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EDUCATION
MFA Painting, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
BFA Painting, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
AWARDS
City of Tempe, AZ Public Art Roster, Tempe, AZ
Tucson/Pima County, AZ Public Arts Roster, Tucson, AZ
2Common Ground Award, Metropolitan Pima Alliance, Tucson, AZ
United States Department of Arts & Culture, Founding Agent, New York, NY
Community Service Award, City of Tucson Ward V, Tucson, AZ
Fellowship, Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, NJ
Teaching Fellowship Samuel Fels Fund, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship, Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, NJ
Fellowship, Art Matters, New York, NY
EXHIBITIONS
2023 Narratives, Stevens Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2023 Outside the Lines, Rourke Art Gallery & Museum, Moorhead, MN
2023 Pastimes Exhibit, Greater Phoenix Economic Council, Phoenix, AZ
2023 Spotlight Artist, Art Link 10th Annual Art d’Core, Park Central, Phoenix, AZ
2023 Creativity in the Time of COVID, College of Arts & Letters, MSU, Lansing, MI
2022 63rd Midwestern Invitational, Rourke Art Gallery & Museum, Moorhead, MN
2022 Beth Shalom Temple Center Gallery, Green Valley, AZ
2022 Beauty of the Sonoran Desert, Tucson J Art Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2022 Annual Auction, Tucson MOCA, Tucson, AZ
2019 Fall Exhibit, Sculpture Resource Institute, Tucson, AZ
2018 Illuminations Group Exhibit, Monsoon Collective, Tucson, AZ
2017 Mural Artists, Art Under the Arches Gallery, Ajo, AZ
2016 Ryetta’s Port Monsoon Art Space, Tucson, AZ
2015 All of Us or None: Responses and Resistance to Militarism, AFSC, Chicago, IL
2015 Citizens Artist Group Exhibit, Etherton Stern Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2014 Redrawing Borders, International Sonoran Desert Alliance, Ajo, AZ
2013 Celebration of 103rd Mexican Revolution, Mexican Consol in Tucson
2013 Ryetta comes home installation, Eugene Springfield Art Project, Eugene, OR
2012 Sol LeWitt Days, “Wall Drawing #960”, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2012 Windows & Mirrors, Traveling Exhibit, American Friends Service Committee, Chicago, IL
2011 Filbert Glow, Eugene Storefront Art Project, Eugene, OR
2011 Visions of the Future, Vashon Island, WA
2010 12x 12, Fragment Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2009 Eco-Aesthetics, Jewish Community Center, Tucson, AZ
2008 Gaia, Multi Site Exhibition, AIRSpace Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008 20 Years Fast Forward, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA
2008 Group Exhibition, Philadelphia Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
2007 New Residents Group Show, AIRSpace, Philadelphia, PA
2006,7 Faculty Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2005 PMA Staff Art Exhibit, Ruth & Raymond G. Pearlman Building, Philadelphia, PA
2005 Raices/Roots/Shorashim, JCC Art Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2005 Images of the Heart, Zonk Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2004, 6 Dear Fleisher Group Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2003 Sense of Place, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
1998 Tucson Museum of Art Faculty Exhibit, Tucson, AZ
1996 Connections, Arizona Artists Exhibit, Gross Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1996 Impressions of the Holocaust, Jewish Community Center, Tucson, AZ
1995 Free Expression Art Show, University of Illinois, Springfield, IL
1994 Pro Peten Educational Exhibit, Peten, Guatemala
1993 Anne Frank in the World: An International Exhibit, St. Paul, MN
1992 Fax Art Response, Survival Graphics, Madison, WI
1991 31st Annual Art Exhibition, Jewish Community Center, Denver, CO
1990 Mentors and Mentees, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ
ARTIST IN RESIDENCIES
2018-21 Veterans Rescue Mission, Tiny House Village, Marana, AZ
2017 Opening Minds Through The Arts, Tucson, AZ
