Resume

JUDITH PECK, Ed.D.
Professor of Art
Ramapo College of New Jersey
Mahwah, New Jersey 07430





Office: Berrie Center 233
Tel.: 201-684-7654

Education and Training
Teaching/Record of Actions
Courses Taught
Selected One-Person Exhibitions
Selected Group Exhibitions
Public Collections, Loans, Awards
Professional Activities
Selected Lectures/Papers/Presentations/Conferences
Selected References
Grants Awarded


EDUCATION AND TRAINING

1983 Ed.D. New York University, Art and Art Education
1983 American Projective Drawing Institute, summer session
1977-1982  Doctoral Candidate, New York University
1975 Ed.M. Sculpture, Teachers College, Columbia University
1974 M.A. Art and Art Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
1974 Leslie College, Boston, MA
1970-1972  Art Students League, NYC
1953-1954  Sculpture Center, NYC
1952 B.A. Fine Art, Adelphi University
1951-1953  Art Students League, NYC

TEACHING/RECORD OF ACTIONS
1971-pres. Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ
1975Tenured; Assistant Professor of Art
1984Promotion, Associate Professor of Art
1984-1985 Rockland Community College, Suffern, NY - sculpture
1992Promotion, Professor of Art
1994Rutgers University Graduate School of Education, E. Brunswick, NJ Visiting Professor
2004Salary Range Adjustment Award

COURSES TAUGHT
Senior Seminar: Art in the Psychological Environment (400)
Life Drawing (300)
Intermediate/Advanced 3-D Design (300)
Basic Sculpture (200)
Art for Non-Artists (200)
Art and Interaction (200)
Art as Therapy (300)
Clay Studio (200)
Scope and Methods of Art (100)
Developmental Writing (100)
Intermediate Sculpture (300)
Art Methods for Teacher Education (300)

SELECTED ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2005Tycoon Gallery, Manasquan, NJ
2005Bergen Museum of Art and Science, Paramus, NJ "Sculpture in Bronze"
2001-2002 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, NYC
2000Fordham University at Lincoln Center, Sculpture Garden on the Robert Moses Plaza, NYC
1999Fordham University at Lincoln Center, Entrance Gallery, NYC
1999The Sculpture Showcase, New Hope, PA
1999Quietude Garden Gallery, East Brunswick. NJ
1999New Jersey Botanical Gardens, Skylands, Ringwood, NJ
1992-1993 Montclair State University Art Gallery, Upper Montclair, NJ
1992Adelphi University, Swirlbul Library, Garden City, NY
1991Lowenstein Library, Fordham University at Lincoln Center, NYC
1990-1991 Fordham University at Lincoln Center, Robert Moses Plaza, NYC
1990-1991 Berkeley College of Business, Manhattan Campus, NYC
1988Fair Lawn Library, Fair Lawn, NJ
1986Ramapo College Gallery Alternate Space
1985College Misericordia, Dallas, Pa.
1984-1985 Blue Hill Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY: major sculpture series featuring solo exhibits by Botero, Henry Moore, Zuniga, Bruno Lucchesi, Judith Peck, William King, Chaim Gross, Hugo Robus.
1984Hopper House, Nyack, NY
1983;1982; 
1981;1978  
Reyn Gallery, Madison Avenue, NYC
1983Rockland Community College, Suffern, NY
1983Modern Artists Guild Gallery, Paramus, NY
1982Passaic Community College, Paterson, NJ
1978Ramapo College of New Jersey Art Gallery, Mahwah, NJ
1978New Jersey State Museum and Cultural Center, Trenton, NJ
1976Unicorn Gallery, Soho, NYC
1975Pease Gallery, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, MA
1975Bergen Museum, Paramus, NJ
1974Macy Gallery, Columbia University, NYC
1972Avanti Galleries, E.72 St., NYC
1965Barzansky Galleries, Madison Avenue, NYC

