Idaherma Williams
Education
1963 MFA University of Pennsylvania
1959 BFA Philadelphia College of Art
1961 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Prizes
1999 Award of Merit Manhatten Arts International 8th Annual Competition
1999 Honorable Mention, Prallsville Mills, Artsbridge, Stockton, NJ
1999 Honorarium, Contemporary Prints Exhibition, Unilever Research Facility, Edgewater, NJ
1998 Award of Excellence Manhattan Arts International Competition for Dragonflowers NY NY
1997 The Stella Drabkin Memorial Award 3rd Prize. American Color Print Society members'show, Cheltenham
Arts Center. Jurors: Rochelle Toner Dean, Tyler School of Art, Temple University and
James T Lang, Head of Print Department, LaSalle University.
1997 Award of Excellence Sixth Annual Manhattan Arts International Competition for Art Class NY NY
1996 Frank B.and Mary Anderson Cassidy Memorial Award,100th Annual Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club NYC
Juror: graphics Catharine Kinkade. Juror of awards Louis DeNato, Dale Meyers
1996 Juror's Choice Prize, Print Council of New Jersey 23rd Annual Juried Open Show. Cheltenham Center
for the Arts, PA. Juror: Evan Brownstein, B. Beamesderfer Gallery, Highland Park, New Jersey
1996 Award of Excellence Manhattan Arts International Cover Art Competition. N.Y. N.Y.
1995 Juror's Award Counterpoint, 27th Annual National Juried Printmaking Exhibition, Ingram Texas,
Juror Mr. Timothy G. High, Assoc. Prof. Art. Univ. of Texas, Austin.
1995 The Stella Drabkin Memorial Award, 4th Prize Amer. Color Print Soc. Members Show, Phila. PA,.
Juror Mr. Bruce Katsiff, Director, James Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
1994 Third Prize Graphics National Juried Fine Arts Exhibition,. Mari Galleries, Mamaroneck, NY.
Juror, Nancy Brooks
1993 10th Annual Gallery '76 National Award, Wenatchee Valley College, Wenatchee, Washington.
Juror Fay Jones, noted Seattle artist. Gallery Coordinator Corine Schmidt.
1992 Patrons Award for Printmaking. Phillips Mill 63rd Annual Juried Art Exhibition. New Hope, PA
Juror Mary Tobias Putman, artist.
1983 4 Person Show, "Printmakers 4" , Printmaking Council of New Jersey
1969 Mini Grant, State of New Jersey Board of Education.
1965 Franklin Medal, Best of Year Award Printing in Delaware Valley.
1965 Harrison S. Morris Memorial for Watercolor, Fellowship, PAFA.
1951 Four year Art Scholarship, Philadelphia Board of Education
Individual Exhibitions
1999 TWA Invitational, Trenton Artists Workshop Assoc. Ellarslie, The City Museum of Trenton, NJ
1999 Taste Buds, New Hope, PA
1998 The Dupcheu Woodcuts, Idaherma. Art Alliance the Rittenhouse Satellite Gallery, Phila. PA
1996 An Exhibit at the Art Gallery, Gloucester County College, Sewell, NJ
1992 Johnson and Johnson Corporation World Headquarters, New Brunswick, New Jersey
1991 University League of Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
1990 Image Gallery, Princeton Corporate Plaza, Princeton,New Jersey
1989 Watercolor Retrospective at Rider College New Jersey.
1983 Western Electric Corporate Education Center, Hopewell,New Jersey
1983 Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania.
