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The paintings you are viewing (water color/gouache and oils) originate from blind drawing. This means I look at the model and never look at the surface on which I am drawing. I try to keep my line continuous if I can, but if I have to lift my pencil off the surface, I do not look at where I again place the pencil. I try to feel where it should go. The end result of this kind of drawing creates a distorted and expressionists image, one that concentrates on the inner quality of the sitter. After the drawing is complete, I then paint it.

I find my inspiration in the personal and emotional as well as the interaction developed through self, family and community. My works are concerned with the understanding of human relationships. They do not sentimentalize but speak of the human measure and human condition. I ask the question "who am I and where am I going?"

Joyce Ellen Weinstein

JOYCE ELLEN WEINSTEIN

Exhibitions & Collections

Permanent Collections
	The Foundation Collection of TCMOCA (Twin Cities Museum of Contemporary Art)- opening of museum to be announced- Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota The Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania, Washington, DC Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, FL. Europos Parkas Open Air Museum of the Center of Europe . Vilnius, Lithuania Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Museum , New York, NY Gallerie-Junge KunstWerkStart , Vienna, Austria The Social-Cultural Center, Prague, Czech Republic The National Museum of Women in the Arts , Washington, DC The National Museum of Women in the Arts Library / Research Center , Wash. DC Amnesty International , Washington, DC Einchen Americe , Princeton, NJ B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum , Washington, DC Jewish Community Center in Manhattan, New York, NY Greater Washington Jewish Historical Society, Washington, DC
Private Collections
	*Many collections include those in:* Vienna, Austria; New York, New York; Paris, France; Washington, DC; Chicago IL; and various other cities in the United States
*Gallery Affiliations*
	2010 - present, Bluestone Gallery, Milford, PA 2010-present, Ceres Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY 2010 - present, The Center For Book Arts, Artist Member , New York, NY 2009-present, Viewing Room. The Drawing Center. New York, NY 2008/2009, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC 2007/2008, Phoenix Gallery, Chelsea, NYC 2007/2008, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington, DC 2005/7, Light Street Gallery, Baltimore, MD 2004, MarninArt Gallery , Washington, DC 2002-3 , Artsforum Gallery , New York, NY 2002, Hay Gallery , Portland, ME � 2002-present , Gallery Vartai , Vilnius, Lithuania 2000, Marilyn Klevit Fine Arts , Washington, DC 2000, Foundry Gallery , Washington, DC 1995 , Gallerie-Junge KunstWerkStart , Vienna, Austria 1995, Works on view at Hemphill Fine Arts , Washington, DC 1994, Works on view at Middendorf Gallery , Washington, DC 1983-8 , The Emerging Collector . New York, NY 1972, Avanti Gallery, New York, NY
Honors and Awards�
	2010, Fulbright Senior Specialist Award. US Dept of State, Council for International Exchange of Scholars to work in Lithuania 2009. Residency, Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain, NY 2009, Residency, The Anderson Center, Redwing, Minn. 2007, Finalist for the Metro DC Dance Awards 2007 for Excellence In Scenic Design: EDGEWORKS Dance Theater for the ballet "COLD CASE" performed at Dance Place, March 10-11 2007, Washington DC 2006 , First Place Winner, Metro DC Dance Awards for Excellence In Scenic Design: "COLD CASE" Edgeworks Dance Theater performed at Dance Place, Washington DC, March 17-19, 2005. 2004/2005/2006, Residency, Europos Parkas, Vilnius, Lithuania 2003 Finalist for the Metro DC Dance Awards 2003 for Excellence In Scenic Design: EDGEWORKS Dance Theater for the ballet "FEARLESS" performed at Dance Place, February 15-16, 2003, Washington DC 2000, Residency, Europos Parkas, Vilnius, Lithuania 1997, Residency, Mishkenot Sha'ananim, Jerusalem, Israel 1989, Fellowship/Artist in Residence, Blue Mt. Art Center, Blue Mt., New York 1986-7, Artist in Residence, The City College of New York, CUNY 1983, Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Art Dept., The City College of New York