2015 Metro Youth Center, Goodwill, Tucson AZ
2014 Central City Assembly, Right 2 Dream Park, Tucson AZ
2013 Woods Memorial Library, Tucson AZ
2010-12 JVC Boys & Girls Club, Tucson AZ
2010-12 Howenstine Service Learning High School, Tucson AZ
2010-11 Barrio Centro Neighborhood, Tucson AZ
2011 Dietz Elementary School, Tucson AZ
2010 Wakefield Middle School, Tucson AZ
2010 Miracle Manor Neighborhood, Tucson AZ
2009 North West Neighborhood, Tucson AZ
2007 - 8 40th Street AIR Program, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Philadelphia Freedom School, Fleisher Art Memorial CPA, Philadelphia, PA
2004 - 8 Kirkbride Elementary School, Fleisher Art Memorial CPA, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Association Coalition, Philadelphia, PA
2005 Featherstone Center for the Arts, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
2005 Bok High School, Fleisher Art Memorial CPA, Philadelphia, PA
2005 Delaware Center for Contemporary Art Contemporary Connections Program, Wilmington DE
2004 Meredeth Public School, Fleisher Art Memorial CPA, Philadelphia, PA
2002 - 4 Butterfield Elementary School, Tucson, AZ
2003,-8 Drexel Elementary School, Tucson, AZ
2002 Tucson Southside Community Middle School, Tucson, AZ
2000 Urban League High School Academy, Tucson, AZ
1998 Old Pascua Neighborhood Center/ The Tucson Indian Center, Tucson, AZ
1996 - 9 Pueblo Gardens Elementary School, Tucson, AZ
1995 - 6 Richey Elementary School, Tucson, AZ
1998 Miles Elementary School, Tucson, AZ
1993 Heart of the Beast Puppet Theater, Minneapolis, MN
1992 Tucson Arts District Partnership, Tucson, AZ
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
2018 Tres Pueblos Community Mural, E. Calle Gran Desierto, Tucson AZ
2017 Set Your Goals Higher, Scotia Group, 1725 Park Ave, Tucson, AZ
2017 Sister Jose Women’s Shelter Mural, 1050 S Park Ave, Tucson, AZ
2015 Flowers Mural, Winterhaven Health Center, 3020 N Country Club Rd Tucson, AZ
2009 Desert Fruits Mural on a water harvesting cistern, Private Residence, Tucson AZ
2006 Garden Mural, Private Residence, Newark, DE
2005 Sky Island Mural, Private Residence, Tucson AZ
2005 Flowers Mural, Interior, Newark Florist, Main Street, Newark, DE
2005 Island Dreams” Mural, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
2004 Farm Animals Mural, Highland Free School Mural, Tucson, AZ
2003 Desert Scenes Mural, Private Residence, Tucson AZ
2018 Desert Ridge Mural Project, Phoenix, AZ
2018 Tucson Street Arts Festival, Tucson, AZ (Lead Organizer)
2017 Ajo Street Art Festival, Ajo, AZ (Lead Organizer)
2017 Tucson Hip Hop Festival, Tucson, AZ (Live Arts Presenter)
2016 Share the Bounty (restored), 316 N 4th Ave, Tucson AZ
2015 Secrist Middle School Mural, Tucson, AZ
2015 Ajo Street Alley Mural Project, Ajo, AZ
2013 Menlo Park Archway Project, Menlo Park Neighborhood, Tucson, AZ
2013 Amphi Action Mural, 1st Ave and Yavapi, Tucson, AZ
2012 Together We Thrive Mural, 316 N 4th Avenue Tucson AZ
2012 Welcome To Tucson Mural, Tucson Blvd. Tucson, AZ
2010-11 Barrio Centro Mural Project, Lead Teaching Artist, Tucson, AZ
2010 Miracle Manor Neighborhood Mural, Lead Artist, Tucson, AZ
2009 Sabra Hamsa Mural, Camp Sabra, Eldon, MO
2009 Bronx Wash Community Mural, Lead Artist, Tucson, AZ
2008 AGAPE Mural, Lutheran Family Services, Philadelphia, PA
2008 RW Brown Community Center Mural, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Lion of Jerusalem, Painted Fiberglass Sculpture, Anshi Israel, Tucson, AZ
2008 The Power of Books, Participatory Mural, Drexel ES, Tucson, AZ
2007 Nutrition Mural, Riverside Correctional Facility, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Pride of Feltonville, Feltonville School for the Arts and Sciences, Philadelphia,PA
2007 Exploring Diversity Through the Arts Participatory Mural, Drexel ES, Tucson, AZ
2007 Tucson A City of Peace, Participatory Mural Project, Tucson, AZ
2006 Dreams Come True, LAVA Space, Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Offering by the River, Mural, Chew Recreation Center, Philadelphia PA
