Rusty Zimmerman
Portrait Artist & Recorded Oral Histories
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Teaching

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Art Education

Scroll down for footage from painting classes with live musical accompaniment.

Specialized in painting, drawing, and therapeutic art exercise for seniors, developmentally disabled folks, homeless youth, and addicts in recovery, Zimmerman has lectured at Wellesley and LIU, & taught at institutions throughout New York City, with private lessons available at my studio in Brooklyn. 

Culminating Event for Coney Island SU CASA creative aging program at JASA Warbasse Senior Center, 2019, made possible by a grant from the Brooklyn Arts Council.

Irina sings along with Saxophonist Billy McShane while fellow students paint, JASA Warbasse Norc Center, SU CASA grant, 2019, Coney Island.

Students paint while saxophonist Patience Higgins plays. Stuyvesant Gardens Social Club, 2018. Through a SU CASA grant made possible through Brooklyn Arts Council.

Mounted collaborative portrait exhibition for culminating event at Starrett City JASA Senior Center, 2017.

Students paint while Belle Skinner & friends play. Starrett City, Brooklyn. JASA Senior Center, 2017. Made possible by the SU CASA grant through Brooklyn Arts Council.

Seniors painting portraits of one another. Starrett City, 2017, made possible by a SU CASA grant through Brooklyn Arts Council.