Background
Garcia, Ofelia was born on February 12, 1941 in Havana, Cuba. Daughter of Ramon Garcia-Castro and Nieves (Gomez de Molina) Garcia.
Garcia, Ofelia was born on February 12, 1941 in Havana, Cuba. Daughter of Ramon Garcia-Castro and Nieves (Gomez de Molina) Garcia.
Student, Escuela de Bellas Artes, Havana, 1960. Bachelor, Manhattanville College, 1969. Master of Fine Arts, Tufts University, 1972.
Postgraduate, Duke University, 1975. D. Fine Arts (honorary), Atlanta College Art, 1991.
Assistant professor, art department chair, division director humanities and fine arts, Newton (Massachusetts) College, 1969-1975;
director studio art, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 1975-1976;
executive director, The Print Club, Philadelphia, 1978-1986;
critic, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1982-1986;
president, Atlanta College Art, 1986-1991;
president, Rosemont (Pennsylvania) College, 1991-1996;
senior fellow, American Council on Education, 1996-1997;
dean college arts and committee, William Paterson U., since 1997. Visual arts panelist State Council of the Arts, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, 1985-1986, Georgia, 1990-1991. Member visiting committee department art and architecture Lehigh (Pennsylvania) U., 1990-1996.
Board of managers H averford College, since 1992. External reviewer Middle States Association Colleges Schools.
National president Women's Caucus for Art, 1984-1986. Board member and chair, Commission on Women in Higher Education, American Council on Education, 1988-1991. Board director American Council on Education, 1993-1996.
Co-chair Mayor's Commission for Women, City Philadelphia, 1992-1997. Arts Advisory Committee Barnes Foundation Board, 1992-1995. Trustee Jersey City Museum, since 2000, chair, 20012008.
Board directors Caths. for Choice, since 2000, Artpride New Jersey, 2005-2008. Member New Jersey State Council on the Arts, since 2007, Commission Public Art, Hudson, since 2008. Fellow Society for Values Higher Education.
Member College Art Association American (board directors 1986-1990, board committees 1986-1992), American Association Museum, ArtTable, Inc.