2006 Seeds of Knowledge Mural, Spring Garden ES, Philadelphia PA
2005 Tucson Mountains Mural, Mountain and Ft; Lowell, Tucson AZ
2005 Eagles Youth Partnership Mural, William Right ES. Interior murals, Philadelphia PA
2005 Four Views, Ted’s Newspaper stand, 40th and Lancaster, Philadelphia PA
2004 Blue Stream, Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia PA
2004 Believe in Yourself Hope Charter School, Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia PA
2001 Spirit of the Wolf Mural, Biological Diversity, Tucson, AZ.
COMMUNITY ART PROJECTS
2012-9 City of Tucson Mural Program, Downtown Murals Project, Tucson, AZ
2017 STEAM Mural, Tucson Children’s Museum, Tucson, AZ
2015 Treat Eco Walkway Mosaics, Tucson, AZ
2014 Central City Assembly, Right 2 Dream Park Murals, Tucson AZ
2013 Seasons for Non Violence, participatory mural project, Tucson AZ
2013 Fourth Avenue History Project, Tucson, AZ
2012 PLACE, a Sun Tran Bus Poster project, Tucson, AZ
2012 Inside the Overpass Mural Project, Tucson, AZ
2012 DVE Vibrations Music Fest, Live Murals, Slaughterhouse, Tucson, AZ
2011 TRUCE: Start the Peace End the Violence Mural, Lead Artist, Phoenix, AZ
2010 29th St. Community Mural Project, Lead Teaching Artist, Tucson, AZ
2010 Wakefield Service Mural, Wakefield Middle School, Tucson AZ
2009 Graffitti-Art Mural Competition, Artist Facilitator, Arts for All, Tucson, AZ
2009 Palo Freire Freedom School Mural, Teaching Artist, Tucson AZ
2007-8 Collective Imprints, Participatory Artwork, the Rotunda, Philadelphia, PA
2007 The Great Turning” Audobon Expedition Institute, Moultonboro, NH
2007 Pathways to Building a Stronger Future” , Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Underwater Adventures, Kirkbride ES, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2007 First Night Participatory Mural, Mt. Holly, NJ
2007 MLK Jr. Banner Project, Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia PA
2006 Philadelphia Diversity Mural”, West Philadelphia High School, Phili MAP, Philadelphia PA
2006 MLK Jr. Banner Project, Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia PA
2006 Lighthouse Youth Center, City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia PA
2006 Strange World”, Kirkbride ES, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia PA
2005 MLK Jr. Banner Project, Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia PA
2005 Dragons and Mummers Mural, Bok High School, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2005 Threading our Stories, Kirkbride Elementary School, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Mapping Philadelphia Mural, Meredith P.S., Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Oro Valley Arts Festival, Participatory Multi Media Installation, Oro Valley, AZ
