SHEILAH  RECHTSCHAFFER

Solo Exhibitions   2003   -  “Landscape Transformed: Sheilah Rechtschaffer & John Haines” Germaine Keller Gallery, Garrison, NY   1995   -  “Italian Frescoes” Palazzo Torlonia, Ceri, Italy   1988   -  “Pastel Drawings” Maryanne McCarthy Fine Art, NYC   1985   -  “Paintings & Works on Paper” Nederlandsche Middenstandsbank, NV NYC

Selected Group Exhibitions   2004   -  “New Hudson: A Group Show” Carl Van Brunt Gallery Beacon, NY   2002   -  “No More War” One Station Plaza Peekskill, NY   2002   -  “Artists on Location” Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY   2002   -  “Reflections (9/11)” Exit Art, NYC   2002   -  “Invitational Exhibition” A.I.R. Gallery, NYC   2002   -  “Members Exhibition” Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY   2001   -  “Faculty Exhibition” NY Academy of Art, NYC   2001   -  “Summer Exhibition” Anversa degli Abruzzi, Italy   2001   -  “Artists on Location” Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY   2001   -  “Members Exhibition” Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY   2000   -  “Tradition Innovation” Marymount College Tarrytown, NY   2000   -  “Members Exhibition” Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY   2000   -  “Estate 2000” Palazzo Torlonia, Ceri, Italy   1999   -  “Sacred Spaces” Ossining Art Center, Ossining, NY   1999   -  “Artists on Location” Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY   1999   -  “Members Exhibition” Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY   1998   -  “The Power of Pastel” Paramont Center for the Arts Peekskill, NY   1998   -  “Grassroots” The Gallery of the Hudson, Irvington, NY   1998   -  “Small Works” Faculty & Staff Parsons School of Design, NYC   1998   -  “New Frescoes & Pastels” Palazzo Torlonia, Ceri, Italy   1998   -  “Members Exhibition” Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY   1998   -  “True Fresco” The Painting Center, NYC   1998   -  “Artists in Chelsea” The Chelsea Market Gallery, NYC   1998   -  “Members and Friends - Soho 20 Invitational” Soho 20, NYC   1997   -  “Colleagues in Landscape” Paramount Center for the Arts Peekskill, NY   1997   -  “Members Exhibition” Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY   1996   -  “New Frescoes” Palazzo Torlonia, Ceri, Italy   1996   -  “Small is Big,” Faculty & Staff Parsons School of Design, NYC   1995   -  “Five Friends/Five Artists” Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY   1995   -  “Ossining Painters & Sculptors” Ossining Art Center, Ossining, NY   1994   -  “Fresco: A Contemporary Perspective” Boston College Museum of Art Chestnut Hill, MA   1994   -  “Pastels of the Garden in Ceri” Palazzo Torlonia, Ceri, Italy   1994   -  “Small is Big,” Faculty & Staff Parsons School of Design, NYC   1993   -  “Fresco: A Contemporary Perspective” Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art Snug Harbor Cultural Center Staten Island, NY and Parsons School of Design, NYC   1993   -  “Fresco - 1993” Faculty & Staff Palazzo Torlonia, Ceri, Italy   1993   -  “Small is Big” Faculty & Staff Parsons School of Design, NYC   1992   -  “River Voices” Paramount Center for the Arts Peekskill, NY   1991   -  “Four Friends” Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY   1990   -  “Artists on Art,” Northern Westchester Center for the Arts Goldens Bridge, NY   1990   -  “Ossining Artists” Rye Art Center, Rye, NY   1989   -  “Small is Big” Faculty & Staff Parsons School of Design, NYC   1989   -  “Gallery Artists” Maryanne McCarthy Fine Art NYC and Southampton, NY   1988   -  “December Invitational at SOHO 20 Gallery” NYC   1988   -  “Desert Pastels” Rancho Linda Vista, Oracle, AZ   1987   -  “Ten Artists” Maryanne McCarthy Fine Art, NYC   1986   -  “December Invitational” Maryanne McCarthy Fine Art & L’Ambiete, NYC   1986   -  “October Exhibition” Sound Shore Gallery Port Chester, NY   1986   -  “The All Natural Disaster Show” Longwood Arts Project, PS 39 Bronx, NY   1985   -  “Holiday Invitational” A.I.R. Gallery, NYC   1985   -  “Works on Paper” SUNY at Purchase Alumni Exhibition Purchase, NY   1985   -  “Small Works” (Alan Stone, Jurist) NY University NYC   1984   -  “Small Works” (C. Janis, Jurist) NY University NYC   1984   -  “Grassroots, Winter Exhibition” Hastings-on-Hudson Gallery Hastings-on-Hudson, NY   1983   -  “Art of the Northeast USA” (Suzanne Delehanty, Jurist) Silvermine Guild for the Arts New Canaan, CT (first prize in painting)   1983   -  “Desert Drawings” Cobble Hill Gallery Brooklyn, NY   1982   -  “Rocks, Birds, Shells, Trees & Skulls” Sommerstown Gallery, Somers, NY   1982   -  “Tenth Annual Alumni Exhibition” SUNY at Purchase Gallery Purchase, NY   1981   -  “Discovery 1 - Annual Juried Print Exhibition” Bridge Gallery, White Plains, NY

Awards   1983   -  Silvermine Guild Award for Painting ($1,000) Silvermine Guild for the Arts New Canaan, CT   1994   -  Grant towards the publication of the catalog of the Exhibition Fresco: A Contemporary Perspective from the New School of Social Reseach & Parsons School of Design, NYC   1999   -  TIF grant from the New School of Social Research to create a website for fresco painting at Parsons School of Design, NYC

Curator   Co-curator with Lesley Anne Doyel and Robert Bunkin of the first contemporary survey of fresco painting held at Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Parsons School of Design in NYC and with Stoney Conley at Boston College Museum of Art, Chestnut Hill, MA.

Director   President, co-director, founder and instructor (with Livia Monaco) of Accademia Caerite, Inc. in Ceri, Italy. Accademia Caerite, Inc. is a “not-for-profit” workshop dedicated to continuing the traditional techniques of fresco painting and scagliola. 1992 - 2000

Teacher and Lecturer  Instructor in fresco painting at Abruzzi Mountain Workshop, Anversa degli Abruzzi, Italy  Instructor in fresco painting at New York Academy of Art, NYC  Instructor in fresco painting at Parsons School of Design, NYC (current)  Instructor in fresco painting at Accademia Caerite, Inc., Ceri, Italy  Lecturer at Artists Talk on Art, NYC  Artist in Residence, Westchester Arts Council, White Plains, NY  Volunteer art instruction (Rotary Public School), Santarem, Brazil  Visiting lecturer at a variety of art institutions

Future Projects   Summer, 2004   -  Sheilah Rechtschaffer will be conducting two ten day workshops in Italy (near Montecasino) between Rome and Naples in the Abruzzi National Park at the Institute of Italian Culture and Art (IICA) Website: itacart.net These will be a: 1) Landscape Intensive and 2) Creating An Artist's Journal. Please write or call for further information.

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