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Eleanor Campulli joined Pen and Brush in 1994 at the urging of a friend and member. She has earned a doctorate from Teachers' College, Columbia, in Fine Arts Education and taught Painting, Drawing and Printmaking at New Jersey University.
Over the years Campulli also served as Senator, Art Department Chair, Curriculum Committee Chair, M. F. A. faculty advisor and program developer, President of the University's A.F.T. union local, and many more departmental and university committees.
Her own creative work was concerned with theories of drawing, in particular, stereoscopic drawing in the form of anaglyphs. She remains deeply engaged in that work and has exhibited anaglyphs in several New York City galleries and is artist/proprietor of the Charles William Gallery in upstate New York.
In 200l, Campulli retired from teaching as Professor Emerita and was able to become more active at Pen and Brush. In 2003 she became Brush Section chair, in 2004, 2nd Vice President and Director on the Governing Board, and in 2005, 1st Vice President.
Nette Forné Thomas, First Vice President
A graduate of Montclair State University with a B.A., M.A., and administrative and supervisory certification, Thomas was employed by the Newark Board of Education as an art educator and administrator for thirty six years. Her experiences in a comprehensive high school and a well renown magnet high school (Arts High School) have been successful on many levels.
She became a cooperating teacher for a student teacher at the onset of her third year of teaching. Throughout the succeeding years she was solicited to perform this service for ten other student teachers. Other educational responsibilities included appointments to Textbook Evaluation Committees, the Art Curriculum Committee, the Middle States Association Of Colleges and Schools, and a supporting member of the State Education Department's Alternate Route Certification Program. She have been a presenter at many educational conferences, such as, The Art Educators of New Jersey's conferences on Computers in Art, Increasing Ethnic Arts Awareness, and Educational Technology, and the Infusion of Multicultural/Multiethnic Instruction in the Art Program.
Other educational professional experiences included revising the curriculum guide for Arts High School, working with the Educational Testing Service in Princeton NJ as a scorer for the Praxis Series in Art Exam for prospective art educators.
Thomas was in the second group of art educators awarded the Geraldine R. Dodge Visual Artist/Educator Initiative Fellowships of $7000, which have been given for the past 14 years to artists who teach in New Jersey's public schools in order to support them in both their roles as artists and educators. Her artwork and my writing were selected for publication in "A Passion for Teaching," edited by the former director of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Scott McVay and Sarah Levine.
Her art has been exhibited widely, in major African American shows, on college campuses and in regional museums. These include the Studio Museum of Harlem, the "Emerging and Established " exhibit at the Newark Museum, the Women Artist Series at Douglas College, as well as exhibits at Trenton State College, New Jersey City University, Seton Hall University and Rutgers University.
Since retiring in the year 2000, she has served on the Board of Directors at City Without Walls Gallery, The 1978 Maplewood Arts Center, The George Segal Gallery at Montclair State University and The Pen and Brush, where she previously was the assistant treasurer.
Rashidah Ismaili, Second Vice President
Rashidah Ismaili is currently the 2nd Vice President and Chair of Pen & Performing Arts as well as Co-Chair of the African Heritage Month Celebrations. Originally from West Africa, she came to study music and become Africa's first opera singer. She studied at New York College of Music as a Voice major with Literature as an interest. She had a very rich experience at that college and Mannes School of Music where she had a scholarship in musical theatre. She later switched her priorities due to the volatile situation in the 60's in Africa and felt she could best use the education she was acquiring by doing graduate work in sociology. She finally got a doctorate in psychology (SUNY) after doing a masters in sociology and literature (New School for Social Research). She also did a certificate in Psychodrama under Dr. Siroka.
All during her graduate studies Ismaili worked: Job Corps, Essex County College and Rutgers University. She has worked in group homes for juveniles in need of supervision for the Children's Aid Society, New Jersey. She was the Associate Director of (HEOP) Higher Education Opportunity Programme at Pratt Institute. All during her long career in academia, she did community work and was writing and active in political forums on behalf of Africa.
