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Meet Sheryl Jaffe

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Sheryl Jaffe

29 Nauhaught Bluffs Road, Wellfleet, MA 02667

413-585-9861

sheryljaffe.com

sherylannjaffe@gmail.com      instagram: sherylannjaffe

 
Solo Exhibitions:

  • A Delicate Balance: Bark Sculptures, Wellfleet Library, February 2024

  • Washashores, Natives and Invasives: Pulp Paintings and Sculptures at the Provincetown Commons, September 2023.

  • Basho’s Pond: Installation, Sculptures and Prints at the Mill Park in Easthampton, MA 2016

  • Sharing Light: Fiber Installation, Ursa Major Gallery, Shelburne Falls, MA 2013.

  • Corn and the Connecticut River: A Paper Odyssey/Installation at thePorter-Phelps-Huntington Museum, Hadley, MA August-October 2011.

  • Made In Montauk, Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke, MA, September 2006.

  • Breathe, Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton MA. November 2004.

  • Loss and Forgiveness, Grubbs Gallery at the Williston Northampton School, Easthampton, MA. December 1999.

  • Inner Space, Franklin County Arts Center, Greenfield, MA January 1996.

  • Vessels and Passages, Sculpture Installation at Amherst Community Arts Center, Amherst, MA. April 1992

 
Group Exhibitions:

  • Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Members Open, March 2024

  • Wellfleet Community Art Show, Wellfleet Library, February 2024

  • Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Members Juried, November 2023-February 2024 , 12 x 12 Shows and Member’s Open 2017-2024

  • Conscious Impressions, Green Printmaking from Zea Mays, D'Amour Museum, Springfield MA, May-October 2012.

  • Amherst Biennial 2012, Hope and Feathers, Amherst, October-December 2012

  • Follow the River, Hosmer Gallery, Forbes Library, Northampton, MA Oct. 2011

  • Book=Object at Paper City Studios, Holyoke, October-November 2011

  • Paperworks at Paper City Studios, 80 Race Street, Holyoke, MA May 2011

  • Amherst Biennial, Nacul Center, Amherst, MA, Oct. 2010-December 2010

  • Pulp: Fact, Fiction & Fantasy: Springfield Art Association, Illinois. Aug-Oct 2010

  • Artist/Teacher: Eagle Hill School Spaces Gallery, Hardwick, MA July - Sept 2010

  • Make An Impression: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. Oct.- Jan. 2010

  • Member's Exhibition: Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence MA. November 2008, 2007.

  • Ties That Bind Artists’ Books; Jan. 2007, Howard County Art Center, Ellicott City, MD

  • Collecting Threads and Sewing Stories: Fiber and the Artists’ Book, February, 2006, Fiber Art Center, Amherst, MA.

  • Paper, Stone And Scissors, May – June 2005. Watkins Gallery, Northampton, MA.

  • Translucence, February – March 2005. Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT.

  • Jaffe and Lee, June 2004, Watkins Gallery in Lenox, MA.

  • Faculty Exhibition, Worcester Center for Crafts and Art, Worc. MA. 2003, 2002, 2000.

  • Handmade Books, May-June 2004. Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA.

  • Twigs and Fibers, April – May 2003. Fiber Art Center, Amherst, MA.

  • Artist’s Books, April-May 2003, The Yellow Barn, Kingston Library, Kingston, MA. Juror’s Certificate of Excellence for My Mountain Self.

  • Duxbury Art Museum, February – March 2002, Duxbury, MA.

  • Handmade Books, Wellfleet Library, March – April 2002, Wellfleet, MA.

  • Evidence of Feminism, March 2000. Wheeler Gallery, University of MA, Amherst, MA.

  • Body Prints, 9-1998, Printmaking Council of N.J, Somerville, Nat’l Juried Competition.

  • Works on Paper, June 1997. National Juried Competition, RGA, Ridgefield, CT.

  • Western Mass Juried Sculpture Exhibition, March 1997. Northampton Center for The Arts. R. Michelson Award.

  • Portraits & Self-Portraits, Studio Show January 93-94. Windham Art, Brattleboro, VT.

  • Springfield Jewish Community Center, 1990 Spld, MA. First Prize for Sculpture

 
Artist Residencies:

  • Edward Albee Foundation, The Barn, Montauk, NY June 2000 – Sculpture/Installation

  • Yellowstone National Park, Summer 1993 – Site specific/installation.

 
International Experience:

  • Coordinated Sun-Youth Exchange with Dutch students at Northampton High School, Muslim students from Al-Noor Academy in Mansfield, MA, and students at The Hague, Netherlands. An intercultural, creative exchange funded by The US State Department and the Institute for Training and Development, Spring 2009.

  • National Consortium for Teaching about Asia, China Study Tour, Summer 2008.

  • Japanese Art and Culture, Shikoku, Japan, Summer 2002. Grant Funded.

  • Teacher, Matenwa Community School, Lagonav, Haiti, January – March 1999.

  • Earthwatch Scholar/Archaeological Dig at Yavneh Yam, Israel, Tel Aviv University, Summer 1995, Grant Funded.

  • Summer Program in Art, Language, Culture, University of Salamanca, Spain, 1985.

  • Guatemalan Weaving Apprenticeship, San Lucas Toliman, Guatemala, 1978.

 

Education:

M.A. Art Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 1992

B.S. Multicultural Art Education, University Without Walls, University of

Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. 1986

 

Professional Profile:

16+ Years Teaching Secondary School

3+ Years International Teaching and Study

9+ Years Visiting Artist in the Schools K-12

6+ Years Adult and Teacher Education

 
Secondary School Teaching Experience:

Art & Ceramics Teacher, Northampton High School, MA. Aug. 07-present.

Art Teacher, South Hadley High School, S.H. MA Sept 04-June 07.

Photography & Ceramics Teacher, Brattleboro Union High School, VT. 1992-1998

 

College and University Teaching Experience:

Instructor, Three Dimensional Design and Ceramics II, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. 1991-1992.

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Assistant Teacher, Figurative Sculpture, Amherst College, Amherst, MA. 1989-1990.

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Teacher’s Assistant, Alternative Photography, Art New England, Bennington College, Bennington, VT. August 1997.

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Instructor, Papermaking, University of Massachusetts, Continuing Education, Amherst, MA. Fall 1996.

 

Adult Education Experience:

Papermaking Workshops at Truro Center for the Arts Castle HiIl, 2018-2024

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Papermaking Workshops at Snow Farm, Williamsburg, MA 2021-2023

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Expressive Alternatives, Papermaking and photography, Cape CodPhotography Workshops, Eastham, MA. Summers, 1999-2005.

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Historical Process Photography, & Papermaking From Plants Intensive. Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA. 2002, 2000.

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Hand Papermaking, Castle Hill Center for the Arts, Truro, MA. 2002

 

Artist in the Schools/Residencies:

Instructor: Papermaking, photography and book arts programs in K-12 schools, Massachusetts, 1999-2008 present.

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