biography of Justine Ranson SCHACHTER (1927)

Birth place: Brooklyn, NY

Addresses: Levittown, NY

Profession: Painter, designer

Studied: Tyler Sch. FA, Temple Univ. (scholarship); Brooklyn Mus. Art Sch. with John Bindrum, Milton Hebald & John Ferren; ASL with Will Barnet

Exhibited: Ruth White Gal., 1961 (solo); NAWA Traveling Graphics Show, U.S. & Europe, 1969-70; Am. Soc. Contemp. Artists, New York, 1969-71. Awards: award for graphics, Brooklyn Soc. Artists Ann., 1949; awards for mixed media, Nassau Co. Office Cultural Development, 1970 & Am. Soc. Contemp. Artists, 1971.

Member: Am. Soc. Contemp. Artists (chmn. admissions, 1968-71); NAWA; Artists Equity Assn.; Int. Assn. Arts; Art Forms Creative Center (exec. dir., 1971-).

Work: Bellmore Pub. Lib., NY; Island Trees Pub. Lib., Levittown, NY; Wantagh H.S., NY. Commissions: NY State Poster, NY State Parent-Teacher Assn., all NY public schools, 1970-71.

Comments: Preferred media: stone, graphics. Positions: dir. graphic arts, Audio-Visual Educ. TV, Mineola Public Schools, 1964-65. Publications: illustr., Long Island Free Press, 1970-71. Teaching: artist-in-residence, Community Arts Program, Wantagh H.S., 1972.

Sources: WW73; Elyse Frommer, Rock and Stone Craft (Crown, 1972).