She is also professor emeritus of art at Ramapo College of New Jersey and the author of nine books on creative processes. Judith Peck is a sculptor and Professor Emeritus of Art at Ramapo (State) College of New Jersey. Her work is in 80 public and private collections including the Yale Art Gallery, the Ghetto Fighters Museum in Israel, libraries, temples, colleges, and offices. January to Septembe
r 2023 saw solo exhibition of her Ladies of Steel, four large steel sculptures on the Dag Hammarskjold Plaza NYC, Gateway to the UN. Dr. Peck's sculpture and writing reflects her interest in human rights, most urgently issues surrounding immigration, but always about people and the situations in which they find themselves. During her 41-year tenure at Ramapo College she instituted a program (on-going) to train college students to conduct art workshops in jails, homes for abused children, psychiatric centers, domestic violence shelters, drug abuse facilities, urban housing projects and nursing homes. The program exposes college students to the major domestic issues of our time—crime, mental illness, poverty, child abuse, substance abuse and aging—while providing them an opportunity to help others and share the self-fulfillment of creative activity. Her book on this program titled Art and Social Interaction was published 2022 by Routledge, a division of Taylor & Francis. Her newest book for teachers and parents of young children (Routledge 2023) is Dynamic Play and Creative Movement: Powering Body and Brain. Peck’s second novel, Naked Under the Lights (Black Rose writing 2001), centers on a dysfunctional family and the functional energy of artistic production. Her novels, books on art techniques, parenting, higher education and children's picture books can be found on https://iapbooks.com. Judith obtained a doctorate at NYU, two master’s degrees, Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree, Adelphi University along with years of study at the Art Students League in NYC. She lives and works in Mahwah New Jersey. Dr. Peck has four grown children and twelve grandchildren, their accomplishments collectively comprising an American industry.
