Education & Licensures

         - M.S. Education, Marywood College

         - B.S. Art Education, Kutztown University

         - M.S. Adult and Continuing Education, Cheyney University

         - Graduate Course Work, Widener University

         - Graduate Course Work, Wilmington College

         - Graduate Course Work, American Institute of Holistic Theology

         - Graduate Course Work, Cheyney University

         - Permanent Art Teacher Certification, Art Education, K-12 

 

Exhibits

         - Childrens Millennium Art Exhibit at the United Nations, 1999-2000

         - United Nations Headquarters, New York City, Totem Rhythms Exhibit,
           2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

         - United Nations Headquarters, New York City, Indigenous Peoples Art Exhibit
           "Breaking the Walls of Bias, Prejudice and Stigma",
            2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

         - World Conference Against Racism, Exhibitor and Attendee,
            Durban, South Africa, 2001

         - National Mental Health Conference, Washington, D.C.
           Exibitor and Presenter, 2001

         - International Artists Support Group Exhibit, New Delhi, India 2002, 2004

         - Lycoming County, Pennsylvania Juried Art Exhibit, 2002, 2003, 2004

         - Susquehanna Valley Festival of the Arts, June 2003

         - International Child Art Foundation "Peace Through Art",
           National Mall, Washington, D.C., 2003

         - "Peoples Closing Art" Exhibit, Eastern Delaware Nations, 2003

         - International Artists Support Group Exhibit, Beijing, China, 2003

         - Sullivan County Council on the Arts, Renaissance Faire, 2003 & 2004

         - Featured artist at The American Indian Gallery, Centerville, DE

         - Williamsport Art Council Juried Show, 2003 & 2004

         - International Artist Support Group 10th Anniversary Exhibit,
           Washington D.C., 2003

         - Delaware Technical College Exhibit, featured artist in "Women who made
           a change in lives through the arts", 2004

         - New York Mental Health Conference, 2004

         - The Academy of Natural Science, Philadelphia, PA
           featured artist, 2004 - present

         - Wilmington College, Featured Artist in art exhibit, December 2004

         - Featured Solo Artist at United Nations Headquarters, New York
           Indigenous Peoples Exhibit, May - October 2004

         - End of the Trail Indian Art Gallery, Weston, Missouri,
           featured artist, 2003 - 2005

         - International Artist Support Group Juried Exibit, Egypt, 2005

         - White Ribbon Exhibit, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, 2005

         - International Artist Support Group "Russia Exhibit",
           Russia I in 2004, Russia II in 2005

         - Wilmington College, Featured Artist, Group show, 2005

         - Invitational Juried International Art Exhibit, Cairo Opera House
           Cairo, Egypt, September - November 2006 

         - Featured artist, International Exhibit at Lalit Khala Academy,
           New Dehli, India, 2007

         - Tragedy and Transformation Art Exhibit, Lana Santorelli Gallery,
           Long Island, New York, 2007

         - International Child Art Foundation Festival on The National Mall,
           Washington, D.C. 2007

         - African American and Native American Exhibit at October Gallery 

         - United Nations Headquarters, New York City, Indigenous Peoples Exhibit
           May - July 2010

 

Awards & Citations

         - Delaware Art Educator of the Year, NAEA, 1998

         - "Heroes Award" from The Craft Industry, USA, 2000

         - Award of Excellence in Teaching, Cheyney University

         - The Christian R. & Mary F. Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award, 
           Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, 2004 - 2005

         - Kutztown University Alumni Outstanding and Distinguished Service
           Citation Award 2007, the highest award given to alumni at Kutstown        

         - Smithsonian Award for Technology and Art as Healing Tools for her work
           with the Survivors Art Foundation where she is the Outreach Coordinator

 

Guest Curator Honors

 

Television, Magazine, Book & Publications

          - Co-author of the published "Libertas Creare" curriculum used by the
            United States Army at Forth Worth, Texas , written in 2001 

