Susan M. Rostan
Speaking Engagements




Stan's Clan

Discussion on Brodsky's Influence

featuring

Susan Rostan, Doug Reina, Peter Galasso, Marceil Kazickas, 

Ellen Hallie Schiff, and Alicia R. Peterson


Wednesday, August 31, 2022

6:00 pm

Art League LI

STAN BRODSKY & FRIENDS

APRIL 13 TO APRIL 28, 2019

Stan Brodsky & Friends
An exhibition of works by in tribute to master abstract artist, friend and mentor Stan Brodsky
April 13 – April 28
Reception: Sunday, April 14 / 3:30pm-5:30pm

An exhibition originally planned in tribute to Stan Brodsky will go on as planned, and serves as a poignant 

remembrance and appreciation for the late artist, who passed away on March 30, 2019 at age 94. 

“Stan Brodsky and Friends” pays homage to the man who inspired the 27 artists whose works are also 

in this exhibit. Stan will be sorely missed, but his legacy carries on in the artwork of those he mentored.

Participating Artists:
Stan Brodsky, Ennid Berger, Susan Bird, Susan Canin, Denise DiGiovanna, Simon Fenster, Stuart Friedman, 

Peter Galasso, Lenore Ann Hanson, Ginger Balizer-Hendler, Caroline Isacsson, Vincent Joseph, Deborah Katz, 

Marceil Kazickas, Denise Kramer, Barbara Miller, Catherine Morris, Pamela Long Nolan, Dianne Parker, 

Alicia R Peterson, Doug Reina, Fran Roberts, Susan M. Rostan, Ellen Hallie Schiff, Laura Powers-Swiggett, 

Janice Sztabnik, Lois Walker, Hiroko Yoshida.

Research Presentations


2006                June                  Paper presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget

                                                Society, Baltimore. “Young Art Students’ Early Development: An

                                                Interplay Among purposeful Work, Affect, and Knowledge.”

                        May                  Paper presented at the Eighth Biennial Wallace National Research

                                                Symposium on Talent Development, University of Iowa. “Children

                                                at Promise: A Study of Emerging Talent in the Visual Arts.”

2005                April                  Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American

                                                Educational Research Association, Montreal. “Educational

                                                Intervention and the Development of Young Art Students’ Talent

                                                and Creativity.”

2004                August               Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American

                                                Psychological Association, Honolulu. “A Young Artist’s Story:

                                                Advancing Knowledge Acquisition and the Development of

                                                Artistic Talent and Creativity.”

2003                April                  Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American

                                                Educational Research Association, Chicago. S. M. Rostan, Pariser,

                                                D., & Gruber, H. E., “A Cross-cultural Study of the Development

                                                of Artistic Talent, Creativity, and Giftedness.”

2001                August               Symposium, Annual Meeting of the American Psychological

                                                Association, San Francisco. S.M. Rostan, D. Pariser, & H.E.

                                                Gruber, “A Cross-Cultural Study of the Development and

                                                Assessment of Artistic Giftedness: Psychological Issues Relevant

                                                to Giftedness in Culture.”

2000                 October            Keynote Speaker, International Seminar on Basic Education and

                                                Teachers Education, Nanjing, China. "A Cross-Cultural Study of

                                                Early Artistic Development."

2000                June                  Paper presented at the meeting of the Jean Piaget Society,

                                                Montreal, June 1-3. S.M. Rostan, D. Pariser, and H.E. Gruber,

                                                “Across Time and Place: A Cross-Cultural Study of Artistic

                                                Development.”

1999                April                  Papers presented at the Annual Meeting of the American

                                                Educational Research Association. S. M. Rostan and R. Rudnitski,

                                                with M. Grisanti, "Towards a Theory of Extraordinary Moral

                                                Behavior: Teachers' Apperceptions of Students' Altruistic

                                                Behavior," and with R. Rudnitski, "Towards a Theory of Moral

                                                Giftedness."

1998                April                  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational

                                                Research Association. S.M. Rostan, D. Pariser, and H.E. Gruber,

                                                "What if Picasso, Lautrec, and Klee Were in My Class: A Study of

                                                the Early Signs of Artistic Talent."

1997                Aug.                   Paper presented at the 12th World Conference of the World

                                                Council for Gifted and Talented Children. "Works of Life in

                                                Progress: A Study Of Young Artists."           

1997                July                   Featured Speaker at the First Annual Summer Institute for

                                                Gifted Education, Adelphi University.

1997                Mar.                   Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational

                                                Research Association. "A Study of Young Artists: Case Studies of

                                                the Development of Talent and Creativity."

1996                Sept.                 Poster session presentation at the Sixth Annual Esther Katz Rosen

                                                Symposium on the Psychological Development of Gifted Children.

                                                "A Study of Young Artists: The Emergence of an Artistic and Creative

                                                Identity."

1996                April                  Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the American

                                                Educational Research Association. "A Study of Young Artists: The

                                                Emergence of an Artistic and Creative Identity."

1995                Nov.                   Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association

                                                for Gifted Children. "A Study of Young Artists: The Emergence of

                                                a Creative Identity."

1995                Sept.                 Paper presented at the Rosen Symposium, Kansas. "Case Studies

                                                of Young Artists: The Emergence of an Artistic Identity."

1995                May                   Paper presented at the Wallace Symposium on Talent

                                                Development, Iowa.   "A Study of Young Artists: The

                                                development of talent and Creativity."

1994                Sept.                 Paper presented at the Rosen Symposium, preliminary results of

                                                "A Study of Young Artists."

1993                Aug.                  Paper presented at the World Conference on Gifted Education,

                                                Toronto. "The Realization of Potential."

1992                May                   Paper presented at the Wallace Symposium on Talent

                                                Development,  Iowa. "The Realization of Potential."

1992                Feb.                  Paper presented at the Esther Katz Rosen Symposium on the

                                                Psychological  Development of Gifted Children, Kansas. "The

                                                Relationship Among Problem Finding, Problem Solving, and

                                                Cognitive Controls in Artists and in Scientists."       

1991                Nov.                   Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association

                                                for Gifted Children.  "The Relationship Among Problem Finding,

                                                Problem Solving, Cognitive Controls, Professional Productivity,

                                                and the Domain of Professional Training in Adult Males."

1991                Oct.                   Paper presented at the New York State Association for Gifted and

                                                Talented Education. "The Relationship Among Problem Finding,

                                                Problem Solving, Cognitive Controls, Professional Productivity,

                                                and the Domain of Professional Training in Adult Males."

1990                Nov.                   Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association

                                                for Gifted Children. "A Three-Dimensional Conceptual Model of

                                                Problem Situations."