Curriculum Vitae: Beth Ames Swartz

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One-Person Art Exhibitions

2020 Shemer Art Center, Purification of the Heart, November 4, 2020-February 18, 2021.

Phoenix, AZ

2018 Sanctuary Camelback Mountain Resort & Spa, Beth Ames Swartz, January 11

February 14, 2018. Paradise Valley, AZ

2016 Arizona Jewish Historical Society, Tikkun Olam (Repairing the World), October 16,

2016-January 20, 2017. Phoenix, AZ

2015 Walter Art Gallery, A Moving Point of Balance, March 11-17, 2015. Scottsdale, AZ

2014 PHX Architecture, Homage, March 18-22, 2014. Scottsdale, AZ

2012 ACA Galleries, Different Voices, Unique Visions, March 17-April 28, 2012. New

York, NY

2011 Paradise Valley Town Hall, Beth Ames Swartz: Early Works on Paper, October 11,

2011-October 4, 2012. Paradise Valley, AZ

2010 Lawrence Asher Gallery, Beth Ames Swartz: The Word in Paint May 22-June 26,

2010. Los Angeles

2009 LA Artcore, Brewery Annex, Beth Ames Swartz: A Retrospective, July, 2009. Los

Angeles

LA Artcore, Union Center for the Arts, The Word in Paint, July, 2009. Los Angeles

West Valley Art Museum, Beth Ames Swartz: A Retrospective, February 27-May 18,

2009. Surprise, AZ

2008 Arizona State University, College of Public Programs and Virginia G. Piper Center

for Creative Writing, The Word in Paint, November 21, 2008 -February 12, 2009.

Phoenix, AZ

Cline+Dale Fine Art, The Word in Paint, February 7-March 1, 2008. Scottsdale, AZ

2006 The Aspen Club and Spa, The Thirteenth Moon, July 11-August 31, 2006. Aspen,

Cline Fine Art, The Thirteenth Moon, February 2-28, 2006. Scottsdale, AZ

2005 Temple Beth Sholom, Israel Revisited, Ten Sites, November 16, 2005-February 15,

2006. Roslyn Heights, NY

Aspen International Art, Time’s Call, July 8-27, 2004. Aspen, CO

Cline Fine Art, Renewed in Another Place, June 24-July 19, 2005, Santa Fe, NM

Jewish Community Foundation, Kabbalah Works by Beth Ames Swartz, May-

August, 2005. Los Angeles, CA

2004 Cline Fine Art, The Fire and the Rose: New Variations, December 2004. Scottsdale,

Aspen International Art, The Fire and the Rose, July 14-August 3, 2004. Aspen, CO

Vanier Galleries Ltd, The Fire and the Rose, February 5-28, 2004. Scottsdale, AZ

2003 Sylvia Plotkin Judaica Museum, Visible Reminders, January 12-March 15, 2003.

Phoenix, AZ

2002 Northern Trust, Beth Ames Swartz, December 12, 2002-February 27, 2003.

Scottsdale, AZ

2002 Westchester Jewish Center, Sight and Sound: Sensory Soul Searching, August 31-

December 15, 2002. Mamaroneck, NY

Chiaroscuro Gallery, Beth Ames Swartz: New Work, July 5-August 3, 2002. Santa

Fe, NM

Traveling Museum Exhibition, Reminders of Invisible Light: The Art of Beth Ames

Swartz

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, June 4-July 14, 2002. Ithaca,

Phoenix Art Museum, February 9-May 14, 2002. Phoenix, AZ

Vanier Galleries Ltd, Visible Reminders, February 7-27, 2002. Scottsdale, AZ

2000 Vanier Gallery on Marshall Way, States of Change, January 12-February 9, 2000.

Scottsdale, AZ

1999 KL Fine Arts, Shen Qi Series, May 15-June26, 1999. Highland Park, IL

1998 Hermann Hesse Museum, A Story for the Eleventh Hour, August 1998. Montagnola,

Switzerland

Donahue/Sosinski Gallery, Shen Qi Series, April 9-May 9, 1998. New York, NY

Joy Tash Gallery, Shen Qi Series, January 8–31, 1998. Scottsdale, AZ

1996 Phoenix Gallery, A Story for the Eleventh Hour, April 12-May 1, 1996. Santa

Monica, CA

1995 Joy Tash Gallery, The Lotus as Metaphor, January 19-February 14, 1995. Scottsdale, AZ

1994 E.M. Donahue Gallery, A Story for the Eleventh Hour, February 10-March 19, 1994.

New York, NY

1992 Artefino Gallery. Charlotte, NC

1991 Tilden/Foley Gallery. New Orleans, LA

1990-85 Traveling Museum Exhibition, A Moving Point of Balance

Holtzman Art Gallery, Towson State University, June 15-August 15, 1990. Towson,

Jewish Community Center of Greater Minneapolis, February 15-April 15, 1990.

Minneapolis, MN

University Art Museum, University of Arizona, November 25, 1989- January 29,

1990. Tempe, AZ

Palm Springs Desert Museum, September 19- November 12, 1989. Palm Springs,

Salt Lake Art Center, May 26-July 21, 1989. Salt Lake City, UT

Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, March 4-April 16, 1989. Staten Island, NY

Coconino Center for the Arts, January 13- February 19, 1989. Flagstaff, AZ

University of Arizona Museum of Art, September 18-October 18, 1988. Tucson, AZ

Woodbridge Conference Center, Snowmass Village, June 11-July 16, 1988. Aspen,

Multicultural Arts Center, March 28-May 25, 1988. San Diego, CA

The Nickle Arts Museum, May 24-July 7, 1985. Calgary, Canada

1990, '89, '88, '86, Elaine Horwitch Galleries. Scottsdale, AZ

'84, '82, '80, '79

1989 Aspen Art Museum, Revelations: The Transformative Impulse in Recent Art, July

13-Sepember 10, 1989. Aspen, CO

Elaine Horwitch Galleries. Palm Springs, CA

Plaka Art Gallery. Athens, Greece

1989-88 New Gallery. Houston, TX

1986, '84 The Gallery. York, PA

1985 ACA Galleries. New York, NY

1984 DuBose Gallery. Houston, TX

1984, '82 J. Rosenthal Fine Arts. Chicago, IL

1983-81 Traveling Museum Exhibition, Israel Revisited

American Cultural Center, November 1- December 31, 1983. Tel Aviv, Israel

American Cultural Center, November 1- December 31, 1983. Jerusalem, Israel

Albuquerque Museum of Art, June 4-September 4, 1983. Albuquerque, NM

Beaumont Art Museum, April 2-May 1, 1983. Beaumont, TX

Judah Magnes Museum, November 21, 1982- January 23, 1983. Berkeley, CA

University of Arizona Museum of Art, September 12-October 10, 1982. Tucson, AZ

1982 Skirball Museum, Hebrew Union College, March 21-August 22, 1982. Los Angeles,

University of California at Irvine, January 14- February 20, 1982. Irvine, CA

The Jewish Museum, September 21, 1981- January 3, 1982. New York, NY

1983 Art Resources Gallery. Denver, CO

Deicas Art. La Jolla, CA

1982 Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, Fire/Earth Paintings. Sun Valley,

Coconino Center for the Arts. Flagstaff, AZ

1981 Frank Marino Gallery, New Landscape Rituals, September 26 - October 31, 1981.

New York, NY

Jewish Community Center. Rockville, MD

1979 Frank Marino Gallery, Selected Works from Inquiry into Fire, February 20-March

20, 1979. New York, NY

1979 Ellen Terry Lemer Ltd., Earth/Sunlight/Fire. New York, NY

Springfield Art Museum. Springfield, MO

1978 Jasper Gallery. Denver, CO

Artel Gallery. Albuquerque, NM

Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Inquiry Into Fire, February 1-28, 1978. Scottsdale,

1977 Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Ten Take Ten (a 10-year retrospective), July 9-

August 28, 1977. Colorado Springs, CO

1976 Bob Tomlinson Gallery, Summer. Albuquerque, NM

Attitudes Gallery, Beth Ames Swartz: Recent Works on Paper, April 2-May 1, 1976.