She is a member of many organizations; ALA, African Literature Association, CSA, Caribbean Studies Association, AHSA, African Heritage Studies Association, ASA, African Studies Association, OWWA, Organization of Women Writers Association, PEN International Writers Organization, NGO at the United Nations.
Ismaili has been a member of Pen & Brush for over ten years. She participated in the Poetry and Prose workshops and readings. Eventually, she began organizing the exhibitions for Women Artists of African Descent, which have been very successful and supported by Pen & Brush to the fullest. She has been on the Governing Board for some years now and is very active in pushing the mission of the organization, expansion of membership and securing the legacy of this historic organization. She looks forward to working with other organizations to help forge relationships that will make Pen & Brush a dynamic force in the community of women artists.
Liz Cenedella graduated from Wheaton College with a B.A. in Greek and Latin, and from Boston University, School of Fine and Applied Arts, with an M.F.A. in Stage and Costume Design. After graduating, Cenedella worked in regional theatre, summer stock, and off-Broadway in Costume Design and Production.
In New York in 1970 she began her own company, Domino Patchworks Inc, designing and manufacturing children’s wear and children’s specialty bedding for the trade: department stores, mail order catalogues, and gift stores. At the same time she worked on commissions with New York area interior designers, producing quilts, pillows and window treatments. For the last twenty years or so she has primarily spent time as a fiber artist, designing one-of-a-kind quilts, wall hangings, pillows and other decorative items for the home for private commissions, fine craft exhibitions, and solo and group shows. As a decorative painter she has designed floor cloths, furniture, and floor treatments, and continues to work in oil, pastel, and mixed media.
Cenedella has also taught quilting and needlework in area senior centers for Elder Craftsmen Inc. Since 1975 she has been the Vice-President of Cinderella Press Ltd., a company devoted to fine art printing, poster design and promotional printing. She is on the Board of Artist-Craftsmen of New York, a non-profit organization now celebrating its 50th anniversary. For the past eight years she has been on the Governing Board of the Pen and Brush, serving as President for 4 years and Treasurer for 4 years. In this time she has worked with the Board as a whole and the Board’s Officers of the Governance Committee helping to draft much-needed new Bylaws for the organization, changing the membership structure, and bringing the policies of the organization into the 21st Century.
Laura Thompson, Assistant Treasurer
Laura Thompson is an international marketing communications professional and writer who has worked with leading companies in the financial services, legal, hospitality and non-profit industries. Clients have included The Bank of New York, Weil, Manges & Gotschal LLP, and Aram Trading & Technology LTD, a leading hotel and resorts developer and operator in the Middle East that is also, a major shareholder of Jordan Tourism Investments headquartered in Amman, Jordan.
Prior to her marketing communications experience, Laura began her career in finance and angel investing in Europe before returning to the States to enter the communications field. After a couple of years with Burson-Marsteller in New York, she formed her own company Loralia LLC, Global Media Ventures encompassing her consulting and creative activities (for details, please see www.loralia.com). She is author of the book Laughter in the Canyon (South Street Press, 2007), an everlasting love story and also, a poet, Mosaic of Love (South Street Press, 2009), a book of poems about love and the mysteries of life. In Paris, France, she received Le Cadre d’Or 2010 prize in the world poetry category for her book of poems Mosaic of Love.
Furthermore, Laura has served as a Governing Board Member of the Pen and Brush, Inc. since 2007 and has been appointed as the U.N. Permanent Representative in New York for O.M.E.C.A., a French based NGO since 2002. She has a B.A. in Finance from Simmons College; an M.A. in International Relations with a Specialization in International Business and Economics from Boston University in Paris, France; and studied International Business at INSEAD. She draws upon her international experience, including living in Paris, Hamburg, Monte Carlo, Lugano and Geneva and is fluent in French and conversational in German and Italian.