Exhibitions
	October 6-18, 2009, The Old Wooden Synagogues of Lithuania: An Artists Perspective, Talk and Solo Exhibition, The Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania, Washington, DC September 2- October 31. 2009, From A Woman's Perspective, Edison Place Gallery, Washington, DC. February14-May 31, 2009, The Book As Art, McMullen Museum, Boston College, Boston, MA July 15-October 26, 2008 , Supporting Evidence, Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, FL July 2008, New Faces, Washington Printmakers Gallery. Washington, DC July 2008, Stimulus, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC February 2008. Three Person show, Phoenix Gallery, Chelsea, NYC October 20-December 30, 2007, Virginia Holocaust Museum, Richmond VA January 2007, Adam's Rib, Eve's Air in Her Hair, SOHO20 Chelsea, New York, NY 2006/7 , The Book as Art: Twenty Years of Artist's Books from the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Washington, DC 2006/7, Two Person Show, JCC of Greater Baltimore, Baltimore, MD 2007, Of Keys and Doors, JCC of Greater Baltimore, Baltimore, MD December 2005. Biennale Internazionale Dell'Arte Contemporanea . Florence Italy July-August 2005. Waldsee-1944. Hebrew Union College Institute of Religion Museum, NYC July 2005. Installation of Mirrors. Europos Parkas Open Air Museum of the Center of Europe. Vilnius, Lithuania. October, 2004. From the Depths of Memory . Lucia Chiriboga and Joyce Ellen Weinstein. MarninArt Gallery. Washington, DC March 2004. Retro/Spection. One Person Show . Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania, Washington, DC Spring 2004. Book As Art XV. National Museum of Women in the Arts . 2003 , Inspired Inquiries. Dennis and Phillip Ratner Bible Museum , Bethesda, MD September 2003-June 2004. Aging: A State of Mind. Hebrew Union College -Jewish Institute of Religion Museum, NYC April 2003, Identity and Memory. Joyce Ellen Weinstein and Marilyn Banner at the Czech Embassy. Washington DC February 2003-June 2003, Archetype/Anonymous: Biblical Women in Contemporary Art. DCJCC. Washington DC October, 2002-January 2003, Archetype/Anonymous: Biblical Women in Contemporary Art. Hebrew Union College -Jewish Institute of Religion Museum, NYC November 2002-February 2003, Creation. Dennis and Phillip Ratner Bible Museum, Bethesda MD July 2002. One Person Show . Gallery Vartai, Vilnius, Lithuania 2002, Angels and Messengers. Dennis and Philip Ratner Bible Museum, Bethesda, MD 2001, One Person Show. Hay Gallery, Portland ME 2001, Group Show. Artsforum Gallery, New York, NY 2001, Jewish Artists on the Edge. Yeshiva University Museum, New York, NY 2001, Sculpture Now 2001. DC/Pittsburgh, Washington Square, Washington DC 2000, Jewish Artists on the Edge. Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM 2000, One Person Show. JCC of Greater New Haven, New Haven CONN. 2000, Art Crossings. N &S Brown Art Gallery, Baltimore MD. 2000, Book as Art Xll : Artist's books from the Library and Research Center's Collection . The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC 2000, Living in the Moment: The Celebration of Jewish Time . Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Museum, New York, NY 2000, Living in the Moment: The Celebration of Jewish Time . Skirball Museum, Cincinnati, OH 2000, Raising Miriam's Cup. Jewish Community Center of Greater Baltimore, MD 1996, The World of Family . B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, Wash., DC 1996, Book Project. Tzedakah: Jewish Women Creating a Capital Community The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington, DC 1995, Selected Works. Gallerie- Junge KunstWerkStart, Vienna, Austria 1995, Holocaust Series. Terezin Memorial Concert , Holocaust Memorial Day. B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, Washington, DC 1995, Holocaust Series. Installation . B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, Wash., DC 1994. National Juried Show. Ceres Gallery, New York, NY. (Juror: Eleanor Heartney- Art in America-Contributing Editor) 1995, A Positive Image . DC Art Center, Washington, DC 1993, Intimacy of Fear . BAUhouse, Baltimore, MD 1992, Collateral Damage: The Unseen Cost of Gun Violence . BAUhouse, Baltimore, MD 1992, Collateral Damage: The Unseen Cost of Gun Violence . Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA 1992, Right Down To The Roots. Juried, The Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD 1992 , Mixing It Up: Art Reacts to Society. Juried, School 33, Baltimore, MD 1992, One person Show, Invitational. Prince George's County MD Park and Planning Commission, Arts Division 1992, Doctor's Community Hospital, Invitational. Lanham, MD 1991 , Group Work: One Person Show. The Sumner School Museum and Archives, Washington, DC 1991, Small Works on Paper, Invitational. Children's Hospital, Washington, DC 1991, " Are You Now, Or Have You Ever Been ...? Juried, DC. Art Center, Washintgon, DC 1990, The Street, The Slogan, The Artist, Invitational. DC. Art Center, Washington, DC 1990, Amnesty International, Invitational. Washington, DC 1990, Drawings and Paintings. The Publick Playhouse, Cheverly, MD 1989, Prince George's Co. National Park and Planning Commission, Juried Art Competition. Harmony Hall, Fort Washington, MD 1988, Art On Paper. Juried, Gallery on the Circle, Annapolis, MD 1988, The Art of Drawing. Juried, Traveling exhibition, Prince George's County, MD Park and Planning Commission, Arts Division 1987, Spring Festival. New York City Public Library 1986 , The Artist in the Community. The Private and the Public Self, The Port of Authority of New York and New Jersey 1986, Woodstock Annual. Woodstock School of Art , Woodstock, NY 1986, Women and Pastels; Freedom From Tradition. Cork Gallery, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC. ( Curator and Exhibitor) 1985, Group Show. Juried, The National Arts Club, NYC 1985, Works on Paper. Catholic University, Washington, DC 1984, One Person Show. Chemical Bank, New York, NY 1984, The Public Eye; Three Person Show. Alex Katz, Mark Kostabi, Joyce Ellen Weinstein. Invitational, The Port of Authority of New York and New Jersey 1983, Rockford International. Juried, Rockford College and Museum, Rockford, IL 1983, 2D International. Juried, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA 1972, One Person Show. Avanti Gallery, New York, NY
Events
	October 2009, One Person Exhibition and Talk. The Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania, Washington, DC September 2008. "Determining Factor" Visual Arts Director/Set Designer, Edgeworks Dance Theater performed at Virginia Commonwealth University. Richmond VA. March 2005, Set Designer/Visual Arts Director "COLD CASE" Edgeworks Dance Theater performed at Dance Place, Washington DC July 2005. Project Director/Visual Arts Director. Edgeworks Dance Theater at Europos Parkas Open Air Museum of the Center of Europe, Vilnius, Lithuania 1998-present, Visual Arts Director, Set Designer. Dimensions Dance Co. Edgeworks Dance Theater, Washington, DC February, Fearless. Edgeworks Dance Theater. 2003, Dance Place Washington, DC September, 2002 Fearless. Edgeworks Dance Theater. Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center, Washington, DC 2000, The Edge of Uncertainty. Dimensions Dance Co. The Dance Place, Washington, DC 1999 , The Edge of Uncertainty. Dimensions Dance Co., Merce Cunningham Dance Theater, New York, NY 1997, Midrash: Filling an Empty Space . A Multimedia Performance and Installation. Dimensions Dance Co., Washington DC Jewish Community Center
Books, Selected Articles, and Catalogues About Joyce Ellen Weinstein
	Should We Feel Guilty For Enjoying Holocaust Art? by Menachem Wecker. The Jewish Press. June 25, 2008 THE BOOK AS ART, Artists Books from the National Museum of Women in the Arts. By Krystyna Wasserman. Published by Princeton Architectural Press. 