ARTIST STATEMENT

"I am passionate about collage. I find every aspect of it appealing. There is rummaging and collecting. Just looking for and finding things to use in the process is like a wonderful scavenger hunt. There is a feel to collage: papers of different weights, surface qualities and textures. Feathers, bottle caps, and stones offer their own delights. Collage is full of play for me. The subject of my work could easily be the color of the sky I saw the other day or the shape of a leaf that I picked up while walking. Many times I let the materials dictate what I do with them. I feel my collages are like poetry or music where I work towards an emotional response to pure color, shape, pattern form and texture."   S. Davitti Darling 2005

RESUME

EDUCATION
Roger Williams University , Bristol , Rhode Island , 1976 - Associates Degree
Pennsylvania School of Art and Design, Marietta , Pennsylvania
Millersville University , Millersville , Pennsylvania , 1991 - BA in Commercial Art

EXHIBITS
2005
Fragments, with Susan Ludwig, Lynden Gallery, Elizabethtown, PA
Doshi Exhibit at Whitaker Center of the Arts and Science, “To the Edge of the World”
2004
Group Doshi of the Susquehanna Art Museum
“Yin-Yang”, Penn State Harrisburg
Around Red (8 Originals) Exhibit, Central Market Art Gallery
Rottler Award Exhibit
York Art Association, York PA
2003
Seitz Gallery, Art walk Harrisburg PA
Group Doshi of the Susaquehanna Art Museum
Fall, Penn State Harrisburg
2002
In and out of the Box, 8 Oringinals' Exhibit YAA
York Art Association, York PA
2001
East Meets West , Gypsy Hill Gallery, Lititz , PA
2000
Four Color Separates, Lancaster County Art Association
Central Market Art Gallery , Summer Showcase
1999
Elizabethtown College , Spring Festival of the Arts
1998
Mulberry Art Studio, A-musing exhibit
1997
York Art Association, York , PA
YorkArts, Our Vanishing Landscape
1996
Philadelphia Museum of Art , Philadelphia , PA , Selected works Sales and Rental Gallery
1995
Harrisburg Area Community College , Lebanon Campus , Lebanon PA
Elizabethtown College , Shiner/Darling Exhibit, Hess Gallery
1994
Lancaster County Art Association, Smith/Darling Exhibit, Lancaster PA

AWARDS
2005
2nd Place, Lancaster County Art Association, Surprise! Exhibition
2004
Honorable Mention, York Art Association Winter Member show
Second Place , Art Association of Harrisburg ,
Gardens and Greenery: A Celebration of the City Beautiful Movement
2003
Judges' Choice Award, Landis Woods Outdoor Art Show
Rottler Award for Visual Excellence, York Art Association
Honorable Mention, York Art Association, Spring Member Show
2002
First Place , York Art Association, Winter Member Show
Elizabethtown College , 9/11 exhibit, Purchase Award
Honorable Mention, Regional Art Exhibit, Mechanicsburg , PA
2001
Third Place , Lancaster County Impressions Exhibit, LCAA
First Place , Blue Exhibit, Lancaster County Art Association
2000
Honorable Mention, Rottler Exhibition, York Art Association
1999
Judges Choice, Lancaster County Art Association Annual Outdoor Exhibition
Honorable Mention, Garden Exhibition, LCAA
1997
Second Place , Pastels, Juried Awards Exhibition, York Art Association
First Place, Lancaster Impressions Exhibition, LCAA
1996
Honorable Mention, Winter Membership exhibition, York Art Association
Honorable Mention, Spring Membership show, York Art Association
Third Place , Sentimental Journey Exhibition, Lancaster County Art Association
1994
Judges Choice, Lititz Outdoor Art Show, Lititz PA
Annual Juried Spring Art Exhibit, Best of Show and Purchase Award, Elizabethtown College
Fall Member Exhibit, LCAA, Lancaster , PA , First Place
1993
First Place, Annual Juried Spring Art Exhibit, Elizabethtown College , Elizabethtown , PA

PUBLISHED WORKS
1998 Women Artists Date book, Syracuse Cultural Workers, Syracuse , NY
1999 Women Artists' Date book, Syracuse Cultural Workers, Syracuse , NY
2000 Nissley Vineyards, Created artwork for holiday wine labels
2003 Woman Artist's Date book, Syracuse Cultural Workers, Syracuse , NY
2003 Courage Cards, Minneapolis , MN
2003 Nissley Vineyards, Fruit Wine Labels

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA

PRESS RELEASES  click on entry to read

FRAGMENTS: Susan Davitti Darling, Collage, and Susan Ludwig, Shardwork - Lynden Gallery, August 2005