Free-lance Artist and Business Owner:
1979-present: Naomi Geller Lipsky Decorative Arts
Contractual Employment:
2012-present: Free-lance writer, Rhode Island Jewish Voice and Herald
2009-present: Puzzle maker, Publications International Ltd, Chicago IL
2010-2011: home décor sewing instructor, Joanne’s fabrics, Warwick, RI
2010: U.S. Census Bureau, Enumerator
Volunteer Positions:
2003-present – Board member (8 years as Treasurer) Society of Gilders
1996-2004 – Board member, Rochester Public Library, MN
1992-1995 – Co-founder and Director, SEMVA Art Gallery, Rochester, MN
Education (non-scientific):
2009-2010: Master Seamstress Certificate Program, University of RI
1982-1990: Graduate Level Classes, Maryland Institute College of Art
Museum and Gallery Exhibits (selected):
2010: “Air”, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI
2009: Invitational, Warwick Museum of Art, Warwick, RI
2004: Solo Exhibition – First Baptist Church, Rochester, MN
2002: “A Different Purim Sound”, Sussman Gallery at the JCC, NY, NY
2000: “Masterworks in the Low Country”, Gibbes Museum, Charleston, SC
1998: Solo Exhibition Jewish Community Center of St. Paul, MN
1997:”Realm Between Realms”-B’Nai B’Rith Klutznick Museum, Wash. D.C.
1997: “Creating and Connecting”, Murphy Gallery, St. Paul, MN
1991: “The Regilded Age”, Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Awards:
2012: “Get Crafty with Dover”, Second Place, http://www.facebook.com/dovercrafts#!/dovercrafts
2010: People’s Choice Award, ”Air” show, Bristol Art Museum, RI
2002: Accreditation, International Quilling Guild
1993: (and 1991) First prize, paper sculpture, Minnesota State Fair
1991: Accepted to “Leadership 2000” program, Rochester, MN
1988: Best of Show, crafts, and First Prize, quilling, Maryland State Fair
1987: First prize, quilling, Maryland State Fair
Published Artwork:
2010: 500 Judaica, Sterling Pub. Co, NY, 2010, p. 339
2007:Lilly Oncology on Canvas, p138
2006: “Crafty Framers”, Picture Framing Magazine, October, p. 68
2002: Judaic Artisans Today, Kathryn Morton, Flower Valley Press; MD
2001 & 2002: United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism, calendar
2000: “American Artist”, September, p 68
1999: (& 1996 & 1995) Cover, American Jewish World, Minnetonka, MN
1998: Mayo Clinic Photographic Calendar
1998: Paper Quilling…; Malinda Johnston; Lark Press; NY.
1997: (& 1989):”The Women’s League for Conservative Judaism Calendar”
1995: Upon Thy Doorposts by Belle Rosenbaum, NY
1994: The Book of Paper Quilling, Malinda Johnston; Sterling Pub. Co., NY
1994: (& 1993) artwork on United Jewish Appeal’s annual greeting card
1992: “Spicebox” column in “Moment”, April, p.64
1988: “The Jewish Calendar 1988-1989” by Michael Strassfeld
Published Designs:
1995: “All Wrapped Up”; Crafts quick & easy Christmas.
1994: “Ring in the Holidays”; Crafts quick & easy Christmas.
1991: “Paper Twist Menorah”, Crafts Magazine, Nov.
1991: “Cross-Stitch Passover Towel”, Crafts Magazine, April.
1988: “Noah’s Ark”, Crafts Magazine, Dec.
1987: “Dreidel Game”, Crafts Magazine, Dec.
Published Original Articles (selected):
2012: RI Jewish Voice and Herald, article or interview, April 13, p.1, May 25, p.29, August 3, p.27
2000: “My First Limited Edition Print”, Spirit of the Arts, Fall
1999: “Gilding as a Decorative Art – Quilling a Bessamin Box“, The Gilder’s Tip, #3, p.4
1998: “Freddy Says ‘Cheese'”; Picture Framing Magazine, October. p.94
1995: “Scientific Nomenclature”; The N.Y. Times Magazine Crossword Puzzle; July 16, p54
1993: “Any Way You Slice It”; American Jewish World, Sept. 10
1983-1990 “Lipsky Acrostic”, Trends in Biochemical Sciences
A list of scientific publications is available upon request.
Societies:
Pomegranate Guild for Judaic Needlework
The Quilling Guild
Society of Gilders
American Guild of Judaic Art
North American Quilling Guild
Updated: July, 2012
