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Education
M.A. Clinical Art Therapy, Long Island University, Brookville, NY, 2009.
B.A. Visual Art, Empire State College, Old Westbury, NY, 2006
Fine Art
Permanent Collections
Selected works, NU Arts Studios & Gallery, 311 North St, Pittsfield, MA.
Works from the Gravity Series, Sculpture Building Gallery, Long Island University, Brookville, NY
Select Works from the Gravity Series, Pederson Krag, Huntington, NY
Solo Art Exhibitions
2023 Color Stories, NUarts Gallery & Studios
2022 Pain and Beauty, NUarts Gallery & Studios
2021 Take Five and All that Jazz, NUarts Gallery & Studios
2019 Ancestry, NUarts Gallery & Studios, Nov..
2018 Messages of Hope, Universalist Church, Pittsfield, Nov.
2016 Marney Schorr, District, Pittsfield MA. August 1 - December 15
2014 New Girl on the Block, The Brothership Building, Pittsfield MA, Oct 3-Nov 6
2014 Storms & Concertos, Studio 19, NU Arts Gallery & Studios, 311 North St, Pittsfield MA, July-Sept
2013 Brodie Mountain Wind Series, Berkshire Artist Gallery at Wild Sage, North St, Pittsfield, MA, Nov
2009 Origins, Artastic Destination, 372 New York Ave, Huntington Village, NY, March 4-29
2008 The Brain Show, Long Island University, C.W. Post campus, Brookville, NY Oct 21-25
2008 A Mind Divided, Ripe Art Gallery, Greenlawn, NY, Aug 16-Sept 2
2007 Gravity Series: Treescapes in Oil Pastel, Sachem Public Library, Holbrook NY May 1-31
2006 Private Windows: Treescapes, Self Portraits and Scenes from a Mental Hospital, The Dawson
Gallery, Empire State College, Old Westbury, NY, Sept 16-Nov 10
Group Art Exhibitions
2023 Art for Social Change, Whitney Center for the Arts, Feb.
2022 Forget Me Not, The Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield, Jun
2019 Some Things to Think About, Whitney Center for the Arts, Pittsfield MA, Sept.
2019 Lets Go Pink, Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield, Oct
2018 Whimsy, Whitney Center for the Arts, Pittsfield MA, Dec
2018 Hope is a Four Letter Word, Whitney Center for the
2018 International Women's Day Show, Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield MA, March-April.
2017 Whimsy, Whitney Center for the Arts, Pittsfield MA, Dec.
2017 Not Just Pink, Cancer Awareness Auction for Moments House at Whitney Center for the Arts, Oct
2016 Holiday Art Show, NU Arts Gallery, FFAW Pittsfield MA, Dec.
2015 Women's Work, Whitney Center for the Arts, Pittsfield MA, Aug 7 - Sept 3
2014 Alumni Student Art Exhibit, Empire State College, Old Westbury, NY, May 31-Aug
2013 Berkshire Arts Festival, Artists of the Berkshires, Ski Butternut, Great Barrington, MA July 12-14
2013 5th Annual OLLI Art Show & Silent Auction, The Welles Gallery, Lenox, MA, June 8-9
