Cortlandt Bellavance:  

Life After high school graduation in 1960, I had worked with my father in Attleboro for three years in the Art Department of the costume jewelry firm, Robbins Company. After that, I had worked one year at our once summer home in West Dennis, Mass. in a silkscreen shop, Screencraft, as an artist in training. Decided to go to college. Graduated from Massaschusetts College of Art in 1964 with a B.S. in Art Education. Taught one year at Billerica, Mass and went on to graduate school, University of Massachusetts, in Amherst earning a MFA in Printmaking in 1971. Went on to NJ to teach at Atlantic Cape Community College (near Atlantic City) and post graduate studies at Rutgers University, eventually became an Associate Professor and Department Chair, retired after 32 years in 2002. While there I had taught a variety of Arts and Humanities courses in a variety of delivery modes: traditional lectures, television, and online. To a lesser degree, I had participated in some local and statewide art exhibitions. I have been married twice, have three children, two grown up boys and one twenty year old daughter. My firstborn, Jesse graduated from Salisbury State College in Maryland with a B.S. in Geographic Studies and the University of West Virginia with a Masters Degree in Geography, and now lives and works in Virginia as a GPS Mapmaker for the government. My stepson, Ramin, graduated from Columbia College, NYC, with a B.A. in Liberal Arts, turned to banking and computer software development, now is working for software research company in Pennsylvania and completing a MBA at LaSalle University. My only daughter, Jennifer, is currently a junior at University of Vermont, seeking both B.S in History (Social Studies) for the Secondary Teaching level and a M.A. in History in a five year dual track. She is also taking a minor in Holacaust and Genocide Studies. Home for the summer, she is currently serving as a substitute teacher at Atl...Expand for more