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Ph.D.1973, Columbia University in the City of New York.
MS 1957, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
BA 1956, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, Honors and Phi Beta Kappa
School of Visual Arts, Penn State, University Pk. PA,
SELECTED RELATED ACTIVITY
2001: Judge, Festival of Arts, General Federation of Women’s Clubs PA,
U.P.,
PA Panelist, Art and the Internet, AACP and SCORE, State
College, PA
Teacher, collage, Art Alliance Art Center, Lemont, PA
2001-1998: Freelance arts writer (local and national).
1999: Panelist, Art as a Business workshop, SCORE and AACP
1999-1997: Teacher, Community Academy of Lifelong Learning, S.C., PA
1995,1994: Artist, Accessible Arts, Central Pa. Festival of Arts, S.C.,
PA
1993: Artist in Action and Art Trainer, Festival Eyes, both for
C.P.F.A., S.C, PA
1992: Artist’s Lecture, University Libraries Series, Pattee Library,
Penn State, PA
1990: Teacher, watercolor painting, Centre County Prison, Bellefonte,
PA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2002: “Ritti Redux,” Gallery, Foxdale Village, State College, PA
2001: “Visual Vocabulary,” Webster’s Bookstore and Café, State
College, PA
2000:”Cutting Comments,” Studio Z Gallery , Pittsburgh, PA
“Retro Ritti,” Shakespeare’s Sister, State College, PA
2000,1999 Solo Shows, Art Addiction Internet Gallery, Stockholm,
SE
1999: Pennsylvania Dance Theatre Gallery, State College, PA
1998: Schlow Memorial Library Gallery, State College, PA
1996: Art Gallery, Centre Community Hospital, State College, PA
1995: Daily Grind Coffeehouse, State College, PA
1994: Svoboda’s Books, State College, PA
1993: New Frame of Mind, State College, PA
Kern Galleries, PSU, University Pk, PA
1992: Mountain Top Art Gallery , Cresson, PA
Gallery, Pattee Library, PSU, University Pk, PA
1991: “Bittersweet,” Laura B. Davis Gallery, State College, PA
“Artist of the Month,” Atherton-Hilton Hotel Gallery, State
College, PA
“Intuitions,” Art Alliance Art Center, Lemont, PA
1990: “Harvest Time, ”Kern Galleries, University Pk, PA
1988: “In Transition,” HUB Galleries, PSU, University Pk, PA
TWO-PERSON
1999: “New Works,” The Gallery at Gamble Mill, Bellefonte, PA
1997: “Mixed-Media,” HUB Galleries, PSU, University Pk, PA
1995: “Points of View,” Art Alliance Art Center, Lemont, PA
1993: “Earth Journeys,” Art Alliance Art Center, Lemont, PA
1990: “Ms-conceptions,” McLanahan Gallery, Penn State-Altoona,
Altoona, PA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2002: “Collage,” Art Addiction Virtual Gallery,
www.artaddiction.se
Alliance of Women Artists, France Amerique Association, Paris, FR
2001: “Masques,” Art Alliance of Central PA, Haunted Granary,
Lemont, PA
Artists in our Midst, juried, Southern Alleghenies Museum of
Art-Altoona,
Altoona, PA
Birdhouses, House of Care, State College, PA
Images 2001, juried, mid-Atlantic regional, Central PA Festival of
Arts,
HUB-Robeson Gallery, University Pk., PA
Three Rivers Arts Festival, national, Pittsburgh, PA. Juror,
Howard N. Fox, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
County Museum of Art, CA
Westylvania ,juried, Arts and Heritage Festival, Altoona, PA
Urbanization, recycled art exhibit, Art Alliance of Central PA,
Art Alliance Art Center, Lemont, PA
Alliance of Women Artists, international, Spear Tower, San
Francisco, CA
AWA, international, George Lucas Marin Technology Center, San
Rafael, CA
”Drawing to a Close,” invitational, Mountain Top Art Gallery,
Cresson, PA
2000: Silver Anniversary Show, invitational, Studio Z, Pittsburgh,
PA
2000-1999: Museum Purchase Award, Southern Alleghenies Museum of
Art Triennial VII, Loretto, PA:
1999: Artists in our Midst, regional, SAMA-Altoona, Altoona, PA
“Art Contemporain,” international, Galerie Everarts, Paris, FR
“Heart and Soul,” Centre Co. Office of Aging, juror, John Haag,
poet, Bellefonte, PA
1998: Artists in our Midst, regional, SAMA, Altoona, PA
First prize, works on paper, 34th Annual Art Show, International
Platform Association, Washington, D.C. Jurors, Chris Addison,
Owner, Addison Gallery, and George Gurney, Curator, National
Museum of
Art, both in Washington, D.C.
