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2013/2014
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Frankel Fellowship, Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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2012
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Manhattan Community Arts Fund (MCAF) Grant, NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs (DCA)/Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC), NYC, NY
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2010
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Artist’s Grant.Puffin Foundation Ltd., NJ
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Lighton International Artists Exchange Program Grant, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO
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2009
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Manhattan Community Arts Fund (MCAF) Grant, NYC DCA/LMCC, New York, NY
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2008
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Emergency Grant, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New York, NY
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2007
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HEART AS ARENA TOP 10 ART THINGS 2006 (Blog) http://heartasarena.blogspot.com/2007/01/top-10-art-things-2006.html
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2006
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Dessel heads Hoggard’s 2006 HIGHLIGHTS list (Blog) http://www.mtaa.net/mtaaRR/news/mriver/more_06_cya.html
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Research Award (GIP), Brooklyn College, CUNY, Brooklyn, NY
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2006
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Cerf Award for Excellence in Art, Brooklyn College, CUNY, Brooklyn, NY
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2005
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Cerf Award for Excellence in Art, Brooklyn College, CUNY, Brooklyn, NY
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2004/2005
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Graduate Merit Award, Brooklyn College, CUNY, Brooklyn, NY
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2016
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“BRICK IN A SOFT HAT Series 2 Nos. 1-8 (Portraiture of Martha Gruening),” The Gomez Mill House, Marlboro, NY (Summer)
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2016
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“BRICK IN A SOFT HAT Series 2 Nos. 1-8 (Portraiture of Martha Gruening),” Nolen Art Lounge, Smith College, Northampton, MA (Feb/March)
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2014
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“BRICK IN A SOFT HAT Series 2 Nos. 1-8 (Portraiture of Martha Gruening),” The Gomez Mill House, Marlboro, NY
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2013
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“american samplers, series 3 (the chicken chronicles, nos. 1-14),” The Gomez Mill House, Marlboro, NY
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“WHAT A NEIGHBORHOOD!,” Bloomingdale Branch NY Public Library, New York, NY
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2012
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“crystal clear,” Park Avenue Synagogue Gallery, New York, NY
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2010
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“optimists,” chashama gallery 266, New York, NY
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“Nothers,” Naregatsi Art Institute Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia
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2009
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“still lives,” Culpeper Gallery Abrons Arts Center at Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY
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“wishbone series, nos.3-5,” Jeffrey’s Gallery Essex St. Market, New York, NY
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2006
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“OUR BACKYARD: A Cautionary Tale,” Dam Stuhltrager Gallery Sculpture Garden, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY (Curators James Wagner & Barry Hoggard)
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2014 - 2015
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“Home is Where The Art Is,” Lazarus Gallery, New Rochelle, NY
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2012
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“Sacred Time Sacred Space,” Still Point Art Gallery, On-line
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International Jewish Artist of the Year Award (IJAYA), Certificate of Commendation, BEN URI GALLERY The London Jewish Museum of Art, London, England
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2011
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“End of an Empire,” Grass Gallery, North Adams, MA (Juror Richard Rand, Senior Curator, Clark Art Inst.)
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A.I.R. GALLERY 9th BIENNIAL, DUMBO Brooklyn, NY (Juror Alexandra Schwartz, MoMA, Montclair Art Museum)
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2008
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“Discover Emerging Artists,” Nurture Art Benefit, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY (Oct. 27th)
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2007
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“Politics of Power,” Brooklyn Artists’ Gym (BAG), Brooklyn, NY
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“In Praise of Physical Labor,” Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL (Juror Artist Ursula Kammer-Fox)
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2006
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10th Anniversary Tokyo-New York Friendship Ceramic Competition – Sculpture, Nippon Gallery, NYC, NY (Jurors David McFadden, Chief Curator, Museum of Arts & Design, Shinichi Doi, Conservator, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cora Rosevear, Asso. Curator, MoMA)
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2005
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“VISIONS IX,” International Juried Art Exhibit, Recipient JURORS AWARD, The Cathedral Foundation, Covington, KY (Catalogue) (Jurors: Matthew Distel, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, Susan B. Halpern, Film Council of Greater Columbus, OH,Trevor Martin, Betty Rymer Gallery & School of the Art Institute of Chcago, IL)
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2004
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“2004 International Jewish Artist of the Year Award,” Finalist (Sculpture), London Jewish Museum of Art & Ben Uri Gallery, Tram Studios, London, England (Catalog) (Jurors: Dr. Andrew Renton, Dir. Curatorial Programs-Goldsmiths College, Univ. London, Dr. James Hyman, Art Dealer, Artists David Breuer-Weil, Carole Berman Sujo & Naomi Alexander, Rachel Dickson, Curator, Marion Naggar, Collector & Patron)
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2002, 2001
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“Tokyo-New York Friendship Ceramic Competition (Non-Functional),” Nippon Gallery, New York, NY
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2000
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Faculty Committee, Hunter College Art. Dept.Gallery, New York, NY
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2023
