PETER CERRETA

EDUCATION:

BS – Art Education, 1958 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, Recipient of “Dean’s Scholarship Award”,

High Honors Graduate

MA – Art Education, 1965 Hunter College NYC

MS – Counseling Psychology 1971, Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY

Art Teacher, Counselor, Administrator, Program Coordinator 1958 – 1988

ADDITIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Daytona College, 1989 – 2000, Art Appreciation & Studio Arts

Flagler County Adult Education, 1989 – 2008, Sculpture & Painting

Daytona Beach Art League, 2000 –  present, Sculpture & Painting

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE:

Owned & operated, “Armchair Art & Framing Gallery” 1971 – 1988, Hawthorne, NY

STUDIO EXPERIENCE:

Painting – oil, acrylic, watercolor

Sculpture – clay, plaster, casts, & assemblage

Photography – Black & White, & color

Print making – etching, woodcut, collage, linocut, silkscreen & computer manipulations

EXHIBITS:

“Sunday Afternoon with the Artists” – Palm Coast, FL

“Art in the Park” – Palm Coast, FL

“Catch 22 Gallery” – St. Augustine, FL

“St. Augustine Art Association, St. Augustine, FL

“Ormond Memorial Museum & Gardens” – Ormond Beach, FL

“Daytona Beach Art League – Daytona Beach, FL

“Daytona State College, Daytona Beach, FL

“DeLand Museum, DeLand, FL

“Professional Artists of St. Augustine Fine Art Gallery  (P.A.St. A)

PUBLIC PARTONS:

Hunter College, NYC

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

Daytona College, Daytona Beach, FL

Catch 22 Gallery, St Augustine, FL

PRIVATE PATRONS (residing in):

New York State

Florida, California, Connecticut, France, Germany, Italy & England

AWARDS:

Ranging “Best in Show – Honorable Mention”

Flagler County First “Artist of the Year, 2000” Gargiulo Art Foundation

ART SHOWS JUDGED:

St Augustine Art Association

Daytona Beach Art League; Bushes & Palette - Daytona Beach, FL

Mt Dora Outdoor Art Show

Leesburg Art Association

Palm Coast/Flagler Outdoor Art Show

“As an artist, I cannot remain confined to a “comfortable” way of making my art.  In an attempt to remain vital and relevant as an artist I feel compelled to find alternative avenues for my ever-changing personal vision.  This is the right path for me.”