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Jennie Traill Schaeffer: CV

EDUCATION    
2000    Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse, NY 
            BFA, Dual Major in Painting / Art Education, magna cum laude                

1999    Study Abroad, Syracuse University, Florence, Italy                                                                     
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Selected JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2022   Hermitage Handmade Festival, Hermitage Museum & Gardens, Norfolk, VA
            D
urham Art Walk Holiday Market, Durham, NC
            Friends Exhibit, 311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2021   Durham Art Walk Holiday Market, Durham, NC

2020   Personal Landscapes, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
            Yellowstone Art Auction 52, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
            State of the Art 2020, Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ
            Jam at Mam, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
            Inspiring Minds, Herb & Milly Iris Gallery at SOPAC, South Orange, NJ

2019   Art at the Esplanade, Mountain Lakes, NJ
            3rd Annual Juried Show: Mixed Media, Bethlehem House Contemporary Art Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
            Inspiring Minds, Valley Arts Community Gallery, Orange, NJ

2018   Art to Go, Studio Montclair Gallery, Montclair, NJ
             Bizarre Bazaar, The Woodland, Maplewood, NJ
            Inspiring Minds, Valley Arts Community Gallery, Orange, NJ
            Optimism in Action,  Peg Williams Gallery at Short Stories Bookstore, Madison, NJ

2017   Friends of Arts Unbound, The Dora Stern Gallery at Arts Unbound, Orange, NJ
           
Optimism in Action, Peg Williams Gallery at Short Stories Bookstore, Madison, NJ 
           
Optimism in Action, Museum of Early Trade & Craft, Madison, NJ 
           Art and Poetry HaHa, The Rectangle Studio & Gallery, Orange, NJ
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Petit Deux: a group exhibition of smaller sized art 16” x 20” and under, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY

2016   Petit: a group exhibition of smaller art, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
           
Great Spirits Among Us, Nails in the Wall Gallery @ St. Luke’s, Metuchen, NJ
           
An Eclectic Art Show, Peg Williams Gallery at Short Stories Bookstore, Madison, NJ
           
OPEN Orange, Firehouse Gallery, Orange, NJ 
           
Maplewood Art Walk, Maplewood, NJ
           
Gaelen Juried Art Show & Sale, Gaelan Gallery West, Whippany, NJ 

2015   Love of the Delaware River Valley, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ
           Maplewood Art Walk, Maplewood, NJ

2014   Painting Alumni Retrospective, 914Works, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
           Open Orange, Firehouse Gallery, Orange, NJ
           Friends & Neighbors, Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ

2011   24th Annual Skylands Juried Show, Sussex County Arts Center, Newton, NJ

2009   22nd Annual Skylands Juried Show, Sussex County Arts Center, Newton, NJ
           23rd International Juried Show, Visual Arts Center of NJ, Summit, NJ

2008   21st Annual Skylands Juried Show, Sussex County Arts Center, Newton, NJ

2007   Peters Valley Craft Fair, Sussex County Fairgrounds, Augusta, NJ
           Bethlehem Fine Arts Show, Bethlehem, PA
           30th Small Works, 80 East Washington Square Galleries, NYU, New York, NY
           21st International Juried Show, Visual Art Center of NJ, Summit, NJ

2006    19th Annual Skylands Juried Show, Sussex County Arts Center, Newton, NJ
2005    Small Matters of Great Importance, Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, NY
2004    Members’ Annual Juried Show, Somerset Art Association, Bedminster, NJ
2000    Summer Student Show, Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Selected GROUP EXHIBITIONS    
2022    Taking Up Space, The Pocket Gallery, Raleigh, NC
             Members Showcase Exhibition, Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC

2020    Candy Club Collective: 25 Women Artists, www.KatrinaBerg.com
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2019   State of the Art 2019, Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ
            Artists of the Oranges, West Orange Arts Center, West Orange, NJ

2018    Friends of Arts Unbound, The Dora Stern Gallery at Arts Unbound, Orange, NJ
            Artist Members Show, Valley Arts Community Gallery, Orange, NJ
            ArtFull Holiday, Valley Arts Community Gallery, Orange, NJ

