Background
Gordon, Trudy Ethel was born on August 29, 1932 in Rochester, New York, United States. Daughter of Lewis Arthur and Ella (Manson) Shoolman.
Gordon, Trudy Ethel was born on August 29, 1932 in Rochester, New York, United States. Daughter of Lewis Arthur and Ella (Manson) Shoolman.
Graduate, Albright Art School, 1953; Bachelor of Science in Fine Arts Education cum laude, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1954; postgraduate, Rochester Institute Technology, 1955-1956; postgraduate, Columbia University, 1956-1957; postgraduate, Florida Atlantic U., 1970-1971.
Art teacher, Abraham Lincoln Elementary School, Buffalo, 1954-1955;
art teacher grades 1-12, Scottsville (New York) Control School, 1955-1956;
teacher, Adult Education Department, West Palm Beach, Florida, 1958-1968;
chairman art department adult education, Palm Beach County Schools, West Palm Beach, 1960-1968;
teacher, Palm Beach Junior College, Lake Forth, Florida, 1973-1976;
teacher, Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach, 1978-1985;
teacher, Boca Raton (Florida) Museum Art, 1985-1996;
teacher, Armory School Visual Arts, West Palm Beach, 1985-1996. Founding chairman City of West Palm Beach Art in Public Places, 1982-1985, vice chairman, 1985-1988, committee member, 1988-1997. Committee member West Palm Beach Public Library.
Art Committee, 1984-1986, Palm Beach County Cultural Art Advisory, West Palm Beach, 1993-1997.
Committee member Southside Neighborhood Association, West Palm Beach, 1993-1995, board of directors, 1995-1997. Member Guild for International Piano Competitions, West Palm Beach, 1996-1997. Member National Museum Women Artists, National Association Women Artists, Palm Beach County Cultural Council, Boca Raton Museum Art, Armory Art Center (faculty representative board directors 1986-1989, board directors 1990-1992), Artists Guild Norton Museum Art (vice president 1978-1980, president 1980-1982, award for lithography 1977, award for collage 1978, award for painting 1980), Norton Museum Art.
Married Stephen Richard Gordon, March 31, 1957 (divorced 1983). Children: Clifford Reed, Rhonda Michelle.