| PERSONAL BACKGROUND |
| 1916 | Born, Vienna, Austria. |
| 1934 | Graduated from Realgymnasium, Vienna. |
| | Attended art classes at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna. |
| | Studied sculpture with Fritz Wotruba, Vienna. |
| | Studied drawing and painting in Vienna and Prague with Friedl Dicker. |
| | The pedagogic methods of the Bauhaus' have been formative in the artist's |
| | development and remain an essential element of her understanding of the |
| | visual arts. However, her style has remained consistently representational. |
| | Personal expression remains subordinate to the task of interpreting the |
| | subject with respectful comprehension. |
| 1938 | Arrived as a refugee in the United States; Citizenship 1944. |
| | Continued to pursue the practice of art in the United States. |
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| PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION |
| A.T.R. | Honorary Life Membership (1971) |
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| EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE |
| 1973 - 2005 | Adjunct Professor of Art Therapy, Graduate Art Therapy Program, |
| | New York University |
| 1972 - 2000 | Assistant Professor, Graduate Art Therapy Program, |
| | George Washington University |
| 1995 (April -May) | Artist in Residence, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia |
| 1996 | Honorary Doctorate of Art Therapy, Worwich University, VT |
| 1999 | Lectures & Workshops on Art therapy, Moskow & St. Petersburg |
| | (Sponsored by Austrian Embassy Moskow) |
| 1977 - 1983 | Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein Medical College |
| 1974 - 1978 | Consultant in Art Therapy, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, |
| | Department of Child Psychiatry, Bronx, NY |
| 1963 - 1974 | Art Therapist, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Child |
| | Psychiatry, Bronx, NY |
| 1964 - 1974 | Art Therapist, Guild School of the Jewish Guild for the Blind, New York, NY |
| 1968 - 1971 | Instructor, Supervisor, Art Therapy Program, Hahnemann Medical College, |
| | Philadelphia, PA |
| 1961 | Editorial Board, founding member, American Journal of Art Therapy |
| | [formerly the Bulletin of Art Therapy] |
| 1959 - 1970 | Instructor, Arts in Therapies Program at the Turtle Bay Music School, |
| | New York, NY |
| 1959 - 1974 | Instructor, New School for Social Research, New York, NY |
| 1960 - 1963 | Initiated and conducted therapeutically oriented art program, |
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Leak and Watts Children's Home, Yonkers, NY |
| 1950 - 1957 | Initiated and conducted art therapy program at Wiltwyck School for Boys, |
| | New York, NY |
| 1941 - 1944 | Machinist's Assistant; World War II Service |
| 1938 - 1941 | Art and Shop teacher, Little Red School House, New York, NY |