Atara Grenadir is chair of the art department at Touro University. She has an MFA and a BFA from Oklahoma University, and she has also studied art at Carnegie Mellon and art therapy at The New School. During her 26-year tenure at Touro University, she developed the art program, which offers a visual arts minor and a minor in art therapy. She coordinates the Art Club and curates the student art galleries at LAS Flatbush. Besides teaching at Touro, Atara is an exhibiting abstract painter and a registered and board-certified art therapist. Her paintings have been exhibited in galleries and museums across the U.S. 

Many of her paintings can be seen on her website. 

Education

• MFA Art - U. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 1973
• BFA Art - U. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 1971
• Summer Program: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Area(s) of Expertise

Contemporary Art – Abstraction in Painting, Color Theory – Split Complementary System, Art Therapy, Art History

Academic and Professional Honors

Awards and Certifications

• ATR-BC, Art Therapy Credentials Board, 2007
• ATR, Art Therapy Credentials Board, 2005
• Art Therapy Certificate, The New School, New York, NY

Professional Organizations

• AATA - American Art Therapy Association
• NYATA – New York Art Therapy Association

• 2012 - ATR-BC Recertification, Art Therapy Credentials Board

Solo Art Exhibitions

• 2011 - Conscious Community, New Art Center, December-January, New York, NY
• 2010 - Birkas HaChamah, Contemporary Art Network, December-January, New York, NY

Group Art Exhibitions

• 2012 - Candescence, New Art Center, January, New York, NY
• 2011 - Art Expo 2011, Pier 94, New York, NY 

Regular Courses Taught

• COA 101 OL – Art of Western Civilization (online)
• COA 222 – Workshop in Studio Art: Painting I
• COA 224 – Studio Art: Drawing & Painting I
• COA 226 – Workshop in Studio Art: Painting II
• PSY 209 – Art Therapy I
• PSY 309 – Art Therapy II