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EDUCATION
M.A. Emerson College - Boston, MA
B.A. Brandeis University - Waltham, MA
EXHIBITIONS
Collage Artists of America, INTERPLAY, online juried show April 2024
West Hartford Art League, West Hartford, CT, CUT AND PASTE, winner “Best in Show” juried Feb 2023
Decadon Gallery, FICTIONAL NARRATIVE, juried online exhibit Nov 2023
Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT, CONNECTING NATURE AND PEOPLE,' juried show Oct 2023
Albany International Airport Concourse A Gallery, Albany, NY– SOUVENIR, juried show June 2023 – Dec 2023
Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield CT, ANNUAL JURIED MEMBER SHOW May 2023
Heidi Gallery at JDSS, Livingston, NJ, WIZARDS OF AGE, juried show May 2023
Ridgefield Guild of Artists, ANNUAL JURIED SHOW Sept 2022
Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT, OF WOMAN BORN, (show from collection) April 2021-June 2022
City Lights Gallery, BOOBs on VIEW Bridgeport CT October 2017
Rabbithole Gallery –OLD BAGS PROJECT – Solo exhibit - DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY February 2016
A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY January 2016
Artspace City-Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT October 2015
Ridgefield Guild of Artists, CT June 2013
RISD Museum – Faculty Biennial – Providence, RI March 2013
UCONN Stamford Art Gallery, Stamford, CT March 2012
City Canvases Building Projection – Bridgeport, CT Sept 2012
GRANTS and AWARDS
2011 Artist Fellowship Award in Film/Video - Connecticut Office of the Arts
2012 City Canvases Grant for OLD BAGS (oldbagsproject.com) – Connecticut Office of the Arts
2024 Best in Show – West Hartford Art League, Cut and Paste exhibition
COLLECTIONS
Housatonic Museum of Art – Bridgeport, CT
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
Letting Go (2014)
A Self-Made Man (2013) – Broadcast on America ReFramed, PBS 2015
The Midlife Project (2013)
Surviving (2010)
Life Model (2010) - streaming on Fandor.com
Mezzanotte Obscura (2009) – streaming on Fandor.com
The Amistad Revolt: All We Want is Make Us Free (1994) – Broadcast on Connecticut Public Television
FILM AWARDS
2014 Best LGBT Feature Documentary – Queens World Film Festival
2011 World Cinema Short Film Award – Amsterdam Film Festival
2011 Best Regional Documentary Short Film - SENE Film, Music and Arts Festival
2010 Best Documentary Short Film - Kent Film Festival
2011 Best Documentary Short Film – NYC Short Film Festival
2010 Best Music – DocUtah
1995 New England Emmy Nomination – Outstanding Children & Youth Special
PUBLICATIONS
Cut-Me-Up Magazine: Issue 11 Souvenir - @Andrea Burgay, 2023
“FACES OF COLLAGE” ©2023 Kelly Schaub, everydaypaper
BODY BATTLEGROUNDS:TRANGRESSIONS, TENSIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONS- Bobel/Kwan, Editors, Vanderbilt University Press 2019
OLD BAGS TAKING A STAND - co-authored with Faith Baum © 2015 OLD BAGS,LLC
“It Starts with a Pronoun” -– INDIEWIRE, June 2015
PRESS (partial list)
The Boston Globe “The Old Bags Project Spotlights the Insidiousness of Ageism” – May 2016
The Village Voice “These Old Bags Are Taking A Stand Against Age Discrimination” – Feb 2016
Senior Planet “Who’s An Old Bag Now?” - Feb 2016
SELF “The Old Bags Project Highlights How Society Treats Middle- Aged Women” – Jan 2016
Women You Should Know “Old Bags: Exploring the Lives of Middle -Aged Women” – Jan 2016
Huffington Post “Semi-Nude Photo Series will Empower Older Women with Body Woes” – Jan 2016
Hartford Courant “Old Bags – A Revealing Look at Age and Body Image“ – Jan 2016
The American Scholar – “Here’s Looking at You” - Winter 2014
THE LANCET Diabetes & Endocrinology - "How to Create Yourself" – April 2014
Huffington Post - "Lori Petchers Discusses A Self- Made Man New Transgender Documentary" – 2013
Hartford Courant- "New Haven Transgender Subject of A SELF-MADE MAN" - 2013
Connecticut Post – “Stripped to Basics Women Reveal The Experience of Aging in America” - 2013