Denver, CO

1975 Pavilion Gallery. Scottsdale, AZ

1972 Memorial Union Gallery. Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ

Grady Gammage Auditorium, Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ

1971 Galleria Janna. Mexico City, Mexico

Martin Gallery. Scottsdale, AZ

1970 Rosenzweig Center Gallery. Phoenix, AZ

Memorial Union Gallery, Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ

1969 Martin Gallery. Scottsdale, AZ

1967 Martin Gallery. Scottsdale, AZ

1966 Galerias Glantz. Mexico City, Mexico

Group Art Exhibitions

2024 The Gallery at Tempe Center for the Arts, Storytellers, January 13-April 20, 2024, Tempe, AZ

2023 FOMA, Some Kind of Nature, September 3-23, 2023, Santa Fe, NM

2023-24 Center Space at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Coming to Terms, July 22, 2023-

April 29, 2024, Scottsdale, AZ

2022 Palo Alto Art Center, Fire Transforms, September 17-December 10, 2022. Palo Alto, CA

2022 Phoenix Art Museum, Breaking Up, March 16, 2022-August 14, 2024. Phoenix, AZ

2021-22 ASU Art Museum, Art in Focus: Journeys Toward Healing, October 27, 2021-

February 13, 2022. Tempe, AZ

2021-22 Center Space at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Socially Distanced,

September 24, 2021-January 9, 2022. Scottsdale, AZ

2021 Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Divine Paradigm: Contemporary Visionary Art,

September 10-November 28, 2021. Mesa, AZ

2020 Scottsdale Public Art, Civic Center Public Gallery, Artists’ Breakfast Club, 20 Years,

October 5-December 31, 2020. Scottsdale, AZ

2019-20 Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Counter-Landscapes: Performance

Actions from the 1970s-Now, October 26, 2019-January 19, 2020. Scottsdale, AZ

2019 Bentley Gallery, In, On & Of Paper, January 18-March 9, 2019. Phoenix, AZ

2011 The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Fresh Paint, February 26, 2011. Tucson,

2010 Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Re-imagining the West: selections from

the permanent collection, June 12, 2010-August 22, 2010. Scottsdale, AZ

Modified Arts, Looking Back on the Future, January 15-February 13, 2010. Phoenix,

2007 Northern Trust, The Spirit of Place, February 1-March 14, 2007. Phoenix, AZ

2006-07 Gallery Centella, Yatra: Return to Self, December 8, 2006-January 13, 2007. Tucson,

Hebrew Union College, The Collection of Sigmund Balka, September 19, 2006-

January 30, 2007. New York, NY

Tucson Museum of Art, The Grand Canyon: From Dream to Icon, August 12, 2006-

January 7, 2007. Tucson, AZ

2005 The Borowsky Gallery, The Hidden Garden: Three artists explore Kabbalah,

September 12-November 13, 2005. Philadelphia, PA

2004 Cline Fine Art, Los Angeles Art Show, October 14-17, 2004. Santa Monica, CA

2003 The National Arts Club, Salute to Feminists in the Arts Invitational, November 1-10,

2003. New York, NY

Aspen International Art, Summer Exhibition, August, 2003. Aspen, CO

The Freed Gallery, Summer Group Show, June-July, 2003. Lincoln City, OR

2002 Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Healing/Trans-forming, November 2-16,

2002. Staten Island, NY

Pentimenti Gallery, Four Person Exhibition, September 15-October 6, 2002.

Philadelphia, PA

Arte-Misia, Summer Show, June 21-August 31, 2002. Sedona, AZ

2002 (cont’d.) ACA Galleries, Group Show, June 15-September 15, 2002. New York, NY

2001 Phippen Museum, In Celebration: A Century of Arizona Women Artists, November

3, 2001-December 31, 2001. Prescott, AZ

Desert Caballeros Western Art Museum, In Celebration: A Century of Arizona

Women Artists, February 3 - April 29, 2001. Wickenburg, AZ

Bernstein Display, Eight Women Artists (curated by Mia Feroleto), January 4-

February 3, 2001. New York, NY

2000 Phoenix Art Museum, Images of Nature, February 5-May 14, 2000. Phoenix, AZ

1997 Donahue/Sosinski Gallery, Pools of Light, July 8 -July 31, 1997. New York, NY

1996 Joy Tash Gallery, Summer Group Exhibition, July-September, 1996. Scottsdale, AZ

1995 Cortland Jessup Gallery, New Paintings & Prints, July 14-26, 1995. Provincetown,

Barat College, Reicher Gallery, Modern Icons, February 2-22, 1995. Lake Forest, IL

1994 Joy Tash Gallery, 1994-95 Premier Exhibition, October 20, 1994. Scottsdale, AZ

Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Body And Soul:

Contemporary Art and Healing, July 11-September 5, 1994. Gainesville, FL

DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Body And Soul: Contemporary Art and

Healing, April 23-June 12, 1994. Lincoln, MA

1993 Sacred Arts Symposium. New York, NY

E.M. Donahue Gallery, Summer Show. New York, NY

1992 E.M. Donahue Gallery, The Wounded Healer. New York, NY

1992 Salt Lake Art Center, Dreams and Shields: Spiritual Dimensions in Contemporary

Art, February 7-March 28. Salt Lake City, UT

1991 Chelsea Center, Sacred Spaces, December 8, 1991-February 5, 1992. Muttontown,

Bolinas Museum, Art as a Healing Force. Bolinas, CA

1989 Phyllis Weil & Co. New York, NY

Aspen Art Museum, Revelations: The Trans-formative Impulse in Recent Art,

July 13-September 10, 1989. Aspen, CO

Loyola College in Maryland, Loyola College Art Gallery, Three Artists: Beth Ames

Swartz, Eugene Lake and Herman Maril, February-March, 1989. Baltimore, MD

1988 Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, The Transformative Vision. Staten Island,

1987 White Light Gallery, New Sacred Art: Prayers for Peace. New York, NY

1987 (cont’d) Elaine Horwitch Galleries, Artists of the Western States Biennial. Palm Springs, CA

1986 Women's Building, Artist as Shaman. Los Angeles, CA

1984 Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum and Eastern Washington State Historical Society,

Paperworks: A National Invitational, April 20-May 20, 1984. Spokane, WA

Senior Eye Gallery. Long Beach, CA

1983 Brentwood Gallery, The Southwest Scene. St. Louis, MO

Traveling Museum Exhibition, Exchange of Sources, Expanding Powers

California State University, University Art Museum. Long Beach, CA

University of Tennessee. Knoxville, TN

Eve Mannes Gallery, Handmade Paper. Atlanta, GA

National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Selected Works on

Paper from the Permanent Collection. Washington, DC

Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Artists of the Rockies and the Golden West

Retrospective. Denver, CO

Tempe Fine Arts Center, Women in Art. Tempe, AZ

1982 National Women's Caucus for Arts, Nature as Image and Metaphor. February, 1982,

New York, NY.