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004Alternate Space, Astoria, NY, "New Bronzes"
2002-2003Rockland Center for the Arts, Nyack, NY, "Sculpture Annual"
2002Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, "Sculpture Biennial"
2004;2000;1994; 
1993;1985 
Ramapo College Art Gallery
1999University of Medicine and Dentistry, Newark, NJ Spring Arts Festival
1997-1998 Lumina Gallery, Soho, NYC
1997East Coast Artists, Jersey City, NJ (13 sculptors)
19951st International Biennale of Art, Malta
1993Bradford College, Bradford, MA
1987;1981 New Jersey Society of Architects, E. Rutherford, NJ; Woodbridge, NJ
1987Bergen Museum, Invitational, Paramus, NJ
1987Ben Shahn Galleries, William Paterson College, State Faculty Show
1985-1987 Gallerie Jean Andre, Paris, France
1985Reyn Gallery, Madison Ave. NYC
1984Walters Art Gallery, Douglas College, New Brunswick, NJ
1983Nabisco Brands USA Gallery, East Hanover, NJ
1981Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, NYC
1980Artspace, Middlesex, Kendall Park, NJ
1979New York International Sculpture Fair, NYC
1979Hopper House, Nyack, NY
1978Genesis Gallery, 57th Street, NYC
1978 World Trade Center, NYC
1978Noho Gallery, Laguardia Place, NYC
1977Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford, NJ
1976Hammer Galleries, 57th Street, NY
1975Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ
1974Sculpture in the Park, Paramus, NJ
1973Morris Museum of Art and Science, Morristown, NJ
1971Sixty American Sculptors, Van Saun Park, Paramus, NJ
1971Carlyle Hotel, NYC
1971 Rockland Foundation for the Arts Gallery, West Nyack, NY
1969Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC
1969New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
1968Chapman Sculpture Gallery, Madison Avenue, NYC
1968Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
1967Modern Masters Gallery, 8th Street, NYC
1966Allied Artists of America, National Academy Gallery, NYC
1964New Jersey State 33rd Annual, Montclair Art Museum, NJ
1963National Academy Galleries, NYC, Audubon Artists 21st Annual
1960Detroit Institute of Art 2nd Biennial of American Painting and Sculpture, Detroit, Mich.
1960Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art 155th Annual, Philadelphia, PA
1958Madison Square Garden, Art USA, NYC
1955Baltimore Museum of Art 2nd Regional Exhibition, Baltimore, Md
1955National Academy Galleries, NYC, Audubon Artists 13th Annual

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS, LOANS, AWARDS, PROPOSAL INVITATIONS
2000New City Jail Project, New City, NY, proposal invitation
2000Somerset Financial Center, NJ, proposal invitation
1999-2007Clifton Sculpture Park, Clifton City Hall, NJ - loan installations
1998Citizens for Public Art, Ridgewood, NJ purchase for train station
1997City of West Palm Beach Public Library - life size bronze group
1995Teaneck, NJ Library Children's Reading Area, for Teaneck Centennial celebration; life size bronze group - commission
1995Governor's Mansion, West Virginia: Gov.& Mrs. Gaston Caperton (Conductor, Rachel Worby) - purchase
1993Rutgers University Law Library, proposal invitation
1992Northshore Synagogue, Syosset, NY, Holocaust Memorial - purchase
1992-1996 Ramapo College of New Jersey - loan installation
1996-2000 Christ Church, Ridgewood, NJ - loan installations
1989-1991 Reform Temple of Suffern, NY - loan installation
1989Rockland Center for Holocaust Studies, Spring Valley, NY- commission
1988Rouse/Chamberlin Inc. Exton, PA - purchase
1988;1987; 
1986;1985 
"Partners Award" Arts Council of Rockland, awarded to corporation active in the arts - commission
1986Hopper House, Nyack, NY - loan installation
1985Ninex Corporation, Pearl River, NY - loan
1983-1988 Metro Medical Downtown, Broadway, NYC - loan
1981-1984 MD, NJ, NY - loan installations of sculpture grouping, "Resettlement"
1975Temple Oheb Shalom, Baltimore, MD - permanent
1972Tenafly High School, Tenafly, NJ - permanent
1972-pres. Ramapo College of New Jersey - loan installation
1971Temple Beth El, Spring Valley, NY - permanent
1970Ghetto Fighters Museum, Acco, Israel permanent
1969Yale University, New Haven, CT - permanent
1969First Prize in Sculpture, Art in the Park, Paterson, NJ
1969Booth Theatre, NYC - sculpture created for Broadway play,"The Dozens"
1964First Prize in Sculpture, NJ State Exhibition, Montclair, NJ

