Selected Publications/Exhibits/Performances
Columnist, Focus on Photos, Greenwich Time, 20 years
Lecturer, Photography: Whitney Museum, Bruce Museum, Greenwich Library, and others
Judge/Juror: Silvermine Guild of Artists, Greenwich Arts Council, Waveny Art Barn, and others
Alto Soloist, Mozart Requeim, Church of Saint John, Darien, CT, March, 2008
Chorus member, 21 different operas: CT Grand Opera, Yale Opera, Pepsico Summerfest
Professional Memberships
Silvermine Guild of Artists
Connecticut Grand Opera Chorus
Exhibitions
Juried shows: Greenwich Art Society, 2000; Old Greenwich Art Society, 2001; Old Greenwich Art Society, 2003; Hudson Valley Art Assoc., 2002; Stamford Downtown Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, 2003; Old Greenwich Art Society, Founder’s Show, 2004; Greenwich Art Society 89th Annual Juried Exhibit, 2006; Old Greenwich Art Society “Luminocity,” Flynn Gallery, 2007
Awards Honorable Mention, Greenwich Art Society, 2000; Second Prize, Old Greenwich Art Society, 2001; Honorable Mention, Greenwich Art Society, 2003; First Prize, Christ Church, Spirituality in Arts, 2004; Third Prize, Old Greenwich Art Society, Founder’s Show, 2004; Honorable Mention, Old Greenwich Art Society Winter Fest, 2005; Honorable Mention, Old Greenwich Art Society “Luminocity,” 2007
Professional Memberships
Greenwich Art Society
Old Greenwich Art Society
Publications Horse and Rider (Arco Publishers) The Longeing Book (Arco Publishers) Pony Talk (Howell Books) Riding for Kids (Stoney Publication) Some Favorite Days (IUniverse)
Columnist for the Chronicle of the Horse (1980’s and 90’s)
Awards
Non-fiction: National League of American Pen Women, Richmond, VA, 2006
American Horse Shows Association Horsewoman of the Year, 1974
American Horse Shows Association, Board member, 1970-1990
United States Equestrian Team Owners Committee Chair, 1990-2004
Pegasus Handicapped Riders, Board member
American Horse Shows Association Recognized Judge
Selected Exhibits/Publications Bartlett Arboretum, Stamford, CT, solo show, September, 2006
Haviland Street Gallery, Norwalk, CT, 2006
Visions of Nature, WCC Gallery, Hawthorne, NY, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006
Audubon Greenwich Gallery Greenwich, CT, solo shows, 2001, 2003
Les Beaux Arts Gallery, Greenwich, CT, solo shows, 2000, 2004 and 2006
Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT, 2003
Selected Recognition/Awards
Certificate in Botanical Art & Illustration, The New York Botanical Garden, 2002 Best in Show for Mixed Media, Garden Education Center, Greenwich, CT, 1998
Professional Memberships
The Native Plant Center
The Bartlett Arboretum
World Affairs in Foreign Films:Getting the Global Picture (McFarland Publishers, July 2011) The Gift of Diamonds, historical fiction How To Settle and Survive in New York Voyage Into Creativity
Profession:
President and Founder of International Cinema Education-ICE-, an NGO at the United Nations
Selected Exhibits
Exhibits in Berkeley, CA, and Winter Park, FL
Art Society of Old Greenwich
Greenwich Art Society
Silvermine Guild Student Show, New Canaan, CT
Selected Recognitions/Awards
Art Society of Old Greenwich, Second Place for Graphics, 2008
Art Society of Old Greenwich, Second Place for Pastels, 2009
Art Society of Old Greenwich, Second Place for Pastels, 2010
Art Society of Old Greenwich, Third Place for Oils, 2010
Professional Memberships Art Society of Old Greenwich
Greenwich Art Society
Greenwich Arts Council
Selected Exhibits
Flinn Gallery, Greenwich Library Juried Show, 2004, 2006
Gertrude White Gallery, YWCA "Artists Circle" Show, 2007, 2008
Gertrude White Gallery, YWCA Art Society of Old Greenwich Juried Show, 2008
Old Greenwich Art Society Sidewalk Show, 2005, 2006, 2007
Selected Recognitions/Awards
White Gallery, YWCA Juried Shows
Flinn Gallery, Greenwich Library Juried Shows
Old Greenwich Art Society Sidewalk Shows
Professional Memberships
Old Greenwich Art Society
Greenwich Art Society
Inspired by Nature, Esther Raushenbush Library at Sarah Lawrence College, Yonkers, NY (2010*) Annual Open Exhibition Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, Inc., The National Arts Club, NY, NY (2009) 2008 Open Exhibition in Painting and Sculpture, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY (2008) 56th Annual Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT (2005) Metro Montage III and IV, Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta, GA (2004, 2003) Community Unity, Millenium Masters, Rocks, Paper, Sissors: Artwork 2000, Ruth Hall Hodges Art Gallery at Morris Brown College, Atlanta, GA (2003, 2001, 1999)
*solo exhibit
Selected Awards
13th Annual Founder’s Show, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT, Juror: Robert Everding, practicing artist, Second Place Acrylics (2005) Art and Nature Exhibition, Garden Education Center Gallery, Greenwich, CT, Juror: Ernest Garthwaite, Professor Emeritus, York College, CUNY, Juror’s Choice Award (2004) Spiritual Renewal, Grandview Gallery of the Atlanta Artists Center, Atlanta, GA, Juror: Jim Yarbrough, practicing artist, First Place Award (2001) The Spring Show, Westfield Court, Stamford, CT, Juror: Peter Rathbone, Director of American Painting at Sotheby’s, New York, NY, Nelda Howell Award (2001)
Professional Memberships
Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County
Greenwich Arts Council
National Association of Women Artists
Selected Publications Published in Inkwell, The Alembic, Rhode Island Monthly, Greenwich Magazine 2009 - short story published in the magazine The MacGuffin
Recognitions/Awards First Place in both the fiction and non-fiction divisions of the 2008 Critique Circle Contest of the Richmond, VA branch of Pen Women
Choctaw Branch of National League of American Pen Women Second Place in nonfiction contest
Tassy Walden Award from the Connecticut Shoreline Arts Alliance, 2007, fiction
Professional Memberships:
Society of Childrens' Book Writers and Illustrators
Sisters in Crime
Romance Writers of America and
Mystery Writers of America
Contact Information StaufTek@aol.com www.valeriestauffer.com
Nancy Stengel
Selected Exhibits
Solo Shows: Hudson River Museum, NY; National Arts Club, New York City; Lifestyles Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Juried Shows: National Academy of Design, Westchester Art Society, Katonah Gallery, New England National Academy, National Arts Club, Greenwich Art Society, International Graphics
Selected Recognition/Awards
Westchester Art Society
Graphic Arts Show
National Arts Club
Audubon Artists
Taught painting and drawing workshops , Ossining, NY; Katherine Engel Center, New York City
Author of five books:The Reluctant Weekend Gardener and Gardening in the City, both published by Macmillan, Interior Decorating with Plants and Gardening in a Teacup both published by Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, and In the Company of Originals, published by Avantine Press.
