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EXHIBITIONS

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 Solo Exhibition    (Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, Newburgh, NY)
2007 Solo Exhibition     (Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville, NY)
2006 Solo Exhibition     (Terwilliger House Museum, Ellenville Library, NY)
2006 Solo Exhibition     (Barnes & Noble, Newburgh, NY)
2003 Solo Exhibition     (Society of Illustrators Museum of American Illustration, NYC)
1997 Solo Exhibition     (Riverdale YM-YWHA, New York)
1989 Solo Exhibition     (Horticultural Society of New York)

SELECTED JURIED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Orange County Community College, WRS & Garden Club Exhibition & Auction, NY
2008 Wurtsboro Art Alliance Spring and Summer Exhibition and Sale
2008 Ellenville Library Museum, WAA Winter Exhibit, Ellenville, NY
2007 Red Eft Gallery, Unwrapped Treasures Holiday Exhibition, Wurtsboro, NY
2007 Red Eft Gallery Absolutely FABrics Curator, Wurtsboro, NY
2007 Red Eft Gallery Grand Opening Exhibition & Curator, Wurtsboro, NY
2007 Inspired by Nature NYBG Instructor and Student Show, Yellow Gallery, Cross River, NY
2006 Wurtsboro Art Alliance Fall Exhibition and Sale
2006 A.G. Edwards, Asian Infusions Art Group Exhibit, Rhinebeck, NY
2006 Catskill Art Expo - Catskill Art Society, Hurleyville, NY 
2005 Riverwinds Gallery, Holiday Art Exhibit, Beacon, NY
2005 Visions of Nature Art Show, Sponsored by the Native Plant Center
         Westchester Community College Gallery, Valhalla, NY
2005 Instructor Exhibition, Sullivan County Museum, Catskill Art Society, NY
2004 "Garden & Flower Show", The Star Gallery, Middletown, NY
2004 Exhibit "Flowers and Landscapes", Roberta Rosenthal, painter and Greg Miller, photographer, Beck Gallery, Sullivan County Museum,
2004 " Wine and Food", The Star Gallery, Middletown, NY
2003 GNSI Annual Exhibition, Virginia Living Museum, Newport News, VA
2003 "Holiday Show", The Blue Victorian, Jeffersonville, NY
2003 “OUR OWN SHOW”, Society of Illustrators, New York
2003 "ORANGE COUNTY ARBORETUM ART SHOW" Montgomery, NY
2003 "WOMEN ARTISTS OF THE CATSKILLS, Beck Gallery, Sullivan County Museum, NY,             Curator, Cortland Jessup.
2003 "Spring Paintings", (Star Gallery, Middletown, NY)
2003 "Studies In Watercolors", (Westchester Gallery, White Plains, New York  
2002 "It's A Small World", (Star Gallery, Middletown, NY) 
2002 “Our Own Show”, (Society of Illustrators, New York)
2002 “Fall For Art”, Juried Show (Wiltwyck Golf Club, Kingston New York)
2002 “Catskill Art Society”, (Sullivan County Museum, New York)
2002 “I Love the Hudson Valley”, (Star Gallery, Middletown, New York)
2001 “Catskill Art Society”, (Sullivan County Museum, New York)
2001 “Invitational”, (Catskill Mountain Gallery, Hunter, New York)
1999 “Our Own Show”, (Society of Illustrators, New York)
1999 “Invitational”, (Catskill Mountain Gallery, Hunter, New York)
1998 “Invitational”, (Garden Education Center, Greenwich, Connecticut)
1997 “Instructor's Exhibit”, (New York Botanical Garden, New York)
1997 “Guild of Natural Science Illustrators”, (Beth Abraham Gallery, New York)
1996 “Guild of Natural Science Illustrators”, (Beth Abraham Gallery, New York)
1996 “Guild of Natural Science Illustrators”, (Bartlett Arboretum, Connecticut)
1995 “Horticultural Society of New York”, (New York Flower Show)
1991 “Natural History Conference Exhibit”, (N.Y. State Museum, Albany, New York)
1990 “Invitational”, (Black Rose Gallery, Bronx, New York)
1984 “Invitational Show”, (Central Connecticut State University, New York)
1984 “Chinese Painting Competition/Show”, (Asia Society, New York)
1983 “Invitational Alumni Show”, (H.S. of Art and Design, New York)
1982 “Botanical Sumi-e Exhibit”, (Koho Gallery, New York)
1981 “Botanical Sumi-e Valentine Show”, (Koho Gallery, New York)
1980 “Botanical Sumi-e Exhibit”, (Koho Gallery, New York)
1980 “Invitational Alumni Exhibit”, (Fashion Institute of Technology, NY)

QUALIFICATIONS
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.39 years experience in the art industry.
.Founder and owner of RSR Designs, New York. 1977. Responsible for licensing and sales of original art. Creative short and long term projects for image ready art. Skilled at management, hiring, training and supervising staff. Research and documentation for design and publications. Curating art shows.
.22 years experience as an instructor of botanical art and business practices at the New York Botanical Garden. Art instructor at the Horticulture Society of NY, Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, Star Gallery and the Catskill Art Society. Lectures, seminars, workshops.
.28 years of exhibitions of fine art in solo and juried group shows at museums, art societies, garden associations and galleries.

