RESUME
Miriam Jacobs
Instagram: @miriamjacobs920
Website: miriamjacobsartist.com
You Tube: miriam jacobs, artist
Website: splitleaf.info
Selected Juried Exhibits/Juried Fine Art and Craft Shows
The Big Small Show, Juried, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ, Nov. 2024
Juried Drawing Exhibition, The Space, Montclair, NJ, March 2024
Community Connections Juried Art Exhibit, Heidi Gallery, Livingston, NJ, March 2024
Juried Fine Craft Show, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ, Dec. 2024
23rd Annual Gaelen Juried Art Show, The Gaelen Gallery, West Orange, NJ, July 2024
State of the Art, Juried Show, Studio Montclair, Leach Gallery, Montclair, NJ, July-Aug. 2024
Juried Critique Group Exhibit, Studio Montclair Gallery, Montclair, NJ, June 2023
Instructors Spotlight, Faculty Art Show, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ April 2022
Studio Montclair Artist Critique Group, Invitee, Studio Montclair Gallery, Montclair, NJ, June 2022
Artful Sundays, Juried Fine Craft Shows, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ, June-July 2022
Womyn's Werq, Juried Group Show, StudioMontclair, Montclair, NJ, March-April 2021
Greetings From Montclair, Postcard Sales Event, Studio starting in Montclair, 2010 and many years since
Juried Mini Art Fair, One River School, Montclair, NJ, Dec. 2021
Peters Valley Virtual Faculty Exhibit, Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ, June-October 2020
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton Convention Center, Hampton, VA, Feb-March 2020
“Good Works”, Juried Fine Art Show, StudioMontclair, Montclair, NJ, Jan.-Feb. 2019
Peters Valley Craft Fair, Sussex County Fairgrounds, Augusta, NJ, Sept. 2019
Kuhl Designs and Friends, Clifton, NJ, Dec. 2019
Hampton House Pop-Up, Montclair, NJ, Winter Holidays, 2016/2017/2018
Two Ceramic Sculptures, “Art-To-Go”, StudioMontclair, Montclair, NJ, Dec. 2018
“Inner Canvas”, Group Art Show, Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ, Oct.-Nov. 2017
“Celebrate!”, Group Art Show, Curator: Mary Z. Scotti, Montclair Public Library and Studio Montclair Art Gallery, Montclair, NJ, Nov.-Dec. 2017
Carter Burden Gallery, Fine Art & Craft Show, New York, NY, Dec. 2017
Woodstock Jewish Congregation, Fine Art & Craft Show, Woodstock, NY, Dec. 2017
“Arts and Healing”, Group Show, Montclair Public Library, Montclair, NJ, April 2017
Carter Burden Gallery, Art Cards and Holiday Bazaar, New York City, December 2016
Lincoln Center Fine Art and Craft Show, American Concern for Artistry and Craftsmanship, Lincoln Center Plaza, New York City, NY, Oct. 2016
Art Walk, Makeready Press Gallery, Montclair, NJ, October 2016
Holiday Bazaar, River Valley Waldorf School, Upper Eddy, PA, November 2016
Artisan Pop Up Markets, Montclair, NJ, August, Sept.-Oct. 2016
SpeakEasy Art Gallery, Boonton, NJ, Summer and Fall Art Collective, Summer-Fall 2010
“Color Conversations”, Solo Show, Convent of the Sacred Heart, Greenwich, CT, Dec. 2009
StudioMontclair Annual Members Show, Montclair Public Library, June 2009
“From the Inside Out”, Students of Marion Held, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ, Jan. 2009
Art in the Park, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ, May 2008
Clay Sculpture Group Show, Curator Marion Held, World Pottery, Montclair, NJ, June 2008
Euro Glass and Art Gallery, Montclair, NJ, July 2008-March 2009
Haba Café, New York, New York, Sept. 2007-Feb. 2009
“What's New”, Group Show, Studio Montclair, Montclair Public Library, June 2007
“A New Season”, Group Show, Nandi Gallery, Montclair, NJ, Sept.-Oct. 2006
Fern Bass Art Studio, Group Show, ,Montclair, NJ, March 2006
Dutot Museum, Group Show, , Delaware Water Gap, PA, October 2004
“MythBreaker I’", Solo Show, Antea Gallery, Curator Joanna Ryam, Tel Aviv, Israel, June 1986
Film Animation Group Show, Curator and Exhibitor, SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY, May 1978
Two-Person Show, SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY, May 1978
