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Vita
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts, English Literature/Poetry, with highest honors, Rutgers
University
Certified Applied Poetry Facilitator - National Federation for Biblio/Poetry
Therapy - national board-certified professional credential; 440-hour
program of study
Middlesex County College - postgraduate studies in psychology and personality
theory
Reiki Usui System of Natural Healing - first degree certification
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
FACILITATION/PRESENTATIONS
* The Intimate Word: Transforming Lives Through Poetry Therapy - National
Association for Poetry Therapy 4-day annual conference of language arts
for healing and development, Costa Mesa, CA, May 2004; workshop facilitator
* New Brunswick Senior Resource Center - New Brunswick, NJ. October
2001-May 2002 - Soul Tracks - Two year-long series funded by a grant
from New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, creator/facilitator.
Life Stories used word games, poetry, photopoetics, music and other
creative activities to help seniors aged 65 to 94 honor their unique
life experiences, cope with strong emotions, bear witness to their identities,
and preserve memories. Calligraphy Workshop explored the stress-reducing
and expressive possibilities of artful handwriting through fun and creative
activities
* New Brunswick Senior Resource Center - New Brunswick, NJ. July-August
2000 -SOUL TRACKS workshop series, 6-week pilot program, creator/facilitator
* Family Services Bureau - Newark, NJ. June 2000 - SOUL TRACKS: Writing
Without Armor - evening workshop facilitator for court-ordered rehabilitation
writing therapy program
* National Association for Poetry Therapy Conference - Albuquerque,
NM. May 2000 - poetry reading
* 2nd Annual New Brunswick Arts Festival - Spoken word/performance/visual
poetry collaboration with Urban Renaissance hand drummers, High Hat
Gallery, Monument Park Hotel, New Brunswick, NJ - April, 2000, poetry
reading/performance to open the festival
* Chapter One Cafe - Highland Park, NJ. November, 1999 - The Peach Fishery
Poetry Reading Series, featured poet
* National Association for Poetry Therapy Conference - Charleston, SC.
May 1999 - poetry reading
* BREATHING THE LINE: Writing Your Way Through Personal Change - East
Brunswick Professional Park, East Brunswick, NJ. March, 1999 - writing
workshop facilitator
* Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ - Nick Carbo’s Advanced
Poetry class, March, 1999 - guest lecturer
* Chapter One Cafe - Highland Park, NJ. March, 1999 - poetry reading
* Salute to the Visionaries - Prevent Blindness of New Jersey awards
banquet, Princeton, NJ. January, 1999 - guest artist, concrete poetry
exhibition, calligraphy demonstration
* Cafe 52 - New Brunswick, NJ. October, 1998 - poetry reading
* Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival - Stanhope, NJ. September, 1998
- kinetic poetry performance
* Espresso Roma Coffeehouse - Las Vegas, NV. June, 1998 - poetry reading/performance
* Jersey Shore Calligraphers Guild - Fair Haven, NJ. May, 1998 - LETTERA
ANTICA: The Roots and Wings of Carolingian - calligraphy workshop guest
instructor
* Chapter One Cafe - Highland Park, NJ. February, 1998 - poetry reading
* Artake Salon - Red Bank, NJ. February, 1996 - kinetic poetry performance
* 123 Coffee House - Matawan, NJ. February, 1996 - kinetic poetry performance
* FACE - Artists’ Co-Operative, Ocala, FL. January, 1996 - kinetic
and concrete poetry performance
* WIN - Writers’ Group, Ocala, FL. September, 1995 - poetry reading
* Mindscape - Writers’ Group, Ocala, FL. September, 1995-February,
1996 - founder/facilitator
* The Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, FL. Poetry Ocala , October, 1995
- poetry reading, kinetic poetry performance
* Suffolk Scribes Calligraphic Retreat - Muttontown, Long Island, NY.
November, 1993 -Calligraphy for Insight, Healing & Self-Expression
- weekend calligraphy retreat - resident artist/facilitator
* Monmouth Cablevision TV-34 - Belmar, NJ. July, 1991. Paperfolding
Plus half-hour syndicated program, featured artist.
