MARGARET ROBINSON COHEN, RN, BS, MPH
71689 Highway 1050, Kentwood, LA  70444-7119
(985) 229-4156 – home, (985) 517-6077 – cell, mcohen716@gmail.com

FINE ART COMPETENCIES:  watermedia, oil, acrylic, pastel, pen/ink, printmaking, collage, photography, clay, fabric art, quilting, & jewelry making.

EDUCATION   
            Master of Public Health, Tulane University, School of Public
            Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA 1991
            Bachelor of Science, Nursing, SELU, Hammond, 1989
            Associate Degree of Science, Nursing, Purdue University, 1971

FINE ARTS EDUCATION, WORKSHOPS AND STUDIO, attendee
            LAAG, Judi Betts, Creative Realism, Baton Rouge, 4-2011
            Birgit O’Connor, Lake Charles, LA, Feb 18-20, 2010
            HAG, Adult Art Camp, metal, stained glass, basketry, 7-2010
            HAG, Adult Art Camp, clay, pastel, batik, watercolor, 7-2009
            AAC, Carol Creel, watercolor, 2/17-19/ 09
            Hammond Art Guild, Adult Art Camp, photography, 2006
            Hammond Art Guild, AAC, basketry, pastel, acrylic, 2005
            Arleta Peck, Watercolor Workshop, Colorado, 2003
            Judy Betts, Extraordinary Workshop, Hammond, 2002
            Mary Jane Cox, Watermedia Workshop, Hammond, LA 2001
            Klaudia Durnin, Decorative Art, weekly classes 1999-2000
            Southeastern Louisiana University, Printmaking, 1985

SHOWS & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
            Golden Jubilee Open Show, HM for “Savanna Flora”, 2-2012
            Oak Street Gallery, Hammond, LA HAG Holiday Show, 11-2011
            AAC, 3rd Place, “Peacock Iris”, 10-2011
            Hammond Art Guild, HM for “Up, Up and Away”, 2-2011
            Amite Art Club, Nov 2010, 3rd place, “Up, Up and Away.
            Hammond Art Guild, Oak Street Gallery, December 2010
            Hot Art in a Cool Space, invitational, regional, 08-2010
            Hammond Art Guild, HM for “Gears of Life” wc 04-2010
            Purchase Award “Gears of Life” Alexis Ducorbier April 2010
            Lacombe Unitarian Church, Artist of the Month, 11-2008
            Hammond Art Guild, Purchase award, watercolor
            Amite Art Club, 1st graphics, 1st printmaking, 2008
            Hammond Art Guild Spring Show, 2006
            Amite Art Club, 4/29/06, Blue ribbons Abstract & Decorative Art
            2nd Place Watercolor Landscape, Honorable Mention Abstr
            Hammond Art Guild 2004 Honorable Mention, Multi-media
                         Purchase Awards
            Daryl and Sons Gallery, Artist of the Month, 2004

MUSEUM INVITATIONS
             Paul and Lulu Hilliard Univerity Art Museum, Lafayette, LA 2012
   
ART RELATED MEMBERSHPS
             Louisiana Watercolor Society, since 2012
             Lousiana Art & Artist Guild, since 2010
             Hammond Art Guild, President, 2010-Present
             Amite Art Club, 1999-Present
             Hammond Regional Art Center
             Kentwood Art Guild, president, 2010-Present

FINE ART EDUCATION Instructor
             Watercolor, private lessons, 07-2010 - present
             Fabric Piecing Methods, HAG Adult Summer Art Camp, July 2011
             Resume Writing, Brief Bio & Call to Art, Amite Art Club, October 14, 2010
             Beginning Watercolor, Hammond Art Guild Adult Art Camp, 2010
             Painting with Color Triads, Amite Art Club program, April, 2010
             Kentwood Art Guild Instructor, Watercolor Group Classes , 2008- present
             Multimedia on Rice Paper, Hammond Art Guild Adult Art Camp, 2009
             Multimedia on Rice Paper, Hammond Art Guild Adult Art Camp 2006
             Multimedia on Rice Paper, Hammond Art Guild & Amite Art Club 2004
             Color Theory & Pen and Ink, Amite Art Club, 2003   
             Pen & Ink Workshop, Amite Art Club Program 2002

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
Margaret Cohen, nicknamed Peggy, is an artist and watercolor teacher who has created art as long ago as she can remember.  She worked as a registered nurse and painted for pleasure and relaxation until 2000 when she started attending formal art classes, watercolor workshops and entering her work in local and regional art shows.  Over the last 12 years she has won awards for entries in watercolor, printmaking, oil, fabric art, and graphics.  Watercolor remains her favorite.

Mrs. Cohen is a member of and serves as President for the Hammond Art Guild and the Kentwood Art Guild.  She makes her home, with her husband, in an 1880 farmhouse on Pine Meadows Tree Farm in northern Tangipahoa Parish, LA.