2017   MotherDaughter, Oceanic Free Library, Rumson, NJ
           Artist Members Show, Valley Arts Community Gallery, Orange, NJ
           Friends of Arts Unbound, The Dora Stern Gallery at Arts Unbound, Orange, NJ
           Portrait Painting Mothers, The Rectangle Studio & Gallery, Orange, NJ
           Art and Poetry HaHa, The Rectangle Studio & Gallery, Orange, NJ

2016   West Orange Arts Council Members Show, West Orange Arts Center, NJ
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Into the Valley, West Orange Arts Center, NJ
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Making Matters: Summer Faculty Show, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ 
           SOMA Artists Studio Tour, JESPY House, South Orange, NJ
           Twitter Art Exhibit,  Trygve Lie Gallery, New York, NY

2015   SOMA Artists Studio Tour,  JESPY House, South Orange, NJ
           
Studio Tour 11 x 14, Maplewood Memorial Library, Maplewood, NJ
           West Orange Art Center Opening Exhibit, West Orange, NJ
           BANG X: A Small Artworks Exhibition & Sale, 1978 Galley, Maplewood, NJ

2014   Annual Faculty and Studio Assistant Exhibition, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ
           Primar(il)y Red, Gallery U, Westfield, NJ

2013   Evolution: Works in Progress, TraillWorks, Newton, NJ

2012   Feast for the Eyes: The Art of Food, Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ
           Good Things, Small Packages, Newton, NJ
           Fresh, TraillWorks, Newton, NJ
           Contemporary Landscapes, TraillWorks, Newton, NJ
           Growth, Renewal, Change, TraillWorks, Newton, NJ
           Blank Canvas Benefit, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ

2011   Good Things, Small Packages, TraillWorks, Newton, NJ
           Women’s Invitational Exhibit, TraillWorks, Newton, NJ

2010   32nd Annual Art Exhibit and Sale, Hilltop Country Day School, Sparta, NJ
           Two Sides to Every Story: Jennie Traill Schaeffer and Martha C. Hall, TraillWorks, Newton, NJ

2008   Kitchen Kitsch, TraillWorks, Newton, NJ
           31st Annual Art Exhibit and Sale, Hilltop Country Day School, Sparta, NJ
           Newark Open Doors 2008, 482 Washington St., Newark, NJ
           Guest Artist Residency Exhibit, Sally D. Francisco Gallery at Peters Valley, Layton, NJ
           Featured Artist, Sussex County Arts Center, Newton, NJ           

2007   Blank Canvas Benefit, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
           30th Annual Art Exhibit and Sale, Hilltop Country Day School, Sparta, NJ
           ICON: Redefining Contemporary Pop Art, Wired Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
           2nd Annual Summer Show, Art at the Mill, Lafayette, NJ
           Romanticism, Sussex County Arts Center, Newton, NJ     
                               
2006   29th Annual Art Exhibit and Sale, Hilltop Country Day School, Sparta, NJ
           Large and Small Works, APeX Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
           Woman’s Art Walk, 4th Annual Women’s Art Festival, APeX Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
           Realism ’06, APeX Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
           Metamorphosis; A New Beginning, Art at the Mill, Lafayette, NJ
           People, Places & Things and The Hundred Dollar Show, Art at the Mill, Lafayette, NJ
           For Lovers Only, Art at the Mill, Lafayette, NJ
           Arts Desire, Sussex County Arts Center, Newton, NJ

2005   HOMEwork, Benefit Concert & Sneak Preview of HOME, The Puffin Room, NYC
           28th Annual Art Exhibit and Sale, Hilltop Country Day School, Sparta, NJ
           Artist’s Choice, Sussex County Arts Center, Newton, NJ
           Art in Sussex County 46th Annual Exhibit, Sussex County Fairgrounds, Augusta, NJ

2004   Non-Juried Show and Sale, Somerset Art Association, Bedminster, NJ

2003   Non-Juried Show and Sale, Somerset Art Association, Bedminster, NJ

1999   BFA Show, School of Art and Design, Syracuse University, NY
           BFA Group Show, Storch Gallery, Syracuse Stage, Syracuse, NY

