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1. Diner, 2000, mixed media on glass, 8" x 10"
2. Moon Garden, 2000, mixed media on glass, 18" x 8"
3. Untitled, 2000, mixed media on glass, 17-1/2" x 24"
4. Unmarried Woman, 1999 - 2002, mixed media on glass, 32" x 26"
5. Hand Family, Wildwood, NJ, 1991, 2001, mixed media on glass,
     23" x 28"
6. Ms. Childs in West Philadelphia, 2001, mixed media on glass,
     23" x 28"
7. Shawman in the Kitchen
8. Val Seeley in the Front Room
9. The Slumlord & Matt
10. Robert Ritchie
11. Floyd Family
12. Party in the Kitchen

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1. Tribute to Diego Rivera, mural, 50' x 30'
   17th and Wallace, Philadelphia, PA; Original mural by Jane Golden
2. E Pluribus Unum, mural, 8' x 80'
   Ridge Avenue, East Falls, PA
3. E Pluribus Unum, detail, mural, 8' x 80'
   Ridge Avenue, East Falls, PA
4. Two different sides of the same street, mural 500' x 500'
   Back Home Café, Project HOME, Philadelphia, PA
5. The Odyssey, mural 1200' x 1200'
   MYA School for the Humanities, Philadelphia, PA
6. The Odyssey, detail, mural 1200' x 1200'
   MYA School for the Humanities, Philadelphia, PA
7. The Odyssey, detail, mural 1200' x 1200'
   MYA School for the Humanities, Philadelphia, PA
8. The Odyssey, detail, mural 1200' x 1200'
   MYA School for the Humanities, Philadelphia, PA
9. Messages from Mom, mural
   Riverside Correctional Facility, Philadelphia, PA
10. Allegory for the eternal and protective nature of the family,
    constructed on a square grid, utilizing symmetry and designed in
    an Egyptian style, mural, 20’x 60’
    G-Unit Riverside Correctional Facility, Philadelphia, PA
11. Hope and Strength, mural, 20’ x 60’
    H-Unit Riverside Correctional Facility, Philadelphia, PA
12. Project Home

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Contact Information
1044 N. Lawrence Street
Philadelphia, PA 19123
tel: 215-923-9257
e-mail: delia873@yahoo.com
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Education
2002
Mural Arts Training Program, Deparrtment of Recreation, City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

1996-2000
Private instruction in reverse glass painting
Mentor: Robert Ritchie

1993-1995
St. John’s College, Santa Fe, NM

1991-1992
Oxford Tutorial College, Oxford, England

Professional Experience
2005
instructor/Facilitator, Reverse Glass Painting Workshop, Vare Recreation Center, Philadelphia, PA
Sponsor: MDO MAP and 40th Street AIR

instructor/Facilitator, Reverse Glass Painting Workshop, Safe Haven, Philadelphia, PA

2003, 2004
Anti-Truancy Instructor, Mural Arts Program, Department of Recreation, City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

2002, 2003
Painting Assistant, Mural Arts Program, Deparrtment of Recreation, City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

1996-1997
Internship, Cleveland Playhouse, Cleveland, OH

1992-1993
Internship, Berkshire Public Theater, Pittsfield, MA

Awards and Honors
2006
Technical Assistance Grant, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts 
Travel to Mexico City for the International Mural Conference

First Prize for “Stations of the Cross”, Art Futures Residency

2005
Grand Prize Best Overall Class Project, Art Futures Residency

Residencies
2007
Kimmel Foundation Grant funded Artist residency, Kimmel, Nelson and Harding Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE

2006
Art Futures Residence, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Lansdale Catholic High School, Lansdale, PA

2005
40th Street Artist-in-Residence, Philadelphia, PA

Art Futures Residence, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Glass painting workshops,Northeast High School, Philadelphia, PA

2003
Jentel Artist Residency Fellowship.  One month.  Jentel Foundation. Banner, WY

Publications
2005
Artists of Northern Liberties Calendar, Philadelphia, PA
August

Selected Exhibitions

Solo

2002
Dancing Dames! Gallivanting Gents!, Canton Gallery, Inc., Baltimore, MD

Dancing Dames! Gallivanting Gents!,  Millennium Coffee, Philadelphia, PA

1999
Aftermath of an Era, Tearing Down the Front House, State of Ohio Gallery, Cleveland, OH

All about Girls, Hi and Dry In, Cleveland, OH

Group

2005
PatternStructure, Air Space 40th Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 

Off the Wall, Cubix Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 

2004
Identity, Nexus Foundation for Today's Art, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Nick Cassway

The Comix: Cartoons as Art, Art at City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Juror: Cavin Jones

2002
Pornaments, Tin Man Alley Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

InLiquidation, InLiquid at The Bride, The Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
Juror: gerard brown

Photographic Process, DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA Juror: Dr. Debra Miller

Mural Training Exhibition, Thomas Eakins House, Philadelphia, PA

Work from 1999-2002, Craig Flinner Contemporary Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2001
Perceptions of the City, Inliquid at DiPalma, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Rachel Zimmerman, Bridgett Mayer

Work from 2000, Charlie’s Pub, Philadelphia, PA

2000
Attack of the Tremontsters, Doubting Thomas Gallery, Cleveland, OH

1997
Group Show of Tremont Artists, the Treehouse, Cleveland, OH

Public Works

2006
The Odyssey, mural 1200' x 1200', MYA School for the Humanities, Philadelphia, PA
Sponsor: Philadelphia School District

MLK Banner, mural, 5' x 6', Martin Luther King High School, Philadelphia, PA
Sponsor: Wachovia Bank

E Pluribus Unum, mural, 8' x 80', Ridge Avenue, East Falls, PA
Sponsor: Tocci Construction Group

Two different sides of the same street, mural 500' x 500', Back Home Café, Project HOME, Philadelphia, PA

Tribute to Diego Rivera, mural, 50' x 30', 17th and Wallace, Philadelphia, PA
Original mural by Jane Golden
Sponsor: Ford Foundation

Fun with Family, mural, 10’ x 30’, CGS Family Services, Glassboro, NJ
Sponsor: CGS and private

Allegory for the eternal and protective nature of the family, constructed on a square grid, utilizing symmetry and designed in an Egyptian style, mural, 20’x 60’, G-Unit Riverside Correctional Facility, Philadelphia, PA

Hope and Strength, mural, 20’ x 60’, H-Unit Riverside Correctional Facility, Philadelphia, PA

2005
Messages from Mom, mural, Riverside Correctional Facility, Philadelphia, PA
Sponsor: Philadelphia Prison System

Tribute to Horace Pippin, mural, 30’ x 30’, Broad and York, Philadelphia, PA
Sponsor: MDO MAP

Patterns and Family Trees, mural,1250' x 1250', 20th and Ontario Streets, Philadelphia, PA
Sponsor: MDO MAP, DHS

2004
The Heritage Wall, mural, 11’ x 53’; and The Babble Wall, mural, 11’ x 53’, Grover Washington Jr. Middle School, Philadelphia, PA
Sponsors: Penn Youth Driven Service Learning, Grover Washington Jr. Middle School and MAP PDR

Other
2000
Open Studios, 915 Spring Garden, Philadelphia, PA