* Mercer County Teen Arts Festival - Mercer County Community College,
West Windsor, NJ. April, 1991, 1992. Calligraphy for Communication and
Self-Expression, visiting artist.
* New Dorp High School - Staten Island, NY. May, 1991 - Calligraphy
for Communication and Self-Expression, art department career series,
visiting artist
* Kiwanis Club - East Brunswick NJ, 1989 - guest speaker, The Artful
Letter slide lecture
* Jersey Shore Calligraphers Guild - Edison, NJ. 1988 - Calendar Design:
Space and Time Beyond the Grid, - calligraphy workshop guest instructor
* Rotary Club - Stowe, VT, 1987 - The Artful Letter slide lecture
* Community College of Southern Nevada (formerly Clark County Community
College) - Las Vegas, NV. Fall, 1983 - instructor, 8-week calligraphy
course
* Charleston Heights Community School - Las Vegas, NV. 1981-1984 - instructor,
8-week calligraphy course, 2 semesters a year
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
* OFF THE CUFFS: An Anthology of Poetry Written By and About the Police,
Soft Skull Press, January 2003 - Mining for Eureka, original poem, author.
* THE MUSELETTER, The National Association for Poetry Therapy, Washington,
D.C. - 24-page newsletter for creative arts therapy professional organization,
13 issues beginning November 1997, managing editor, art director.
RHYME & RITUAL: Reflections on Self, Family and Community, Poetry
anthology sponsored by NCC/Family Services Bureau, Newark, NJ, July
2000 - In Praise of Silence, I Saw a Sofa Walking, Mining for Eureka,
original poems, author.
* POET’S PROCESS: Favorite Original Poems of NAPT Members, Poetry
anthology sponsored by the National Association for Poetry Therapy,
April 2000 - Queen of the Funny Bone Follies, original poem, author.
* TASTE THIS: Guilty Food Pleasures of the Poets, Pudding House Press,
November 1999 - Instant Mashed Potatoes, original poem, author.
* Particles of Exchange - limited edition artist book of original poetry,
28 pages, 1999; Fox River Confetti covers, recycled paper text block,
Japanese stab binding with cotton thread.
* The Underside of Leaves - open edition artist book of original poetry,
72 pages, May 1998; Canson MiTientes covers, recycled paper text block,
Japanese stab binding with cotton thread and beadwork.
* Dry Red - limited edition artist book of original poetry, 80 pages,
December 1996; Fabriano Roma covers, recycled paper text block, Japanese
stab binding with cotton thread.
* The Anthologist, Spring 1998 - Gathering Medicine, original poem,
author.
* Aha! Quarterly, Spring 1998 - A Book of Days, original poem, author.
* PUDDING 34, The International Journal of Applied Poetry, Autumn 1997
- From a Pay Phone Somewhere in L.A. 1991, Three Out of Four; original
poems with accompanying narratives for poetry therapy issue, author.
* Mosaic, Volume xii - While Dusting, In Yellow, Inertia, Tool; original
poems, author.
* Aha! Quarterly, Spring, 1997 - Inertia, original poems, author.
* Aha! Quarterly, Autumn, 1996 - Footnote, original poems, author.
* Letter Arts Review, Spring, 1996 - Letter Jesters, book review, author.
* Glen Epstein’s 1995 Calendar of Country Knowledge & Extraordinary
Americana - Iowa City, IA, contributing artist.
* The Colorized Atkinson Plates, 1995, ST Publications, softcover book,
contributing artist.
* CNN Cable Television News, Diplomatic License, January 1994 - guest
artist interviewed for Calligraphia opening, United Nations lobby, New
York City
* ARTimes, June 1991 - A Word is Worth a Thousand Pictures, subject
of artist profile by Marion Burdick.
* Time Off, Princeton Packet cover feature, January 1991 - Letter Perfect,
subject of artist profile by Richard Shea.
* The Artful Letter - 1989, 1991, 1992 Engagement Calendars, Universe
Books, New York City, contributing artist.
