Laurie Riccadonna

M.F.A., Painting and Printmaking, Yale University School of Art
B.F.A., Painting and Drawing, Pennsylvania State University 

Classes: Experiencing Art; Art History I; Art History II; Painting II; Watercolor; and Portfolio and Presentation.

Professor Riccadonna is passionate about teaching and creating art. She joined the HCCC faculty in 2001.

Professor Riccadonna’ s works have been exhibited in galleries locally, nationally, and internationally, and are included in the Memorial Sloan Kettering Art Collection, the HCCC Foundation Permanent Art Collection, and several private collections in the United States. Her work has most recently been included in Spring Break Art Fair (New York, NY), Amelie A. Wallace Gallery (State University of New York, Old Westbury) and Dineen Hull Gallery (Hudson County Community College).

Professor Riccadonna has been the recipient of the 2020 Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) Northeast Region Faculty Award, the 2002 and 2011 NJ State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship, and Yale University’s Ely Harwood Schless Prize. Her artist’s residencies include Fundacion Valparaiso in Spain and Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Fellowships at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Vermont Studio Center and Women’s Studio Workshop.

Prior to commencing work at HCCC, Professor Riccadonna taught at Bergen Community College, Brown University, Montclair State University, and Pennsylvania State University. She has lectured, presented, and critiqued at Maryland Institute College of Art, New York Artist Lecture Series, and Affordable Art Fair.