Elaine Foster is an artist and Professor Emeritus, New Jersey City University, where she also chaired the Art Department. A graduate of the School of the Worcester Art Museum, she holds a BA degree from Clark University, an MA from Clark in conjunction with Harvard University, and a doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University. She has completed additional study in Japan with Parsons School of Design, in Mexico at the Instituto d'Allende, Peters Valley Craft Center in New Jersey and Kulick-Strak Academy in New York.
Active in art and art education professional and non-profit organizations, she has focused on development. A recent member of the Teachers College Alumni Council, where she worked in development and on programs, Dr. Foster presently serves on the Board of The University Council for Art Education, a not-for-profit organization. A past President of the organization, she now coordinates its UCAE FUND. A member of The Pen and Brush Board of Directors, she has promoted fund raising through its 1894 Society. Her development involvement extends beyond these organizations to include such responsibilities as Class Agent for class gifts for her Clark University class.
Cited in Who's Who in American Inventors for a Tie Brooch design, for which she was granted both a design and utility patent, she is also listed in Who's Who of American Women. She is a member of the Society of North American Goldsmiths and The American Craft Council. She has edited, written and lectured about art and art education. A practicing jeweler with roots in the fine arts, she has her own jewelry business and currently designs and creates pieces for private clients and exhibitions.
Lynne Hoppe is a communications and public relations consultant and the founder of 310 Communications in New York City. A boutique PR firm focused on creative endeavors, 310 Communications provides communications and public relations solutions to small and mid-size media, arts and entertainment focused businesses, organizations, non-profits and entrepreneurs. For Lynne, it is all about the creative. Some recent clients include Optomen Productions USA (television), D & D Group (event marketing), Indian Culinary Institute (food), Simon Preston Gallery (art).
Prior to 310 Communications, Lynne was the Director of Program Communications at Thirteen/WNET New York, one of the premier public television and producing stations for PBS. Her arts and non-profit communication background also includes: heading up communications at The Actors Fund, a national non-profit dedicated to supporting everyone in entertainment and the performing arts; development and PR at the Catskill Mountain Foundation, which creates opportunities for artists and economic development in towns and regions throughout the Catskill Mountains; marketing director for the Catskill Mountain Craft Collective, a support and marketing organization for craft artists; heading up both domestic and international “I Love NY” efforts as a travel PR executive.
Lynne has been executive director of a regional arts council, served on and administered NYSCA grant panels, renovated and ran a downtown Main Street art gallery, and spent a lot of time convincing people that the arts are a tool for tourism.
Once a journalist, Lynne started her career as an obituary writer – on the graveyard shift, of course.
Flora Jacobson has been a member of the Pen and Brush for 21 years and served as the Chairperson for the Mixed Media Collage Division for 10 years. She has studied either privately or in art classes such as the Art Students' League, the National Academy of Fine Art, The Victor d'Amico Institute of Art, The Truro Castle Hill Center for the Arts, the Provincetown Art Association and the Fine Art Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Jacobson has a Masters' degree in Social Work from the Boston University School of Social work. She has extensive work experience, having been employed by Community Service Society, the James Weldon Johnson Mental Health Clinic, the Day Treatment Center and School, and the Department of Education where she served as a social worker with the School Based Support Team. She still works as a State Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) for the Bleuler Psychotherapy Center.
She is a member of the Society of the New York School for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis (NYSPP), having completed 2 years' of study after her Masters' degree.
Jacobson has had two solo shows and been in manifold group shows at the Pen and Brush, where she received a number of awards. She has had exhibits at the Pauline Rireloff Gallery-New York Design Center, The Albertson Peterson Gallery in Winter Park, Florida, The Marcoleo Ltd Frameshop and Gallery, The Merimack Valley Music and Art Center, the Gracie Square Art show, and the Denise Bibro Fine Art Gallery. She has sold over 100 collages and paintings. Ronald Bricke, an internationally known Designer was an ardent and staunch buyer as was designer Austin Chin.