2008 LI Festival and Walk for Mental Health, Heckscher Park, Huntington, NY, Sept 21
2007 HAC Members Exhibit; Art-Trium Gallery, Melville, NY, July 23 - Sept 10
2007 Outsider Art, Universalist Unitarian Church, Stonybrook, NY, May 31-June 31
2007 Make a Wish Foundation Petite Juried Exhibit, La Mantia Gallery, Northport, NY, April 21-27
2006 LI Festival & Walk for Mental Health, Huntington, NY. September
2006 Masterworks Exhibit, Gallery on the Hill, Farmingville, NY, July
2006 BHAC Members Exhibit, Brookhaven Town Hall, Farmingville, NY, May
2006 Long Island: Island for All Seasons, Gallery on the Hill, Farmingville, NY, April
2005 Alumni Student Art Exhibit, Empire State College, Old Westbury, NY, November
Curated Shows
2022 Third Annual Love Yourself, Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield, MA, Mar 19.
2021 Togetherness, Crust, Pittsfield, Jan
2020 Second Annual Love Yourself, Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield, MA, Feb.
2019 War Heroes, NUarts, Pittsfield, Sept
2019 Love Yourself, Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield, Feb.
2019 Self-made Human, Hunter Schrade, Unitarian Universalist Church, Pittsfield, June.
2019 Myth and Nature, Rachael Bentz, Unitarian Universalist Church, Pittsfield, April.
2019 Birdie, Breanna Lytle at Unitarian Universalist Church, Pittsfield, Mar.
2018 Hope is a Four Letter Word, AIRY Group show, Sept-Oct.
2016 Family Art Show & Silent Auction, Whitney Center for the Arts, Pittsfield MA, May 6- June 1
2016 Family Expressions, Kinderhook Group, 137 North St, Pittsfield, March 4- April 20
Writing, Research & Publications
(2022) DBT and Art for Youth Suicide Prevention: When Art Saves Lives, Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
(2011) Is art therapy on your brain? Berkshire Mental Health Journal.
(2017) Measurable Outcomes for Suicide Prevention in Arts in Recovery for Youth, Department of Public Health and Berkshire Coalition for Suicide Prevention.
(2009). Cognitive behavioral art therapy for adolescent trauma: a brain-based approach. Long Island University Graduate Thesis, 1-85.
(2008). Traumatic Brain Injury and Art Therapy. Long Island University Research Study.
Teaching Experience, Invited Talks & Lectures
2015-Present Instructor for Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Berkshire Community College.
● Women, Art & Activism (Winter 2022-23)
● Creative Aging (Fall 2018)
● A Return to Women & The Creative Self (Summer 2017)
● Art & Life: Creativity as a Spiritual Resource (Fall 2016)
● Women and the Creative Self (Winter 2015)
● Collage Cards (Fall 2015)
● The History and Development of Art Therapy (Spring 2015)
2022 Book Reading, DBT & Art for Youth Suicide Prevnention, The Colonial Theatre, Jun
2021 Self Care for Educators, Berkshire County Professional Development, Berkshire County Schools.
2021 Art Therapy and Suicide Prevention, Springfield College.
2020 A Creative Approach to the Trauma-informed Classroom in Response to COVID-19, Berkshire
Community Assets Network (B-CAN) with Berkshire County Schools, October.
2020 Arts in Recovery Symposium, Berkshire Community College, April.
2019 Creative Mindfulness three day workshop for Ninth Graders, Monument Mountain High School,
Great Barrington, MA
2019 Art Therapy & Suicide Prevention, Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA, April.
2018 Innovative Suicide Prevention Models, Art Therapy & DBT: Saving Adolescents & Young Adults,
Chair, Suicide Prevention Track, 9th Annual Expressive Therapies Summit, Manhattan, Nov.
2018 Art Therapy Methods for the Classroom: Social and Emotional Development through the Arts,
Berkshire County Schools Professional Development, Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield MA.
2018 Art, Movement & Nature, Women's Cape Cod Art Retreat, Oestara Women's House, Brewster,
MA, Jun 10-13
2018 Art Therapy & Suicide Prevention, 17th Annual Suicide Prevention Conference sponsored by
Dept of Public Health and MA Coalition for Suicide Prevention, Framingham MA, May 2
2018 Art Therapy and Suicide Prevention, Springfield College Graduate Art Therapy Program, April 28.
2017 Layers, Women's Cape Cod Art Retreat, Oestara Women's House, Brewster, MA, Jun 8-11
2016 Matisse Paper Cutouts, Art Workshop for Families, Whitney Center for the Arts, Pittsfield, Dec.
2016 Community Art Workshop for Adults with disabilities, Community Enterprises, Pittsfield, MA, Aug.
2016 Watercolors Workshop, Art Class, Claire Teague Senior Center, Great Barrington, MA, May.
2015 Art Therapy Then and Now. Guest Lecturer for Tuesday Club of Stockbridge, Stockbridge Oct 20.
2015 Women's Work. Panel discussion, Whitney Center for the Arts, Pittsfield MA, Aug 26.
2015 What's behind that Image? The Development of Art Therapy, Radio Show with WAMC Northeast
Public Radio, Pittsfield, April.
2014 "Conversations with Artists", SUNY at Empire State College, Westbury, NY.
2014 Art & Healing, State University of New York at Empire State College, Westbury, NY, Mar.
2014 Visiting Art Instructor, Children's Summer Program at Stephentown Library.
2014 Visiting Art Instructor, Trading Post Farms, teaching classes on art and sustainability, Summer.
2013 Visiting Art Instructor, Treehouse in Pittsfield, MA. Earth Day Arts Adventure. Taught drawing and
pinwheel making workshop using recycled materials with ages 2 through 12, Apr 27.
