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Awards
2004-05 Westchester Arts Council/WESTHAB National Endowment for the
Arts NEA Grant, Multidisciplinary Story Arts program. 1-year program
grant working with homeless children in 2 shelters in Westchester County. Total
10 artists including theatre, dance, music, visual art and culminating in video
documenting process and program. One of two visual artists chosen.
2001 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT, Full Fellowship; Four-week
residency, January
1996 Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville NY; Award of Excellence
1991 School of Sacred Arts, New York, NY; Scholarship
Professional Experience
1991- present Founder and Gallery Director, Miranda Fine Arts,
Port Chester, NY; Founded 1991, expanded to full gallery in 2000. Specializing
in contemporary emerging and established artists.
2003-04 Co-founder and Gallery Director, Henaine Miranda Contemporary
Art Projects, Gallery/Art Center, Port Chester, NY
2001-present Co-Founder, Loftarts, a network of artists, galleries,
curators and educators offering unique opportunities to view, perceive, and
experience art through arts education, exhibitions, lectures, gallery talks.
2000-03 Co-Chair Education committee, The Cathedral Church of St. John
the Divine, Congregation of St. Saviour, NYC; developed and instituted
ongoing dynamic, inclusive, multicultural, and environmentally focused programs
for adults and children.
1996- 2003 Organizer, Landmark Lofts Annual Open Studios, Port
Chester, NY; Annual studio tour involving entire loft building,
1992-2001 Co-Founder and Board member, The Gabriel Guild, An
arts and education organization dedicated to ancient techniques. Founded in
1992 to research, teach and exploit ancient techniques, methods, concepts as
contemporary artists.
Professional Associations
2004-present Arts Council Committee, Cathedral Church of St. John the
Divine, New York, NY
2004- present Concordia College Art Gallery Advisory Group, Concordia
College, Bronxville, NY
2002-present Advisory Board, Katonah Museum Artist's Association, Katonah
Museum of Art, NY
2001-present Board of Trustees, The Society of Gilders, international
organization dedicated to the gilding arts, including fine arts, frame making,
restoration, and conservation.
Independent Curating
2004 Westchester Arts Council, White Plains, NY; Co-curator,
"Resonant Organic" 10 Artists of Katonah Museum Artist Association
2004-1996 Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York,
NY;"Crafts at the Cathedral," co-juror
2002 Westchester Community College Lady Bird Johnson Gallery,
Valhalla, NY;"Visions of Nature" co-juror
2001 Manhattanville College Library, Purchase, NY; Co-curator,
"The Art of Illumination; Medieval to Modern," 13 artists
1998 Taci, New York, NY; Curator, Kathleen Zazzaro, Solo Exhibit
1998 Armonk Art Show, Armonk, NY; Juror
1993 Cloister Gallery, Houston, TX; Co-curator, The Gabriel
Guild
1993 Graphic Pleasures Gallery, Larchmont, NY; Co-curator,
The Gabriel Guild
Education
1987-91 School of Sacred Arts
1985 BFA SUNY Purchase
Exhibitions, selected *solo exhibitions
2005 Castle Hill, Truro Center for the Arts, Truro, MA
*2004 The Meeting House, Bedford Village, NY
*2004 The Church of St Mary the Virgin, NYC, NY
2004 New Arts Program, Invitational, Kutztown, PA
2004 Westchester Community College Art Gallery, Valhalla, NY
2004 Lamia Ink at Sakai City Municipal Museum, Sakai City,
Japan
2004 Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
2004 Westchester Arts Council & The Katonah Museum Artist Association,
White Plains, NY
2004 chezTGN, Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2003 Pfizer Inc., Purchase, NY
2003 NY Arts, Soho, NYC
2003 Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
2003 Rye Arts Center, Rye, NY
2002 Pfizer Inc., Purchase, NY
*2002 Wave Hill, Bronx, NY
2002 Cape Museum of Fine Art, Cape Cod, MA *catalog
2002 Lamia Ink at Sakai City Municipal Museum, Sakai City,
Japan
*2002 The Meeting House, Bedford Village, NY
2002 Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
2002 Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY
2002 Lamia Ink, Chelsea, NYC
*2001 The Meeting House, Bedford Village, NY
2001 Fulton Street Gallery, Albany, NY
2000 The Gibbes Museum, Charleston, SC
2000 Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
2000 Visions Gallery, Albany, NY
1999 Katonah Museum Art Association, Katonah, NY
1999 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
1999 Greenwich Art Society, Greenwich, CT
1998 Neuberger Museum Tour, Selected Artist; Port Chester,
NY
