Background
Smith, Lucy was born on June 15, 1933 in Krakow, Poland. Came to the United States, 1968.
intercultural communication specialist
Smith, Lucy was born on June 15, 1933 in Krakow, Poland. Came to the United States, 1968.
Master of Fine Arts equivalent, Academy Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland, 1959; postgraduate, Sorbonne, Paris, 1961-1965; postgraduate, l'Academy Grande Chaumiere, 1963.
Researcher Spanish art Doubleday, Spain, 1963. Community faculty member Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, 1970-1979. Media coordinator St. Paul Open School, 1979.
Costume designer Penumbra Theater, St. Paul, 1979. Interculturalist, since 1980. Speaker on Holocaust, National Conference, The Jewish History Society, Omaha, 1989, Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas, since 1989.
Intercultural presenter National Teachers English as Second Language Conference, St. Paul, 1990. Speaker on status of women in Poland, International Women's Rights Watch, The Humphrey Institute, University Minnesota, 1990. Intercultural workshop leader International Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research, International Congress, Banff, Canada, 1991, International Congress, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 1992.
Intercultural presenter Minnesota Association of Continuing Adult Education, St. Paul, 1992, 93, 94. Intercultural workshop leader National Laubach Literacy Conferences, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1992, Little Rock, 1994. Trainer Minnesota Alts. to Violence Program, since 1991.
Speaker, leader workshop University Tennessee, Clarksville, 1997.
Chair The Ethiopian Jewry Committee, The Jewish Comty. Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas, 1988-1990. Conceived program for mutual exchange of Spanish and American cultures, St. Paul Young Women’s Christian Association.
Member National Organization of Women (board directors Minnesota chapter since 1994), Jewish Storytellers Guild, Jewish Women Choir.
Daughter of Henryk Kreisler and Mina Grunhut. Divorced; 1 child, Daniel.