Third prize, Certificate of Merit, “A Better World for our
Children,” Art Addiction International Gallery, Stockholm, SE
First International Show, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Alliance of Women Artists, international, Fire House, Ft. Madison,
CA
Certificate of Excellence, “Venetian Masks,” international, Art
Addiction, Venice, IT
Three Rivers Arts Festival, national, Pittsburgh, PA
Images 98, Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, Mid-Atlantic
,regional, University Park, PA
1997: “Mixed Media,” national, The Stage Gallery, Merrick, Long
Island, NY
Diploma of Excellence, 4th International Female Artists Show, Art
Addiction, Stockholm, SE
“Les Americaines,” Everarts Gallery, Paris, FR
1997-1996: Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art Triennial VI,
Loretto, PA
“Imaginings,” national, The Stage Gallery, Merrick, NY
Images 96, C.P.F.A, Mid Atlantic, University Pk., PA Juror, Helen
Frederick, founder/director Pyramid Atlantic, Riverdale, MD.
Alliance of Women Artists, international, Sausalito, CA
Three Rivers Arts Festival, national, Pittsburgh, PA Juror, Dan
Cameron, senior curator, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York,
NY
“Perspectives on the Media,” national, Fisher Gallery,
Albuquerque, NM
“Visionary Women,” Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL
World's Women On-Line Internet Installation, http://www.asu.edu/wwol
1995: Great Plains National Moss/Thorns Gallery, Hays, KS
World’s Women-on-Line Video/Internet Touring Version, Beijing,
China and Global Focus, Beijing, China, both with the 4th
International Women's Conference
1994: Images 94, C.P.F.A., University Pk., PA Juror, Elizabeth
Osborne
Merit award, Susquehanna River Arts Center, Clearfield, PA. Juror,
Michael Streubner, director, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art,
Loretto, PA
Art Alliance 25th Anniversary Regional, HUB Galleries, U.P., PA
Juror, Sandra Fox, director, Arrowmont School of Crafts
Three Rivers Arts Festival, national, Pittsburgh, PA
1993:Susquehanna Arts Society N.E. Biennial, Selingsgrove, PA
Juror, Stuart Frost
Merit award, Susquehanna River Arts Center, Clearfield, PA. Juror,
Michael Allison, asst. dir., SAMA, Loretto, PA
Images 93, C.P.F.A., University Pk, PA. Juror, Bernice Steinbaum,
owner/director, Steinbaum Gallery, New York, NY
“On Common Ground,” traveling show, Central Europe
1992: Honorable mention, Huntingdon Co. Arts Festival , Smithfield,
PA. Juror, Stuart Frost
“Expoporc,” international, Habay, Belgium
1991: First prize ; honorable mention, watercolor, BCAF Arts
Festival, Altoona, PA
“Scenic River Days,” regional, Reading, PA
1990: Images 90, CPFA, University Pk, PA. Juror, Carolyn Brady
“Art through Touch,” Sight loss Support Group, State College, PA
Merit award, “Old Glory,” Boalsburg Conservancy, Boalsburg, PA.
Juror, Alexander McBride, Juniata College.
AFFILIATIONS
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Art Alliance of Central PA,
Alliance of Woman Artists, Art in Common, Art Addiction
International Art Association, and Woman Made Gallery.
HONORS
200l: Inclusion in the Artist in Residence program of the PA
Council on the Arts
Inclusion in “Her Mark,” 2001 datebook, Woman Made Gallery,
Chicago, IL
2000; Museum Purchase Award, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art,
Loretto, PA 1999-2000 and 1996-l997: Inclusion in Southern
Alleghenies Museum of Art
Triennials VII and VI, Loretto, PA
Inclusion in “2000 Outstanding Designers and Artists, “
International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, UK
1998: First prize, works on paper, International Platform Assoc.,
Washington, D.C.
