ANITA KUSHNER



Education:

M.A. Temple University - Art Education (E.P.T.E. Ford Foundation Grant)
B.A. University of Pennsylvania (Art History)

Teaching Competency:

1995 -          Neve Ruchama, Jerusalem
1984 - 1986 Ben Gurion University_Hebrew University, Photography, Painting
1975 - 1981 Avni Art Institute, Tel Aviv, Painting, Drawing, Watercolor
1974 - 1975 Haifa University, Art Education Workshop
1972 - 1974 Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois Art Theory
1972 - 1974 Oakton Community College, Illinois, Art History, Painting
1965 - 1971 Dobbins Technical High School, Phila, PA, Master Art Teacher
1963 - 1965 Pennsauken, NJ Board of Education, Supervisor of Elementary Art

Administrative Experience:

1982 - 1984 Sam Field YMHA Little Neck, NY, Cultural Arts Director
1971 - 1973 Mayer Kaplan, JCC Skokie, Illinois, Art Director

Journalism:

1999 – 2001 Art Critic Art Column; “Profiles in Art” Ha’aretz / Internt’l Herald Tribune newspaper
1989 - 2000 Contributor, “Ariel; Quarterly of Arts & Letters”, Foreign Ministry Publishers
1987 - 1991 Art Critic, Israel Scene magazine
1986 - 1987 Art Critic, The Nation newspaper

Selected Public Exhibitions:

1997 Jerusalem Theater, Israel (Solo) “Survival Series”
1997 City of Jerusalem Gallery, Israel, “Five Women as Creators”
1996 Bulgaria (Group) “Sofia 96”, International Triennial of Painting
1993 Navon Gallery, Neve Ilan, Israel,” Survival Series”
1993 Zionist Confederation House, Jerusalem, Israel (Solo) “Bed, Kitchen or Desert: Where are We?”
1992 Hebrew College Museum, Boston, USA (Solo) “A Magnificence of Dress”
1991 Yeshiva University Museum, NY, USA (Solo) “A Magnificence of Dress”
1991 Efrat Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel (Solo) “Recent Works”
1989 Jerusalem Artists House, Jerusalem, Israel (Solo) “Intifada”
1986 American Cultural Center, Jerusalem/Tel Aviv, Israel (Solo) “Meteorological Moods”
1984 Toronto Art Center Museum, Canada (Group) “Five Israelis”
1983 America Israel Art Gallery, NY, USA (Solo) “Recent Works”
1979 Herzliya Museum, Israel (Solo) “Recent Works”
1978 President’s House, Israel Special Exhibition in Honor of Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty

Prizes and Awards

1968 Museum of B’nai Brith, Washington, D.C., USA (Solo) “Recent Works”
1967 Philadelphia Civic Museum, USA, 1st Prize Painting, Art Education Show
1965 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, USA 162nd Annual Exhibition (Group) Watercolors, Prints and              Drawings (Critic's Choice New York Times)
1965 Philadelphia Sketch Club, USA (Group) Regional Painting 1st Prize
1964 Philadelphia Art Alliance, USA (Solo) Drawings
1964 Philadelphia Civic Museum, USA (Group) 1st Prize Painting
1963 Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA (Group) Regional Drawing

Selected Collections

Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Museum of Modern Art, Haifa, Israel
American Embassy, Ottawa, Canada
City of Tel Aviv, Deputy Mayor’s Office, Israel
University of Indiana, USA
IIT, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois, USA

 

CONTACT

ANITA KUSHNER
463 WEST STREET Apt 223G
NEW YORK, NY 10014
(212) 675 - 4359

anitamayk@earthlink.net



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