Background
Turtz, Marilyn Joan was born on January 23, 1955 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Isidore and Elsie (Shapiro) Turtz.
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Marilyn Joan Turtz
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Marilyn Joan Turtz, American artist, painter, educator. Certified teacher New York. Recipient 1st place in tile art, Museum Stony Brook, New York, Excellence award, Long Island Development Corporation, Artist in Residence Weir Farm Trust, Connecticut, 2004; Arts for Transit grant, Metropolitan Transit Authority, New York City, 1992, Centennial Celebration grant, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1999.
Education
Student, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1973—1974. Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Pratt Institute, 1978. Master of Fine Arts in Painting, Brooklyn College, 1985.
Career
Museum educator Brooklyn Museum, 1977—1979. Art teacher Brooklyn Friends School, 1978—1987, 1990—1991. Director Baccalaureate's By and for Youth Museum Brooklyn Arts Council, 1998—2001, director, artist, educator, since 2000.
Consultant in field.
Achievements
Membership
Active Artists Against Hunger, Sea Cliff, New York, 1996—2000, Visual Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, New York City, since 1998. Instructor Glen Cove Citizens Committee Against Substance Abuse, 1988—1990.
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Connections
Married Jonathan Block Friedman, July 1, 1982. Children: Charles Michael, David Lawrence.
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American
Awards
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Recipient 1st place in tile art, Museum Stony Brook, New York, Excellence award, Long Island Development Corporation, Artist in Residence Weir Farm Trust, Connecticut, 2004. Arts for Transit grant, Metropolitan Transit Authority, New York City, 1992, Centennial Celebration grant, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1999.Recipient 1st place in tile art, Museum Stony Brook, New York, Excellence award, Long Island Development Corporation, Artist in Residence Weir Farm Trust, Connecticut, 2004. Arts for Transit grant, Metropolitan Transit Authority, New York City, 1992, Centennial Celebration grant, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1999.