Background
Shaffer, Fern Joan was born on March 29, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Albert L. Goldsand and Ruth Arkin.
Shaffer, Fern Joan was born on March 29, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Albert L. Goldsand and Ruth Arkin.
Student, University Illinois, 1962-1964, 64-65; Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Illinois, 1981; postgraduate, University of Illinois, 1983-1989; Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Arts Education, Columbia College, 1991.
Instructor, Art Resources in Teaching, Chicago, 1985-1987;
curator, Morton College Gallery, Cicero, Illinois, 1987-1988;
program director, Humanitas Institution, Chicago, 1989-1991;
program director, Selfhelp Home for the Aged, Chicago, since 1992. President Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, 1982-1992. Guest lecturer School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1986, 89, 90, 91, 93, 94, Virginia Technology School, Blacksberg, 1989, Harper College, Palatine, Illinois, 1991, Columbia College, Chicago, 1991, 93, 94.
Keynote speaker Northern Illinois U., Dekalb, 1986, Wichita (Kansas) Art Association, 1989. Panelist School of The Art Institute of Chicago of Chicago, 1987, Midwest Socialists for Women in Society, Chicago, 1987, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, 1988, Women's Caucus for Art, National Conference, Washington, 1991, chairman national conference, 1992.
Married Michael Jay Shaffer, March 21, 1965 (divorced 1994). Children: Jeffrey, Stacy, Samuel.