Broadmoor Community Church, A Way of Peace. Colorado Springs, CO

Centre de Arte. Jalisico, Mexico

Frank Marino Gallery, Paper Caper. New York, NY

Fine Arts Gallery, University of California, Irvine, Tradition in Transition, January

21-February 20, 1982. Irvine, CA

Scottsdale Center for the Arts. Scottsdale, AZ

1982-80 Traveling Museum Exhibition, Artists in the American Desert:

Salt Lake Art Center, Fall 1982. Salt Lake City, UT

Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, August 1982. Wausau, WI

Arapaho College, May 15-June 18, 1982. Littleton, CO

Palm Springs Desert Museum, March 15-April 30, 1982. Palm Springs, CA

Beaumont Art Museum, February 5-March 5, 1982. Beaumont, TX

University of Arizona Museum of Art, December 5, 1981-January 5, 1982.

Tucson, AZ

Arkansas Art Center, September 11-October 11. Little Rock, AR

Laguna Gloria Art Museum, July 10-August 23. Austin, TX

Kaiser Center, May 15-June 21. 1981. Oakland, CA

Fresno Art Center, March 29-April 27, 1981. Fresno, CA

Sierra Nevada Museum of Art, November 29, 1980-January 11, 1981. Reno, NV

1981 Traveling Museum Exhibition, Paper: Surface and Image. New Brunswick, NJ

Philadelphia Art Alliance. Philadelphia, PA

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. Pittsburgh, PA

Print Making Council of New Jersey, Robeson Gallery, Rutgers University.

Somerville, NJ

Arcosanti Festival. Arcosanti, AZ

Ellen Terry Lemer Fine Arts Inc., Gallery Group. New York, NY

1981-80 Frank Marino Gallery, Gallery Group. New York, NY

1980 Frank Marino Gallery, Aspects of Fire. New York, NY

Rockland Center for the Arts, Invitational, curated by A. Soteriou. Reno, NV

Traveling Museum Exhibition:

Seattle Art Museum, The First Western States Biennial Exhibition, May 29-July 13.

Seattle, WA

1979 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The First Western States Biennial Exhibition,

October 26 - December 9. San Francisco, CA

National Collection of Fine Arts, The First Western States Biennial Exhibition,

June 8-September 3. Washington, DC

Denver Art Museum, The First Western States Biennial Exhibition, March 7-April

15. Denver, CO

Phoenix Art Museum, Biennial 1979, March 9-April 8, 1979. Phoenix, AZ

1978 Memorial Union Gallery, Arizona State University, Expanded Image on Paper.

Tempe, AZ

A.D.I. Gallery, Works on Paper. San Francisco, CA

Gargoyle Gallery, Works on Paper (five person exhibition), May 1978. Aspen, CO

1977 Rabinovitch and Guerra Gallery, The Whitney Counterweight, March 1977. New

York, NY

Janus Gallery. Los Angeles, CA

Phoenix Art Museum, Four Corners Biennial. Phoenix, AZ

Yuma Arts Center, Southwestern Invitational. Yuma, AZ

1976 Fine Arts Museum of New Mexico, Looking at an Ancient Land. Santa Fe, NM

Albuquerque Museum of Art, Four State Watercolor Biennial. Albuquerque, NM

Sally Caulfield Gallery. Binghamton, NY

1975 Laguna Gloria Museum, Texas Fine Arts Association, 64th Annual Exhibition.

Austin, TX

Museum of Art (touring exhibition, Arizona Commission of the Arts and

Humanities). Austin, TX

Glendale Community College, Dimensions '75. Glendale, CO

Tucson Art Museum, Arizona/Women '75, November 1-30, 1975. Tucson, AZ

1974 Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Eight State Biennial. Grand Junction, CO

Joslyn Art Museum, The Circle: Darlene Goto, Beth Ames Swartz, Carol Colburn,

Mary Joyce Norton, Arlene Scult, March 12-April 1, 1974. Omaha, NB

Yuma Art Center, Ninth Annual Southwestern Invitational. Yuma, AZ

1973 University of Arizona. Tucson, AZ

1972 Casa Grande Arts Festival. Casa Grande, AZ

1971 Tucson Fine Arts, Festival. Tucson, AZ

1968 Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona Annual. Phoenix, AZ

Alhambra Invitational. Phoenix, AZ

Arizona Artist's Guild. Phoenix, AZ

Phoenix Art Museum, First Watercolor Biennial. Phoenix, AZ

1967 Phoenix Little Theatre Gallery. Phoenix, AZ

Scottsdale Artist League. Scottsdale, AZ

1966 Alhambra Invitational. Phoenix, AZ

Casa Grande Arts Festival. Casa Grande, AZ

Cave Creek Gallery. Cave Creek, AZ

1966 Los Robles Gallery. Palo Alto, CA

1965 Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona Annual. Phoenix, AZ

Selected Bibliography - Videos

Reminders of Invisible Light. Cave Creek, AZ: Odyssey Film, LLC, 2016. 28m:45s documentary on the life and art of Beth Ames Swartz to be aired on PBS.

Shemer Honors Beth Ames Swartz. Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ, 2020. 31m:38s award video honoring Beth Ames Swartz. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K45yelPJ55U)

The Eleventh Hour. Dr. Beth DuPree, Sedona AZ. 13m:23s discussion of "A Story for the Eleventh Hour," spiritual paintings and prints by Beth Ames Swartz. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EEED21BZgg)

Beth Ames Swartz. Phoenix, AZ: Arizona Jewish Historical Society, 2012. 6m:53s interview by Lenny Reese; part of a collection of “Video Histories of Arizona Jewish Residents”. (https://vimeo.com/58413698; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP7dD35tKO4)

Beth Ames Swartz. Max Chandler, 2010, 2m:17s video featuring interview with Beth Ames Swartz. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnIFT9565a4)

Inside Creative Minds #20. Phoenix: Tray Goodman, 2009. 27m:46s video featuring interview with Beth Ames Swartz. (https://vimeo.com/3559653)

An Odyssey. Misdee Chauncey, producer. Channel 10 TV, Phoenix, October 1980. Ten minute color film documenting Israel Revisited.

The New Art of the American West. New York: Dick Young Productions, 1979. Features six artists included in The First Western States Biennial.

Identity, Humanity and the Arizona Landscape. Tempe, AZ: Arizona State University, Project Humanities, 2015. 1m:35s conversation with Beth Ames Swartz.

Feminism Today. Phoenix, AZ: Shade Projects and The Monorchid, 2015. 13m:37s by Nicole Royse featuring Beth Ames Swartz. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XYZHZreF64)

Selected Bibliography – Books, Magazines & Newspapers

Alami, Eman. “Reviving the Divine Feminine with Beth Ames Swartz.” Patheos, August 4, 2022 (https://www.patheos.com/blogs/religionnow/2022/08/reviving-the-divine-feminine-with-beth-ames-swartz/)

Appelhof, Ruth. “Nature as Image and Metaphor: Works by Contemporary Women Artists.” (Views by Women Artists.) New York, NY: Women’s Caucus for Art, February 1982.

–––––––. “Beth Ames Swartz and the Chakras.” Long Island Pulse (July/August 2017): 96 (illus. in color of A Moving Point of Balance: Chakra #6 – The Third Eye).