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2002Design request for Ridgewood, NJ Train Station
2001Design request for multiple sculpture edition for corporate achievement awards, Seattle, WA
1999Design request for large scale sculpture Somerset Financial Center, NJ
1999Design request for large scale sculpture, New City Jail, NY
1999Iowa Summer Writing Festival, week-long paricipant
1999Design Request for Saddle River Millennium Memorial project
1996;1994 Director, Studio Art in London, Ramapo College Study Abroad
1993-1997 Fiction Writers Peer Group, the Writer's Voice Project, NYC
1985-1996 Arts Council of Rockland Advisory Board
1981-pres. American Art Therapy Association, professional status
1994Juror, Sculptor Affiliates of Northern New Jersey Annual Exhibit
1988Distinguished Service Award, County of Rockland
1988Certificate of Recognition, Rockland District Attorney
1982-1984 President, Arts Council of Rockland
1980-1985Author's Guild
1979-1983 American Association of Artists/Therapists (certified;registered)
1976-1984 Arts Council of Rockland, Board of Directors
1976-1978 President, The Modern Artists Guild
1976-1978 Ramapo College Speakers Bureau
1976-1980 Women's Caucus for Art
1973-1978 The Architectural Review Board, Mahwah, NJ
1974-1980 College Art Association

PUBLICATION
SCULPTURE AS EXPERIENCE 2nd Edition, Krause Publications forthcoming, May 2007
ART & INTERACTION, Ramapo College, 1990; 2nd printing, 1998
SCULPTURE AS EXPERIENCE: WORKING WITH CLAY, WIRE, WAX, PLASTER, AND FOUND OBJECTS, Chilton Book Co., 1989; 2nd printing, 1996; distributed by Krause Publications.
LEAP TO THE SUN: LEARNING THROUGH DYNAMIC PLAY, Prentice-Hall, 1979
ART ACTIVITIES FOR MIND AND IMAGINATION, Publisher: IAP BOOKS
ARTISTIC CRAFTS: INVENTIVE CREATIONS FROM CAST-OFFS, Publisher: IAP BOOKS
SMART STARTS IN THE ARTS, early childhood creative development, Publisher: AIP BOOKS

AUTHORSHIP unpublished
TO TOUCH A DISTANT MOUNTAIN, novel
ARE WE THERE YET?, story collection
LIFE SKETCH, novel
SEEING IN THE DARK: ARIELLE'S STORY, novel
TO TOUCH A DISTANT MOUNTAIN, screenplay
SCULPTURE CATALOG, color catalog of Peck's work celebrating 50 years, organized by The Bergen Museum


