Susan Benarcik

About Susan Benarcik

Artist | Surface Designer | Educator My ideas come from two different reference…

Experience

1. Founding Board Member Curator and Educator

   Jester Artspace, Inc

   Jan 2015 — Present · Wilmington, DE, US

   are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization restoring and adaptively reusing the historic Jester Farmhouse for local artists of all disciplines and skill levels to use as meeting, working, and gallery space. Jester Artspace, Inc. partnered with the property owner, New Castle County, DE to renovate the property and in turn, operate the house in a manner of direct benefit to the surrounding community. The Jester Farmhouse has been deemed to be of significant historic value to the people of New Castle County. Its core stone walls were one of the few remaining modest pre-Civil War farmsteads that were once common in Northern Delaware. The house sits amid 25.8 acres of original farmland at 2818 Grubb Road, which is among the oldest colonial-era trade routes in the mid-Atlantic U.S.

Education

• Cranbrook Academy of Art

  Master's degree, Printmaking

• Cranbrook Academy of Art

  Masters Degree, Printmaking

  1989 — 1991

• Rosemont College

  BFA, Art

  1984 — 1989

Skills

• Arts
• Art
• Acrylic
• Event Planning
• Exhibit Design
• Photoshop
• Event Management
• Fine Art
• Painting
• Curating
• Illustrator
• Installations
• Indesign
• Public Art
• Sculpture
• Watercolor
• Illustration
• Production
• Ceramic
• Retail
• Green
• Figurative Art
• Mixed Media
• Sketching
• Art Exhibitions
• Collage
• Contemporary Art
• Abstraction
• Craft
• Visual Arts
• Oil Painting
• Museums
• Art Education
• Sustainability
• Modern Art
• Drawing
• Photography
• Interior Design
• Materials
• Textiles