Neuberger Museum, Group Show, , Purchase, NY, May 1978
Purchase Gallery, Group Show, SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY, Fall 1977
Women's Art Exhibit, Curator and Exhibitor, SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY, Spring 1975 and Spring 1977
Collections and Sales
Private collections in the United States, England, Israel, India, Germany and Australia
Publications, Lectures, Panel Discussions and Demonstrations, Featured Artist, Mentorships
Virtual Presentation, Gather at the Well, Curated by Barbara Kavadias and Hanoch Yefet, Morristown, NJ, July 17, 2020
Virtual Presentation, Making Matters, Fresh Perspectives in Fine Craft, Peters Valley School of Craft, June 2020, https://youtu.be/Jg7ZQsTFQ7o
Artist Lecture, Dynamic Disperse Dye, with Lisa Reber White, Pike County Public Library, Milford, PA, June 2019
Demonstrator of Disperse Dye, Peters Valley Craft Fair, Sussex County Fairgrounds, Augusta, NJ, Sept. 2019
Demonstrator of Disperse Dye, "Art-To-Go”, StudioMontclair, Montclair, NJ, Dec. 2018
Mentor, "String Theory", Studio Montclair Incubator Exhibit of Three Artists, Academy Square, Montclair, NJ, Oct.-Nov. 2018
Dharma Trading Website, Featured Artist, January 2017 till present
Invited Panelist, Celebrate!, Juried Group Art Show, Curator: Mary Z. Scotti, Gallery 73 See, Montclair Public Library, Montclair, NJ, Nov. 2017
Lesson Plan for Disperse Dye Prints on Fabric as Part of Quilt to Cover NASA’s Saturn V Moon Rocket, published by the Fiber Collective, June 2014
1000 Artisan Textiles, Creative Fiber Works in Detail, Sandra Salamony and Gina Brown, editors, Rockport Publishers/Quarry Books, May 2010 (two pieces included in book)
Book signing for above-named book, demonstration and talk, Watchung Booksellers, May 2010, Montclair, NJ
Artist’s Residencies, Selected Teaching Assignments
Self Portraits in the Age of Selfies, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ, Nov. 2024
Stitch Resist Shibori, WAE Center, Livingston, NJ, Nov. 2024
Printmaking with Disperse Dyes, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ, April-June 2024
Indigo Shibori, Northern New Jersey Quilting Guild, Clifton, NJ, July 2024
Indigo Shibori, Camp Common Ground, Starksboro, VT, Aug. 2024
Demonstration of Printmaking with Disperse Dyes, Visual Arts Center of NJ, Summit, NJ, March 2024
Printmaking with Disperse Dyes, Visual Arts Center of NJ, Summit, NJ, March 2024
Surface Design Marathon, Co-taught with Ritika Gandhi, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ April-June 2023
Shibori Indigo and Ice Cube Dyeing, Camp Common Ground, Starksboro, VT, Aug. 2023
Carve Your Own Stamp, Alacrity Living, Montclair, NJ, March 2023
Indigo Shibori and Ice Cube Dyeing, Private residence, Little Falls, NJ, Oct. 2023
Ice Cube Dyeing, Camp Common Ground, Starksboro, VT, July 2022
Abstract Art, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ, July-August 2022
Suminagashi, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ, May 2022
Indigo Shibori, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ, March 2022
Suminagashi, Art in the Park Day, Peters Valley, Layton, NJ, May 2022
Fabric Magic with Shibori Indigo and Ice Cube Dyeing, Peters Valley, Layton, NJ, June 2022
Suminagashi, Montclair Art Museum, May 2022
Surface Design Marathon (Virtual), Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ, April-June 2021
Disperse Dye Workshop, The Quilt and Sewing Fest of New Jersey, New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center; Edison, NJ, November 2020
Surface Design Marathons, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair NJ, 2010-Present
Disperse Dye, Artist Residency, Sacred Heart Greenwich, Greenwich, CT, Nov. 2009 and Feb. 2019
Alternative Marbling, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ, Feb. 2018/Feb., April, July, Oct. 2019
Disperse Dye, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ, June 2019