Other infusions into her work have been Opera, Museums, Concerts, Theater, Literature, Family, the Sky and the undulations of the ocean. She says of her art: "My paintings and collages reflect a moment in time, a mood, a stance, captured by the figure, abstract forms, the multiplicity of colors, line, design, and movement."
Diana began her personal “Walk on Wall Street” almost 40 years ago when she joined Eastman Dillon, one of the oldest and most prestigious brokerage firms on Wall Street. She has walked on both sides of the Street and her journey has taken her from Coast to Coast. It has included analytical work and investment management with large institutions as well as independent managers. She was the first woman to become a Registered Commodity Trading Advisor in the U.S.
Diana joined Griffin Asset Management in 2003, bringing her expertise in asset management of equity and debt portfolios. As a former Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager in the Personal Asset Management division at JPMorgan Chase for seven years, she was responsible for the creation of a new Senior Portfolio Manager platform. She was recognized with a Corporate Award for her outstanding performance. Prior to joining Chase, Diana was a Senior Portfolio Manger with The Bank of New York for more than a decade.
Diana combines a warm, personal approach with a deep understanding of client needs and financial objectives. She is a senior member of the New York Society of Analysts, the Market Technicians Association, and the Financial Women's Association of New York.
Harriet Slaughter appeared in the original Broadway production of "Fiddler on the Roof" as Fruma Sarah; toured in "Man of La Mancha" as Belly Dancer with Richard Kiley; appeared in numerous dinner theater and summer stock productions of "Annie Get Your Gun," "Kismet," "Brigadoon," "Destry Rides Again," "The Pajama Game," Carousel," "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, ""Oklahoma,""Man of La Mancha." She appeared in numerous industrial shows in Detroit and New York City, and she appeared in the original production of "Inherit the Wind" at Margo Jones Theater, Dallas, Texas.
As an Arts Administrator, Slaughter served as the director of programming at Town Hall and the jazz producer for Music for a City Evening for Rockefeller Center. She was also the Assistant Executive Secretary for Actors' Equity Association, the Director of Labor Relations for the Broadway League, and the Director of Pension and Welfare for the Broadway League.
She is the past president of the League of Professional Theatre Women, during which time she was the co-producer for "Women in Theatre" on Channel 75 and Project Coordinator for "Curtain Call: Celebrating a Century of Women Designing for Live Performance." She was a board member of the Edith Meiser Foundation, a member of Poets of Nassau County, and a member of Artists in Partnership, Long Beach, NY.
As a visual artist, Harriet Slaughter has exhibited watercolors in Woodstock, NY; Acrylics and Oils in the Nassau Museum of Art and Artists in Partnership. Her photography has appeared in Photo Editor, RoundUP for League of Professional Theatre Women, and a calendar feature in Long Beach, NY.
Slaughter was a featured reader for Poets of Nassau County and a Princess Ronkonkoma poetry award winner. She earned a BFA in dance and drama from the University of Texas, Austin, and a MFA in arts administration from NYU.
Janice Sands, Executive Director
Janice Sands has served as executive director of The Pen and Brush, Inc. since 1998. She has over 37 years of experience in nonprofit management and administration and has served as a director for Planned Parenthood and The Los Angeles County Bar Association. Her work with arts and entertainment organizations began in 1992 when she became the executive director of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation and subsequently a strategic planning consultant to the Actors Fund of America.
Janice has written legal education curriculum for the Constitutional Rights Foundation and contributed various articles for Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine and contributed to a U.S. congressional research paper on Huntington’s Chorea. She has participated in several arts organization panel presentations for the Arts and Business Council of New York, the Council for Arts and Humanities of Staten Island, and the Women’s Studio Center. She is a member of ArtTable, a national organization for professional women in the visual arts. Through Pen and Brush she is also a member of Americans for the Arts, the Arts and Business Council of New York and the New York Nonprofit Coordinating Committee.
She personally has also received a Los Angeles mayoral citation for literacy advocacy in the Los Angeles public school system.
Janice is a graduate of the UCLA professional School of Public Affairs, Department of Social Welfare.
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