Philadelphia area native Liz Augustine joined the Artists’ Guild of Delaware County while she was in high school. She attended Moore College of Art in Philadelphia, and in 1981 earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Eastern Connecticut State College.
After college, Liz enlisted in the United States Air Force, where she served as a vocalist with the Air Force Band for over seven years, travelling extensively throughout the United States and abroad. Following an honorable discharge in 1991, Liz returned to New England, where she continued her love of music as a jazz vocalist with several bands, including performances at the Hartford Jazz Festival in Bushnell Park, and the Wolf’s Den at the Mohegan Sun Casino.
From 1994-95, Liz served on the Education Board of the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, CT, assisting with children’s programs, and conducting architectural tours of Old Lyme. In 1996, she enrolled at Housatonic Community College for art classes. While attending Housatonic, she studied under American Colorist Abstract artist, Vincent Baldassano. Liz participated in art exhibits throughout Connecticut, including the Ridgefield Guild of Artists and the Housatonic Museum of Art. In 1999, she taught at Wonder Workshop, part of the Discovery Museum of Art and Science in Bridgeport, CT. Additionally, from 2002-2003, she owned and operated an art gallery featuring the works of rising local artists.
From 1997 to 2004, Liz was co-founder and co-chair Women’s Center at Housatonic Community College. In 2004, Liz and her husband moved to Lancaster, PA. In 2006, they moved to central PA, where Liz has exhibited landscape paintings and photographs in many local art shows in the Susquehanna Valley, winning awards for her work. She is a member of the Susquehanna Art Society (Sunbury, PA), and the Art Association of Harrisburg. In 2016, she attended a summer residency plein air class under Peggy Root, held at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts (a college of New Haven University) in Old Lyme, CT.
In 2017, Liz enrolled in the inter-disciplinary Master of Fine Arts program at Wilson College in Chambersburg, PA. In May of 2019, she received her MFA in visual art. Through May of 2019, her exhibition Women.Self.Passages. was on display in the Administration Building Gallery at Widener University School of Law in Harrisburg, PA.
After college, Liz enlisted in the United States Air Force, where she served as a vocalist with the Air Force Band for over seven years, travelling extensively throughout the United States and abroad. Following an honorable discharge in 1991, Liz returned to New England, where she continued her love of music as a jazz vocalist with several bands, including performances at the Hartford Jazz Festival in Bushnell Park, and the Wolf’s Den at the Mohegan Sun Casino.
From 1994-95, Liz served on the Education Board of the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, CT, assisting with children’s programs, and conducting architectural tours of Old Lyme. In 1996, she enrolled at Housatonic Community College for art classes. While attending Housatonic, she studied under American Colorist Abstract artist, Vincent Baldassano. Liz participated in art exhibits throughout Connecticut, including the Ridgefield Guild of Artists and the Housatonic Museum of Art. In 1999, she taught at Wonder Workshop, part of the Discovery Museum of Art and Science in Bridgeport, CT. Additionally, from 2002-2003, she owned and operated an art gallery featuring the works of rising local artists.
From 1997 to 2004, Liz was co-founder and co-chair Women’s Center at Housatonic Community College. In 2004, Liz and her husband moved to Lancaster, PA. In 2006, they moved to central PA, where Liz has exhibited landscape paintings and photographs in many local art shows in the Susquehanna Valley, winning awards for her work. She is a member of the Susquehanna Art Society (Sunbury, PA), and the Art Association of Harrisburg. In 2016, she attended a summer residency plein air class under Peggy Root, held at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts (a college of New Haven University) in Old Lyme, CT.
In 2017, Liz enrolled in the inter-disciplinary Master of Fine Arts program at Wilson College in Chambersburg, PA. In May of 2019, she received her MFA in visual art. Through May of 2019, her exhibition Women.Self.Passages. was on display in the Administration Building Gallery at Widener University School of Law in Harrisburg, PA.