Background
Cabe, Cynthia Jaffee Mc was born on February 8, 1943 in New York City. Daughter of Harry and Pauline (Techefsky) Jaffee.
Cabe, Cynthia Jaffee Mc was born on February 8, 1943 in New York City. Daughter of Harry and Pauline (Techefsky) Jaffee.
Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1963; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1967.
Organizer fine arts catalogue Lower East Side: Portal to American Life (1870-1924) Jewish Museum, New York City. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1966-1967. Research Nakian Retrospective Museum Modern Art, New York City, 1966.
Organizer fine arts section Erie Canal Sesquicentennial, New York State Council Arts, 1967. Research United States representative Venice Biennale, 1968. Curator painting and sculpture Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, 1967-1976, curator exhibitions, 1976-1986.
Organizer The Golden Door: Artist-Immigrants of America, 1876-1976, 1976. Assistant professorial lecturer George Washington University, 1975-1976. Lecturer Spoleto (South Carolina) Festival, 1978.
Organizer Fernando Botero, Hirshhorn Museum and tour, 1979-1980, Hans Richter's Stalingrad (Victory in the East), Hirshhorn Museum, 1979-1980, Nakian: The Hirshhorn Museum Collection, 1980, Artistic Collaboration in the Twentieth Century, Hirshhorn Museum and tour, 1984-1985, American Experience/Contemporary Immigrant Artists, Indiana Curators Inc. tour, 1985-1986. Co-chairman Smithsonian Colloquia-The Muses Flee Hitler, I & II, 1980. Adjunct professor University Maryland, 1981.
Guest curator Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia, 1981-1986. Curator, United States delegate United Nations Educational World Conference on Cultural Policies, 1983.
Member International Council Museums, American Association Museums (chairman curators committee 1977-1979), College Art Association, ArtTable, International Association Art Critics.
1 child, Zachary.