Claudia Luongo is an interdisciplinary visual, literary, and performing artist who has created, exhibited, and performed in various venues in NYC, L.A., NJ, & PA. She works with a variety of media within and across each of the artistic disciplines to interpret and give form to her creative expression. As an advocate and activist, Claudia strongly believes that the arts promote cultural sensitivity and often give voice to the voiceless, providing a safe space to present and share ideas and differing points-of-view. As a recently retired certified teacher, she has taught 2D & 3D visual arts, dramatic arts, and interdisciplinary arts to students from PreK to university level, and has created and led workshops for adults. The majority of her teaching career as an artist-educator in NJ was with the Princeton Public Schools; before retiring, she taught at Colts Neck and New Brunswick. Claudia is an active member of many arts organizations and guilds. Professional recognition includes grants, awards, and fellowships; and performing on the Off-Broadway stage in her own original play The Confessions of the Walking Wounded, which was selected as a Samuel French Short Play Festival finalist. She is a repertory character actress with Haunted History Productions NJ, and studies and performs with the Sharqi Squad Middle Eastern dance & drum troupe. Education: Masters and extensive additional graduate work from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia; Bachelors: Mason Gross School of the Arts and Douglass College, Rutgers University; The University of Urbino in Italy; The Barnes Foundation’s 2-Year Graduate Program in Merion, PA; Diploma in Nutrition and Holistic Health from the Academy of Natural Health Sciences in Woodbridge, NJ; Certifications in regression and hypnotherapy from the National Association of Transpersonal Hypnotherapists, Certificate in Meditation Mentoring and Training from the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, VA; graduate and professional classes in the visual, literary, and performing arts at various colleges and studios in the U.S. and abroad. Claudia continues to study and take classes, and considers her travels to different parts of the world an important part of her continuing
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