.Consultant to artists, galleries and corporations.
Art career planning, portfolio "make-overs" and development of marketing materials.
Former executive director for the Graphic Artists Guilds job placement services.
Private and group consultations.  Participation and board member of arts, community, religious and charitable organizations.

PUBLISHED BOOKS:

Rebecca’s Garden, Four Seasons To Grow On by Rebecca Koll, illustrated by Roberta Rosenthal, Avon Books, New York, 1998. ISBN 0-380-97575-0

The Glory of the Garden, 1000 Wise Quotations, Edited by Kathleen Bronzert and Bruce Sherwin, illustrated by Roberta Rosenthal, Avon Books, New York, 1993. 
ISBN 0-380-76854-2

Eve’s Revenge, Saints, Sinners, and Stand-up Sister on the Ultimate Extinction of Men by Tama Starr, illustration research and cover illustration by Roberta Rosenthal, Harcourt Brace Publishing, New York, 1994. ISBN 0-15-100084-0 

The Natural Inferiority of Women, Outrageous Pronouncements by Misguided Males Compiled by Tama Starr, illustration research by Roberta Rosenthal, Poseidon Press, New York, 1991. ISBN 0-671-74431-3

The Business of Illustration by Steven Heller and Teresa Fernandes, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 1995.  Art featured on page 65. ISBN 0-8230-0545-3

Professional Business Practices and Marketing, by Roberta Rosenthal, RSR Designs Publications, New York, 2002 - 2007 6th Editon. Workbook and text.

A partial and select list of clients, companies and brands include:

Textile:

Ameritex Fabrics Avon Products, Inc. Macy*s
Rosenblatt Textiles Bates Fabrics Stone Cline Fabrics
Burlington Mills CHF Industries Town & Country Linens
Croscill Home Fashions VIP Fabrics Echo Design Group
Wendy Gell Jewelry Disney Hollander Home Fashions
Jabara Table Linens Mebane Mills Cranston

Packaging:

Avon Products, Inc. Coty, Inc. Ben Kotyuk Design Group
Victoria’s Secret Kubla Crafts  Pfizer

Advertising and Promotion:

ArtKraft Strauss Sign Corporation AM/PM promotions Seagram/Vivendi
Metro Creative Services  Weston Nurseries, Inc.  

Editorial Publishing (Magazines):

United Nations Choices Magazine Fine Gardening
First Magazine
Horticulture Magazine Kitchen Garden Magazine
National Gardening Magazine 1001 Home Ideas Magazine Taunton Press
Watson-Guptill Publications Wine Enthusiast Magazine   


Publishing (Books & CD-ROMS):

Pocket Books Avon Books Simon & Schuster
Harcourt Brace Publishing Hearst Publishing  

News Periodicals (Editorial Illustration & Reviews):

The New York Times The Riverdale Press Art Times
Jewish Week Westchester News The New York Post
Philatelic Monthly Times Herald Record   Ellenville Journel
 Mid Hudson Times 

Stationary:

Portal Publications Caspari, Inc ArtScroll Printing Corporation
The Menu Shoppe    

Giftware:

Macy*s Mafcote Industries Kubla Crafts
Svend Jensen    

Philatelic:

Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corporation The Republic of Palau The Republic of the Marshall Islands

The Republic of Liberia

Logos:

Wurtsboro Art Alliance   Institute of Ecosystem Studies   Weston Nurseries
Red Eft Gallery

AWARDS:

  • Asia Society. Exhibit of Asian Art, Honorable Mention
  • Women in Design, Honor Award for Portfolio Review
  • Grant: Bronx Council of the Arts -1998

MEMBERSHIPS:
Society of Illustrators
Graphic Artists Guild
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators
American Society of Botanical Artists
Catskill Art Society
Fashion Institute of Technology Alumni Association
High School of Art & Design Alumni Association
American Women’s Economic Development Association
Wurtsboro Art Alliance, current President

EDUCATION:
The New York Botanical Gardens, 1985 - 2008
Course work in Botany, Gardening and Botanical Illustration
Instructors include Kevin Nicolay, Anne Ophelia Dowden, Robin Jess, Ralph Snodsmith, Thomas Christopher and others.

Computer Studies: Marketing your Artwork with Computers: PhotoShop, Illustrator and Quark - Instructor : Ilene Avery, GAG Workshops, June / November 2000
Private Instruction: Anita Lovitt, Blue Jar Productions, NY, Scanners, Zip drives, PhotoShop, 2000
Instructor: Mark Brownstone, Technisphere Corporation, NY, Mac system operation, software, August - December 1999

Koho School of Sumi-e, Instructor: Sensei Koho Yamamoto
Private Study in Oriental Painting techniques with Master Kou Liang Jui 1980 - 1984
Dugu Choegyal Rimpoche - Tibetan art workshop NYC, 1999

How to Represent Artists, Designers and Photographers with Elaine Sorel, New York - Full Semester Classes and Private Instruction, 1981

American Women’s Economic Development Corporation, New York, 1978-79
Business Management Training Course - Full Year Program-Graduate

Art Students League, oil painting, 1969 - 1970

Fashion Institute of Technology, New York - Decorative Textile Design, AAS 1969

High School of Art & Design, New York, Academic and Commercial Diplomas, Fashion Illustration and Design Major, 1967