DIANE PHARES CV

  • PROFILE

Fine artist, master art teacher, and lecturer born in Brooklyn, New York, now living in Chester, New Jersey. Graduate of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. Original artwork held in The Johnson & Johnson Corporate Art Collection as well as many private collections. 2018 New Jersey Teacher of the Year State Finalist and Morris County Teacher of the Year.

  • EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

2009 Master of Arts in Fine Arts, Montclair State University

2005 AP Studio Art Teacher Certification, Taft Education Center

1976 State of N.J. Department of Education Certificate - Teacher of Art (Permanent)

1973, 1974 Graduate Courses at Harvard University, St. John’s University

1973 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

  • TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2004-2021 Mount Olive High School, Flanders, NJ, Grades 9-12: AP Studio Art, Advanced Art, Advanced Painting & Drawing, Painting & Drawing 1&2, Composition & Design, Photography

2013-2021 Adjunct Professor of Art, Seton Hall University, Project Acceleration; Adjunct Professor of Art, Fairleigh Dickenson University, Middle College Program

  • LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS

2019 NJDOE Statewide Equity for All Conference Presenter

2019 New Jersey Education Association Media Training Presenter, Trenton, NJ

2018 Workshop Presenter NJ Association for Gifted Children Conference, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ

2018 Guest Lecturer at Future Educators’ Day, Centenary University, NJ

2017, 2018 Workshop Presenter at Marauder Maker Fest, Mt. Olive, NJ

2017 Presenter New Jersey Education Association Convention, Atlantic City, NJ

2015-2016 Coordinated Design Workshop with Savannah College of Art and Design, Mt. Olive, NJ

2015, 2013 Lecturer at Ramapo College National Endowment for Humanities Program, Landmarks

2010 Presenter at Will Barnet’s 100th Birthday Celebration, George Segal Gallery, Montclair, NJ

2007 Lecturer at Montclair State University art galleries

  • GRANTS AND AWARDS

2020 Brave100/Women100, National Celebration of American Women, Honorable Mention

2019 Selection as participant in the Summer Institute for Educators on Art and Thinking at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

2018 Scholarship for The National Network of State Teachers of the Year (NNSTOY) Teacher Leadership Conference in Las Vegas, NV

2018 New Jersey Teacher of the Year State Finalist

2018 Morris County Teacher of the Year

2017-18 Mount Olive High School Teacher of the Year

2008-21 8 time teaching award at Morris County Teen Arts Festival “Excellence in Visual Art”

2011 The Joyce Talbot Award for outstanding accomplishments in art education

2011 $1,200 grant and selection as Summer Scholar for National Endowment for the Humanities

  • SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2020 Postcards From the Edge, Bortolami Gallery, 39 Walker St., NYC, NY, January 3-5

2020 Brave100: Art by American Women Visionaries, Juried Exhibit, Eilandarts Gallery, 10 E Chestnut Ave., Merchantville, NJ, March 1-April 29

2019 Postcards From the Edge, Bortolami Gallery, 39 Walker St., NYC, NY, February 22-24

2018 NAEA Juried Gallery Exhibit, Alexandria, VA, October 1-January 4, 2019

2018 Postcards From the Edge, Gallery 524, 524 W 26th St., NYC, NY, January 19-21

2017 NAEA Juried Gallery Exhibit, Alexandria, VA, October 1-April 15, 2018

2017 Postcards From the Edge, Metro Pictures, 519 W 24th St., NYC, NY, January 13-15

2016 Postcards From the Edge, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., 530 W 22nd St., NYC, NY, January 29-31

2015 Postcards From the Edge, Luhring Augustine, 531 W 24th St., NYC, NY, Jan 30-Feb 1

2014 Postcards From the Edge, Luhring Augustine, 531 W 24th St., NYC, NY, January 24-26

2013 Qualms, Wake-Up, Oddities, Pierro Gallery, 5 Mead Street, South Orange, NJ, April 6-May 11

2013 Postcards From the Edge, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., 530 W 22nd St., NYC, NY, January 25-27

2011 Art Connections 7, Juried Exhibit, Segal Gallery, Montclair, NJ, January 18- February 19

2011 Postcards From the Edge, CRG Gallery, 548 West 22nd St., NYC, NY January 7-9

2010 AENJ Member’s Show, Vaughn Eames Gallery, Kean University, Union, NJ, June 12-July 15

2010 Pen + Brush, Artist’s Day, 16 E. 10th St., NYC, NY May 27

2010 Emerging Patterns, Juried Exhibit, 14 Maple Gallery, Morristown, NJ, February 15-August 11

2009 AENJ Exhibit, Vaughn Eames Gallery, Kean University, Union, NJ, June 16-July 9

2009 Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ, June 19-July 24

2009 MAST 2009, George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University, NJ, May 7-May 11

2009 ArtStart, Power Art Gallery, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ, January 23-February 7

2008 AENJ Exhibit, Vaughn Eames Gallery, Kean University, Union, NJ, June 9-July 10

2007 The Plastic Club, Artist’s Day, Philadelphia, PA

2006 ArtStart, Power Art Gallery, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ, January 30-February 13