2006 March 20, 2006 . How Men Learned to Fly. The Washington Post. Style Section July 22, 2005. Grazina Narkus-Kramer Sokis kulturu kryzkeleje. Eiropos parke pasirodys "Edgeworks" sokio teatras is JAV. 7 meno dienos. Vilnius Lithuania July 22, 2005. Ramunas Zilnys Tarp skulpturu-sokis, parodantis vyriskos sielos trapuma. Lietuvos rytas, Vilnius, Lithuania. July 28, 2005. Contemporary Art Sculptures as Decorations for Performance. (Lithuanian Morning) supplement (Capital City), p.8 Vilnius Lithuania February 2003. Anthony Harvey. Special exhibit at DC Jewish Community Center. The InTowner, Washington DC February 17, 2003. Lisa Traiger Edgework's Fearless': How Men Learned to Fly The Washington Post. Style Section Publication, December 2002 . Fixing the World: Jewish American Painters in the Twentieth Century by Ori Z. Soltes. *The first full-color book to examine Jewish American painters and their works* We see this concern for social betterment in the urban paintings of the Soyer brothers, in the political paintings of Ben Shahn, in the Holocaust-inflected works of numerous artists, and in the more contemporary work of Joyce Ellen Weinstein decrying violence and racism. Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture and Life Brandeis University Press/University Press of New England July 12, 2002 Jurgita Ludaviciene, Istorines Atminties Zarijos ( Live Coals of Historic Memory ). Literatura ir Menas, Vilnius, Lithuania 2002, Under the Chuppah Kansas City Jewish Museum December 7, 2001, Chris Thompson New Testaments: Joyce Ellen Weinstein's Memory Collection. The Portland Phoenix. Portland, ME 2001. Chris Thompson New Testaments: Joyce Ellen Weinstein's Memory Collection. Arts New England October 200. Laura Kruger. Living in the Moment: Contemporary Artists Celebrate Jewish Time. Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Museum, New York, NY October 2000, Lynn Cline "Art of the Covenant. " Hadassah Magazine Summer 2000. Ori Z. Soltes Jewish Artists on the Edge. Site Santa Fe, College of Santa Fe, NM 2000. Jacqueline Jolles, , "Look Both Ways." The Baltimore Jewish Times, Baltimore, MD January 20, 2000 Tamara Jones, A Family Drawn Apart. " The Washington Post Style Section. Washington, DC August 12, 1997. Exhibit Features Local Artist , Interview with Marlena Thompson, Washington Jewish Week, Washington DC October 1996. Ori Z Soltes. World of Family: The Works of Joyce Ellen Weinstein. B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, Washington, DC Aug. 28. 1996. Arts and Entertainment Television, MPT , Interview with Albert Maitland Fall,1992 Mark Reeve, Unspoken Voices in Modern Culture , Art as a Community Matter. Baltimore, MD Fall, 1992.Cecilia Meisner, Bloody Copy. Art in Progress, Washington, D.C./Baltimore. MD Oct. 13, 1992. John Dorsey, Md. Art Review. The Sun, Baltimore, MD Sept. 23, 1992. Carol Wood, Baltimore City Paper. Vol. 16, No.2 Jan. 10, 1992. "Gallery. 3rd Thursday Gallery Walk." The Frederick Post, Frederick, MD Feb. 12, 1992.Mike Giuliano, "Art." The Evening Sun. Baltimore, MD Jan. 2, 1992. Daniel Logan, Woodstock Times, Woodstock, NY Sept. 11, 1986. "Students Painting Subway Murals ." The New York Times Sun. Oct. 6, 1985.Aimei Wallach, "The Arts Go Underground." Newsday, New York, NY Sept. 11, 1985. "Easel Does It On The IRT ." New York Post, NYC Oct. 9, 1985.Metropolitan Historic Structures News, New York City "Dedication/Washington Heights, Inwood Adopt-A-Station Mural Project" Fall 1985.Peter Bloch, "Arts Closeup . Canales Magazine, NYC May, 1985.Naomi Spatz, "Art in Public Places." American Educator Spring, 1985.Sylvia Corwin, "Urban Artistic Oasis." Art Education Magazine 1984. Julie Iovine, "Parks and Bridges Go Up For Adoption. New York Times Sept. 1984.Steve Bornfels, "Will Subway Art Curb Graffiti?" Riverdale Press, New York, NY
Articles by Joyce Ellen Weinstein
	"Europos Parkas" in Landscapes for Art, Contemporary Sculpture Parks. Edited by Glenn Harper and Twylene Moyer, ISC Press 2008 October 2005. The Old Wooden Synagogues of Lithuania. http://www.zeek.net/feature_0510.shtml July 2005. The Wooden Synagogues of Lithuania. haGalil.com July/August 2003. Jean Humke: Public and Private. Focus. Sculpture Magazine December 2002 . The Amazing Story of Gintaras Karosas and Europos Parkas, Open Air Museum of the Center of Europe. Magazine Espace-Sculpture. Canada December 2000. Europos Parkas, Open Air Museum of the Center of Europe. Site. Sculpture Magazine
Education and Training
	1984, M.F.A . The City College of New York, CUNY 1983, B.A. The City College of New York, CUNY 1965-1970, The Art Students League of New York

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