Background
Brandes, Doris was born on November 20, 1923 in New York City. Daughter of Robert Ralph Pratt and Grace Isabella Mott.
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Brandes, Doris was born on November 20, 1923 in New York City. Daughter of Robert Ralph Pratt and Grace Isabella Mott.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 1941. Postgraduate, Art Students League, 1943.
Owner, partner Witch Craft, New York City, 1945-1948. Director, teacher Hidden House Creative Workshop, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, 1964-1969. Printmaker, teacher Abington Art Center, 1971-1979.
Director Cheltenham (Pennsylvania) Art Center, 1979-1981. Founder, public, editor Art Matters, Philadelphia, 1981-1993, director projects, 1981-1993. Founding board member Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, 1988—2004.
Founding director Artsbridge, New Hope, Pennsylvania, Lambertville, New Jersey, 1993-2005. Art columnist New Hope Gazette, 1994-2005, Lambertville Beacon, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, 1996-1999. Video script and production Art of the River Towns, New Hope, 1996.
Chairperson Alverthorpe Park Board, Abington, 1964—1965. Founding member Partners in Progress, New Hope, 1996—1998. Advisory board Hepatitis B Foundation, Doylestown, 1994—1999.
Advisor Artist in Residence, New Hope, 1998. Board directors New Hope History Society.
Married Walter A. Spiro, July 24, 1948 (divorced May 1971). Children: Karen L., Pamela A. Gowers, Paul Daughter of, Amy E. Married Gordon A. Brandes, June 13, 1971 (divorced August 1986).
Married Tor Bjorn Polfelt, September 11, 1993 (deceased March 30, 2001).