1997 Westchester Philharmonic Studio Tour, Port Chester, NY
1996 Tertoen Explorations, Tribeca, NYC
1996 Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, NY *award
1996, 95, 94 Dieu Donne Papermill, Soho, NYC
1995, 94, 93 Atlantic Gallery, Soho, NY
1993 Cloister Gallery, Houston, TX
1993 Graphic Pleasures Gallery, Larchmont, NY
Educational Programs Workshops, Lectures, & Demonstrations
Adult Programs
Museum Programs
2004 Wave Hill, Bronx, NY Illumination & Gold Leaf, workshop
2002 The Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College, Collegeville,
PA; Artist Roundtable
2002 Wave Hill, Bronx, NY; Illumination & Gold Leaf, workshop
1997 The African Museum, Soho, NY; European Manuscript Techniques,
series: lecture and demo, with Gabriel Guild
1995 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Medieval
Manuscript Illumination, series: 2 lectures, w/ K. Gorst
1995 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Medieval
Manuscript Illumination, demo w/ K. Gorst
1994 The Cloisters Museum, NYC; Medieval Women Artists &
Their Role in Manuscript Production, Conference for teachers, w/K. Gorst
1992 The New York Public Library, New York, NY; The Middle
Ages, demo
University, Community, Private Programs
2003- 2005 Castle Hill, Truro Center for the Arts, Truro MA;
Egg Tempera Painting, Fresco, Manuscript Illumination
2004 The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, NYC; Icon Painting
workshop
2004, 03, 1999, '98 The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine,
New York, NY; The Spiritual Practice of Art, Icon Painting
2003 Purchase College, Purchase, NY; Career Panel
2003 Isabel O'Neil Studio, NYC, NY; Egg Tempera & Panel
Painting
2002 Miranda Fine Arts, Traditional Artist Techniques
2000, 1999, '98 The Society of Gilders, Annual Conference,
Manuscript Illumination, Techniques and History, Gilding
2000 The Society Of Gilders, Annual Conference, Manuscript
Illumination, Techniques and History, lecture
2000-1996 Medieval Conference, Newcastle, PA; Processes of
Manuscript Illumination in the Middle Ages
1999 Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York, NY;
Praying with Icons, lecture
1998 Park Avenue Christian Church, New York, NY; Art &
Spirit; A Workshop in Icon Writing
1998 Park Ave Christian Church, New York, NY; The Visual and
Historical Symbolism of Byzantine Iconography, lecture
1998,'97 Baggot Leaf Company, Soho, NY; Manuscript Illumination,
Panel Painting, Manuscript Gilding
1997-93 The Gabriel Guild Studio, Port Chester, NY; ongoing
workshops in ancient art techniques
1996 Dieu Donne Papermill, Soho, NY; Gold Leafing on Handmade
Papers, demo, with The Gabriel Guild
1995 Kate's Paperie, Soho, NY; The Paper Chase, demo
1992 Fordham University, New York, NY; Conference on Religion
and The Arts Images of Belief and Unbelief, demo
Youth & Family Workshops
Museum Programs
2004 The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NYC; Family workshop,
Create Aztec Manuscript
2004 Wave Hill, Bronx, NY; 2 day Family program, Purple Petal
Paint- Making Paint from Iris flowers, 300 attendants over 2 days
2002 Wave Hill, Bronx, NY; 2 day Family program, Making Paint
from Nature, Create paint from stones, bugs, flowers
1997 The African Museum, Soho, NY; Family workshop; hands-on,
paint-making, gold leaf, with Gabriel Guild
1995 The Katonah Museum, Katonah NY; Family workshop, hands-on
paint-making, gold leaf, with Gabriel Guild
1995 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC; NY; Family workshop,
hands-on, paint-making, gold leaf, with K. Gorst
1992 The New York Public Library, NYC, NY; Demonstrations of
full medieval scriptorium
School & Community Residencies
2004-05 National Endowment for the Arts Grant Westchester Arts Council/WESTHAB
See Awards
2004 Ethical Culture Fieldston School, NYC; Entire 4th grade,
Maya Codex, Create all paints and inks on bark paper upcoming
2004 Union Child Daycare Center, Greenburgh NY; 8-week program,
ages 3-4
2004 Spring & Fall, Dalton School, NYC, NY; 4-day program,
Entire 7th grade, 110 students. Create Manuscript page, make all paints from
original sources, gild with 22k gold leaf, on genuine sheepskin parchment. Total
integration with curriculum, designed with 3 teachers & school liaison to
Museum of Natural History, NYC.
2004, 03 Dalton School, NYC NY; 4-day program, 3rd grade, 3
classes, 54 students. Create Aztec, European & Persian manuscripts, on bark
paper, sheepskin parchment & paper. Create all paints & gild with 22k
gold. Includes archeological dig where students find buried Venetian artists
materials. Total integration with curriculum, via 3 teachers & school liaison
to Museum of Natural History.
