Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts – Syracuse University 1990 College of Visual and Performing Arts

Graduated Magna Cum Laude       

Honor Societies- Phi Kappa Phi (top 10%), Beta Phi Upsilon (top 3% women)

Studio Research Major

Recent Grants and Awards

Winner – Rivendell Foundation Community Arts Decentralization Grant Jan. 2007

One of four annual grants awarded to individual Artists  for the creation of new work

Winner – Albany Schenectady League of Arts Community Arts Connection Grant Jan. 2001

One of four annual grants awarded to individual Artists

Winner – Liquitex Excellence in Art Purchase Award Nov. 2000

Annual National Competition – Grand Prize Winner

Winner – First Prize                                                                                                       Sept. 2000

Stockade Villager’s Art Show

Exhibitions

Widlund Gallery, Tannery Pond Oct. 2007

North Creek, NY

Summer Square Foot Show, Microcosm Gallery

Chelsea, NY

Nature Mystic – Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts April 2007

Blue Mountain Lake, NY

50th Anniversary Exhibition – Schenectady Museum Jan. 2006

Schenectady, NY

Solo Exhibition – Oakroom Artists Gallery Feb. 2005

Schenectady, NY

Oakroom Artists Member Exhibition, Schenectady Museum Aug. 2003

Schenectady, NY

Lara Brunelle and Richard Sacchetti, Paintings Feb.-Mar. 2003

Oakroom Artists Gallery, Schenectady, NY

Paintings – Solo Exhibition at the Dietel Gallery Oct. ‘01-Jan’02

Emma Willard School, Troy, NY   

Best of the Stockade Art Show- Schenectady Museum Sept. 2000

Schenectady, NY

49th Annual Stockade Association Art Show Sept. 2000

Winner- First Place Artist Award

Cooperstown Art Association National 2000 July 2000

Cooperstown, NY

Inside Looking Out – Solo Exhibition June 2000

Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council Lapham Gallery

Glens Falls, NY

Solo Exhibition, Crandall Gallery Aug. 1999

Glens Falls, NY

17th Annual Outdoor Arts Festival of the Bruce Museum Oct 1998

Greenwich, CT

Winner – First Place Painting on Canvas Award

Member of the Oakroom Artists Society – Schenectady, NY