How To Make Disperse Dyes and Fabric Crayons, Professional Development Workshop, Sacred Heart Greenwich, Greenwich, CT, May 2019
Shibori with Indigo Dye, Professional Development Workshop, Sacred Heart Greenwich, Greenwich, CT, May 2019
Alternative Marbling, Montclair Adult School, Montclair, NJ, April 2018
Five-day Shibori Indigo Workshop, Camp Common Ground, Starksboro, VT, July 2018/ Aug. 2019
Dyeing Impossible Fabric with Disperse Dyes, Two-Day Workshop, Taught with Master Dyer Lisa White Reber, Red Hill, PA, Aug. 2018
Five-day Workshop, Shibori with Indigo Dye, Common Ground Center, Starksboro, VT, July 2018 and Aug. 2019
Shibori with Indigo, Private home, Montclair, NJ, Sept. 2018
Carve Your Own Stamp: Embellish a Box, Swoon, Montclair, NJ, Sept. 2018
Shibori with Indigo Dye, Bristol Village Cohousing, Bristol, VT, Nov. 2018
Marbleized Gift Tag Workshop, Swoon, Montclair, NJ, Nov. 2018
Disperse Dye, Swoon, Montclair, NJ, July 2018 and June 2019
Shibori with Indigo, Swoon, Montclair, NJ, May 20, 2018
Alternative Marbling, Montclair Adult School, Montclair, NJ, April 2018
Teapots at The Tea Store, Limited Edition Giclee Prints, Montclair, NJ, Oct. 2018-Oct. 2019
Sublimation Transfer Disperse Dye, Newark Art Museum, Montclair Art Museum and in home studio, Summer 2009 till present
How to Carve Your Own Stamp, Rock, Paper, Scissors, Glen Ridge, NJ, Summer and fall 2010
Artist’s Residency, The Convent of the Sacred Heart, Greenwich, CT, Sublimation Transfer Disperse Dye, November 2009
Art Teacher, Deron School (private high school for students with disabilities), Montclair, NJ, Oct. 2013-June 2014
Art Teacher, 18th Avenue School/Cleveland Avenue School (18th Avenue closed after my first year there), Newark, NJ, Sept. 2011-June 2013
Grants/Special Notice
Ambassador to Spoonflower, As Ambassador, I can offer special discount to my surface design students, Nov. 2020
3-D Pens, (ghost writer), Montclair Fund for Excellence in Education, Montclair, NJ, Feb. 2020
Grant Recipient, Donors Choose, Papier mache masks for 500 students for multimedia project in honor of Black History Month, Dec. 2011
Grant Participant, NAIL Project (Newark Art Integrated into Literacy Project), Received training to raise capacity of 2nd and 3rd grade classroom/art teachers to collaborate on literacy/art curriculum, Oct. 2012
Select Student Art Exhibits
The Dream Rocket Project, Fiber Collaborative, Submitted student art work inspired by Thomas Edison and other inventors, Student work formed part of a huge quilt that was wrapped around the actual NASA Saturn V Moon Rocket, Thomas Edison National Historic Park, West Orange, NJ and U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville, AL, June 2014-June 2015
Presby Memorial Iris Gardens, Deron High School student work inspired by author and illustrator Eric Carle, Upper Montclair, NJ, May 2014
National Youth Art Month, Curated exhibit of Deron High School student art work as well as work from the woodshop, jewelry and sewing classes, Introduced speaker for exhibit opening, Montclair Public Library, Montclair, NJ, March 2014
Education
Masters of Special Education, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, 2010
Masters, Teaching Art, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, 1981
Bachelors of Fine Art, SUNY Purchase, Purchase, New York, 1978
Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, 1973-1975
Hebrew University, Young Judaea Year-in-Israel Course, Jerusalem, Israel, 1973-1973
Certifications
Standard Certificate, Teacher of Art, K-12
Standard Certificate, Elementary School Teacher, Grades -5
Standard Certificate, Teacher of Students with Disabilities
Certificate of Eligibility, Pre-K-3
Professional Memberships
Studio Montclair, 2000-present
Surface Design Association, 2014-present
American Concern for Artistry and Craftsmanship, Invited Artist
NAEA, National Art Education Association, 2012-present
AENJ, Art Educators of New Jersey, 2012-2015
Selected entries relating to my art and teaching experiences.