JENNIFER ANNE TUCKER P.O Box 177, Spring Mills, PA 16875
Telephone 814.422.8257 E-mail gxL7@psu.edu
JENNIFER ANNE TUCKER
PROFILE
Jennifer Anne Tucker received her Master of Fine Arts degree in Photography from Penn State University. Jennifer has been a practicing herbalist and flower essence practitioner for over twenty-five years. She is a guest teacher and presenter in the community.
EDUCATION
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, received MFA (Masters of Fine Arts)
1972 -75, Photography, Film, and Film History
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, received BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts)
1970-71, Photography
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 1968-69, Photography with Jerome Liebling
Minneapolis School of Art and Design, 1963-65, Foundations in the Fine Arts
EXPERIENCE and PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
1970-1996Self-education: Herbalism, Wild Foods, and Ethnobotany. Apprenticed with Evelyn
Snook, herbalist - Bill Russell, herbalist and research physicist - Keith Wilson,
herbalist.
1984-1995Herbal Education: Co-instructed and assisted in Herbal Seminars with Evelyn Snook,
throughout Pennsylvania.
1996- 2002Attended weekend conferences for herbalists at Green Nations.
2001- 2002Studied with herbalist Matthew Wood. Certificate of Completion.
2004Weekend Intensive Training for Practitioners of Flower Essence Remedies with
David Dalton founder of Delta Gardens
1996 Authored and self-published book on Evelyn Snook’s life and herbal knowledge titled
Evelyn's Way Pouticing with Plants/Colon Care.
2006Authored herbal articles in March/April and May/June issues of Passages (Newsletter of
the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture)
1983-1985T.E.A.M. Touch, Trained with Linda Tellington-Jones in 7 day workshops. Holistic
bodywork training on horses and animals. Evolved out of Feldenchrist re-patterning
the nervous system after trauma. I used this training service on horses for 10 years;
gave Pony Club workshops in the techniques; use for my own horses, dogs and cats.
1995-1997 The Foundation for Shamanic Studies, Michael Harner, founder. I attended weekend
workshops as a student to further my knowledge of ancient healing practices.
2001-2003Shaman Yearly Weekend Workshops with Larry Peters.
1992-1995Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO - Directors Assistant for James
Baker on 10 day photography field trips.
1992-1996Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO - Co-Assisted artists/
photographers-- Polly Schaafsma and Linda Connor, Bill Eisley, Lucy Lippard, and
Heidi Redd.
1990Women Photograph Women, Second Street Gallery; Charlottesville, VA, Invited Artist
and Speaker.
1985-2006 Private counseling services in Holistic Arts I am the owner/herbalist of Hillcrystal
Natural Spirit, custom herbals and flower essences, professional counseling and
private instruction for herbal healthcare.
1996-1997LIFE SPECTRUMS, Elizabethtown, PA, Annual National Conference one week
conference. I taught a daily seminar on herbal and flower essence use.
1997Peace Elder, International Tribal Wolf Song herbal gathering, invitation from Mary
Thunder. (Unable to attend)
1997-2003Herbal Studies Program Director and Teacher, Mt. Nittany Institute of Natural Health,
State College, PA,. The Institute is a holistic learning center with Pennsylvania
Department of Education Approved Programs.
2003-PresentIntroduction to Flower Essences for Massage Therapists, Mt. Nittany Institute of
Natural Health, State College, PA.
2002-Present Holistic Health Program, Yearly field trip at HillCrystal Farn, Mt. Nittany Institute of
Natural Health, State College, PA.
2005SPRING HERBAL SERIES: A 3-part course on the basics of plant identification field
work, demonstrations, and lecture. At Hillcrystal Natural Spirit Farm, Spring Mills, PA.
with guest teacher Will Wise
1988Photography Instructor, Department of Art, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA
1980 Juror: WOMEN IN THE ARTS, the photography exhibit, William Penn Museum,
Harrisburg, PA
1968-1987Fashion Catalog Production Manager: Energy Manufacturing Company, St. Paul,
Minnesota
2009- Flower Essences For Energy Bodywork Program, Mt. Nittany Institute of
Natural Health, State College, PA.
GUEST LECTURER FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS and PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES
1992-2001Ritenour Health Services, Pennsylvania State University (CEU credits for nurses and
doctors).
Professional Women’s Conference, Pennsylvania State University, Presentation
Menopause Naturally.
PASA, Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture Annual National
Conference. Invited speaker on Medicinal and Endangered Herbs.
2004PASA, Presentation Herbal Medicinals: WEEDS? Think Again!
2003-2006The Medieval Garden on Penn State’s University Park campus. Schreyer Honors
College summer students, 2 years as guest lecturer. Department of Horticulture
Conference Medieval Gardens and Plants July 8, 2006 for teachers and master
gardeners accredited conference. The Continuity of Medicinal Herbs from the
Middles Ages to the Present.
PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS
One-Person Exhibitions:
Kern Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 1972 and 1973
Portland School of Art, Portland, Maine, 1973
Shoemaker Gallery, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, 1976
Edinboro State College, Edinboro, PA, guest artist and speaker, 1976
Shoemaker Gallery, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, 1989
Hetzel Union Formal Gallery, invited by Ann Shields, director of Hetzel Union
Art Galleries and Special Programs, Pennsylvania State University, 1992
Group Exhibitions:
THE SERIAL IMAGE, National Traveling Show, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, 1969-71
PHOTOGRAPHY INVITATIONAL '71, Stout State University, Menomonie, Wisconsin, 1971
RE-FOCUS, Iowa Memorial Union, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1972
INVISIONS, PORTFOLIO & EXHIBITION, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 1973, 1974, and 1975
YOUNG ARTISTS INVITATIONAL, Union College, Schenectady, New York, 1975
WOMEN LOOK AT WOMEN, National Traveling Show, directed by Jayne Kantor 1975 and 1976
THE BUS SHOW, New York City public buses, photographs on file at Library of Congress, Washington, DC, 1975
THE NEW AMERICAN STILL LIFE, Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, PA, 1979
TEN, Traveling Exhibit by Women in the Arts, Harrisburg, PA, 1980 and 1981
DREAMS and OTHER ILLUSIONS, Mill Gallery, Guilford Handcrafts Inc., Guilford, CT, Juried Exhibit, Honorable Mention, 1984
PENNSYLVANIA PHOTOGRAPHERS, National Exhibition of artists living or working in Pennsylvania, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania, Juror: Carroll T. Hartwell, Curator of Photography, Minneapolis, MN, Purchase Award, 1987
TRIENNIAL, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, a Regional Invitational, Loreto, PA, 1988
PENNSYLVANIA FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS, University Park, PA, National Juried Photography Exhibition, 1974,1976, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1987
SEVEN PHOTOGRAPHERS, Invitational, Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 1987
ALUMNI ARTS EXHIBITION, Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 1988
SECOND STREET GALLERY, Invited featured artist, Charlottesville, VA, 1990
YOU CALL THAT ART? One West Art Center, Fort Collins, CO, Curator Angela Brayham, 1994
GALLERY AT THE GAMBLE MILL, Bellefonte, PA. August 16 to October 4, 1997
TRUNK SHOW January, 2000, invited artist, Zoller Gallery, Penn State University. International traveling show. Curated by Ann Shostrom
BOTANICAL SERIES with Gerald Lang, offices of Vice President for Research, Old Main, Penn State University. 2000-Present
BOTANICAL SERIES with Gerald Lang, Mt. Nittany Institute of Natural Health.1998-Present
APPLE COMPUTER INC., Group Exhibition, Executive Briefing Center Gallery, Cupertino, CA, 2001-Present
INTIMATE FLORAL, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO. with Gerald Lang 2005
SELF-PORTRAIT, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO., 2005
HAPPY VALLEY OPTICAL downtown State College, PA
Three month long exhibition of the Botanical Collection 2006
PUBLICATIONS: Photography and Herbal
WOMEN, A JOURNAL OF LIBERATION, 1971
ANIMA, AN EXPERIMENTAL JOURNEY, Volume 3, #2, 1977
SELF-PORTRAYAL, published by "Friends of Photography", Carmel, CA, 1979
Fashion Books for Energy Manufacturing Company, Inc., Produced by Lang/Tucker, published from 1968 through 1987
SEEING IN THE PHOTOGRAPHIC IDIOM, by M.B. Levey, Prentice-Hall, 1983
COMMON-GROUND MAGAZINE, published in Mifflin County, PA, 1990
LIGHTING for Film and Electronic Cinematography, by David Viera, Wadsworth Publishing Company, Belmont, CA, 1993
POULTICING WITH PLANTS, by Jennifer A. Tucker, 27 pages, 1994
EVELYN’S WAY: Poulticing with Plants and Colon Care by Jennifer A. Tucker, 48 pages, 1996
BODY AND SOUL Magazine, October 2004
PASSAGES Newsletter of the Pennsylvania Association for
Sustainable Agriculture. March/April and May/June 2006 articles on medicinal and
food uses of wild spring plants
MANUSCRIPT SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION
Portraying Plants: The Art of an Herbalist, Author with Gerald Lang,
submitted for publication 2005 on-going. Photographs and herbal stories.
COLLECTIONS: Photography
Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA
Edinboro State College, Edinboro, PA
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC.
Allentown Art Museum of Lehigh Valley, Allentown, PA
Private Collections
2.15.2008