1. Rosemary DeLucco Alpert
E-mail: rosemary.alpert@gmail.com Web site: www.rdalpertphoto.com
Cell: 203.464.3692
CREATIVE MISSION
Professional with success as a creative and motivational expert in the arts. A visionary with the skills
and ability to serve as an inspiration for others to see the world in a unique way. Proven abilities to
communicate and establish rapport with diverse groups of people.
LIFE EXPERIENCE:
Scholarship Award Recipient from Ansel Adams, Ansel Adams Workshop August 1983
Friends of Photography, Carmel, CA
Intensive photographic workshop covering all aspects of photography. Participating instructors along
with Ansel Adams included, Ruth Bernhard, Jerry Uelsmann, John Sexton, Eugene Richards and Lucien
Clerge. This was the final photography workshop Ansel taught, a privilege to be one of his last students.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES:
Freelance Photographer 1979 to Present
Photograph for a variety of purposes including promotional, editorial, fine art, wedding, and
portraitures specializing in personalized client service. Photography credits include nationally published
magazines, books and exhibitions.
Sales Assistant, Apertures Photo and School, Tulsa, OK 2014 to 2015
Extensive customer service and sales for a prominent professional photography store and lab. Assist
owner with sales, orders, and effective business promotions.
Adjunct Faculty, Liberal Arts Department, Photography
Tulsa Community College, Tulsa, OK 2015
Teach: Photography, Course focused on analog B&W photography. Students learn how to use 35mm
camera, take photos, develop film and print in the darkroom. Areas of expertise; encourage interest and
skills in photography, inspire creative thinking.
Adjunct Faculty, Photography Department 2004 to 2014
Paier College of Art, Hamden, CT
Teach: B&W Photography I, B&W Photography II, and two advanced courses entitled Contemporary
Concepts and Photo Industry. Areas of expertise; identify and encourage independent visual expression,
inspire creative thinking and realize how to meet deliverable project challenges within the medium of
photography.
Adjunct Faculty, Humanities Department, Photography 2011 to 2014
Middlesex Community College, Middletown, CT
Teaching Digital Photography, incorporating camera functions, lighting, composition, conceptual
creativity, historical references, and utilizing resources available through the Jean Burr Smith
Library at Middlesex Community College. Each class creates a community of visionaries learning
how to communicate through the use of their digital camera.
2. Sales Manager, Curtis Photography Studio, Middlefield, CT 2011 to 2014
Manage sales, customer service, marketing and promotional support for an established photography
studio specializing in portraiture, special events, and overall photo services for the community.
Curatorial Assistant, Art Place, Yale Medical Group, New Haven, CT 2008 to 2012
Assist curator in all aspects of Art Place organization including artist selection, exhibit installation and
transition focused on regional artists of all mediums. Manage and coordinate promotional marketing
for Yale Physicians Building Art Place exhibitions. Providing art within a healing environment.
Co-Author, How to Start a Home-Based Photography Business, Published July 2010 2009 to 2010
Globe Pequot Press, Guilford, CT,
Revised and updated 6th edition of book.
Studio Manager, Jim Fiora Photography Studio, Branford, CT 2007 to 2009
Manage, organize and maintain working files for on-going client service. Assist with promotional
campaigns specializing in architectural and consumer product photography for print media and web
publication. Schedule, document, and communicate project revisions to meet client deadline. Assist
photographer with photo shoots.
Creator and founder, Intimate Landscapes Photo Collection, Westbrook, CT 1993 to present
Develop and distribute high-quality photo cards and custom photographs to local retailers, galleries, and
special orders. Intimate Landscapes Photo Collections are sold and distributed throughout the U.S. and
internationally with over 200 published photographic images in the collection.
Photo Editor U*S*KIDS Magazine, Field Publications, Middletown, CT 1987 to 1991
Established and managed photo department for national monthly children’s print publications.
Collaborated with internal creative, editorial and art dept. teams to deliver consistent thematic
photographic educational based articles. Reviewed photographic portfolios, coordinated, scheduled,
negotiated and edited photo assignments to meet deadline. Responsible for maintaining publication
photography budget.
Photo Editor and Assistant, West Light Photo Stock Agency, Santa Monica, CA 1984 to 1986
Photo editor for International Division of West Light, selected and distributed photographic images to
23 international photo stock agencies. Assisted Craig Aurness, owner of West Light and National
Geographic photographer. Worked in cataloging, editing, and inventory of photographic images
provided by 28 National Geographic photographers.
PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS:
2009 Master Class with Sean Kernan, Stony Creek, CT
2008 Small Business Academy, Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce,
Yale University, New Haven, CT
2007 Yale University Art Gallery, Art Handling Training Session, Hamden CT
2007 Walking a Sacred Path, Mercy Center, Madison, CT
2002 The Circle Continues, Kirkridge Retreat Center, Bangor, PA Workshop for artists and writers
published in “The Circle Continues”.
2000 Master Photography Class with Ruth Bernhard, Palm Beach Photographic Center, Delray, FL
1989 The 4th International Photography Congress, Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, ME
1988 The 3rd International Photography Congress, Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, ME
1985 Fall Landscape Workshop, Friends of Photography, Carmel, CA
3. 1984 Ansel Adams Workshop, Teaching Assistant.Friends of Photography, Carmel, CA.
Participating instructors: Duane Michals, Chris Rainier, Jerry Uelsmann, John Sexton and Marie
Cosindas.