2011 From Patient to Protégé: Changing Treatment Models for Art Therapists, American Art Therapy
Association 42nd Annual Conference, Washington D.C., July 6.
2011 Collaborating with Clients: New Treatment Models for Art Therapists, New Jersey Art Therapy
Association's 10th Annual Conference, Caldwell College, NJ, April 9.
2010 Teens Take Over Pittsfield, Co-teacher, Pittsfield Contemporary, Pittsfield, MA, Sept-Dec.
2010 Modern Art Techniques, Pittsfield Public Schools.
Departmental/University Service
2018-P Internship Supervisor at MCLA Art Dept, North Adams, MA
2016-P Internship Supervisor at Springfield College Art Therapy Dept, Springfield, MA
2008 Graduate Assistant to Dr. Kerr, Director, Clinical Arts Therapy Program, CW Post, Brookville, NY
Art Therapy Experience
2017-P Arts in Recovery for Youth (AIRY), Founding Director. Award winning art therapy and peer support
program for suicidal youth ages 13-24, teaching suicide prevention and creative adaptation of
DBT skills.
2017 LGBTQ+ Youth and Family Art Programs funded by Family Resource Center at Berkshire
Children and Families, June - Sept
2016-P Arts in Recovery for Women & Families, Pittsfield, MA. Community-based art therapy program
serving women and families recovering from trauma, loss and addictions.
2015-P Art Therapy with Marney Schorr, NU Arts Gallery & Studios, 311 North St, Pittsfield MA. Design
and implement individual, family & community art therapy groups and enrichment classes.
● Family & Individual Art Therapy
● Art & Process: Peer Supervision Group for Art Therapists (monthly)
● Holistic Healing with Touch Drawing
● The Development of Art Therapy
● Artist Identity
● Art Making and Radical Self Care
● Coping with Art for Families
● Transforming Depression with Art
● Art & DBT
● Art of Trees
● Art, Food, Body
● Visual Journaling
● Illustrated Story: Narrative Art Therapy
● Intuitive Collage
● Art & Legacy
● Abstract Painting
● Art Therapy & the 12 Steps for Women in Recovery
● Nature's Retreat: Eco-art therapy
● Altered Books
2015-16 The Family Art Therapy Project at The Christian Center, 193 Robbins Ave, Pittsfield MA, art
therapy program for underserved families focused on fostering family-building skills, increasing
access to the arts and cross-participation with local artists and art shows in Cultural Pittsfield's
First Fridays Artswalk.
2015 Project Reconnect, Pittsfield MA. Summer art therapy program for school aged youth
transitioning back into high school.
2015 The Brien Center, Pittsfield, MA. Art with Marney, Weekly Art Therapy Group at Hamlin Street
Wellness Center.
2015 Berkshire Pathways, Pittsfield, MA. Art Therapy, Spring Wellness Fair.
2010 Clinical Support Options, Inc, Pittsfield, MA. Family Therapist and Mental Health Clinician serving
children and families in trauma-informed psychotherapy and art therapy.
2010 Project Moving On, Brooklyn, NY. Art Therapist and Case Manager at day treatment program for
adults with mental illness and substance abuse. Group and individual art therapy, community
building.
2009 Heartsong, Scarsdale, NY. Group Art Therapy with children and adolescents with developmental
disabilities and Autism Spectrum Disorders.
2009 South Oaks Psychiatric Hospital, Amityville, NY. Art Therapy at Partial Hospitalization Program for
adults with psychiatric and substance abuse problems. Assessment, individual, group art
psychotherapy.
2009 Sagamore Children's Psychiatric Center, Dix Hills, NY. Art Therapy with adolescent females with
mental illness and substance abuse. Assessed and provided individual & group art therapy, peer
activities.
2007-09 LI Head Injury, Commack, NY. Group Art Therapy with clients with Traumatic Brain Injury.
2007-09 LI Cancer Help and Wellness Center, Bayshore, NY. Planned and implemented group art therapy
sessions with Cancer patients.
Continuing Education/Training
2024 Color, Line, Composition, Art Students League of NY, Jan-Feb
2023 Building Resilience for Art Therapists, Creative Therapies, Oct.
2023 Color, Theory, Composition, Art Students League of NY, Aug-Nov
2022 Predisposition to Paint, School of Visual Arts, NYC, Sept-Dec.
2022 Experimental Paper Making, 5 day intensive at Women’’s Studio Workshop, Woodstock NY, Aug.
2022 The Toll of Working with Trauma, Adcare & Riverside Trauma, June.
2021 Expressive Arts Therapies Summit, Remote Conference, NYC, Nov.
2020 Becoming Safely Embodied, Deidre Fay, July.
2020 Introduction to Trauma-informed Treatment with Adolescents, Institute for Health & Recovery and
MA Department of Health, July 7.