Arizona/Women’75 (exhibition catalog). Tucson, AZ: Tucson Art Museum, 1975.

“Art Explodes in Snowmass.” Aspen Daily News, June 20, 1986, 9.

“Artist Brings Unique Vision to Charlotte Showing.” Charlotte (NC) Jewish News, February 1992.

“Artists among Us: Beth Ames Swartz Speaks Out.” Focus on Art (spring 1997): 15.

“Artist’s Theme: Rebirth by Destruction.” Volcano Gazette (Hilo, HI), June-July 1979, 4.

Austin, April. “Art’s Longing for ‘Connectedness.’ ” Christian Science Monitor, October 4, 1996, 10 (illus. in color of The Return: Charging the Species at the Eleventh Hour).

Avrutick, Sharon. “An Artist Looks at Her Heritage.” Museum Magazine vol. 2, no. 4 (September-October 1981): n.p.

Azon, Gary. “Healing Art.” Downtown Art, no. 339, (February 16–March 2, 1994): n.p.

Baigell, Matthew. “Art and Spirit: Kabbalah and Jewish-American Artists.” Tikkun vol. 14, no.4, (July-August 1999): 59-61 (illus. in b&w of Shen Qi Series: the Cabalistic Scheme of the Four Worlds #5).

–––––––. “Spiritualism and Mysticism in Recent Jewish American Art.” Ars Judaica (The Bar-Ilan Journal of Jewish Art (2006): 147.

–––––––. “Jewish Identity in American Art.” Syracuse NY (Syracuse University Press) 2020, 37-39, 97 (illus. in color of Israel Revisited: The Cave of M

Beaudin, Victoria. “Artist’s Work Depicts Heavenly Inspiration.” Scottsdale Daily Progress—Weekend, May 6, 1988, 19.

“Beth Ames Swartz, ‘Inquiry Into Fire.’” Arizona Artist Magazine (fall 1977): 3-4.

Beth Ames Swartz, Inquiry Into Fire (exhibition catalog). Scottsdale, AZ: Scottsdale Center for the Arts, 1978. Introduction by Melinda Wortz.

“Beth Ames Swartz at Frank Marino Gallery.” Artworld, February-March 1979, n.p.

“Beth Ames Swartz Calls Her New Series ‘Trans-Illumination.’” Scottsdale Daily Progress, April 4, 1986, 33-34.

Beth Ames Swartz, 1982-1988: A Moving Point of Balance (exhibition catalog). Scottsdale, AZ: A Moving Point of Balance, Inc., 1988. Introduction by John Perreault.

“Beth Ames Swartz at Vanier.” Where: Phoenix/Scottsdale, February 2000, 27. (illus. in color of Ten Sefiroth #1: Alizarin Crimson.)

Biennial 1979 (exhibition catalog). Phoenix: Phoenix Art Museum, March 9-April 8, 1979, 35-37, 64 (illus. in color Sedona, #23; illus. in b&w, Torah Scroll, #5).

Blumenthal, Carol. “From Gallery to Garden: The Greening of Art in New York.” Whole Earth Dreams vol. 1, no. 2 (July 1991): 1-2.

Body and Soul: Contemporary Art and Healing (exhibition catalog). Lincoln, MA: DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, 1994. Introduction by Rachel Rosenfeld Lafo, Nicholas Capasso, and Sara Rehm Roberts.

Bradley-Waddell, Gremlyn. “Fire in the Desert.” Camelback, February/March, 2006, 7-8. (illus. in color Beyond the visible world, When all is fed with light and heaven is bare, and The soul remembering its loneliness).

Brown, Carol Osman. “Artists ‘Set up’ Shop,” Phoenix Gazette, March 10, 1963.

–––––––. “Artist Captures Creativity,” Phoenix Gazette, December 12, 1964.

Bucklew, Joan. “Ten Artists in New Valley Group Display Their Work,” The Arizona Republic (Phoenix) April 7, 1963, 18.

Carde, Margaret. “Balancing Act: Latest Work of Beth Ames Swartz Set in Quiet, Healing Environment.” Phoenix Metro Magazine, May 1987, 68-70.

–––––––. “Beth Ames Swartz: Celestial Visitations.” Artspace vol. 12, no. 3 (summer 1988): 20-22.

–––––––. “Dreams for the Earth.” Design Spirit (winter 1991): 36-42 (illus. in b&w of Reconciliation; Dreams for the Earth #1; In the Darkness Shall Be the Dancing; Feel the Earth Now; Are We Selling Out the Earth; and Costa Rica Guards Its Rain Forests)

Cecil, Sarah. “New York Reviews: Beth Ames Swartz.” ARTnews vol. 81, no. 2 (February 1982): 174.

Cembalest, Robin. “The Ecological Art Explosion.” ARTnews vol. 90, no. 6 (summer 1991): 96-105.

Chafee, Katharine. “The Fiery Art of Beth Ames Swartz.” Straight Creek Journal (Boulder, CO) June 22, 1978, 1, 11.

Clurman, Irene. “10 Works of 10 Artists Reveal Vital Insights,” Rocky Mountain News (Denver), July 17, 1977, 14.

–––––––. “On Fiber Work, Flapping Wings and Flamed and Frozen Paper.” Rocky Mountain News (Now), March 25, 1979, 13.

–––––––. “Molded, Folded, Torn, Painted Works of Art.” Rocky Mountain News (Now), May 20, 1979, 17.

Condon, Scott. “Woodbridge Hosts Artist’s Experiment.” Snowmass (CO) Sun, June 26, 1986, n.p.

Cooper, Evelyn S. “7 Transformative Paintings Aim for Heart, Not Head.” Arizona Republic (Phoenix), December 29, 1989, 2 (illus. in b&w of A Moving Point of Balance, Chakra #1).

Cortright, Barbara. “The Look of Nature, the Flow of Paint.” Artweek, May 3, 1975, 4.

–––––––. “Beth Ames Swartz: The Signatory Aspects of Prometheus.” Artspace vol. 2, no. 2 (winter 1978) 10-16 (illus. in b&w of Fire as Ritual #1; Torah Scroll Fragments #1; Fire and Ice #1; Fire and Ice #2; Torah Scroll #4; The Fire and the Rose Are One #1; and Mica Transformation #1).

–––––––. “Fire as Process and Image.” Artweek, February 25, 1978, 16.

Costa, Robert. “Beth Ames Swartz: Substantiating Belief.” Cover Arts Magazine vol. 8, no. 3, (March 1994): 13 (illus. in b&w of And the lotos rose quietly, quietly).

–––––––. “Gold Standard: Beth Ames Swartz Surrenders to Beauty.” Cover Arts Magazine vol. 12, no. 5, (May 1998): 41 (illus. in b&w of Shen Qi Series: The Cabalistic Scheme of the Four Worlds, #3).

“Creativity and the Artist.” art.Life vol. 12 (1998-99 Annual Edition): key 117 (illus. in color of Shen Qi Series: the Cabalistic Scheme of the Four Worlds, #3).

Cushman, Jennifer. “Spiritual Art.” Scottsdale (AZ) Life vol. 19, no. 9 (September 2001): 8-9 (illus. in color of States of Change, Eternity #6, upside down).

Deitch, Dr. Lew. “Aesthetics with a Philosophical Message.” The ArtBook of the New West. Fall/Winter 2005-06.