1983 Ansel Adams Workshop Friends of Photography, Carmel, CA Scholarship Award Recipient
from Ansel Adams. Intensive photographic workshop covering all aspects of photography.
Participating instructors along with Ansel Adams included, Lucien Clerge, Ruth Bernhard, Jerry
Uelsmann, John Sexton, and Eugene Richards.
PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITIONS:
2015 Tulsa Arts Collective, Five x Five Show and Sale, Group exhibition, Tulsa, OK
2014-2015 Chimera, Ebb and Flow a photography exhibition, Solo exhibition, Tulsa. OK
2014 1650 Gallery, Flower Power 2014, Juried photographic exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Grubbs Gallery, Double Take: Photo & Fiber, Northampton, MA
2014 Bruce S. Kerhner Gallery, Double Take: Photo & Fiber, Fairfield, CT
2012 Paier College of Art Faculty Exhibition, Hamden, CT
2011-2012 Middlesex Community College, The Niche, Light, Water, Flow, Solo exhibition,
Middetown, CT
2011 Shoreline Arts Trail Open Studios, Guilford, CT
2011 Guilford Free Library, Double Take: Photo & Fiber, Collaborative exhibition, Guilford, CT
2011 Haskins Laboratories, Double Take: Photo & Fiber, New Haven, CT
2010 Shoreline Arts Trail Open Studios, Guilford, CT
2010 Women and Family Life Center, WAYS ~ WAVES of Seeing, Solo exhibition, Guilford, CT
2010 Connecticut Hospice, Transformations, Healing Images ~ Healing Words, Group exhibition,
Branford, CT
2010 Hygienic Art Gallery, The Fifth Crossing ~ Annual Juried Exhibition, New London, CT
2010 Paier College of Art Faculty Exhibition, Hamden, CT
2009 Madison Art Cinema, Light...Water...Flow Solo exhibition Madison, CT
2009 Willoughby Wallace Library, Shoreline Arts Trail Group exhibition, Stony Creek, CT
2009 Shoreline Arts Trail Open Studios, Guilford, CT
2009 Connecticut Hospice, Visions in Wellness Group exhibition, Branford, CT
2009 Art Place XV, Yale Physicians Building, Group exhibition, New Haven, CT
2009 Friends and Company, Solo Exhibition, Madison CT
2008 Shoreline Arts Trail Open Studios, Guilford, CT
2008 Paier College of Art Faculty Exhibition, Hamden, CT
2008 Visions in Wellness Gallery, Group exhibition, Stony Creek, CT
2007 Shoreline Arts Trail Open Studios, Guilford, CT
2007 Mercy Center, Solo exhibition Madison, CT
1993-2007 Cilantro’s, Various solo exhibitions, Guilford, CT
2006 Yale New Haven Shoreline Medical Center, Group exhibition, Guilford, CT
2006 Connecticut Hospice Intimate Landscapes Solo Exhibition, Branford, CT
2005 Shoreline Arts Trail Open Studios, Guilford, CT
2005 The Small Space Gallery, The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, The Flower Show:
Innovations on Floral Themes, Group Exhibition, New Haven, CT
2005 The Playhouse on the Green, Landscapes, Group exhibition, Bridgeport, CT
2004-2005 Yale Physicians Building, Art Place Exhibitions IX &X, Group exhibition, New Haven, CT
2004 Shoreline Arts Trail Open Studios, Guilford, CT
4. 2004 Khaki and Black, One-person Exhibition, Madison, CT
2003 Guilford Free Library, Ten Year Retrospective Exhibition, Solo exhibition Guilford, CT
2000 R. J. Julia’s, One-person Exhibition, Madison, CT
1998 R. J. Julia’s, Earth Light, Two Person, mixed medium exhibition. Madison, CT
1995 Shoreline Art Alliance, IMAGES State wide juried exhibition, Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT
1993 Three Women Art Exhibit, Personal Vision, Guilford, CT
1993 Guilford Free Library, Intimate Landscapes, Solo exhibition. Guilford, CT
1984 Casey Greene Gallery, Group Exhibition. Willimantic, CT
Private Collections: Photographs sold to individuals throughout United States and the Caribbean.
Permanent Collection: Yale Medical Group, Art Place, Yale Physicians Building, New Haven, CT.
LECTURING / WORKSHOPS:
2011 Guilford Arts Center, Exploring Photography, Photography class, Guilford, CT
2011 Creative Arts Workshop, New Year – New Vision, Photography Workshop Leader,
New Haven, CT
2010 Guilford Arts Center, Exploring Photography, Photography class, Guilford, CT
2010 Creative Arts Workshop, New Ways of Seeing, Photography Workshop Leader, New Haven, CT
2009 Willoughby Wallace Library, New Ways of Seeing, Lecturer, Stony Creek, CT
2003 Guilford Free Library, A Personal Journey Through Photography, Lecturer, Guilford, CT
1998 University of Connecticut, Career Choices in Photography, Lecturer, Storrs, CT
1996 Guilford Arts Center, Creative Vision Through Photography, Photography class for young
adults, Guilford, CT
1985 Friends of Photography, Ansel Adams Workshop, Teaching Assistant, Carmel, CA.
EDUCATION:
1984 University of Connecticut, Bachelor of Arts in Communications, Concentration in
Photography, Cum Laude, Storrs, CT
1979 Connecticut Institute of Art and Design, B&W Photography Courses, Wethersfield, CT
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
American Society of Media Professionals
American Society of Picture Professionals