Third prize, “A Better World for our Children,” Art Addiction
International
Gallery, Stockholm, SE
Diploma of Excellence, Venetian Masks, AAIG, Venice, IT
Inclusion in Who’s Who in the East, Marquis
1997: Diploma of Excellence, Art Addiction International Gallery,
Stockholm, SE
Inclusion in Who’s Who of American Women, Marquis
1996: Gallery Purchase, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994 and 1993: Merit awards, Susquehanna River Arts Society,
Clearfield, PA
1992: Honorable Mention, Huntingdon Co. Arts Festival, Smithfield,
PA
1991: First Prize and Hon. Mention, Watercolor, Blair Co. Fest. of
Arts, Altoona, PA
1990: Merit award, “Old Glory,” Boalsburg Conservancy, Boalsburg,
PA
1987: Third prize, Works on Paper, Blair County Festival of Arts,
Altoona, PA
1988: Unified Art Event Grant , Central PA Arts Council. State
College, PA
COLLECTORS
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA
Nadine Kofman, State College, PA
Don Brachear, Pittsburgh, PA
R.A. Stephanac, Pittsburgh, PA
Nathan Nissim, Pittsburgh, PA
Dori Grace Lemeh, State College, PA
Women’s Resource Center, State College, PA
Ann Van Kuran,” VanDance, Inc.”, State College, PA
Mme. Diane Johnson, Paris, FR and San Francisco, CA
Prof. and Mrs. John Stevens, Linden Hall, PA
Prof. and Mrs. Stuart M. Klein, Cleveland Hts., OH
Drs. Fred and June Goldner, Katonah, NY
Sight Loss Support Group, State College, PA
South Hills Business School, State College, PA
Office of the Associate Dean of Education, College of Earth and
Mineral Sciences, Penn State, University Park, PA
SELECTED RECENT REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
Terenzini, Caroline, “’The F word’ How far has feminism come?”
Currents, Centre Daily Times, January 27, 2002. Collage, “Now/Then
III”, illustration on page C1.
“Artists Corner,” SAMA News, Fall/Winter 2001, Southern
Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA, p.3
Arbutina, Chris, ”’Images,’ ‘National’ put together for Festival”,
Exhibit Close-up, arts, Centre Daily Times, July13-19, 2001,
pp.38,39.
“Arts festival isn’t the only show in town this week,” Sideshows,
Centre Daily Times, July 9, 2001,p.32.
BoettcherJ.M.,”Review:CuttingComments,” pittsburgh.citysearch.com/feature/26934
Shearing,Graham, “The Importance of being Ernst, Assemblage,
Collage, Montage,” art, TICKET, Oct.13, 2000, p.35.
O’Driscoll, Bill, “Studio Z Gallery,” Best Commercial Art Gallery
, Pittsburgh City Paper, October 18-October 25, 200,p.6.
Thomas, Mary “Art Reviews,” Arts and Entertainment, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, Saturday, September 30,2000, p.B-11.
Ritti, Alyce, “Exhibiting Abroad: The French Connection”, Art
Calendar, The Business Magazine For Visual Artists, January 2000,
Vol.14, No.3, pp.20-21. Rosenblum, Chris, “ Engravings, collages
piece
messages together” (Artist Profiles) Centre DailyTimes Weekender,
June 25,1999, pp.14 and 16.
Ritti, Alyce, ”A worrier travels to Paris”, Active Life, Sunday,
August 8,1999, p.17.
Sporney, Stanley and Laura Williamson, The Professional Artists’
Resume, Biography, Cover Letter, and Statements, An Art Calendar
Guide. Barbara L. Dougherty, Inc. 1998, pp. 46 and 54.
de Lissovoy, Linda, ”’Exquisite Body Parts’: Anthropomorphism,
Surrealism and the Joy of Recycling”, Voices , August-September
1997, pp.23 and 25.
Owens, G.L., ed., International Women Artists , Alliance of Women
Artists, Greenbrae, CA, 1997.
Owens, G.L., ed., International Women Artists, vol. 2, Alliance of
Women Artists, Greenbrae, CA, 2001 |
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