Dicker, Kiana. “Art That Transforms: Mysticism Merges with Healing in Beth Ames Swartz’s Canvases.” Scottsdale (AZ) Progress, October 5, 1989, 17-18.

“Disorder Transforms Her Multimedia Art.” Ketchum Roundup (Sun Valley, ID), August 21, 1980, 4-5.

Dixon, Michael. “A Search for the Spirit.” Phoenix Home and Garden vol. 19, no. 3 (January 1999): 66-73 (illus. in color of Shen Qi Series: OM #3, Viridian and Shen Qi Series: the Cabalistic Scheme of the Four Worlds #1).

Donnell-Kotrozo, Carol. “Beth Ames Swartz.” Arts Magazine vol. 54 (February 1980): 11.

–––––––. “Mixing Her Media Does the Trick for Beth Ames Swartz.” Scottsdale (AZ) Progress—Weekend, February 1, 1980, 11.

–––––––. “Review.” Art Express Magazine, November-December 1981, 52-3.

–––––––. “Beth Ames Swartz, Elaine Horwitch Galleries.” Artforum vol. 22 (November 1983): 84-85 (https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/198309/beth-ames-swartz-65118).

Douglas, Olivia W. “Beth Ames Swartz: E.M. Donahue.” ARTnews vol. 93, no. 5 (May 1994): 161 (illus. in b&w of A White Light Still and Moving).

Durnford, Alice. “Works Capture Spirit of Jewish Women.” Beaumont (TX) Journal, April 4, 1983, 6a.

Erlich, Robbie. “Beth Ames Swartz—Frank Marino Gallery.” Arts Magazine vol. 53 (May 1979): 40.

The First Western States Biennial Exhibition (exhibition catalog). Denver: Western States Art Foundation, 1979. Introduction by Joshua C. Taylor (with illus. in color of Torah Scroll #4)

Fisher, Gail. “Beth Ames Swartz: Visual Storyteller.” Scottsdale (AZ) Magazine vol. 26, no. 1 (September-October 2001): 38-39 (illus. in color of Om #1 (vermilion); Om Mani #5 (pale green); and States of Change #1)

Folliott, Sheila. “Expanding Powers.” Artweek, March 19, 1983, 6.

Fressola, Michael J. “Fresh Visions in Art and Film: New Age Art at the Newhouse.” Staten Island Advance, March 1, 1988.

–––––––. “‘Moving Point’ Stirs the Spirit.” Staten Island Advance, March 26, 1989, E-1, E-3.

–––––––. “With the end of irony, comes an unexpected opportunity.” Staten Island Advance, November 2, 2002, E-1.

Gablik, Suzi. The Reenchantment of Art. Thames and Hudson: New York, 1991, 155-57.

Gadon, Elinor W. The Once and Future Goddess: A Symbol for Our Time. New York: Harper and Row, 1989, 245-46; 248.

“Gallery.” Art Express, November-December 1981, 52-53.

Gamwell, Lynn, ed. Dreams 1900-2000. Bingamton, NY: Cornell University Press, 2000, 280 (illus. in b&w of Colly’s Dream #1).

Goodheart, Harriet. “The True Mysteries, Not Celebrities, of Kabbalah.” Jewish Exponent, Philadelphia, October 12, 2005 (illus. in color of Cabalistic Scheme of the Four Worlds #6).

Glendale Exhibition of the Circle Catalogue (exhibition catalog). Glendale, AZ: Glendale Art Society., 1975. Introduction by Marlan J. Miller.

Hait, Pam. “Women and Art: A Retrospective.” National Forum, (fall 1981): 16.

Hale, Douglas. “Teachers Open Gallery,” Arizona Republic (Phoenix), March 3, 1963, C 18.

Hardaway, Francine. “The Valley’s Gift to the World.” New Times (Phoenix), August 26-September 1, 1981, 27.

Heinberg, Richard. “Cloning the Buddha.” The Quest vol. 87, no. 4 (July-August 1999): 59-61 (illus. in b&w of The Return: Encountering the Spiral at the Eleventh Hour).

Heller, Jules; Heller, Nancy G., eds. North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Abington-on-Thames: Routledge, 2013, 633.

Henderson, Barbara. “Beth Ames Swartz,” A Magazine of Fine Arts vol. 2, no. 15 (April 1976): 34-41.

Hirschl, Melissa. “Beth Ames Swartz treads ‘paths of wisdom,’” Jewish News of Greater Phoenix, January 10, 2003, 18-19 (with illustrations in color of Visible Reminders: After Light and Israel Revisited: Bethlehem #1).

Horwitz, Barbara. “Jewish Artist Expresses Healing Experience.” Jewish United Fund News June 1999, 22.

Inquiry into Fire: Beth Ames Swartz (exhibition catalog). Scottsdale Center for the Arts: Scottsdale, AZ, 1979: 20 pp. Essay by Melinda Wortz.

Israel Revisited: Beth Ames Swartz (exhibition catalog). Scottsdale, AZ: Beth Ames Swartz, 1981: 44 pp.

Introduction by Harry Rand.

James, Anne Michael. “Art Explodes in Snowmass,” Aspen (CO) Daily News, June 20, 1986.

–––––––. “Art as Healing: Ancient Purpose Remembered.” Choice and Connections ’88 and ’89. Boulder, CO: Human Potential Resources, Inc., 1987.

J.B. “Little Theatre Exhibits Swartz.” A Magazine for the Fine Arts, March 12, 1967, 10.

Jennings, Jan. “Artist Aims for Emotional Responses.” (San Diego) Tribune, May 8, 1986, C-1, C-6.

Joysmith, Toby. “Beth Ames Swartz.” Mexico City News, March 1970, n.p.

Katherine, Anna. “Four Elements Become Artist’s Ritualistic Style.” Albuquerque Journal, July 3, 1983.

–––––––. “Exploration of Elemental Forces: Beth Ames Swartz.” ARTlines vol. 5, no. 8 (October 1983): 16-17.

Kingsley, April. “West Meets East.” Newsweek, August 20, 1979: 79.

Klein, Eleanore. “The Friendly Universe of Beth Ames Swartz.” Today’s Arizona Woman, January 1990, 28-29.

Krapes, Shelley. “A Painter’s Way with Paper.” Fiberarts vol. 9 (July-August 1982): 19-20.

Landman, Roberta. “At Home with Beth Ames Swartz.” Phoenix Home and Garden vol. 29, no. 11 (September 2000): 62-63.

“Last.” ArtBook of the New West, issue 10 (Spring/Summer, 2004): 96.

Lawson, Kyle. “Artist Fires Creative Elements,” Phoenix Gazette NE, March 19,, 1980, 10-11.

Lippard, Lucy. Overlay: Contemporary Art and the Art of Prehistory. London: Pantheon Books, 1983, 266-67.

Lilth vol. 27, no. 1 (spring 2002): illus in color on front cover of Night Vision, #8).

Locke, Donald. “Beth Ames Swartz at Elaine Horwitch, Scottsdale, Arizona.” Artspace vol. 4, no. 2 (winter 1980): 44-45.

–––––––. “Beth Ames Swartz at Elaine Horwitch Galleries, Santa Fe.” Artspace vol. 7, no. 3 (summer 1983): 76.

Lugo, Mark-Elliott. “Tradition is Exhibit ‘Journey’s’ Point of Departure.” (San Diego) Tribune, April 10, 1986.

