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Studied art
at the American University in Rome and the New York Studio School
where she was nominated for a scholarship to Skowhegan, Maine. Artist
in residence at Miss Porter's school in Farmington, CT, and Loomis
Chaffee in Windsor, CT. Attended Birdcliff artist colony and The
Vermont Studio Center. Painted with Wolf Khan in summer program
at Santa Fe Art Institute. Shows in NYC, London and Ithaca. Represented
by Paris gallery, Envie d'Art. |
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Has nearly two
decades worth of recreational and educational programming experience
with kids of all ages, for organizations such as School's Out Washington
and Girl's Incorporated in Seattle, WA and The Learning Web and
Northern Light Learning Center in Ithaca. Her art explorations with
children have included bookmaking, printing, nature crafts, Waldorf
form drawing, and more. |
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Having recently returned to Ithaca via
Santa Fe, NM and Rockport and Gloucester, MA, Benn is again offering
instruction at the CSMA. Designer of the CSMA logo, his paintings,
drawings and sculpture are represented in public and private collections
throughout the Americas, Europe, Great Britain and Japan. Educated
at the Brooklyn Museum Art School, New York's Art Students' League,
The New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, and The Carving Studio
in Vermont, he has been teaching privately and in public institutions
since 1988. Former instructor with CSMA, the Southern Tier Institute
for the Arts in Education, T.S.T. BOCES and numerous Ithaca area
youth enrichment programs. |
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