night: Connecting Women Through Art and Dialogue, InLiquid, Philadelphia, PA
2011-2014 SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY
Group
2023 Cerulean Arts Collective Members' Exhibition
2022 Cerulean Arts Collective Members' Exhibition
2022 Eclipse Gallery, Lansdale, PA
2020/2021 Cerulean Arts Collective Members' Exhibition
2012 New Hope Arts Savoir Fare, New Hope, NJ
2012 The Philadelphia Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Am I My Brother’s Keeper?, Annenberg Center, Lankenau Hospital Exhibit
2009 Chestnut Hill Academy Poetry and Art Exhibition
2008 Realism in Paintings and Sculptures, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Morpeth Gallery, Hopewell, NJ
2004-2012 Riverbank Arts, Stockton, NJ
2004-2005 Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA