Thanks for coming to meet me. I’ve been studying and making art for almost my entire life.  Art in its many aspects captures all my attention after family.  Visual art conveys human communication the same as music, writing and speaking.  It tells the story of mankind. I use the rich nuanced visual vocabulary that art affords to describe my thoughts and opinions.

Resumé

Education

1991-1998       Maryland Institute College of Art, Continuing Education                                                                                                                     

1991-1992       Towson University, Certificate in Art Education, MAE equivalency in Maryland Public Schools                                                                                                                       

1983              Art Institute of Philadelphia, Continuing Education

1960-1964      Syracuse University, BFA

Experience

2019 - present -Teaching at Ingleside at King Farm, CCRC.

2012-2020    Teaching Painting and Drawing at Pinecrest, FL Community Center,

1995-present    Painting and exhibiting                                                           

1993 -1999         Baltimore and Howard Counties, MD. Public and private schools. Taught art grades1-12.                                                                                              

1988-1990         Wave Again, an art and home décor gallery, Sales. New Haven, CT                                                                                                 

1981-1983         Philadelphia Guild of Handweavers, Design Instructor. Philadelphia, PA                                                                                       

1976-1988         Promotional Graphics, self-owned business: copywriting and graphic design for  small businesses, e.g., The Leader Company, Realtors;  interior design firms; health practitioners; retail stores. Philadelphia area, PA    

1977-1985         Weiners Furniture Store, Copy writing and graphic design for all advertising and printed material. Wrote and placed radio and television spots. Darby, PA 

Professional Organizations                          

2011-2023   The National League of American Pen Women, Inc. (NLAPW), Coral Gables , FL; Washington, DC

2010-2022   Tri-State Philadelphia Artists Equity

2012-2014     Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, FL                                                          

2008-2022   ARTsisters, Philadelphia Metro area  

2008- 2019 Philadelphia Tri-State Artists Equity  

2010- 2019 Main Line Art Center, Professional Member                                                                                                                                                           

1991-2011      Women Artists’ Forum, Co-founder, treasurer, newsletter editor, president. Pioneer, organizer and coordinator of continuing venu e for WAF:     The Carroll Mansion  Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD, in cooperation with Carroll Museums, Inc.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             2002 - 2009     Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD                                                                                                                                                                                      1998-2005          Fells Point Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD          

1998-2008 Maryland Art League, Baltimore County , MD    

1997-2009      Women Artists’ Forum, Co-founder, treasurer, newsletter editor, president. Pioneer, organizer and coordinator of continuing venue for WAF:     The Carroll Mansion  Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD, in cooperation with Carroll Museums, Inc.      

1973-1975 Wethersfield Art League, Hartford , CT

Selected Exhibitions

2019 - The Sum of Us, ARTsisters, Henry Gallery Penn State University, Great Valley, PA

2019 - National League of American Pen Women – Coral Gables, ‘Reciprocal Consciousness’ at ArtServe Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, PA

2017 - 4Directions, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA

Initiated, recruited, publicity, organization, hanging

2017 - SOLO EXHIBIT, Academy House, Philadelphia, PA

2016 - artbocaraton 2016, International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches, Boca Raton, FL

2015 - Artists Equity Juried 66th Anniversary Show, Art Gallery at Franklin Commons, Phoenixville, PA  Marsha Moss, Public Curator and Consultant, Juror.                                     Honorable Mention

2013-  Artists Equity Select Show, Community Art Center, Wallingford, PA, Moe Brooker, Juror

2013 -  Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden 7th Annual Artists in Bloom, Coral Gables, FL

2012 - Juried Fall Exhibition, Philadelphia/Tri State Artists Equity, Mount Holly Library & Lyceum, Mount Holly,  NJ,  Honorable Mention

2011 - Juried 62nd Anniversary Members’ Exhibit. Philadelphia/Tri State Artists Equity, Wayne Art  Center, Wayne, PA

2010 -  ARTsisters curated exhibit. Widener University Art Gallery, Chester, PA

2010  - Juried Phila/TriState Artists Equity Exhibit. Montgomery County Community College Gallery,                                                                                                    Pottstown,  PA     Mentioned as “high point” of the exhibit by Phila. Inquirer Art Critic Victoria Donohoe.

2009   - Juried Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA     Juror: Julien Robson, curator of Contemporary                                   Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art

2009  -  Two Person Exhibit. Tyme Gallery, Havertown, PA

2008 -   Solo Exhibit, Players Club of Swarthmore Gallery, Swarthmore. PA

2007 -   Solo Exhibit. Carroll Mansion Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2007  -  Solo Exhibit. Gallery Unicorn, Timonium, MD

Artist's Statement

“I often find myself occupied in the observation and recording of the contradictions and the curious contrasts  with which we all live.  My art describes our natural or contrived environment and the effects we humans exert on it.  Sometimes we work in concert with nature; other times we destroy it.  Sometimes it overpowers us.  

“I am investigating the ways I can illustrate our attempts to manipulate and to rediscover nature.  I deliberately arrange the formal elements of art to examine the complexity of our interaction and to craft harmonious compositions. 

Marge Feldman           2019

Artist's Biography

Marge Feldman is a formally schooled professional artist who has been taking classes, since age 12, from the former Museum School of Philadelphia, Moore Institute, Syracuse University (BFA), The Philadelphia Institute of Art, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), and Towson University (Art Teaching Certificate).

Ms. Feldman has lived in seven different states and traveled extensively in North America and on five other continents.  This rich experience has expanded her knowledge and fertilized her work.

 She has taught art in public and private schools K-12, at the Philadelphia Guild of Handweavers, and at the Tyme Gallery in Havertown, PA.  She has exhibited extensively in Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Maryland, in juried and group shows, as well as invitational and solo exhibits.  

 She founded Women Artists’ Forum (100+ members) in Baltimore and, among other initiatives, established a gallery for them at Carroll Museums, Inc., in downtown Baltimore. These days, she is leading the development of a new full fledged art studio in her retirement community by designing and advising on space use, classes, teaching and stocking of basic supplies.

After 2 years of the COVID19 pandemic and health changes, Marge now teaches Bridge and Drawing classes in her retirement community in Rockville, Md.