LECTURES/PAPERS/PRESENTATIONS/CONFERENCES
2007Decorative and Fine Arts Society of Bergen County, Guest Lecturer, "Seeing Inside the Picture"
2003NJEA, Keynote speaker for NJ Art Educators Association, "My Work as a sculptor"
2002New Jersey Dept of Human Services Conference, Douglas College, Rutgers U. speaker and panelist
2001Art Walk, Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, sponsored by Friends of Dag Hammarskjold Plaza.
2000East Brunswick, NJ Recreation - slide show of sculpture "Judith Peck 50 Years of Sculpture."
1999Mahwah Public Library, slide show of sculpture.
1998New Jersey Education Association Convention, Atlantic City, NJ, presenter.
1996Art Educators of New Jersey Conference, presenter, "Creating 3-D Figures in Action."
1996Art Educators of New Jersey Higher Education Panel, "National Visual Arts Standards."
1995St. Petersburg, Russia, 3rd International Conference on Creativity and the Arts, presenter.
1995National Society for Experiential Education Conference, New Orleans, LA, presenter.
1994Sculptor Affiliates, New Mifford, NJ, lecture: "The Personal Power of Sculpture."
1994American Association of University Women, New City, NY, lecture.
1994Passaic County Historical Society, lecture, "Contemporary Sculpture."
1992Adelphi University, lecture: "Humanism in Sculpture."
1992Bergen County Division on Aging, lecture "Art & the Elderly."
1992Montclair State University, slide lecture: "Peck Sculpture"
1991Art Education Delegate to the People's Republic of China.
1991Association of Craftsmen and Artists, jurying and critique, Spring Valley, NY.
1990Artists for Mental Health, lecture, Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital, Morris Plains, NJ.
1989William Paterson College 15th Annual Symposium on the Young Child, keynote speaker
1989Forty-first Annual Conference, NY State Council for Children, Rye Brook, NY.
1989William Paterson College, Summer Institute in Early Childhood Education.
1988Rockland Council for Young Children, Annual Conference.
1988Conference on Synagogue Art and Architecture, NYC.
1987Public Art in America National Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
1987-1983 Arts Council of Rockland, Arts Day, Rockland County locations: "Making the Head in Clay."
1986American Medallic Society, NYC "Fabricating in Wax."
1983William Paterson College, "Using Imagery in Education."
1982American Art Therapy Assoc. National Convention, Philadelphia, PA "Figure-making for Institutionalized Adults."
1982Pratt Creative Arts Expo, Brooklyn, NY, "Figure-making for Institutionalized Youth and Adults."
1982National Convocation of Art Therapy Educators, Airlee Foundation, VA "Educational Materials."
1982Fairleigh Dickinson University panel at Bloomingdale's, Hackensack, NJ "Women in Careers."
1981Ramapo College Master Lecture (Celebration of American Culture) "Sculpture and American Society: Humanistic Connections.
1981Rotary Club, Ridgewood, NJ; Haddassah, Woodcliff Lake, NJ, "Approaching Modern Art Through the Senses."
1981New Jersey Association for the Education of Young Children (Bergen Chapter; Sussex Chapter) "Learning through Dynamic Play."
1980Parents Advisory Group for the Gifted, Glen Rock, NJ.
1980American Association of University Women, Ramsey, NJ.
1980Bloomingdale's, Hackensack, NJ "Understanding Modem Art."
1979 Art Educators of New Jersey National Convention, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ.
1978Women's Caucus for Art, College Art Association National Convention, NYC, "Artist at Work, Please do not Throw Peanuts."
1975National Art Education Association National Convention, Miami, FLA "Art in the Prisons."
1973 N.J. Association of College and University Professors, Glassborough College, NJ "Learning through Imagery."
1973Morris Museum of Art and Science

SELECTED REFERENCES
2001 Gallery & Studio Magazine, review of Dag Hammarskjold exhhibition (Sept/Oct)
2000 The Daily News: "Today in New York (3/15) features opening of Fordham Exhibition
2000 Gallery and Studio: Review of Fordham exhibition (9/13)
2000 Antiques and Art Weekly (3/10) "This Life" release about Fordham exhibition
1999 The Record
1996 Smithsonian Institution & the National Museum of American Art publication: "Designing Outdoor Sculpture"
1999,1995, 
1991,1989, 
1986,1981, 
1979,
Who's Who in American Art
1991World's Who's Who of Women, Eleventh Ed.
1994 ABC News; AP; The Record -outdoor sculpture annoys neighbors
1988 New York Art Review
1985The Times Leader, Wilkes
1983 The New York Times (Dec. 18)
1983 The New York Times (Nov. 6)
1981 The Herald News (April 10)
1981 The Record (April 1)
1979;1977  UA Columbia Cablevision
1977 WWDJ Radio
1977 The Record (Sept.4)
1976 New York Art Yearbook, Noyes Art Books
1976 Paterson Evening News (Dec.2)
1976 The Record (April 22)
1975 Early Years Magazine (March)
1975 The New York Times (Dec.3 1)
1974 The Paramus Post (April 3)
1973 The Journal News (April 29)
1972 New Jersey Music and Arts Magazine (March)
1971 The Ridgewood Sunday News (Jan. 29)
1971 The Record (Mar.7)
1965 Prize Winning Sculpture, Allied Publications

GRANTS AWARDED
1999-2000 Sabbatical, one year, Ramapo College of New Jersey.
1999-2000  Foundation grant and Separately Budgeted Research award, RCNJ.
1998 3 credits release, RCNJ.
1992-1993  Sabbatical, one year, RCNJ.
1989-1990  Foundation grant, RCNJ.
1985-1986  Separately Budgeted Research award, RCNJ.
1980 Seperately Budgeted Research award, RCNJ.
1978-1979  Artist-Museum Salon Series, Natl. Endowment for the Arts, sponsored by the Modern Artists Guild and the Bergen Museum.
1976-1978  New Jersey Department of Higher Education (3-year award) college/community program, "Art on the Outside."