SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
| 2022 | Ojai Visions | Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts | Ojai, CA |
| Spontaneous Inspiration | The ArtLife Foundation | Ventura, CA | |
| Perception and Persistence | Ojai Valley Museum | Ojai, CA | |
| 2021 | Cultural Diversity | Inter-Art Foundation | Judetul Alba, Romania |
| Finding Light | Ojai Valley Museum | Ojai, CA | |
| WORK FROM HOME | Santa Paula Museum of Art | Santa Paula, CA | |
| 2020 | Mending the Divide | Museum of Ventura County | Ventura, CA |
| Ojai Visions | Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts | ARTSY | |
| Insight 2020 | Ojai Valley Museum | Ojai, CA | |
| 2019 | Origins | Ojai Valley Museum | Ojai, CA |
| 2018 | Earthly Delights | Studio Channel Islands | Camarillo, CA |
| Bodies of Proof | Art City Studios Gallery | Ventura, CA | |
| 2017 | Idealism Visualized | Ojai Valley Museum | Ojai, CA |
| 2016 | Art Town Exhibit | Ojai Valley Museum | Ojai, CA |
| The Art of Aviation | Santa Paula Museum of Art | Santa Paula, CA | |
| Art About Agriculture | Santa Paula Museum of Art | Santa Paula, CA | |
| Satellite of Love | 525 Gallery | Meiners Oaks, CA | |
| Angles | Ojai Valley Museum | Ojai, CA | |
| 2015 | Laundry Series | Anderbo.com | New York, NY |
| The Art of Music | Casa Gallery | Santa Barbara, CA | |
| 2014 | Rejuvenation | Ojai Valley Museum | Ojai, CA |
| 2013 | Homage and Continuum | Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts | Ojai, CA |
| Palm Springs Fine Art Fair | Booth 110 dnj Gallery | Palm Springs, CA | |
| 2012 | FOOD | Fibre Arts Design Gallery | Palo Alto, CA |
| 2010 | Not In My Backyard | d.e.n contemporary art | Los Angeles, CA |
| Signs of the Times, Laundry Lines | dnj Gallery | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 2003-14 | Made In Ojai | Ojai Valley Museum | Ojai, CA |
| 2008 | Assemblage | Gallery 844 | Ventura, CA |
| 2007 | Ojai Visions | Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts | Ojai, CA |
| California Scenes | Carpinteria Valley Arts Council | Carpinteria, CA | |
| 2005 | Educators Art Lab | H&R Block Artspace | Kansas City, MO |
| 2001 | Going Postal | Todd Madigan Gallery | Bakersfield, CA |
| Environmental Art | Art City | Ventura, CA | |
| 1998 | Art In The Tower | Ojai Valley Inn and Spa | Ojai, CA |
| 1997 | Ancient Chumash | Albinger Archaeological Museum | Ventura, CA |
| Annual Juried Show | Thousand Oaks Comm. Gallery | Thousand Oaks,CA | |
| Art In Public Places | Ojai City Hall | Ojai, CA | |
| 1994 | Chumash Art | Earth Spirit Gallery | Morro Bay, CA |
| Classic Celebration of the Visual Arts | Carnegie Art Museum | Oxnard, CA | |
| 1993 | California Batik | Riverside Museum | Riverside, CA |
| 11th Annual Assembly of The Arts | Ventura County Museum | Ventura, CA | |
| Chumash Paper Batik | Suma Sil Gallery | Cambria, CA | |
| 1991 | “International Batik Exhibition” | Lancaster Museum of Art | Lancaster, CA |
| 1989 | Pysanky | Hue Noeau Visual Arts Center | Maui, HI |
| 1987 | North Valley Art League | Cottage Gallery | Redding, CA |
| Ventura County Arts Commission | Gov’t Center Exhibit | Ventura,CA |
AWARDS
| 1998 | Ojai Valley Land Conservancy | Judges’ Award for Open Spaces |
| Who’s Who Among American Teachers | Outstanding Art Educator Award | |
| 1994 | Living Treasures | “Living Treasure in the Visual Arts” |
| 1993 | Ventura County Museum of History & Art | 11th Annual Assembly of the Arts Award |
