Occupation: Administrator, Painter Media: Painting on Tile. Born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 12, 1945.
Education Carnegie-Mellon Univ, BFA, 67. Penn State Univ, MA, 78. grad courses, George Washington Univ. Trinity Coll.
Teaching Positions Instr, Batik-silkscreen-color-design & marketing & business art, Smithsonian Institution - Resident Assoc Prog, 83-87; lectr, America Univ, 84-86; guest lectr, George Washington Univ, 93-95, Smithsonian Institution, Yale Univ, 94; teacher, private art and computer graphics classes; teacher, mentoring for young artists, 95-; teacher, master classes ceramics; teacher, Women's Issues Project - Women's Informational Needs, 2002-2003; teacher, artist's master classes, 2005-.
Business and Professional Positions Director, Hub Arts & Craft Center, Penn State Univ, 78-80; founder & director, Fine Arts Connection, Washington, DC, 80-87; chair, Smithsonian Institution Women's Coun, 88-95, art specialist, Russian art proj/auction, 2005-06; director, Studio Arts Department, Smithsonian Assoc Resident Prog, director, Discover Graphics, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 93-94; artist/owner, BatikTile.com, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 95-.
Commissioned Works The McCormick Collection; Senator Strom Thurmond Info Center, South Carolina; Jay & Addie Edleson Collection; Ann Burger Linden House; Mary & Michael Buckler Collection.
Public Works The Charlotte McCormick Pvt Collection, Florida; Nat Mus Women Arts; Westinghouse Collection; Penn State Univ; The Anita Shelford Family Collection.
Exhibitions Solo exhibs, Beautiful Batik, Arts & Sci Center, Nashua, New Hampshire, 74, Battle Creek Art Center, Michigan, 75, Brigham City Mus Art, Brigham City, Utah, 75, Arnut Mus Art, Elmira, New York, 75, Abilene Fine Arts Mus, Texas, 76, Bronx Libr, Manhattan Branch, 76, Fayette Art Museum, Alabama, 76; Group exhibs, Carnegie Mus Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 68 & 71; Early Childhood Enrichment Auction, Smithsonian Institution, 94 & Women's Exhib, 95; Tile Heritage Exhib, Santa Barbara, California, 96; Tile Artist's Today by Susan Werschkul, Tile Heritage Found Symposium, 96; Coverings, Int Tile Conf, Orlando, Florida, 97; America Tile Artists by Richard Serving, ITC Coverings, 97; Philadelphia Artists Alliance Tile Exhib, 98.
Bibliography Artists World, Discovery Channel, 90; article, Washington Home Sect, 92; article with photos, Traditional Home Mag, spring 96; article, Designers Showcase, 96 & 97; article, Tile and Decorative Surfaces, 5/98; article, Traditional Buildings Mag, 95 & 98; article, Kitchen and Bath Mag, fall 98; article, Kitchen and Bath Design News, 3/98, 5/98; Serious about ceramics, Jour Newspapers, 8/99; Unique Batik, Decor Mag, 3/2001; Exploring the Art of Balik (Tile to Die for), Expression Magazine, 5-6/2002 ; Eloise Piper, Batik for Artists & Quilters, North Light Books, Cincinnati, Ohio, 3/2001.
Publications Coauth, Time-Life Art Ser, Time-Life Publ, 88; The Business of Art, Prentice-Hall, 89; Eloise Piper (author), Batik for Artists & Quilters, North Light Books, 2001; Traditional Buildings Magazine, Portfolio Section, 95 & 98; Exploring the art of Batik, Expression Mag, May/June/2002.
Honors and Awards Best in Category (mixed media), Big Bends Nat Art Competition, Tallahassee, 68; Creative Programming Award, Nat Univ Continued Education Association, 90; Smithson Soc Grant, 94-95.
Memberships Women in Mus Network, (87- ); Tile Heritage Found, (94- ); Tile Coun America; Int Tile Coun; Art Speak (World Art Association); Tile Artists America; Smithsonian Institution (member Latino Working Commerce, 93-95); Fine Arts Network Carnegie Mellon Alumne DC Chap, (1996-2006).
