ArtistLorna Ritz

Based in South Amherst, Lorna Ritz has traveled widely as at teacher, lecturer and artist-in-residence. Most recently she was a member of the painting faculty at the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (1995-96) and received a grant from the US information Agency to teach and exhibit her work at the Institute de Belles Artes, Medellin, Colombia (1990). Ritz has received numerous invitations to present lectures at various institutions, among them the American University, Washington DC (1991); and the New York Studio School, New York (1990). Ritz's work has been included in one-person and group exhibitions internationally including the Bowery Gallery, New York (1994-95); the Hillyer Gallery, Smith College, Northampton (1994); and the Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris (1991).