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Lydia Kann Nettler creates charcoal drawings and installations, oil paintings, and public art.
Nettler has exhibited her charcoals and oil paintings widely in New England.
She is committed to exhibiting art in both traditional and non-traditional environments to involve the
widest possible audience in the creative experience.
Lydia Kann Nettler
www.LydiaKannNettler.com
66 Washington Avenue
Northampton, Massachusetts 01060
413-586-5433, LKNettler@gmail.com
One Person Exhibits:
1980-2007 Shows and Installations at –
Albany Institute of Art and History
Baystate Medical Center
Brown University
Leverett Crafts Center
Northampton Center for the Arts
Northampton City Hall
Oxbow Gallery
Smith College
Springfield Museum of Fine Arts
University of Massachusetts
Permanent Public Art Installations at Northampton High School (2) and
Hampshire Long Term Care Facility
Group Exhibits:
1978-2007 Shows at -
Boston Center for the Arts, Bank of Boston Gallery, Brush Art Gallery, Canal
Gallery, Elms College, Equus Gallery, Erector Square Gallery, Greenfield
Community College, Hampshire College, Holyoke Museum, Newton Arts Center,
Northampton Center for the Arts, Oxbow Gallery, Tremont Gallery, Springfield
Museum of Fine Arts, Western New England College, Westfield State College, University of Massachusetts, Zone Art Center
Awards:
1977-2007
Finalist, Works on Paper, MA Cultural Council Artist Grants
Finalist, Amherst Public Art Competition
Awards (2X), Springfield National Juried Art Show, Springfield Art Museum
Award, Greenfield Community College, Works on Paper Show
First Prize, Prints, Women’s Art Show, Springfield, MA
Who’s Who Women in the Arts, Who’s Who in American Art, Marquis Who’s
Who Series
Residencies:
2005 American Academy in Rome, Visiting Artist, Rome, Italy
- Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, Artist Grant.
Grants:
1985-2007
Vermont Studio Center, Artists’ Grant, Residency
Holyoke Arts Lottery Grant for public art mural on mill building
Northampton Arts Lottery Grant for public art mural at Hampshire County Long-
term Care Facility, “Bringing the Outside Inside”
Northampton Arts Lottery Grant for public art installation at Northampton High
School, “Art in the Gym”
Northampton Education Foundation Grant for collaborative public art installation
at Northampton High School, “Art Around the Corner”
Northampton Arts Council, Arts Lottery Grants, MA.
Collections:
The Sterling Drug, Inc. Collection, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Meeropol Private Collection, Springfield, MA.
The Melcher/Newman Private Collection.
Robert Gura Private Collection
Various other small private collections.
Education:
B.A., UCLA, California
M.S.W., University of Connecticut
Art training at University of Mass., Amherst, and School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass. Studied with Henry Schwartz, Walter Kamys, Fred Becker, Rosanne Retz, Jack Radetzky, Robin Freedenfeld
Graphics
1979-1994
Drawings in Manhattan Cover Arts Magazine, N.Y. and AGNI Journal, Boston. Drawings and prints in Socialist Review, and Connecticut Quarterly Journal.
Brochure and newsletter graphics and posters for social service agencies, political
groups, and Center for Popular Economics, Western MA
Community:
1987-2007
Member, Valley Women Artists/ Women’s Caucus for Art; Board of Directors, Zone Art Center, Springfield, MA; School Improvement Council, Cultural Arts Committee, Northampton, MA; Mass. Council on Arts and Humanities Multicultural Planning Grant; Northampton Cultural Plan, Art in Schools Task Force, MA; Hestia Mural Restoration, painter, Northampton, MA.
Advocates for Children’s Education, founding member (enrich public schools) Northampton, MA; Northampton Alliance, founding member (educate, lobby, and elect candidates supportive of the arts); Northampton High School PTO Founding Member; Donating artist, Art Auctions.
Reviews :
1985-2006
10/06, “Lydia Nettler: Imperatives,” Art New England, Brighton, MA.
6/12/06, “Conflicts, Inside and Out,” Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, MA.
2/7/00, “Evidence of Feminism Defines What it Means to be a Feminist,” Anna
Faktoovich, The Daily Collegian, Univ. of MA, Amherst, MA.
9/19/97, “Moving Outside the Frame,” Bonnie Wells, Amherst Bulletin, Amherst,
MA.
10/10/94, “The Power of Two,” William Jaeger, Times Union, Albany, N.Y.
11/10/94, “Rice Gallery Focuses on Collaborative Work,” Peg Wright, Albany
Press, Albany, N.Y.
1/13/91, “Life’s Journey Shared in ‘River Passage’,” Gloria Russell, The Sunday
Republican, Springfield, MA.
1/30/91, “Collaboration: Power, Weakness,” Patricia Wright, Daily Hampshire
Gazette, Northampton, MA.
3/24/91, “Women in Arts Explore Drawing,” Kate Jennings, New Haven Register,
New Haven, CT.
3/28/91, “Black and White World,” Ann Langdon, The New Haven Advocate, New
Haven, CT.
6/6/89, “Drawing on the Current Scene,” Christine Temin, Boston Globe, Boston,
MA.
6/30/88, “This Month: Spotlight on Paper,” Christine Temin, The Boston
Globe, Boston, MA.
12/21/88, “When a Painter and a Sculptor Meet,” Patricia Wright, Daily Hampshire
Gazette, Northampton, MA.
11/20,86, “Area Artists Wield Array of Talents,” Rebecca Graves-Scott, The
Recorder, Greenfield, MA.
10/19/86, “Zone Art Center Show,” The Sunday Republican, Springfield, MA.
11/27/85, “Paperwork,” Laura Holland, The Valley Advocate, Springfield, MA.
10/16/85, “Sketches on the Mental Ward Inspire a Series of Paintings,” Patricia
Wright, Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, MA.