| 1991 | The Ojai Art Center Aqua Media Award | City of Ojai Purchase Award |
| 1981 | Ventura County Fair | Professional Artist Award in Mixed Media |
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
| Mr. & Mrs. C. Vukelich, Paris, France | Mr. Leo Buscaglia Glenbrook, NV |
| Harry Davis & Co., Pittsburgh, PA | Dillingham Const. Co., San Jose, CA |
| Mrs. Martha Haley, Scottsdale, AZ | Ms. Goldie Hawn, Malibu, CA |
| Mr. Tony Sands, Beverly Hills, CA | Ms. Sara J. Rice, Honolulu, HI |
| The Ojai Valley Museum, Ojai, CA | Mr. Mehmet Cavus, Bodrum, Turkey |
| Ojai Community Hospital, Ojai, CA | Dr. Jeffrey D. Thompson, Encinitas, CA |
| Universal Media Studio, Los Angeles, CA | Ojai Valley Inn & Spa, Ojai, CA |
| Ventura County Memorial Hospital, Ventura, CA | City of Ojai, Ojai, CA |
| Ojai Valley Museum, Permanent Collection | Continuing Care Center, Ojai, CA |
BACKGROUND
| Fine Arts Instructor/Curriculum Planner: | Silverseas Cruise Line Enrichment Program (2011- to present) Ojai Valley School, Ojai, CA (1977 to 2010) Royal Cruise Line Onboard Enrichment Program (1992-1996) The Ojai Valley Inn and Spa (1996-2000) The Oaks at Ojai Spa & The Palms at Palms Springs Resort Spa (1975 to 2017) |
| Director and Owner: | Working ARTIST Gallery, Ojai CA (2011-2016) |
| Workshop Coordinator: | Carnegie-Mellon Institute, Educational Development Conference, Pittsburgh, PA University of California at Santa Barbara University of California at San Diego Ventura College, Ventura, CA Thacher School, Ojai, CA Palm Springs Adult Education, Palm Springs, CA Ojai Center for The Arts, Ojai, CA East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hilo, HI Hui Noeau Visual Arts Center, Maui, HI The Athenaeum School of The Arts, La Jolla, CA |
| Textile Designer: | Pentimento Textile Design Co. Ojai, CA (1989) |
| Fine Arts Judge: | “Creative Textile Exhibition” Ojai Center for the Arts, Ojai, CA (1984 & 1989) |
| Public Art Judge: | City of Ojai Poster Competition for Ojai Day (2021, 2022) |
| President: | Ojai Studio Artists Group, Ojai, CA (1991-1993) |
| Board of Directors: | Ojai Valley Chamber of Commerce (1997-1999) |
| Historian: | Ojai Studio Artists Group, Ojai, CA (2003 to 2017) |
| Arts Commissioner: | City of Ojai Arts Commission, Ojai, CA (2005 to 2007) |
| Educational Panel Judge: | Ventura Arts Council (2011) |
EDUCATION
| University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA (1967) |
| Point Park College | Pittsburgh, PA (1967) |
| Ivy School of Professional Art | Pittsburgh, PA (1966) |
| Independent Study in Central America (American Folk Arts) | Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica (1978-79) |
| University of California (Santa Barbara Extension) | Santa Barbara, CA (1980-1985) |
PUBLICATIONS
* indicates book published by Bernadette DiPietro
| Ojai Quarterly Magazine | Summer 2021 |
| HAZELWOOD a community story | Summer 2021 |
| The New Farmer’s Almanac | January, 2017, 2021 |
| Indian Quarterly Magazine | August, 2013 |
| Ojai Studio Artists-3decades | November, 2013 |
| *Laundry Lines | October, 2012 |
| Forth Magazine | January-February 2010 |
| Artscene Magazine | Spring, 2010 |
| Artwork published in BATIK for Artists & Quilters | 2001, E.Piper, Hand Books Press |
| Sunset Magazine | Fall, 1985 |
| ABC’s of Batik | 1975, Chilton Book Company |
| *Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants of the Ojai Valley | 1973, Revised 1981 |