Hedi Flickstein

BIOGRAPHY:

Hedi Rosalyn Flickstein was born in the Bronx, New York. She attended the High School of Fashion Industries in Manhattan. After graduation she attended the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan and received an Associates Degree. In 1979 she became a single parent raising two small children, a daughter Helise and a son Kenneth. She returned to school and graduated from Dowling College with a Bachelors Degree in Visual Arts and Education. She has also received a Masters in Special Education from Adelphi University and is currently working on a Doctorate in Special Education. Ms. Flickstein has been employes as a designer for Cromwell Mills and Healthtex. She has taught, arts and crafts classes, adult education classes and had been a substitute teacher on Long Island. Ms. Flickstein has also designed many educational aides to help learning disabled children. Ms Flickstein does a great deal of volunteer work, with such orginizations as; The Epilepsy Association, STEP Program, Scout Den Mother, Longwood School District Leglislative Committee, HANDS, HATS Heart Association, United Cerebral Palsy, Big Brother-Big Sisters and many others.

ARTISTIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

First Place: Dowling College, pencil/charcoal. Exhibitions: National Art Show, World Trade Center, Epilepsy Society of N.Y., Islip Art Center, St. Joseph's College, Patchogue/Medford Art Center and H Lee Dennison Art Space.

ARTISTS MEDIA:

Ms. Flickstein's artwork is not limited to one medium. She is very ecology minded and utilizes materials that can be recycled in her art.

PRICES:

Framed Collage Prints