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Administrative, Curatorial & Other Experience

2008- Curator/Creator Sabay Café Curatorial Space, giving under-recognized artists free solo shows in NYC

2007- Board of Directors, Soho 20 Gallery

2007 “Art From Detritus”, Synagogue for the Arts, NYC (partially funded by Puffin Fnd)

Fusion Museum, NYC, co-curator fall show 2007

2007- Board of Directors, Soho 20 Gallery, Chelsea, NYC

2006 “The Areality Show: Whose Reality”, Viridian Artists, NYC

“DDDetritus: Collage Only”, Synagogue for the Arts. NYC

2000- 2005 Curator/ Producer, “Art from Detritus”, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, NYC

1998- 2006 Director, Viridian Artists Inc. NYC

1994-96 *Conceiver of Workshop, "Taking Care of Business" ATOA with Rotunda Gallery & Henry St Arts Center)

1994- *Curator/conceiver, Art From Detritus, (funding from Kauffman Foundation, & others)

exhibits in Portland, OR; KCMO; Phoenix AZ; NYC; Pittsburgh

Producer, WBAI fm radio, Artsmagazine

1992-96 *Vice-President, HERESIES Collective, A Feminist Publication of Art & Politics

*Guest Curator, Henry Street SettlementArts & Living Center,

“THE STORIES EXHIBIT: Art Beyond Words”; “Art from Detritus: Recycling with Imagination”

1988-98 *Executive Director, ArtistsTalkOnArt, NYC

1987 *Chairperson, Benefit Decoration, Center for Art Hazards, NYC

1986-87 *Performance Coordinator, Woman's Caucus for Art/ College Art Association Conference.

1985- *Board of Directors, The Foundation for New Ideas, merging the Arts & Sciences.

*Founder/Director, The Floating Performance, a nonprofit events presenter.

*Performance Curator, Henry Street Settlement Arts & Living Center, 19861988.

1982 *Assistant to the Director, Susan Caldwell Gallery,

1977-83 *CoDirector/Curator, Whitney Counterweight, NYC

1970 Co-Curator/Conceiver, "X-12, 12 Women Show", MUSEUM, A PROJECT OF LIVING ARTISTS, NYC