2004, 02, 01 The Children's School, Stamford CT; Children ages
3-7 years, Entire school, 100 students. Paint-making workshop.
2004, 03 Castle Hill, Truro Center for the Arts, Truro MA;
2-day Illumination workshop, drawing, gilding, paint-making, ages 10+
2004, 03, 02 Manhattan New School, NYC, NY; Entire 4th grade,
@100 students, Ink-making, from oak galls
2004, 03, 02, 01 Harrison Ave School, Harrison NY; Entire 1st
grade, 100 students, Paint-making, Gold Leaf
2003, 02, 01 Scarsdale Arts Camp, JCC, Scarsdale; NY; 8 week
program ages 9- 14, Illumination class making handmade book, all materials created
from original natural sources, including oak gall ink, malachite, saffron, cochineal
paint, use of 22k gold leaf.
1995-2005 Helen Keller Middle School, Easton CT; Entire 6th
grade, approx. 100 students, 4 instructors, calligraphy, paint-making from original
sources, gold leaf, bookbinding.
2003, 02, 01 Convent of the Sacred Heart, Greenwich CT; 5th
grade, Paint-making from original sources, Calligraphy
2003 Cranbury School, Norwalk CT; Entire 5th grade, Ink-making
2002 Cranbury School, Norwalk CT; Entire school- 1st grade
through 5th grade, 5-day workshop, paint-making
2002 Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY; Making Paint from
Flowers, ages 6 & up
2003, 02, 01 Harrison Ave School, Harrison, NY; Entire 3rd
grade, @100 students, paint-making, gold leaf, 2 instructors
1997, 96, 95 Greenwich Academy, Greenwich CT; Gold Leaf, Calligraphy,
Paint-making, 3 instructors, approx 67 students
1999 Siwanoy School, Pelham NY; Boces Program, 2nd grade, 2
instructors, ink & paint-making, gold leaf, bookbinding
1999, 98 The Mustard Seed, South Norwalk CT; After School program,
paint-making
1999, 98 Cos Cob Elementary School, Cos Cob CT; grades 3-5,
After School program, paint-making, gold leaf
1999 Glenville School, Glenville CT; After School Program,
paint-making, gold leaf
1999, 98 Harrison Ave School, Harrison NY; After School Program,
grades 3-5, paint-making, gold leaf
1998 Mead School, Stamford, CT; Semester-long program for entire
school, grades 1 - 8. Supplanted regular art curriculum by student choice. Manuscript
pages completely created by students. Culminated in exhibition of student manuscripts
at Stamford Mayor's office.
1996 Felix Festa Middle School, West Nyack, NY; 6th grade,
236 students, 3 instructors, paint-making, gold leaf, calligraphy
1997, 96 Westlake Middle School, Thornwood, NY; 125 students,
2 instructors, gold leaf, calligraphy1996 Hewlett High School, Hewlett NY; special
needs teenagers; hands-on, paint-making, gold leaf, bookbinding
Publications
Visual Art
1999 Inkwell Magazine, Manhattanville College, cover
painting, Winter
1998 Convergence Magazine, cover painting, September
Poetry
1999 Inkwell Magazine, Manhattanville College, "Alone
with the Almost Man," Winter Issue
2001 Wild Angels Anthology, Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Writers Group, New York, NY; three poems
Articles authored
2005 Journal of The Society of Gilders, Binders of Medieval
Illumination, co-authored with R. Asplund
2004, 03 Iconofile ejournal, 2 articles, republished
2000 Journal of The Society of Gilders, "The Art of Manuscript
Illumination," Spring Issue
1998 Journal of the Society of Gilders, "Gilding in Sacred
Art," Winter Issue
1998 Convergence Magazine, "Illumination of the Spirit,"
with Suzanne Fageol, September Issue
1992 Ave; Journal of The Gabriel Guild, "The Making of
Iron Gall Ink & The Spirituality of Ink Making," with K. Gorst, Vl,
Num. 1
1993 Ave; Journal of The Gabriel Guild, "Notes on Gilding,"
V1, Num. 3,"Medieval Manuscript Making," V1, Num. 3
Reviews, Articles
2002 The Cape Cod Voice, Ellen LeBow, V 2, No. 11
2001 Stamford Advocate, Jonathan Wills, April 7
2000 New York Times, William Zimmer; December 24
2000 New York Times, William Zimmer; January 2
1999 Rye Record, Sandra Lubliner; September
1999 Greenwich Times, October 11
1998 New York Times, Roberta Henderson; November 1
1996 Port Chester Guide, Timothy Lamorte; June 19
Corporate Collections
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