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“TZEDEK BOXES,” Bernard Heller Museum NYC, NY (Opens January)
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2022
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“Together Again: Jewish Art Salon & Stanton Street Shul Artists,” NYC, NY (Opens November)
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2019 - 2020
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“UTOPIA: VISIONS & TRADITION,” Gallery-Stanton Street Shul, Lower East Side, NYC, NY
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2019 - 2018
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“The Time For Home Exhibit,” Still Point Art Gallery, On-line
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2018/17
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“RESISTANCE,” City Lore Gallery, New York, NY
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2017
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“LEAVE YOUR SWORDS AT THE DOOR,” Riverfront Gallery, Yonkers, NY
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“FAR FROM THE FRONT LINES,” Evanston Art Center, Chicago Area, IL
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2016
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“Trees of Life and Evil Eyes: A Contemporary Take on Superstition, Symbols and Mysticism,” Abrazo Interno Gallery, Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural Center, New York, NY
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2014
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“America Scores Inspired Art Benefit,” New York, NY
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“CITIGROUP Showcases Small Works Exhibition,” Long Island CIty, NY
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2013
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Momenta Art Spring Benefit, Brooklyn, NY
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CITYarts Benefit Art Auction, New York, NY
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“What A Neighborhood!,” Bloomingdale School of Music, New York, NY
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2012
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“Small Works Summer Show, II,” Sterling National Bank, Long Island City, NY
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“Along The Line: The Sketchbook Project 2012 World Tour,” 15 cities in four countries (See https://www.sketchbookproject.com/library/S1285 for digitized version of Dessel’s drawings)
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2011
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“Wish You Were Here 10,” A.I.R. Gallery, DUMBO Brooklyn, NY
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CITYarts Benefit Auction, On-line and TIME WARNER Center, NYC, NY
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“DISTANT COUSINS,” Curator, Haifa Bint-Kadi. New York, NY
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2010
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“ArmoryFest 2010,” Clocktower Gallery, Long Island City, NY
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“Countdown To Peace,” Missing Peace Art Museum, On-Line
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“The 12th Annual POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE,” A Benefit for Visual AIDS, New York, NY
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2009
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“A DAY IN QUEENS,” LIC Artists INC Armory Week Exhibit, Paintcan Studios, Long Island City, NY
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2008
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“The Art Conspiracy,” Gallery Korea, New York, NY
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“COUNTDOWN TO PEACE,” East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
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“Jircany 2008,” Galerie Ecce Terra, Prague, Czech Republic
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2007
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“Small Rays of Hope and Fragments of a Larger Idea,” Rhonda Schaller Studio, New York, NY (2008 Art Calendar)
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“ACCESS: A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE,” Rhonda Schaller Studio, New York, NY (Catalog)
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2006
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“Dangling Between The Real Thing And The Sign In The Window,” Dam Stuhltrager Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY (Curators James Wagner & Barry Hoggard)
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“Plan B Prevails – MFA Thesis Exhibition,”.DUMBO Brooklyn, NY (May 24-June 16)
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“Plan B MFA Thesis Exhibition,” War Memorial Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (Catalog, Essayist Dena Schottenkirk) (May 3-4)
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2004
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“VISIONS & DREAMS,” A.I.Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY (Curator Tobi Kahn)
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2003
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“SEPTAGON Hunter College BFA Degree Show,” Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, NYC, NY (Curated by Nari Ward).
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2001-2002
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“Untitled Public Art Installation,” 105th Street DOG RUN, New York, NY
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2008
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Guest Artist, “Long Beach Island Foundation 2007-2008 Artist Residency and Retreat Exhibition,” LBI Fdn. of Arts & Sciences, Loveladies, NJ
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2009
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“Countdown to Peace,” St. Augustine’s University, Raleigh, North Carolina
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2021
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dessel, susan c. “Martha Gruening: ‘Brick in a Soft Hat’,” THE ART of BEING DANGEROUS: Exploring Women and Danger through Creative Expression, Edited by Shaw, J. and Fletcher-Watson,B. Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2021, 126-131. Print.
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2018
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“The Time For Home,” Winter 2018 Issue 32. Still Point Arts Quarterly. Dessel’s KITCHEN CABINET among selected works, https://www.stillpointartgallery.com/uploads/files/SPAQ32_WIN18_PREVIEW.html
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2016 - 2017
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Artist’s Essay and images of drawings “BRICK IN A SOFT HAT Series 2 Nos.1-8,” The Dangerous Women Project, University of Edinburgh Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, On-line
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2015
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“Brick in a Soft Hat: Activist, Suffragist, Crusader – Martha Gruening ‘1909’,” An illustrated presentation by susan c. dessel. Smith College 2015 Otelia Cromwell Day, Northampton, MA (Nov. 3, 2015)
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2014
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Dessel, Susan C. “A Voice From the Black Maria: Martha Gruening (1889-1937).” New Perspectives on Gender & Jewish Life, 2014 Frankel Institute Journal. Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies Univ. of MI, pp 24-27.