* Calligraphy Review, Winter, 1989 - The Housekeeping Story, article
author.
* Calligraphy Review, Fall, 1987 - Hands Across the Millennia, article
author.
* Metropolis, September 1989 - The Write Stuff, subject of artist profile
by Gini Sikes.
* ALPHABET, Journal of the Friends of Calligraphy, August 1989 - Japonisme,
article author.
* SOS, Newsletter of the Society of Scribes, Spring 1989 - Painting
With Words, article author.
* Signs of the Times, October 1988 - Letterforum, article author.
* Signs of the Times, March 1988 - Colorize Atkinson, article contributing
artist.
* Signs of the Times, January 1988 - cover design collaboration with
Al Zanetti.
* KNPR, Nevada Public Radio - Henderson, NV. March, 1984 and April,
1985 - Women in Art - subject of artist profile by Theresa Rogers.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT AND AWARDS
* The Intimate Word: Transforming Lives Through Poetry Therapy - National
Association for Poetry Therapy 4-day annual conference of language arts
for healing and development, Costa Mesa, CA, May 2004
* National Association for Poetry Therapy, elected board member 1999-2002
* National Association for Poetry Therapy - managing editor/art director,
The Museletter, a 24-page, tri-annual newsletter, November 1997-March
2002
* Distinguished Service Award - National Association for Poetry Therapy
- May 2000
* Healing Words/Sacred Spaces: Poetry Therapy for Many Voices - National
Association for Poetry Therapy 4-day annual conference of language arts
for healing and development, Albuquerque, NM, May 2000; board member
* At The Crossroads of Humanities and Healing: How Written, Spoken,
and Performed Words Enrich the Human Story and Spirit - National Association
for Poetry Therapy 4-day annual conference of language arts for healing
and development, Charleston, SC, May 1999; board member
* Character & Context in Chinese Calligraphy - Princeton University,
Princeton, NJ. One-day international symposium tracing calligraphy’s
evolution and highlighting how calligraphy, as physical embodiment,
is an external manifestation of powerful inner states, March 1999.
* Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival - Waterloo Village, Stanhope, NJ.
4-day festival of poetry readings, lectures, workshops, panels, and
evening poetry performances, September 1998
* Poetry in the Public Sphere - A Conference on Contemporary Poetry,
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. 4-day conference of lectures,
plenary sessions, poetry readings, panel discussions, and evening poetry
performances, April 1997.
* Trenton State College Writers Conference - one-day conference of workshops,
panel discussions, and readings, April 1996; faculty
* Trenton State College Writers Conference - one-day conference of workshops,
panel discussions, and readings, April 1994
* Calleidoscope : The Thirteenth International Gathering of Lettering
Artists - one-week residential lettering arts conference including daily
technical workshops and evening slide lectures, Trenton State College,
Trenton, NJ, July 1993, faculty
* Winston Churchill Memorial Trust - private calligraphy tutor to Visiting
Fellow from Devon, England, Summer, 1992,
* The Alphabet as a Technology in the West - two-day symposium presented
by international members of The Institute of Semitic Studies; a series
of historic, linguistic, semiotic, anthropologic, sociologic, classic,
and archaeologic lectures on writing systems and the roots of Western
civilization, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, April 1989
* Letterforum: The Eighth International Calligraphy Conference - one-week
residential lettering arts conference including daily technical workshops
and evening slide lectures, Marymount University, Arlington, VA. August
1988
* Innovations: The Sixth International Assembly of Lettering Artists
- one-week residential lettering arts conference including daily technical
workshops and evening slide lectures, Stevens Institute, Hoboken, NJ,
July 1986
* Calligraphy Experience: The Fifth International Calligraphy Conference
- one-week residential lettering arts conference including daily technical
workshops and evening slide lectures, Scripps College, Claremont, CA,
June 1985
* Calligraphy Connection: The First International Assembly of Lettering
Artists - one-week residential lettering arts conference including daily
technical workshops and evening slide lectures, St. John’s University,
St. Cloud, MN, June 1981
E-mail:
linda@inkwings.com
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