Studio: Firehouse Arts Germantown, 5231 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19144

Website: JCChernak.com

Email: jcchernak@gmail.com

Education

Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts - BA 1988

Residency

June 2022: Cuttyhunk Island Residency, MA 

July 2019: Ayatana Artist Research Residency, Ottawa, Canada

July 2016: Wildacres Ringling Residency, Little Switzerland, NC

Recent Group Shows 2018-22

Undeniable: The Legacy of Our Bodies, Ourselves, Montgomery County Community College (award winner)

POST Philadelphia Open Studio Tours, CFEVA, Philadelphia, PA

70th Annual Artist Equity Juried Show, Goggleworks, Reading PA

Dear Fleisher, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

Artist Equity, Baker Gallery, West Chester University, West Chester, PA

Paint Passion & Purpose, Pendle Hill, Wallingford, PA

Let’s Connect, Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA

Publications (poetry)

Chernak, Jennifer. “Wasted Warm Water.” Turtle River, Vol 3, 2016, p. 14.

Chernak, Jennifer. “Dignified Dirt.” Dirt? Collins Mem. Library, University of Puget Sound, 2016, p. 91

Member of Tri-State Artist Equity Association

Teaching 2007-present: William Penn Charter, Philadelphia, PA

Teacher of Visual Arts & English; Environmental Stewardship Coordinator