Amy Lipton

Amy Lipton began her career as a gallerist in New York City from 1986-1995. She has curated numerous exhibitions, organizes and participates on panel discussions, lectures on art and the environment and has written for various publications. Recent exhibitions include Down to Earth: Artists Create Edible Landscapes for the Schuylkill Center (2009) in Philadelphia and Into the Trees (2008) for the Fields Sculpture Park at Art Omi in Ghent, NY. Earlier curatorial projects include Imaging the River at the Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY (2004) and Ecovention, (160-page catalogue) at the Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, Ohio (2002). She organized Human/Nature: Art and the Environment with The Nature Conservancy, a series of discussions bringing artists and scientists together (2003-08). Lipton was formerly Director of The Fields Sculpture Park at Omi International Arts Center. She received her BFA from California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA.

– Reprinted from www.ecoartspace.org