          -Artwork featured on the cover of International Child Art magazine, 2002

          - The Eagle, U.S. Army newspaper, 2003, 2004

          - The News Journal, Summer 2003, featured story about Totem Rhythms

          - Featured artist on the television show White House Chronicles for her
          watercolor painting "Prayer Circle" from the Indigenous Peoples Series, 2007

          - Who's Who in American Higher Education, 2003-2004,
             2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008

          - Cambridge Who's Who, Executive and Professional Educators, 2006, 2007

          - Who's Who in American Education, 2007, 2008

          - National Association of Professional and Executive Women(NAPEW)
            Women of Excellence, 2007-2008

 

Professional Memberships & Associations

           - National Art Educators Association

           - Pennsylvania Art Educators Association

           - Delaware Art Educators Association

           - American Art Therapy Association

           - Outreach Coordinator for Survivors Art Foundation

           - International Child Art Foundation, Board Member

           - Founder and President of Totem Rhythms, Inc., a 501(C)(3) non-profit

           - Smithsonian Institute Charter member

           - Chester County Department of Aging Services, Advisory Committee

           - International Artist Support Group

           - Eastern Delaware Nations, Native American Indians

           - National Art Education Association

           - American Indian Television, Advisory Board 

Other Notable Accomplishments

           - Marietta Dantonio-Fryer holds a United States Patent for "The Brenmar
           Stretcher", a device used to stretch fabric for painting

           - Commendations from:

                     - President and Mrs. George Bush, Sr.
                     - Congressman Thomas Carper (Deleaware)
                     - Senator Joseph Biden (Delaware)
                     - Governor Michael Castle (Delaware)
                     - Wilmington, DE Mayor Sills
                     - Congressman Curt Weldon (Pennsylvania)
                     - Kutztown University
                     - Chester County, PA Mayor De Bapiste
                     - Commanding General Joseph Cosumano, United States Army
                       Space and Missle Defense Command, 2002, 2003
                     - Secretary of the Army Thomas E. White
                     - Commanding General Larry Dodgen, United States Army
                        Space and Missle Defense Command, 2004, 2005

           - 12 works published for a trauma booklet with Pfizer Corp., 2000 - 2004

           - Through the efforts of her non-profit organization Totem Rhythms,
              Professor Dantonio-Fryer along with other members of Totem Rhythms
              have created more than 20 totem poles in an effort to maintain the
              culture and heritage of Native American peoples.

           - Working with various agencies and organizations, Marietta Dantonio-Fryer
              has created to date, 28 murals as part of her community programs and               and community outreach work using healing arts as a therapy tool to heal
              broken lives. Created on a grand scale, some of the murals have reached sizes
              of twenty-four feet wide and eight feet tall. Many of the murals hang in
              the prisons and correctional facilities where Marietta worked directly with
              both male and female prisoners, juvinile and adult alike, some suffering
              from HIV AIDS

           - Presenter at the Southern Connecticut "Weaving Red Nations" conference,
             2001

           - Featured presenter at the Delaware Art Museum Conference on "The Arts
             and At Risk Youth, 2001

           - Presenter at the Bloomsburg University Conference, March 2002

           - Presenter at Mansfield University Conference, 2002

           - Art Therapy & Healing Arts Consultant, Elwyn Inc., Media Pennsylvania, 2000

           - Featured instructor for "Students of Special Needs";
             U.S. Artists Exibition, 1998, 1999, 2000

           - Therapeutic Instructor for the B.O.S.S. Program for single U.S. Soldiers 

           - Art Therapist for CONCERN in Coatsville, PA, 1996

           - "Art on Rails" Trolley Art Competition, Delaware County, PA, 2003

           - Created "Operation USA Healing Arts" for the U.S. Army and the nation
             after the September 11 terrorist attacks.

           - Art instructor at Camp Possibilities in Maryland, a camp for children with
             diabetes where the mural "Triptych" was created and later displayed at
             United Nations Headquarters in New York City in 2005.