SOLO EXHIBITIONS  
2019  The Kitchen Gods, GSC Gallery, General Store Cooperative, Maplewood, NJ
2017  Red Carpet Icons & More, The ArtFull Bean Artisan Café, Valley Arts, Orange, NJ
2016  Jennie Traill Schaeffer at Twin Rivers Dance Academy,  Easton, PA
           Jennie Traill Schaeffer at the Maplewood Grille, Maplewood, NJ
2015   Red Carpet Icons: New Works,  Hat City Kitchen, Orange, NJ
2012   Jennie Traill Schaeffer Selected Works, Gallery Within, Krave Café and Caterers, Newton, NJ
           Jennie Traill Schaeffer: Regrouped, TraillWorks, Newton, NJ
2011   Taped Up, TraillWorks, Newton, NJ                                                                              
2009   Kitchen Savories, Andre’s Restaurant, Newton, NJ      
2007   Open Studio, TraillWorks, Newton, NJ
2006   Appliance Portraits, A Solo Show of Oils, The Snack Bar, Denville, NJ
2005   TraillWorks: Now Showing, Rockingham Coffee Lounge, Boonton, NJ
2000   Defining Moments: Painting and Process, White Cube Gallery, Syracuse, NY

RESIDENCIES
 2022     Virtual Artist Mother Art Residency                                      
2008      Guest Artist in Residence - Special Topics, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ                  

AWARDS & HONORS
2016    2nd Place in Show, Maplewood Art Walk, Maplewood, NJ
2011    George W. Morville Honorable Mention, Skylands Juried Art Show, Sussex County Arts Council
2009    20 Under 40, New Jersey Herald, Newton, NJ   
2008    Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Scholarship
             Guest Artist in Residence - Special Topics, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ   
2006    Best New Artist, Skylands Juried Art Show, Sussex County Arts Council
             Tranquility Gallery Award, Skylands Juried Art Show, Sussex County Arts Council
2004    Honorable Mention, Members’ Annual Juried Show, Somerset Art Association
2000    Hiram Gee Senior Painting Award (2nd Place), Senior Painting Competition, Syracuse University
1996    First Place Mixed Media, Riverfest Outdoor Exhibition, Phillipsburg, NJ

COMMISSIONS
2006 – present
           Numerous Private Commissions
2011 -2012
           Mural Designer and Painter, St. Joseph’s Regional School, Newton, NJ
2005   Set Designer for HOME, ACFDance, Inc., 14th Street Y Theater, NYC      

COLLECTIONS
Mountain Creek, Vernon, NJ
Syracuse University: “Syracuse University Student Print Collection.”,  Syracuse, NY
Private Collections: United States including NJ, PA, NY, CT, TX, UT, MI, OH, FL, NC, CA, IL

CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2012    Juror of Awards, Peters Valley Annual Juried Craft Fair
2008 - 2013    
           TraillWorks’ Gallery Exhibits, TraillWorks, Newton, NJ                           

TALKS, PANELS
2021    Speaker,  The Art Educators Lounge, hosted on Zoom by Teaching Artist Podcast and Visionary Art Collective
2020    Speaker, The Candy Club Collective, hosted by Katrina Berg Fine Art, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNrRzggYe8I&t=9s
2012    Speaker, “The Evolution of My Work and Myself,” Culver Lake Women’s Group, Frankford, NJ
2011    Panelist, “Who Does She Think She Is Discussion,” TraillWorks, Newton, NJ
2010    Speaker, “The Apron and Its Place in History,” Newton Heritage Day, TraillWorks, Newton, NJ  