McCabe, Jennifer. Counter-Landscapes: Performative Actions from the 1970s-Now. Scottsdale AZ (Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art) 2020: 78-81 (illus. in color of Israel Revisited: The Red Sea).

McEntire, Frank. Dreams and Shields: Spiritual Dimensions in Contemporary Art (exhibition catalog). Salt Lake City: Salt Lake Art Center, 1992, 34-35, 90, 118-19

McKinnon, Karen. “Beth Ames Swartz Brings Rebirth to Her Work by Daring Destruction.” New Mexico Independent (Albuquerque), March 31, 1978, 1, 8.

Maietta, Vince. “Creative Business Techniques Keep Area Artists from Starving.” Business Journal (Phoenix), April 24, 1989, 21, 24 (illus. in color of A Moving Point of Balance, Chakras #2, #3, #4, and #7).

Marvel, Bill. “A Move to Edge U.S. Art Focus Towards the Pacific.” Smithsonian Magazine April 1979: 115.

Maschal, Richard. “Between Fire and Earth, Beth Ames Swartz Finds Art.” The Charlotte (NC) Observer, February 9, 1992.

Miles, Candice St. Jacques. “The Art of Beth Ames Swartz: A Connective Manifesto.” Arizona Magazine (weekly supplement to Arizona Republic, Phoenix), April 21, 1985, 12-13, 16-17.

Miller, Jim. “A Painter’s Picture of Perfect Health.” The University of Calgary Gazette, June 12, 1985.

Miller, Marlan J. “Introduction,” Glendale Exhibition of the Circle Catalogue.

Miller, Wendy. “Breathing New Life into Old Words: Chinese Poets inspire PV artist Beth Ames Swartz.” The Arizona Valley Chronical, v.1, no.6, February 13-26, 2008, 10 (illus. in color of Evening near Serpent River, TM778).

Mills, J. “Earthflows at Attitudes.” Denver Post, April 11, 1976.

Montelongo, Ofelia. Transcendence through Art. So Scottsdale, August 2017: 58 (illus. in color, Sedona #36).

Montini, Ed. “Layers, Pieces of Art and History Merge into a Lifetime’s Work.” Arizona Republic (Phoenix), October 5, 1980, G 1.

Mountain Astrologer, vol. 10, no. 5 (August-September 1997): 77 (illus. in color on front cover of A Moving Point of Balance: Chakra #2 – Reproduction).

“‘A Moving Point of Balance’ at the Multicultural Arts Gallery.” San Diego Metropolitan, April 1986, n.p.

“A Moving Point of Balance.” Aspen (CO) Flyer, July 18, 1986, n.p.

Nelson, Mary Carroll. “Beth Ames Swartz.” Artists of the Rockies and the Golden West vol. 6, no. 4 (fall 1979): 60-63.

–––––––. Connecting: The Art of Beth Ames Swartz. Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1984. (135 pp. 41 color plates; 12 black and white plates.) Introduction by Harry Rand.

“Newsroom of the Republic Quite ‘Arty.’” Arizona Republic (Phoenix), March 31, 1963, 18.

Noriyuki, Duane. “Multi-Media Show at Woodbridge.” Aspen (CO) Times, June 19, 1986, 11-B.

Paperworks: A National Invitational (exhibition catalog). Spokane, WA: Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum and Eastern Washington State Historical Society, April 20-May 20, 1984 (illus. in b&w of Rock Form series works).

Perlman, Barbara. “Gallery Hopping,” Arizonian, November 24, 1967, 21-22.

–––––––. “Artist Charts New Beginnings in Work,” Scottsdale (AZ) Daily Progress, June 15, 1977, 42.

–––––––. “Rites of Fire and Transformation.” Arizona Arts and Lifestyle vol. 1, no. 4 (winter 1980): 34-41.

–––––––. “Arizona: Varied, Energetic and Exciting.” ARTnews, vol. 79, no. 10 (December 1980): 148-149.

–––––––. “Arizona’s Surprising Women Artists.” Arizona Arts and Lifestyle vol. 3, no. 4 (winter 1982): 28-30.

–––––––. “Courage and Change.” Arizona Arts and Travel March/April 1984: 35-38.

Perreault, John. “Western Omelet.” Soho Weekly News (New York), July 26, 1979.

–––––––. “Impressions of Arizona.” Art in America, vol. 69, no. 4 (April 1981): 35-45.

–––––––. “Just Deserts.” Soho Weekly News (New York), October 13, 1981, 49.

–––––––. “The Transformative Vision.” In Revelations: The Transformative Impulse in Recent Art (exhibition catalog). Aspen, CO: Aspen Art Museum, July 13-September 10, 1989. 30pp. (illus. in color, Return of the Chalice #2).

–––––––. “The Transformative Vision: A Critic Analyzes the Spiritual Impulse that Informs Great Art and a Contemporary Exhibition.” Design Spirit vol.2, no.1 (winter-spring, 1990): 15-19.

–––––––. “Beth Ames Swartz to the Rescue.” NYArts vol. 7, no. 4, (April 2002) 22-3. (See http://www.nyartsmagazine.com/64/swartz.htm)

–––––––. “The Word in Paint.” In Beth Ames Swartz: The Fire and the Rose (exhibition catalog). Scottsdale, AZ: Vanier Galleries and Aspen, CO: Aspen International Art, 2004. 22pp., 20 colorplates.

Peterson, William. “Show’s Paintings by Beth Ames Swartz Address Special Moments of Life.” New Mexican Independent (Albuquerque), September 17, 1976, n.p.

–––––––. “Reviews: Beth Ames Swartz.” Artspace vol. 1, no. 1 (fall 1976): 33.

–––––––. “Reviews: of ‘Ten Take Ten’ Exhibition at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center” Artspace vol. 3, no. 1 (fall 1977): 38-39.

–––––––. “Beth Ames Swartz at Bob Tomlinson Gallery.” Artspace vol. 3, no. 1 (fall 1977), n.p.

Petrovsky, Fred. “Beth Ames Swartz: On the Cutting Edge.” Scottsdale Scene, May 1984, 68-71 (illus. in color of Aurora Borealis #7; Journey to the Upper World; and Aurora Borealis #4).

Potkonjak, Marija. “House of Art.” East Valley Tribune: At home, May 12, 2007, Cover, 8-9.

–––––––. “Kabbalah followers feel its mystical power.” (Scottsdale) Tribune, January 13, 2003, D1, D3 (illustration in color of Ten Sefiroth #3 (cadmium yellow medium) and eight Tree of Life paintings).

Presti, Lorinda Lo and Vichules, Ruth. “Trial by Fire” in Woman Image Now. Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona: 1980.

Price, Max. “Colliding Forces Work to Create Excitement.” Denver Post, July 22, 1983, n.p.

“Prints and Photographs Published - Beth Ames Swartz: A Story for the Eleventh Hour.” Print Collector’s Newsletter vol. 26, no. 3, July-August 1995, 106-107.

Pyne, Lynn. “Beth Ames Swartz: New and Glittering.” The Phoenix Gazette, March 10, 1984, 6, 12, 33.

–––––––. “Artist Approaches Life from a Different Angle.” The Phoenix Gazette, April 20, 1988.

Quest vol. 85, no. 6 (June 1997): 3, (illus. in color on front cover of The Return: Charging the Species at the Eleventh Hour and illus. in color on back cover of The Return: Encountering the Spiral at the Eleventh Hour).

