Background
Schwalb, Susan Amelia was born on February 26, 1944 in New York City. Daughter of Morris and Evelyn C. Schwalb.
Schwalb, Susan Amelia was born on February 26, 1944 in New York City. Daughter of Morris and Evelyn C. Schwalb.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1965. Designer Dell Public Company. New York City, 1965-1967, assistant art director Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York City, 1967-1968.
Free-lance artist, Watertown, Massachusetts, since 1968.
Instructor art Kean College, Union, New Jersey, 1978-1979. Adjunct lecturer City University of New York, 1979-1982.
Associate visiting professor Massachusetts College Art, Boston, 1982-1991. Special instructor Simmons College, 1988.
Director International Festival of Women Artists, Copenhagen, 1979-1981.
Represented in permanent collections Silverpoint Drawings, Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, Fogg ArtMus., Harvard University, Chase Manhattan Bank, New York City, Arkansas Arts Center Foundation, Little Rock, Museum Modern Art, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Boston Public Library. Artist-in-residence Tel Aviv Artists Studios, 1994, MishkenotSha"ananim, Jerusalem, 1994. Delaware International Women"s Year Convention, Houston, 1977, member presidential Continuing Commission Conference, 1978.
Virginia Center for Creative Arts fellow, 1973, 92.
MacDowell Colony fellow, 1974, 75, 89;Yaddo fellow, 1981.
Designer Dell Public Company, New York City, 1965—1967. Assistant art director Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1967—1968. Instructor art Kean College, Union, New Jersey, 1978—1979.
Adjunct lecturer City University of New York, 1979—1982. Associate visiting professor Massachusetts College Art, Boston, 1982—1991. Special instructor Simmons College, 1988.
Director International Festival of Women Artists, Copenhagen, 1979-1981. Artist-in-residence Tel Aviv Artists Studios, 1994, Mishkenot Sha'ananim, Jerusalem, 1994.
Delaware, International Women's Year Convention, Houston, 1977, member Presidential Continuing Commission Conference, 1978. Board directors Watertown Cultural Council, 1991-1996. Member Coalition Women's Art Organizations (founding executive committee 1977-1978, vice president 1985-1987, national advertising board since 1987), Women's Caucus for Art (co-coordinator Boston chapter 1982-1983), College Art Association (committee on status of women 1991-1994).
Married Martin Boykan, November 6, 1983.