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2013
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Presentation, “A Word From the Black Maria,” Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (Dec. 5, 2013) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPBo4ishEMY
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2012
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An Introduction to the Visual & Material Culture of NYC Jews, 1654-1865.Linden, Diana L.,Visual Ed. CITY of PROMISES, Dash Moore, Deborah, Ed., Rock, H.B. NYU Press 2012. pp. 276-7.
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Kansas City Artists Coalition, Lighton International Artists Exchange Program (LIAEP) Panel – Lighton Grant Recipients Susan C. Dessel, Ehren Tool, & Jessica Segall. Kansas City, MO
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2011
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Dessel, Susan C. “Art in the Arab Sector,” PEACE X PEACE Raise Women’s Voices Build Cultures of Peace, On-Line (Nov. 22, 2011)
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2010
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Presentation, “The Women Buried in Manhattans Jewish Cemeteries: First Shearith Israel Graveyards,” with conceptual artist, susan c. dessel, Mid-Manhattan Main Branch NY Public Library, NYC, NY (Sept. 15, 2010)..
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2009
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“A CONCEPTUAL ARTIST LOOKS AT JEWISH CEMETERIES,” Gotham History BLOTTER, Gotham Center for NYC History, CUNY Graduate Center, On-line (November 6, 2009) https://www.gothamcenter.org/blog/a-conceptual-artist-looks-at-jewish-cemetaries
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2012 to present
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Trustee, American Friends of Umm el-Fahem Museum of Contemporary Art
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Member, New York Artists Circle (NYAC)
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2009 to Present
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Member, Jewish Art Salon
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2007 to present
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Member, Long Island City Artists Inc., NY
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2005 to present
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Member, Womens Caucus for Art
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2004 to 2010
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Panelist. ARTS in the SCHOOLS GRANTS Panel – Queens Council on the Arts, Queens, NY
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2004/2005
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TA to Professor Karin Giusti (3D Sculpture). Brooklyn College, CUNY, Brooklyn, NY
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2001
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Assisted Ruth Borgenicht, Mold Maker/Ceramic Artist. Hunter College, CUNY, NY, NY
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2000
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Assisted Artist Juan Sanchez on Cries and Pain, Lower East Side Print Shop, New York, NY
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WEB SITE
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<http://desselstudio.net>
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2016
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Zax, Tayla Zax. “Superstition Vies With Faith at Yiddish New York.” THE FORWARD, Dec. 21, 2016, http://forward.com/culture/357794/superstition-vies-with-faith-at-yiddish-new-york/?attribution=articles-hero-item-text-3
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2010
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For reviews of Desel’s 2010 “nothers” exhbit in Yerevan, Armenia, please click on PRESS PAGE above.
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2009
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“Up Close With Susan Dessel’s ‘Still Lives’.” The Lo-Down: News From the Lower East Side, Nov. 6, 2009, http://www.thelodownny.com/leslog/2009/11/up-close-with-susan-dessels-still-lives.html
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“Leah, still lives and the Women of the 23 Souls.” Sept. 4, 2009, https://jwa.org/blog/23souls
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Stone, Amy. “FEMINIST FUNERALS Art Opens the Conversation.” Lilith Magazine, Summer 2009, V.32 No.2, p.31
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2008
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“ARTIST CLAIMS ACTION IS CENSORSHIP.” The Sandpaper, May 14, 2008, http://www.desselstudio.net/static/dyn-files/1/1860.jpeg
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“ARTIST CLAIMS ACTION IS CENSORSHIP.(continuation)” The SandPaper, May 14, 2008, https://res-4.cloudinary.com/tristanmedia/image/private/c_limit,dpr_auto,f_auto,h_800,q_auto,w_800/zqbnglneya1nne8nfhvb.jpg
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Winkleman, Edward. “I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts (or An Exhibition Space’s Responsibilities with Regards to Potentially Offensive Materials).” (Blog) May 12, 2008, http://www.edwardwinkleman.com/2008/05/i-must-not-think-bad-thoughts-or.html
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Wagner, James. “NOT MY VOICE.” May 12, 2008, http://jameswagner.com/2008/05/not_my_voice.html
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Wagner, James. “Susan Dessel’s ‘OUR BACKYARD’ Censored by Gallery.” May 11, 2008, http://jameswagner.com/mt_archives/007057.html
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Burket, Brent. “Hiding the Bodies in Our Backyard.” HEART AS ARENA (Blog) May 12, 2008, http://heartasarena.blogspot.com/2008/05/hiding-bodies-in-our-backyard.html
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2006
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Burket, Brent. “Body Count.” HEART AS ARENA (Blog), Nov. 6, 2006, http://heartasarena.blogspot.com/2006/11/body-count.html
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Moody, Tom. “Dangling Between the Real Thing and the Sign in the Window.” Nov. 4, 2006, http://www.digitalmediatree.com/tommoody/?38269/
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tinsquo. “Dangling at Dam, Stuhltrager.” Nov. 1, 2006, http://www.tinsquo.com/archives/000376.html
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Wagner, James. “Brooklyn College MFA works resurrected, with scars.” June 6, 2006, http://jameswagner.com/mt_archives/005639.html
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