Georgette Goldberg Haydu

I am a lifelong artist - not widely recognized - not commercial in any sense - but constantly working to produce artwork because it is just what I do. At age 76, after taking care of family and earning a living all my adult life, I am free to pursue my dream and devote most of my time to my artwork! And it is exciting.

I have always been recognized for my artistic abilities. In grade school exhibited work at the Columbus Ohio Public School offices and I even did a local TV bit, way back in 1955, showing the print art I had been working on at school. Later, I exhibited a few times at juried Ohio State Fair exhibits, at a local mall and other local exhibits. Although my public career was very limited, I have been creating artwork all my life as an illustrator for newsletters, textbooks, and posters; creating works for charity auctions; lending a hand often as a designer of clothing and a decorator, etc. mostly free for friends, family, and organizations that I support. I have sold a few items over the years to people who offered to buy pieces they liked, but never to earn a living. I did that full time as an epidemiologist and public health professional. Now, I am a retiree with no family in my home to care for, but still with lo...

I don't even have a fine arts degree! My masters is in Anthropology! Go figure. Instead, I have a lifetime of training!

As a child, I had expert advanced tutoring by my own mother, a fine artist who had studied under known artists in Alaska (Ted Lambert) and in Ohio (Emerson Burkhart). I also had also had the advantage of her library of books on fine arts and artists that I constantly pored through, looking at the works and reading about the styles and lives of many artists. I still have that library and still refer to it for inspiration. In high school, I took instruction at the Columbus College of Art and Design under Vassa Canzani. In college, at the Ohio State University's School of Fine Arts, I had classes in fine arts and art history, studying with, among others, known artists like printmaker Sidney Chafetz and sculptor David Black. But I was a bit of a rebel and didn't like being told what courses I had to take to get a degree. I wanted more freedom to do what felt right to me.

Besides, I was hormone driven to nest at that point! After getting married at age 19, as a young mother, I was able to study with local artist Dotti Lipetz for a while. Then the obligations of a wife and mother, and, later, earning my own li...

Columbus Public Schools Building, c. 1956 (print)
The Ohio State Fair, c. 1970 (one acrylic painting, one pen and ink drawing)
The Ohio State Fair, c. 1971 (one watercolor painting)
Eastland Mall, c. 1972 (several works, acrylic, watercolor, mixed media)
Lord Hall, Department of Anthropology, the Ohio State University, c 1986 (installation on entry wall depicting people from many cultures - paint on paper and cardboard)
Solivita Riviera Spa, 2019 - 2021 exhibit one piece every other month
Ridge Art Association, Winter Haven Florida, 2020, Virtual Exhibit, (sculpture, clay); December 2021, second place award for "Portrait of Mom"; February, 2021 Honorable Mention for "Fantastical Red Lizard Tree."
Mackay Gardens, Lake Alfred. Florida - Three pieces exhibiting through May of 2022.
Lake Wales Arts Council Gallery, Lake Wales Florida - Two piece currently on exhibit.