Pratt Institute

Education

Queens College, The City University of New York, MFA 2004
Tufts University/ The School of The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, BFA, Visual Art and Art Education
Other Education

Biography

Shari Fischberg is an artist who works with mixed media, sculpture and drawing.  An Adjunct Instructor of Art and Design Education at Pratt Institute with over 15 years of experience in the art education field. She has held many positions in teaching and arts administration including The Studio in a School Association,The School of Visual Arts, and The New York City Department of Education. In 2000, she was honored by the New York City Board of Education as Teacher of The Year. She has a BFA  in sculpture from The School of The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, a BA from Tufts University in Art Education, and an MFA from  CUNY Queens College. She is presently working as a teaching artist in Rockland County, while serving on the committee for The Rockland County Legislature Arts In Public Places and curating exhibits for The Edward Hopper House Art Center.    

SELECTED PROJECTS

Art Instructor, Hands Across Long Island, Jamaica, NY, 2012-present
Curator, Edward Hopper House, Nyack, NY
Inkternal, Sky Pape and Kari Lindstrom, May 2012
Curator, Nancy Ross Project Space, Pratt Institute
 Funny, but not, Coffee and Other Unlikely Materials, May 2011
Curator, Riverspace Arts, Nyack, NY
Who Does She Think She Is? Panel of female artists panel discuss the various roles women artists
 assume in our society.
“ 4” x 6”, Small Works Group Show, December 2008
“ Behind The Universe, The scenic art of Julie Taymor’s film, Across The Universe, March 2008
In the Footsteps of Frederick Church, Photography of Lawrence Lederman, April 2008
Mardi Gras,Photographs by Arnold Roufa, February 2008
Teaching Artist, I.S. 311,The Essence School, Brooklyn, NY Spring 2001
9-11 Mural Project