2004 MLK Mural Project: Hidden Stories, Tucson, AZ
2003 Solstice Celebration Murals, Arizona State Museum, , Tucson, AZ
2003 Summer Dreams TEPCo Youth Mural, , Tucson, AZ
2003 Hope Beyond Conflict Mural , Tucson, AZ
2003 Rosa Parks Mobile Mural, , Tucson, AZ
2002 International Peace Mural, , Tamil Nadu, India.
2002 Wall of Justice Mural South side Community School, Tucson, AZ
2002 Gaia Performance Video Mural, Tucson, AZ
2002 Musical Banners, Tucson Symphony Orchestra
2001 International Council for Adult Education (ICAE) World Assembly Mural Ocho Rios, Jamaica
2001 We Remember 911 Memorial Mural, Tucson, AZ
2001-2 Triangle Project, Tucson, AZ
2000 The Bus Bench Project, Transit Advertising, Tucson, AZ
1999 The Seeds for Life Mural Tucson, AZ.
1999 Commonfire Conference: Radical History Mural University of Toronto, Canada
1999 Dunbar Spring Neighborhood History Project , Tucson, AZ
1999 Diversity of Life Mural, Pueblo Gardens Elementary School, Tucson, AZ
1998 We Give Birth to Choice Each Day Mural Project, Dunbar Spring Neighborhood, Tucson, AZ
1998 Our Yaqui Culture Mural Old Pascua Church Plaza, Tucson, AZ
1998 The IT Installation at Tucson Children's' Museum, Tucson, AZ
1997 Share the Bounty Mural Project , Tucson, AZ
1997 Building Community Mural Arts Genesis, Borders Books, Tucson, AZ
1996 - 9 Street Chalk Mural Project Tucson, AZ
1995 The Artist Citizen: Urban Wilderness Corridor Project, Minneapolis, MN & Tucson, AZ
1992 Sacred Sites Street Theater, Washington, D.C.
1992 The Refugee Art Project Tucson, AZ
1992 Voting Artists Project, Tucson, AZ
1991 Life Yards, Tucson, AZ
REVIEWS
2013 “The Stewards of Yavapi” Summer 2013, Connecting Communities magazine, p. 12-13
2012 "Turning taggers into stewards", by Carol West, 6/29, Inside Tucson Business
2012 "Tagged Out", by Amy Glore, 5/8, Tucson Citizen Online, Tucson, AZ
2012 "Trading spray paint for paint brushes," by Mariana Dale, 5/8, TucsonSentinel.com
2012 "Overpass mural gives youths creative say, by Jamar Younger, 5/7 Arizona Daily Star, Tucson
2011 "Tucson Arts Brigade", by Abigail Gilmore, Green Living Magazine, AZ
2011 “Group uses art, community to abate graffiti”, Arizona Daily Star 4/3/11
2010 “Worth A Thousand Words”, by Phoenix Michael, Zocolo Magazine, Tucson, AZ, 7/2
2010 “Great Community Mural Project Completed”, by Charles Spillar, 4/29 Tucson Citizen Online
2009 “The Long Hot Summer of Service:”, by Arlene Goldbard, Community Arts Net
2009 “Activists ask for Role in Recovery” Washington Post, 5/13 P. C.6
2009 “TQ&A”, by Mari Herreras, Tucson Weekly, 7/23
2008 “Where Diversity Comes Together” Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia, PA 5/20 P.31 & 38
2008 “Gaia Gets into Climate Change”, Cherry Hill Courier Post, NJ 2/8
2007 “Just Do It; Collective Imprints” City Paper, Philadelphia, PA 11/1 P.84
2004 “King inspiration for students’ mural” The Intelligencer, Doylestown, PA 12/31 P. B-1
2004 “Artist’s Show Celebrates Jewish Thought, Identity” Arizona Jewish Post, Tucson 4/30 P. 18
2004 “Paint Covers Memorial Mural” Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, 2/6 B.3
2003 “Coming Together” Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, AZ 3/12 P. B1
2003 “In Focus” Arizona Jewish Post, Tucson, AZ 3/21 P.37
2003 “Mural of Many Faiths” Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, AZ 2/21 P. B1 & 4
2003 “Tribute to civil rights leader” Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, AZ 1/21 P. A.7
2001 “Painting for Preservation” Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, AZ, 2/2 P. B3
2000 “Kids color their world...” Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, AZ, 6/28, Accent P. E-1
2000 The Arts of Activism, Arizona Summer Wildcat, 8/7, P. A-1 8, 11-12
1999 “Mural Dedicated to Activist” Tucson Citizen,Tucson, AZ, 2/22,Section C P.1 & 5
1999 “The Mural Militia: Armed & Dangerous” Catalyst, Tucson, AZ, 1/14 Cover story, P. 6-7
1998 “Painting the town” Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, AZ, 4/29 Section B, P.1
1997 “Kid’s mural creates safe place” Tucson Citizen, Tucson, AZ, 3/6 Section A, P.1
1997 “If walls could talk” Awareness Journal, Tucson, AZ, December
1996 “Sowing seeds with kids”, Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, AZ, 11/25 Section B, P.1
1993 “Who’s the Big Guy with Big Blue Hands”, Art Forms, Newark DE, Oct, P.1
1993 “Newark Group Gets Creative” Wilmington News Journal, DE, 2/18 Crossroads Section, P.1
1993 “Schwartz Returns to Plant Arts Council Seed”, Newark Post DE, 2/5, P.1
1992 “Downtown Postal Art Project”, Arizona Daily Star Tucson, AZ, Section F, P.3
1992 "Partnership Funds New Residences", Dateline Downtown Tucson, AZ, Jan., P. 3
1991 "Artists' Work Spells Past Tense", Charlette Lowe The Tucson Citizen Tucson, AZ, 12/19,
PROFESSIONAL / ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2022 Phoenix Urban Guide
2022 City of Tempe, AZ Public Art Roster
2022 Tucson/Pima County, AZ Public Arts Roster
2014 - 7 United States Department of Arts & Culture, Founding Agent, New York, NY
2009 - 13 Tucson Pima Arts Council Teaching Artists Roster, Tucson, AZ
2009 - 13 Arizona Commission on the Arts Community Artists Roster
2009 - 13 National Association of Teaching Artists
2011-3 ALT/space Teaching Artist Journal Correspondent
2009 City of Tucson Green Jobs and Sustainable Communities Coalition
2008 Artist Advisory Committee, City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program
1993 - 5 Newark Arts Alliance, Advisory Committee, Newark, DE
1992- 7 National Board Member, Alliance for Cultural Democracy
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