Raine, Lauren. Seeing in a Sacred Manner: Conversations with Transformative Artists, 1987 to 1992, (A Moving Point of Balance, An Interview with Beth Ames Swartz), https://independent.academia.edu/laurenraine/Papers; also, http://www.laurenraine.com/beth-ames-swartz.html, 2005.

Rand, Harry. “Some Notes on the Recent Work of Beth Ames Swartz.” Arts Magazine vol. 56 (September 1981): 92-96.

Raven, Arlene. “Beth Ames Swartz: A Story for the Eleventh Hour.” Village Voice, February 16–March 2, 1994, pp. 88-89.

Reed, Mary Lou. Beth Ames Swartz’s Stylistic Development: 1960-1980 (Master’s thesis), Tempe, AZ: Arizona State University, 1981.

–––––––. “A Vital Connection: Artist and Topography.” Woman’s Art Journal vol. 2, no. 2 (fall-winter 1981-1982): 42-45.

Regan, Margaret. “Old with the New.” Tucson Weekly, vol. 23 no. 47 (January 18-24, 2007). [http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/old-with-the-new/Content?oid=1086596].

Reiss, Leni. “A Life in Art.” Arizona Jewish Life, October 23, 2015 (https://azjewishlife.com/a-life-in-art/).

Reminders of Invisible Light. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2002 (156 pp., 90 colorplates, 34 black-and-white illus.). Essays by David S. Rubin and Arlene Raven.

“Reminders of Invisible Light.” Phoenix Art Museum Members Magazine, March-May, 2000, 13 (illus. in color of Israel Revisited: Hazor #1).

“Reminders of Invisible Light: The Art of Beth Ames Swartz, 1960-2001.” Phoenix Art Museum Members Magazine, March-May, 2002, 11 (illus. in color of Mica Transformation, #3; States of Change, Ten Sefiroth #4 pale gray; and Visible Reminders, One Day).

Revelations: The Transformative Impulse in Recent Art (exhibition catalog). Aspen, CO: Aspen Art Museum, 1989. Essay by John Perreault (llus. in color of Return of the Chalice #2).

“Review.” Art World, October 1981, 5.

Rigberg, Lynn. “Beth Ames Swartz at Elaine Horwitch Galleries, Scottsdale.” Artspace vol. 6, no. 3 (summer 1982): 73.

Royce, Nicole. “Beth Ames Swartz.” North Valley, vol. 12, no. 1 (December 2016-January 2017): 28 (illus. in color of Being between two lives).

Rothschild, John D. A Story for the Eleventh Hour (exhibition catalog). New York: E. M. Donahue, 1994. Introduction by Berta Sichel.

–––––––. Beth Ames Swartz: The Lotus as Metaphor (exhibition catalog). Scottsdale, AZ: Joy Tash Gallery, 1995.

–––––––. Beth Ames Swartz: States of Change. Essay. Scottsdale, AZ: Vanier Galleries on Marshall Way, 2000.

–––––––, ed. The Word in Paint: Paintings by Beth Ames Swartz. Tempe AZ: Arizona State University, 2008. Essays by Donald Kuspit and John D. Rothschild. 136pp

Rubin, David S. “In Search of the Shekinah.” Artweek vol. 13 (February 13, 1982) 3,6.

–––––––. “Beth Ames Swartz” in The Olympian Spirit.” Long Beach: Senior Eye Gallery, 1984, n.p.

–––––––. “Beth Ames Swartz’ Spiritual Balancing Act.” The University of Arizona Cancer Center, March 2, 2016 (http://www.visualartsource.com/index.php?page=editorial&pcID=17&aID=3259).

Sacred Spaces (exhibition catalog). Ronkonkoma, NY: SunStorm Arts Publishing for Chelsea Center, Muttontown, NY, 1991. Essay by Roxana Marcoci (illus. in color of Healing Our Sacred Wounds #1).

Samuels, Michael. “Art as a Healing Force.” Alternative Therapies vol. 1, no. 4 (September 1995): 38-40.

Savini, Marcos. “Arte vestida de verde.” Jornal de Brasilia (Distrito Federal), May 3, 1992, 6-7.

Schoonover, Joshua. Phoenix Magazine, (February 2009): 50 (illus. in color of Evening near Serpent River).

Seidel, Miriam. “The Wounded Healer.” New Art Examiner vol. 20, no. 8 (April 1993): 32.

–––––––. “Beth Ames Swartz at E.M. Donahue.” Art in America vol. 20, no. 8 (November 1994): 131 (illus. in color of The Return: Encountering the Spiral of Life).

–––––––. Beth Ames Swartz: The Shen Qi Series (exhibition catalog). New York, NY: Donahue/Sosinski Art, 1997.

Seidel, Miriam. The Hidden Garden: Three artists explore Kabbalah (exhibition catalog). Philadelphia. PA: The Borowsky Gallery, 2005.

Smith, Craig. “The Dressed Altar, the Lifting Light.” Pasatiempo (The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Weekly Magazine of Arts, Entertainment & Culture), July 5-11, 2002, 10-11 (illus. In color of All Things and There Is a Time).

Snyder, Jodie. “Fine Art as Healing Art: Valley Artist Hopes Work Helps Cancer Patients.” Arizona Republic (Phoenix), January 12, 1998, A-1, A-8 (illus. in color of Shen Qi Series: The Cabalistic Scheme of the Four Worlds, #1).

Southwest Flair. “Beth Ames Swartz: The Word in Paint.” Zia Media Group, Portales NM. March, 2009. (illus. in color of The Thirteenth Moon: Falling Snow #3).

Stevens, Lianne. “Viewers Get the Picture at San Diego Art Experience.” Los Angeles Times, April 19, 1986 (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-04-29-ca-2546-story.html).

Susser, Deborah Sussman. “Beth Ames Swartz.” ARTnews vol. 105, no. 6 (June 2006): 131 (illus. in color of The lonely light, an image of mysterious wisdom).

–––––––. “Art in the family.” Jewish News of Greater Phoenix, March 10, 2006, S-24-27 (illus. in color of All the birds have flown up and gone, The soul remembering its loneliness, and All thought becomes an image).

Szeremy, Eniko. “Of Introspection and Airbrushes.” Rocky Mountain Journal vol. 26, no. 29 (April 7, 1976): 43.

Ten Take Ten (exhibition catalog). Colorado Springs: Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 1977, 27-29 (illus. in b&w of Cabala Series: Aleph #1 and Cabala Series: Bayt #2).

Trimble, Lynn. “Review: Four Exhibitions in Mesa Explore Visionary Art.” Southwest Contemporary, October 21, 2021 (https://southwestcontemporary.com/review-four-exhibitions-in-mesa-explore-visionary-arts/) [illus. in color of Celestial Visitations #5 (The Angel of Deliverance)].

–––––––. “Paradise Valley Artist Beth Ames Swartz Wants to Repair the World Through Art.” Phoenix New Times, January 24, 2017 (https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/paradise-valley-artist-beth-ames-swartz-wants-to-repair-the-world-through-art-9008430).

Tropiano, Dolores. “PV artist's new show represents renewal.” The Arizona Republic (Phoenix), February 2, 2006 (illus. in b&w of The birds have vanished down the sky).

Villani, John Carlos. “Beth Ames Swartz.” ARTnews vol. 101 no. 51 (May 2002): 75-6.

–––––––. “Three’s a Charm.” Arizona Republic (Phoenix), February 3, 2002, E-3 (illus. in color of The lotos rose quietly, quietly and In My End Is My Beginning).