Journalist and freelance writer on general topics: New York Times, Glamour, Woman’s Day, Working Woman, Horticulture magazine, Garden Journal (magazine of the N.Y. Botanical Garden,) St. Louis-Post Dispatch, The Daily News Sunday Magazine, and Greenwich Magazine.
Started her own advertising agency with a friend in New York, the first of its kind, specializing in fashion and related products purchased by women.
Currently an op-ed columnist for the Greenwich Time and the Stamford Advocate on current events and general topics.
Recognition
Greenwich Pen Women Owl Award
Professional Memberships
Authors Guild
Garden Writers Association of America
Former president of Greenwich branch of National Pen Women and recipient of its Owl Award.
Publications How They Achieved; Stories of Success and Personal Achievement
(John Wiley, 2001)
Poems published in the following journals – The Louisville Review, Phantasmagoria, The Macguffin, Magazine, Inkwell and Griffin
Selected Publications/Exhibits
Illustrations published in The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker; juried into exhibits in Fairfield County, Connecticut, at The Bendheim Gallery 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007; The Flinn Gallery 200l, 2005, 2006; The Gertrude White Gallery 2001, 2004, 2007; Betty Barker Gallery, Spectrum Show 2002, 2004, 2007; Rowayton Arts Center Gallery 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007; paintings selected to exhibit through Arts to the Avenue at Bank of America , 2005; Greenwich Time , 2006; Betteridge Jewelers , 2007
Selected Recognitions/Awards
Illustration awards from the Black Book Marketing Group and the Society of Newspaper Design; painting and drawing awards in shows from Rowayton Arts Center, Best in Show, 2005, First Place in Drawing, 2004; Art Society of Old Greenwich, First Place in Pastel, 2001, 2002, First Place in Watercolor 2005, 2007, Most Popular Painting 2007; Greenwich Art Society, M.M. Beran Award 2007, Frances Brooks Award, 2008; New Canaan Society for the Arts Spectrum Show, First Place in Watercolor, 2007
Professional Memberships
Greenwich Art Society
Art Society of Old Greenwich
New Canaan Society for the Arts
Rowayton Arts Center
Greenwich Arts Council
Publications TIMING THEMARKET (John S. Wiley & Sons)
Recognitions/Awards
Post University Certificate of Appreciation
CFA Institute Certificate of Achievement, 2005, 2006
Stamford CFA Society Certificate of Gratitude, 2005, 2006
Professional Memberships
The 100 Women in Hedge Funds
CFA Institute
Stamford CFA Society, Liaison to CFA Institute
Women's Bond Club of New York
Selected Publications
Published 125 books for young readers, also illustrated most of them, six novels among them
Selected Recognitions/Awards
too many to remember!
Professional Memberships
Pen
Society of Illustrators
Eric Carle Museum, Board Member
Selected Exhibits
Solo show: Convent of the Sacred Heart Gallery
Professional Memberships
Greenwich Art Society
Old Greenwich Art Society
Marion Moffat White, M.F.A.
Publications/Exhibits/Performances
"Robert McGinnis: Illustrators Hall of Fame," Greenwich Magazine, October, 1993
Feature articles, music & theater reviews, Greenwich Time, Greenwich, CT, 1985-1995
"Only a Rose,"The Journal of Irish Literature, (Proscenium Press, 1984)
Lectures: "Seamus O'Grianna & the Tradition of the Irish Storyteller," Public Library of New London,
New London, CT, April 2, 2008; "Yeats, Joyce, & Heaney," Institute for Retired Professionals, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, June, 2006; "The Tradition of the Irish Storyteller," Fairfield Public Library, Fairfield, CT, Spring, 2002
Recognitions/Awards
Appreciation Award,The National League of American Pen Women, Greenwich Branch:
Golden Jubilee Year, June, 2005
Professional Memberships
Fairfield University Irish Studies Committee, 1997- present and
Lecturer of English, Fairfield University, Farirfield, CT (1991 - present)