1980 University City Science Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1980 Thompson Park "Accomplishment in Art," Lincroft, New Jersey
1975 The New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey
1965 Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
International Exhibitions
1999 Third Kiwa Exhibition Art Tour, Japan
1998 World Artists for Tibet. 1860 House, Montgomery, Skillman, NJ
1998 The May Exhibitions, Kyoto International Woodprint Assoc. Kyoto, Japan
1995 Magnum Opus VIII 8th International Open Exhibition, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael, CA
1994 Philadelphia International Contemporary Art Competition of Old City: 479 Gallery,Inc.,
Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Pentimenti Gallery, Convergence Center, Philadelphia, PA
1991 The Francis Witherspoon Annual Printmakers, Award Exhibition,
An International Juried Exhibit. The Dome Gallery, New York City, New York
1990 F.R.R.I.C. International,"Salon de Peinture et d'Estampe de Montreal", Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1990 3rd Biennial International Juried Print Exhibition, Somerstown Gallery, Somers, New York
1990 T.A.W.A in the USSR, the Soviet Union
Selected National Exhibitions
1999
1999 Prallsville Mills, Artsbridge. Stockton, NJ
1999 67th National Members Exhibition, Society of American Graphic Artists, Prince St. Gallery, NYC
1999 Ellarslie Open XVII, Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ
1999 Contemporary Printmaking Invitational Exhibition, Seton Hall University at Unilever Research
Facility, Edgewater, NJ
1999 27th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
1999 Catherine Lorrilard Wolfe Art Club, Members' Show, Broome St. Gallery, Soho, NYC
1998
1998 Print Types, Indian Hills Community College, Ottumwa, Iowa
1998 World Print Survey, Truman State University Kirksville, Missouri
1998 Works on Paper. Perkins Art Center, Moorestown, NJ
1998 102nd Annual Exhibition. Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club. The Broome St. Gallery, NYC
1998 Annual Fleisher Faculty Exhibition, Phila. PA
1998 SAGA at Krasdale Foods, Inc. Corporate Headquarters, White Plains, NY
1998 Realism '98, Parkersburg Art Center 10th Annual National Juried Exhibition. Parkersburg, WV
1998 Digital Print Exhibition. A.I.R. Gallery, 40 Wooster St. NYC
1997
1997 Audubon Artists 55th Annual. The Salamagundi Club, NYC.
1997 American Color Print Society, Members. Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA
1997 Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, 101 Annual Open Exhibit. National Arts Club, NYC
1997 68th Annual Art Exhibition, Phillips Mill Gallery, New Hope, PA
1997 ANA 26, National Juried Show, The Holter Museum of Art, Helena,MT
1997 10th Annual Northern National Juried Art Competition. Nicolet College
LRC Gallery, Rhinelander, Wisconsin
1997 Three Award Winning Printmakers. Printmaking Council of NJ, 440 River Rd., Somerville, NJ 08876
1997 14th National Gallery 76 Annual Juried Exhibitioin, Wenachee, WA
1997 The Philadelphia Art Alliance, Artist's Members Gallery. Two-person Show. Phila., PA
1997 The Fleisher Faculty Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
1997 Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Members Exhibit, The Broome Street Gallery, NYC
1997 SAGA Society of American Graphic Artists 66th Annual National Print Exhibition, NYC
1997 American Print Survey, Highland Community College, Highland, Kansas
1997 Invitational Exhibition, Moku Hanga Traveling Exhibition, Contemporary Japanese Woodcuts North
America. Walla Walla College, WA. Northwest Print Council, Portland, OR
Asian Arts Society, Ashland, OR
1997 Zone One's New Year's Members and International Show. Philadelphia, PA
1996-7 The 10th Biennial National Print Show. Payne Gallery, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
1996
1996 Phillips Mill 67th and 1992 63rd Annual Juried Art Exhibitions, New Hope, Pennsylvania
1996 23rd Annual PCNJ Juried Members Show. Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Pennsylvania
1996 100th Annual Exhibition, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, NYC
1996 TAWA at Ellarslie, Point of Departure;1994 The Best of TAWA. Trenton City Museum, Trenton,NJ
1996 Audubon Artists 54th Annual Exhibition, Federal Hall, NYC
1996 Gallery '76 13th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Wenatchee Valley College, Wenatchee, WA
1996 Fleischer Faculty Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
1996 Women of Spirit, Pavillion Galleries, Mount Holly, NJ
1996 TAWA@J&J New Brunswick NJ
1996 First Annual Juried Exhibition 2UP, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Selected Reviews and Publications