Visible Reminders (exhibition catalog). Scottsdale, AZ: Vanier Galleries, February 7-March 2, 2002 (illus. in color of Strong Light; Perceived Light; Pattern Discerned; Fallen Spark; and Muted Light).

VoyagePhoenix. Meet Beth Ames Swartz. January 22, 2019: https://voyagephoenix.com/interview/meet-beth-ames-swartz/

–––––––. Meet Beth Ames Swartz of Paradise Valley. July 19, 2023:

https://voyagephoenix.com/interview/meet-beth-ames-swartz-of-paradise-valley/

Walton, Kelly. “With Love, From Beth: Art That Heals.” CityLife (Scottsdale, AZ), March 14, 1984, 34.

Walton, Kelly. “Beth Ames Swartz to Open New Show at Elaine Horwitch Gallery.” CityLife (Scottsdale, AZ), March 26, 1986, 35.

Werner, Cathianne. “Artist Beth Ames Swartz Basks in Acclaim and Arizona Sun.” Paradise Valley Independent, AZ: At Home in Paradise, spring 2002, 34-35, 57 (illus. in color of Listen).

Whitney, Fitzgerald. “Feminine Spirituality in Judaism.” Los Angeles Times, May 15, 1982, Part II, 5.

Willette, Jeanne. “Beth Ames Swartz.” ArtScene, July/August, 2009. (http://artscenecal.com/ArticlesFile/Articles0709a/BASwartzA.html).

Williams, Michael J. “Gaslamp Mirrors a ‘Point of Balance.’” Uptown, April, 1986.

Wilson, Mike. “Buddha, Saint of the Christian Church.” The Quest vol. 86, no. 11 (winter 1998): 30 (illus. in b&w of A White Light Still and Moving).

“Work of Beth Ames Swartz.” Phoenix Gazette November 1970, n.p.

Wortz, Melinda. “The Fire and the Rose.” ARTnews vol. 77 (April 1978): 112.

–––––––. Tradition in Transition (exhibition catalog). Irvine, CA: Fine Arts Gallery, University of California, Irvine, January 21-February 20, 1982, 1-8 (illus. in color Israel Revisited, Safed #1 and illus. in b&w, Israel Revisited, The Red Sea #1).

Yearwood, Pauline Dubkin. “Art That Heals: Kabbalah Images Enhance Artist’s Abstract Works.” Chicago Jewish News, May 14-20, 1999, 4-5.

Young, Joseph. “Beth Ames Swartz: On a New Journey.” Scottsdale (AZ)Daily Progress—Weekend, March 16, 1984, 15-16.

Zelenko, Lori Simmons. “Vernissage.” LiOfficiel/USA Holiday (fall 1979): 28-30.

Selected Public Collections

Albuquerque Museum of Art Albuquerque, NM

Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona Tucson, AZ

Beaumont Art Museum Beaumont, TX

The Brooklyn Museum of Art Brooklyn, NY

Denver Art Museum Denver, CO

Everson Museum of Art Syracuse, NY

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University Ithaca, NY

The Jewish Museum New York, NY

Joslyn Art Museum Omaha, NE

Judah L. Magnes Museum Berkley, CA

Museum of Fine Arts Santa Fe, NM

National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC

Phoenix Art Museum Phoenix, AZ

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco, CA

Scottsdale Center for the Arts Scottsdale, AZ

Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art Scottsdale, AZ

Skirball Cultural Center Los Angeles, CA

Skirball Museum, Hebrew Union College Cincinnati, OH

Sylvia Plotkin Judaica Museum Phoenix, AZ

Towson University Towson, MD

Tucson Museum of Art Tucson, AZ

University Art Museum, Arizona State University Tempe, AZ

University of Arizona Museum of Art Tucson, AZ

Yuma Art Center Yuma, AZ

Selected Corporate Collections

American Republic Insurance Company Des Moines, IA

The Arizona Bank Phoenix, AZ

Betty Ford Center at the Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage, CA

The Byzantine Hotel Reythymnon, Crete

Canyon Ranch Tucson, AZ

Central Bank of Colorado Denver, CO

Doubletree Inns Phoenix, AZ

Empire Savings and Loan Denver, CO

Home Petroleum Denver, CO

Houston Oils and Minerals Denver, CO

IBM Corporation Endicott, NY

Jewish Community Foundation Los Angeles, CA

Madison Green New York, NY

Midlands Federal Savings Bank Denver, CO

Mountain Bell Telephone Company Denver, CO

National Bank of Arizona Scottsdale, AZ

Performing Arts Theater Calgary, Canada

Petro Lewis Corporation Denver, CO

Phelps Dodge Corporation Phoenix, AZ

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix, AZ

Prudential Life Insurance Company Newark, NJ

RockResorts, Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY

Subaru Corporation Denver, CO

Temple Solel Paradise Valley, AZ

United Bank Denver, CO

Valley National Bank Phoenix, AZ

Western Savings Phoenix, AZ

William Feldman & Associates Los Angeles, CA

Fellowships, Prizes, Grants, Honors, Residencies

2020 Shemer Art Center Honoree. Phoenix, AZ

2003 Veteran Feminists of America, Medal of Honor. New York, NY

2001 Recipient, Governor’s Arts Award, the highest honor in Arizona for one individual

who may be a visual or performing artist or a writer. Phoenix, AZ

2000 Anderson Ranch, Artist in Residence. Snowmass Village, CO

1994 Founder, Culture Care, an international, non-profit organization sponsoring The

Sacred Souls Project, to identify, support and honor individuals who demonstrate

positive human societal values. Phoenix, AZ

1994 Awarded Flow Fund Grant for discretionary philanthropic use for non-personal

benefit. New York, NY

1994 Panelist, College Art Association, Art, Earth and Medicine: A Healing Approach.

New York, NY

1993 Panelist, The Sacred in the Arts Conference. New York, NY

1992 Speaker, MedArts Conference, Research Study on A Moving Point of Balance. New

York, NY

1991 Speaker, Symposium, Art as a Healing Force. Stinson Beach, CA

1990 Keynote Speaker, Art and Healing Conference. New Harmony, IN

1988 Co-Founder, International Friends of Transformative Art (IFTA), an international,

non-profit organization for positive global change. Phoenix, AZ

1988, '87 Project Coordinator, Rim Institute, Transformative Artist's Conference and

Workshop. Payson, AZ

1985 Governor's Award, Outstanding Women of Arizona - Women Who Create. Phoenix,

1980 Sun Valley Center for the Arts & Humanities, Artist in Residence, The Awesome

Space: The Inner and Outer Landscape. Sun Valley, ID

1979 Volcano Art Center, Artist in Residence. Hawaii National Park, HI

1978-77 Named Master Teacher by State Department of Public Instruction. Phoenix, AZ

1978-77 Educational Grant for Inquiry Into Fire, Arizona Commission on Arts and

Humanities. Phoenix, AZ

Employment:

2016-1965 New York, NY & Full-time visual artist

Paradise Valley, AZ

1994 Phoenix, AZ Executive Director, Culture Care (volunteer: no wages)

1988 Phoenix, AZ Co-Founder, International Friends of Transformative Art (volunteer: no wages)

Education:

New York, NY New York University Attended 1957-59 Master of Arts

Ithaca, NY Cornell University Attended 1953-57 Bachelor of Science

Place of Birth: Date of Birth:

New York, NY February 5, 1936