Helene Fischman RÉsumÉ
EDUCATION
| 2001 Master of Science, Education | California State University, Hayward, California |
| 1989 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting | Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts |
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
| 2012 | Centrum Port Townsend, Washington |
| 2011 | Glacier National Park West Glacier, Montana |
| 2010 | Beaver Creek Valley State Park Caledonia, Minnesota |
| 2010 & 2008 | Illinois River Winery Utica, Illinois |
| 2009 & 2008 | Whiskeytown National Recreation Area Whiskeytown, California |
| 2007 | Joshua Tree Highlands House Joshua Tree, California |
| 2005 | Hot Springs National Park Hot Springs, Arkansas |
| 2005 | Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site Danville, California |
| 2004 | Auschwitz Jewish Center Oświęcim, Poland |
| 2003 | Middle European Colony of Contemporary Arts Terezín, Czech Republic |
GRANTS AND AWARDS
| 2007 | Shirley Zynda Award for Best Photograph, Coastal Arts League Museum |
| 2007, 2004 & 2002 | Rozsi and Jeno Zisovich Award to Teach the Holocaust |
| 2006 | Osher Marin JCC Taube Foundation Grant for Exhibition Xoma, Inc (LLC) Best Creative Photograph |
| 2004 & 2002 | Fromer Award for Jewish Arts |
| 2003 | Ella Lyman Cabot Trust Grant |
TEACHING/PROGRAMMING
| 2008 | Arts Educator Limmud Conference, Keystone Resort, Keystone, Colorado |
| 2006 | Guest Art Teacher SF Jewish Community High School, San Francisco, California |
| 2002 | Lecturer Limmud Conference, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England |
| 1996–2000 | Education Director Temple Beth Torah, Fremont, California |
| 1996 | Visual Arts Specialist Teen Program, Camp Swig, Saratoga, California |
| 1995–1996 | Assistant Director Beth Chaim School, Danville, California |
| 1994–1996 | Teacher Beth Chaim School, Danville, California |
| 1991 | Coordinator, Children's Musical Theater Jewish Community Center, Oakland, California |
| 1990–1991 | Coordinator, After School Arts Enrichment Jewish Community Center, Oakland, California |
| 1989 | Director of Photography Camp Swig, Saratoga, California |
PUBLISHED ART
| 2008 | Shots Magazine, Summer Edition, Number 100 |
| 2007 | The Promised Bride, Poetry by Jehanne Dubrow, Finishing Line Press, Georgetown, KY |
| 2007 | Prarie Schooner, Spring Edition, Volume 81, Number 1 |
| 2005 | Hartford Courant, Sunday, December 4, Lead photo, Travel Section |
| 2005 | Zyzzyva, The Last Word: West Coast Writers and Artists, Fall 2005, Volume XXI, Issue 2 |
| 2003 | Resource Magazine: A Guide to Jewish Life in the Bay Area, 2003/5763, 14th Edition |
| 2002 | The Jewish Bulletin of Northern California, Weeks of 3/22/02, 9/06/02, 11/29/02 |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2012 | Urbano Cellars, Berkeley, California |
| 2009 | Mill Valley City Hall, Mill Valley, California San Mateo Main Public Library, San Mateo, California San Mateo City Hall, San Mateo, California |
| 2008 | Periscope Cellars, Emeryville, California |
| 2007 | Cantoo, Inc., Richmond, California Lanesplitter, Oakland, California |
| 2006 | Peninsula Jewish Community Center, Foster City, California Osher Marin Jewish Community Center, San Rafael, California |
| 2004 | Auschwitz Jewish Center, Oświęcim, Poland |
| 2003 | Middle European Colony of Contemporary Arts, Terezín, Czech Republic |
| 2002 | Aurora Theatre, Berkeley, California |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2012 | Jewish Community Library, 'Redefining Excess' San Francisco, California |
| 2010 | Periscope Cellars* 'Small Works' Emeryville, California Periscope Cellars* 'Their Mind is Made Up' Emeryville, California |
| 2009 | Periscope Cellars* 'There Goes the Neighborhood' Emeryville, California |
| 2008 | Bankhead Theater, 'A Different View' Livermore, CA Olive Hyde Art Center* 'Timescapes' Fremont, California [3-person show] Joyce Gordon Gallery, 'Glimpses in Time' Oakland, California Periscope Cellars*, 'Corsets, Clocks and Chris' Emeryville, California Jewish Community Library, 'Community Artists Look at Israel' San Francisco, California College of Marin Art Gallery, 'Miniatures' Kentfield, California Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, 'Photography III' Novato, California San Mateo City Hall Art Gallery, 'Red' San Mateo, California |
| 2007 | Mill Valley Art Commission,'Click-Off' Mill Valley, California Coastal Arts League Museum, '23rd Annual National Juried Show' Half Moon Bay, California Artisans Art Gallery, 'All Mixed Up' San Rafael, California Merced County Arts Council, 'California Centered: The Environment' Merced, California Coastal Arts League Museum, 'Through A Lens: Life in Motion' Half Moon Bay, California University of San Francisco School of Law,'Creative Justice Art Show' San Francisco, California |
| 2006 | Jewish Community Library, 'Freud, Moses and Monotheism' San Francisco, California |
| 2005 | Alameda Art Center, 'California Landscapes' Alameda, California Danville Fine Arts Gallery, 'Tao House Artist Exhibit' Danville, California Alameda Art Center, 'The Light & The Dark' Alameda, California Cabrillo Gallery, 'California Black & White' Aptos, California Long Beach Arts, 'Imaginary Spaces/Real Places' Long Beach, California |
| 2003 | ProArts Gallery, 'New Visions: Introductions 03' Oakland,California |
| 2002 | Period Gallery, 'Spiritual Art V' Omaha, Nebraska Isaacs Gallery, Osher Marin JCC, 'By Women's Hand' San Rafael, California ProArts Gallery, 'Life or…? Visions of the Hopi Prophecy' Oakland, California Sight and Insight Art Center, 'Visions, Voices' Mill Valley, California |
* - Curated and organized as well as showed in exhibit
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