2020 Managing Hope in Times of Uncertainty, Riverside Trauma Center, July 26
2020 Trauma First Aid: Awakening the Ordinary Miracle of Healing with Peter Levine, Embodied
Philosophy, April - June.
2019 Touch Drawing with Deborah Koff-Chapin, CoSM, Oct.
2019 When the Conversation Turns to Suicide, Western MA RLC, Springfield MA, July.
2019 Somatic Experiencing: Expanding the Psychodynamic Dialogue, Smith College for Social Work,
Northampton, MA, July.
2018 Trauma-Informed Communities, Riverside Trauma Center, Sept.
2018 Narrative Therapy Masterclass, Expressive Therapies Summit, NY, Nov.
2017 Internal Family Systems & Art Therapy, Master class, Expressive Therapies Summit, NY, Oct 13.
2017 Interpersonal Theory of Suicide with Thomas Joiner, Boston, MA, Jun.
2017 Trauma, Suicide & Addiction, Berkshire Coalition for Suicide Prevention, Hancock, MA Jun.
2017 Overcoming Suicide: Challenges Across the Lifespan, Massachusetts Coalition for Suicide
Prevention, 2 day training, Framingham, MA Apr 4-5.
2017 Large Scale Contemporary Abstract Drawing with Meredith Rosier, Woodstock School of Art, Dec
2017 Albedo: Method of Illumination, Center for Applied Jungian Studies, Mar-June.
2017 Encaustic Painting, Truro Center for the Arts, Jun.
2015 Incorporating Art-making in Treatment w/Judy Rubin, Expressive Therapies Summit, NY, Nov. 5
2015 Figure Ground in Abstract Painting, Arts Center of the Capital Region, July.
2014 Putting the Contemporary Back into Art, Tricks of the Trade, MCLA, North Adams, MA, May 6.
2014 Impressionist Art, Modernism v Traditionalism: Art in Paris 1888-89, OLLI at BCC, Spring.
2011 Creative Economy, Introduction to Arts Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Fall
2011 The Art and Science of Art Therapy, NJATA 10th Conference, Caldwell College, NJ, April.
2009 Inspiring Frontiers: AATA 40th Annual Conference, Dallas, TX, November 19-21.
2009 Revitalizing the Therapist and the Artist Within, WATA, Greenville, NY, April 25.
2009 Creative Arts Therapy: Pairing with Other Disciplines, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY Mar 23.
2008 Art Therapy: A Guiding Light in Medical and Mental Health Treatment, NYATA Educational
Symposium, Valhalla, NY, October.
2008 Specialization in Creative Arts Therapy, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, April.
2007 Therapist's Self Disclosure: Finding the Balance, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, March.
2006 Man Ray in the Age of Electricity, Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY, May.
2006 Alfred Mauer: The First American Modern, Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY, March.
2005 Creativity and the Transforming Illness, Tobi Zausner, PhD, Carl Jung Foundation for Analytical
Psychology, New York, NY, December.
2002 En Plein Air Painting, North CA Art Assn, San Francisco, CA, June.
State Awards
2020 Official Citation for Excellence in Leadership of Youth Suicide Prevention, State Rep. Tricia
Farley Bouvier, Feb.
2018 MA State House Award, Excellence of Leadership Suicide Prevention, Sen. Adam Hinds, Mar 28
2018 MA Coalition for Suicide Prevention Award for Suicide Prevention, Mar 28
County Awards
2018 Berkshires Top 25: Most Creative, Dedicated and Influential, April
Grant Awards
2023 Grant Award Assets for Artists
2023 Grant Award Massachusetts Cultural Council
2022 Grant Award MA Cultural Council’s Youth Reach Program
2022 Grant Award, City of Pittsfield’s ARPA Grant
2021-23 Grant Award, New England Grassroots Environment Fund, Young Leader’s Grant
2021-23 Grant Awards, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation’s Arts Build Community Initiative,
