Paula Webster Hartzell
Ms. Hartzell holds a Bachelor’s degree in Art Education from Edinboro State College (now University) in Pennsylvania, a Master’s degree in Art History from Michigan State University and certification in Graphic Design from the Delaware College of Art and Design. She studied oil painting under Ruth Ann Crawford and watercolor painting under Ernie Frombach. She was an arts and letters member of the National League of American Pen Women from 2002-2015 and has been a member of the Delaware Foundation for the Visual Arts since 2017.
From 2003 until her retirement in 2011, Ms. Hartzell served as Director of the Interfaith Resource Center, providing educational support for churches throughout Delaware & the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Ms. Hartzell served as Arts Facilitator for Grace United Methodist Church in Wilmington from 1994-2002, where she began and directed the Gallery at Grace. Her mixed water-media painting Nativity was named the 1999 choice by the Christmas Committee and displayed at the Hotel Dupont during the holiday season. She has been included in several Expressions of Faith Juried Shows, receiving an honorable mention in 1999 for God Knows his Name, a mixed-media portrait. Her work has also been included in juried shows at the Chester County Art Association, the Diamond State Chapter of the National League of American Pen Women and at various venues on the Wilmington Art Loop.
Ms. Hartzell has served as an adjunct professor, teaching studio art, art history and humanities courses at Wilmington College (now Wilmington University) and Goldey Beacom College and has provided freelance lectures throughout the state on the topic of faith and art. She began her career as a public-school art teacher and taught and did administrative work at the Brandywine YMCA when her children were young. She and her husband reside in Brandywine Hundred, Delaware. She has 2 grown children & 5 grandchildren.
From 2003 until her retirement in 2011, Ms. Hartzell served as Director of the Interfaith Resource Center, providing educational support for churches throughout Delaware & the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Ms. Hartzell served as Arts Facilitator for Grace United Methodist Church in Wilmington from 1994-2002, where she began and directed the Gallery at Grace. Her mixed water-media painting Nativity was named the 1999 choice by the Christmas Committee and displayed at the Hotel Dupont during the holiday season. She has been included in several Expressions of Faith Juried Shows, receiving an honorable mention in 1999 for God Knows his Name, a mixed-media portrait. Her work has also been included in juried shows at the Chester County Art Association, the Diamond State Chapter of the National League of American Pen Women and at various venues on the Wilmington Art Loop.
Ms. Hartzell has served as an adjunct professor, teaching studio art, art history and humanities courses at Wilmington College (now Wilmington University) and Goldey Beacom College and has provided freelance lectures throughout the state on the topic of faith and art. She began her career as a public-school art teacher and taught and did administrative work at the Brandywine YMCA when her children were young. She and her husband reside in Brandywine Hundred, Delaware. She has 2 grown children & 5 grandchildren.
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