Shirley Rosenthal Remembered

An article about Shirley Rosenthal by Jane Kwiatkowski Radlich has been published in the Buffalo News today, acknowledging her craft work wtih copper and enamels and her role as co-founder of the annual 100 American Craftsmen show at the Kenan Center in Lockport, New York. Mrs. Rosenthal died last month at the age of 90. Charles Rand Penney donated an example of her enamel work to the Burchfield Penney Art Center in 1991.

Shirley Rosenthal was a Buffalo, N.Y.-based mixed media and enamel artist. She has been exhibiting enamel wall-panels since 1965 and has participated in national juried shows sponsored by the American Crafts Council at Rhinebeck, N.Y., and Baltimore, Maryland, since the dawn of the 21st century.

Rosenthal taught enameling at the Jewish Center of Greater Buffalo, at the Kenan Center in Lockport, N.Y., and at Elderhostel sessions in Lewiston, N.Y.

She has participated in the Kenan Center Craft Festival (100 American Craftsmen) every year since 1972, and has been awarded Master Craftsman status and the Best of Show Award. In 2013 she received a one-person show at the Jewish Community Center in Getzville, N.Y. She was a member of the Buffalo Society of Artists.