Amy E. Bartell
2021 Rome Regional Show Judge

Amy E. Bartell is an artist and activist who believes in the power of art as a tool for positive social change. Her work addresses issues of social justice and diversity and is distributed internationally through such venues as the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, California and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Her commissioned works include: The National Organization for Women, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the Worcester Women’s History Project, Vera House, The Q Center and for the Freedom to Marry Campaign. She has also created over two dozen murals on college campuses and for non-profit organizations including: SUNY Oswego, Syracuse University, Carleton College, California State, Wells College, Towson University, Monmouth University, The Food Bank of CNY, AIDS Community Resources, University of Connecticut, University of New Hampshire and Washington State University. She is the recipient of the Unsung Heroine Award from the National Organization for Women and the Rubenstein Social Justice Award from Syracuse University.

​Amy has a BFA in Painting and Graphic Design from SUNY Oswego and is currently a Professor of Illustration, Graphic Design & Art and Activism at SUNY Oswego.

You can view her artwork on her website, www.aeoriginals.com