1999 US1, July 7, pp. 28, 29, 30. "Organized Artists? At TAWA, Yes" by Pat Summers.
1999 Time Off, Princeton Packet, June 25, "Two for One - A closer look at the work of Idaherma Williams"
1999 "Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club's Exacting Standards" J.Saunders, editor, Gallery & Studio NYC
1999 Woodblock print Rainy Day Accepted in U.S. 1 Calendar, Princeton, NJ
1997 Omni-Photo Communications Inc. reproduced the woodcut "Rainy Day" in overhead Transparency with textbook
Prentice-Hall: Choices in Literature
1996-7 Manhattan Arts International "Idaherma Williams extracts poetry from Woodblocks" by Gordon Dane
1995 McClain's Printmaking Supplies, Portland, Oregon, pp.5-6
1993 The Wanatchee World, "Gallery 76 Hosts 10th Juried Art Exhibit" Wenatchee,WA Ap.1
1993/94 Twelfth Edition, The World Who's Who of Women, Cambridge, England
1993 "The Paper Trail" by David W. Major. Time Off , The Princeton Packet, Jan 1, 1993
1992 Time Off, Princeton Packet, Princeton, New Jersey. "All the Plants that are Fit to Print" by Patrick Monaghan pp.15 & 31
1992 Who's Who in New Jersey, Publisher's Plus,
Trenton Times "Goodtimes" section, May 17,1991 "A cultural potpourri from painters" by Carlton Wilkinson
New Jersey Goodlife Magazine, March, 1990 "Printmaking, the State of The Art" by G.Suriano
Who's Who in American Art, 1992. Also 1991,1990,1989,1988,1987,1986
American Artists (2nd edition) 1989
Catalogue New Jersey Art Annual. The Noyes Museum Sept. 25,1988 - Dec.11,1988
Catalogue New Jersey Arts Annual. The N.J. State Museum Nov.1,1986 - Jan.11,1987
Art-in-America 1985-8 Guide to Galleries, Museum and Artists
Princeton Packet, Time Off Magazine, 7.15.87. "TAWA at Ellarslie 87, Part 11" by Estelle Sinclaire.
Catalogue TAWA at Ellarslie 87
The RiderNews, Rider College 11.21.86"Artist Uses Different Style of Color in Art." by M.Kosich.
The Trentonian,N.J. 7/75. "Watercolor Show a Joy" by L. Holt.
Women's Day "Dangers for Young Artists" Ap.1,1980
"Old Building Transformed"by Idaherma Williams School Arts Nov.1972
"Precaution for Elementary and Secondary Art Teachers" by Idaherma Williams Art Hazards News Sept.1971
Public Collections
Kendall at Hanover, 80 Lym Rd., Hanover, NH
Kyoto International Woodprint Association, Kyoto, Japan 1998
The Fellowship Print Collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Graphics Arts Library, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
Rider College, Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Sterling Drug Art Collection, Pennsylvania
Bristol - Myers Squibb Company, Plainsboro, New Jersey
The Print Consortium, Kansas City, Missouri
A.O.A.V. Artistes Ontarios Arts Visuels et Musee, Ontario, Canada
Affiliations
Boston Printmakers, Boston, MA elected member 1997
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club,Inc. NYC. Board Member 1997 -
Audubon Artists Inc., NYC, 1994
SAGA, Society of American Graphic Artists, NYC 1992. Board of Directors 1999 -
Los Angeles Printmaking Society, California, 1992
The Print Consortium, Kansas City, Missouri 1990
American Color Print Society. Vice President, 1987 to 1994, Board Member,1996 -
Fellowship, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
Alumni Assoc.,Penna. Academy of Fine Arts. Board Member 1988.
Philadelphia Watercolor Club, Signature Member
The Print Center, Philadelphia. Artist Member
The Printmaking Council of New Jersey Art Director 1983-1986. Board Member 1984-1987
The Philadelphia Art Alliance, Artist Member
Teaching, Lectures, and Jurying Exhibitions
Seton Hall Univ. at Unilever Corp. Research Facility, Edgewater, NJ. Lecture about my work. 1999
Mayor's Proclamation thanking Idaherma as an artist and organizer of Bicentennial International Fesival, Franklin Township, Somerset County, NJ 1998
Juror: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Student Show, Phila. PA, 1996
The Friends Meeting House, Newtown, PA Lecturer
The American Color Print Society Lecture at The American College, Bryn Mawr, PA Lecture on printmaking.
Juror, Graphics, 101 Natioal Exhibition of Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Club, NYC 1997
The Present Day Club, Lecture: Haida art and its Influence on my work. Princeton, NJ 1997
Galleries
Riverbank Arts, Stockton, New Jersey
The Print Consortium, Kansas City, Missouri
Art Sales and Rental Gallery at the Philadelphia Museumn of Art