BIBLIOGRAPHY                    
Hartnett, Michael. “The Art of Jennie Traill Schaeffer: Halos and Pearls.” Sussex Journal April, 2012: 12 – 14.   Print. 
“Exhibit to Benefit Cancer Research.” New Jersey Herald 22 Jan. 2012: Sun. Ed, D-6. Print.
“TraillWorks Art Gallery Moves to New Location.” New Jersey Herald 4 April, 2010.
Matt Fitzpatrick. Interview with Jennie Traill Schaeffer.  WMBC-TV. 1 Oct. 2009. Television.
“Jennie Traill Schaeffer.” New Jersey Herald 27 Sept. 2009: Sun. Ed, “20 Under 40 Special Section,” 11. Print.
Brody, Millicent K. “Weekending: Newton” New Jersey Life 1 May, 2009: 103. Print.
Kalan, Susan. “Meet the Artist.” The Express-Times 9 May, 2008: D1: Print.
George Andrerson. “The Kitchen God’s Artist.” NJ Savvy Living  Aug. 2008: 62-67.
Kelly Heyboer. “Life of the Artist.” Jersey Blogs. The Star-Ledger 25 April  2007: Web
Zimmer, Dave. “Local artist exhibits works at Jewelers.” AIM Jefferson [Jefferson, NJ]. 3 November 2006: J10.
Print.
“Apex Gallery New Realism Show Features Many Local Artists.” Upstage Magazine 4 September 2006:                       <http://www.upstagemagazine.com>. Web.                                   
Schaeffer, Jennie Traill. St. Mixer. 1996. TraillWorks, Newton, NJ. New Jersey Arts Calendar. New York Times
3 September 1996: NJ edition, NJ 15.
Moszczynski. Joe. “Artist means to eat well, and paint the stove, too.” The Star-Ledger [Newton, NJ], 23
February 2006.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS   
2021 - present
            Thrive Together Network, Member (previously Artist/Mother Network)
2021 - present
           Durham Art Guild, Member
2017 - Studio Montclair, Member

          Valley Arts, Member
          West Orange Arts Council, Member   
2016 - Studio Montclair, Member
          Montclair Art Museum, Member
          Valley Arts, Member
          West Orange Arts Council, Member                                                                          
2015 - present 
          Studio Montclair, Member
          1978 Maplewood Art Center, Member
          Valley Arts, Member
2011 - present
           Peters Valley Craft Center, Member
2005 - 2013
           Sussex County Arts & Heritage Council, Member                                                          
           Chairperson, Annual Juried Skylands Art Show and Sale          (2006 / 2007)
           Visual Arts Committee Member (2005 – 2008)
2007 - 2008
           BOAS (Business of Art Sussex), Co-founder & President
2003 - 2004
           Somerset Art Association, Member

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION 
2022
           "Wearing all the Hats," Professional Development Course led by Kaylan Buteyn and Isadora Stowe of the Artist /                      Mother Network


INSTRUCTION 
2013 – present
           Fine Arts Teacher, Art Coach, Workshop Instructor: Art Lessons, TraillWorks, West Orange, NJ
2016   Workshop Instructor, Finding Flow in Watercolor, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ    
2014   Workshop Instructor, Painting the Texture of Tea, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ                                   
           Workshop Instructor, Drawing Reflections, Teen Arts, Sussex County Community College, Newton, NJ
2012   Workshop Instructor, Teen Arts, Sussex County Community College, Newton, NJ                   
2007   Workshop Instructor, Teen Arts, Sussex County Community College, Newton, NJ
           Workshop Instructor, Hilltop Country Day School Teachers’ Orientation, Sparta, NJ
2006 – 2013
           Fine Arts Teacher, Art Lessons, TraillWorks, Newton, NJ                                              
2002 - 2003
           Fine Arts Teacher, Hunterdon Central Regional High School, Flemington, NJ
2001 - 2002
           Fine Arts Teacher, Copeland Middle School, Rockaway Township, NJ

ONLINE GALLERIES
2008 - 2013
           JerseyArts.com, http://www.jerseyarts.com/ArtistGallery.aspx?ID=165            
2007 – 2010
           Gawker Artist, http://www.artists.gawker.com /387410/jennie-traill-schaeffer                           
                       

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  • Home
  • Portfolio
    • TeaScapes
    • Take a Seat
    • Garden Watercolors
    • Kitchen Gods
    • Apron Strings
    • Red Carpet Icons
    • Optimism
    • Scapes
    • Portraits
  • Store
    • ARTaments
    • Dog Portraits
    • Garden Watercolors
    • Gift Cards
    • Home Decor
    • Note Cards
    • Prints
    • TeaScapes
    • Take a Seat
    • Yoga Mats
    • FAQs
    • Holiday Shipping Deadlines
    • Wholesale
  • Commissions
    • Dog Portraits
    • Wedding Cake Portraits
    • ARTaments
    • How to Commission a Work
  • About Jennie
    • Resume
    • Statement
    • Exhibits & Events
    • Press
    • Newsletter
    • Contact
  • Lessons
    • Art Lesson Interest Survey
    • Art Coaching
    • Online Class Policies
    • Student Gallery
    • Testimonials
  • Blog