Hardman Grant, and Barrett Grant
2020 Grant Award, Berkshire United Way & Covid Relief Partners, April.
2020 Grant Award, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Arts Build Community Initiative, Mar.
2020 Grant Award, The Golub Foundation with Price Chopper, Mar.
2019 Grant Award, Berkshire Bank, Arts in Recovery for Youth, Oct.
2018-22 Grant Awards, Great Barrington Cultural Council, Arts in Recovery for Youth
2018-22 Grant Awards, West Stockbridge Cultural Council, Arts in Recovery for Youth
2018-22 Grant Awards, Stockbridge Cultural Council, Arts in Recovery for Youth
2017-22 Grant Awards, Berkshire Coalition for Suicide Prevention, Arts in Recovery for Youth
2017-23 Grant Awards, Cultural Council of Northern Berkshires, Arts in Recovery for Youth
2016-23 Grant Awards, Pittsfield Cultural Council, Arts in Recovery
2017-23 Grant Awards, Lenox Cultural Council, Arts in Recovery for Youth
2017, 2021 Grant Award, Northern Berkshire United Way, Arts in Recovery for Youth
2017 Grant Award, Department of Public Health, Arts in Recovery for Youth
2015 Grant Award, Pittsfield Cultural Council, The family art therapy project
Press
2018 Berkshire Eagle, Front cover story. How Arts Saves Lives, Berkshires art therapist awarded at
Statehouse for work in youth suicide prevention, Jenn Smith, April 9, 2018.
2018 Channel 22 News, WWLP.com, Art therapist honored at Statehouse for work in suicide
prevention, Elisha Machado, March 12, http://www.wwlp.com/news/state-politics/art-therapist-honored-at-state-house-for-work-on-suicide-prevention/1082550512
2018 Associated Press, Boston, Cleveland, Seattle, Newburyport, Greenfield, Manchester, March 12.
2018 Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield: Local artist awarded for suicide prevention, March 12.
www.berkshireeagle.com/stories/pittsfield-local-artist-honored-for-suicide-prevention,534492
2018 Art Therapy Today, American Art Therapy Association, e-News Brief, March 12.
2018 Pittsfield Gazette, Schorr Helps Youth Celebrate Life Through Art, Susan Wicker, Mar 8
2017 The Greylock Glass, 5th Annual Whimsy at Whitney Center for the Arts, Nov 21.
2017 Berkshire Eagle, Young Artists Go Public to Fight Stigma, Jenn Smith, May 5.
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/stories/in-pittsfield-young-artists-go-public-to-fight-stigma,506401
2017 Berkshire Eagle, New Group Taps Community Strength To Combat Suicide, L. Parnass, Feb 17
2016 Berkshire Eagle, First Fridays Artswalk Features Families' Art at The Christian Center, Jenn
Smith, May 6.
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2016 Arts Indie, Interview March 12, 2016, with Leo Mazzeo. http://artsindie.com/
2016 OLLI Newsletter, Getting to Know Our OLLI Instructors, January
2015 Radio Show with Thomas Lewis Attila, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Pittsfield, September.
2015 OLLI Newsletter, What's Behind that Image? Spring 2015
2015 Radio Show with Jon Kroll, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Pittsfield, April.
2013 Berkshire Family Focus, Treehouse Celebrates Earth Day Family-Friendly Art-Making, April 25
2013 Discover Pittsfield, Earth Day Arts Adventure at Treehouse, April 26
2011 Insight Magazine, Alumni Feature, Spring
2011 iBerkshires, Teens Urged to Take Over Pittsfield, Feature Story, Jan 10
2010 Cultural Pittsfield, New High School Photography at Pittsfield, Dec 15
2010 Berkshire City Cultural Scene, Teens Take Over Pittsfield, Dec 10
2009 Artastic Destination, Origins, March 4
2007 The Northport Observer, NAC for the Arts, April 6
2007 NAC Arts News, Visual Arts Section, Little Art Retreats, March
2006 The Northport Observer, Artist of the Week, Nov 9
2006 Huntington Life, Winning Poster Design - LI Festival & Walk for Mental Health, Oct 19
Professional Memberships/Affiliations
2023-Present Berkshire Artist Guild
2019-Present Berkshire County Cultural Assets Network (B-CAN)
2014- Present NU Arts Gallery & Studios
2013- Present Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)-
2012- Present International Art Therapy Organization (IATO)
2009- Present Long Island University Alumni Association
2006- Present Empire State College Alumni Association
2020-2021 Social & Emotional Learning Committee, B-CAN
2017 -2018 Massachusetts Coalition for Suicide Prevention
2011- 2012 New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA)
2008- 2011 American Art Therapy Association
2008- 2010 New York Art Therapy Association