Alexandra York-Author, Speaker, Art/Culture Critic

Current

• Mentor at International Society for Philosophical Enquiry
• Founding President at American Renaissance for the Twenty-first Century (ART)
• Author at Alexandra York - Author

• Guest Speaker/Lecturer at Alexandra York - Speaker

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Past

• Editor and Publisher at American Renaissance for the Twenty-first Century" (ART)
• Art Exhibit Producer at Galleries and Fine Art Centers
• Guest Speaker/Lecturer at Universities and Colleges

• Guest Speaker and Lecturer on Art, Entertainment, Theatre and more at Cruise Ships, Women's Clubs, Radio and TV
• Editor at "The Atlantic Lady"
• Spokesperson, Actress, Performer, Singer and more at Clairol, Film, Radio, TV, Recording Company
• Ballet Instructor at her own dance school

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Education

• Dolf Swing (Julliard School of Music)
• David LeGrant Studio for Acting
• Michigan State University

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Connections

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Industry

Writing and Editing

Websites

• My Company

Alexandra York-Author, Speaker, Art/Culture Critic’s Summary

Now at the mid-point of her career, Alexandra York draws from her multi-faceted background to focus on speaking engagements, fiction writing, articles and essays concerning American culture and the arts. Along with being an internationally published author, she is the Founding President of "American Renaissance for the Twenty-first Century" (ART). ART is a New-York-based nonprofit educational foundation dedicated to promoting a rebirth of beauty and life-affirming values in all of the fine arts via publications and the production of various art exhibits and projects. ART sponsors exhibits, events and art that furthers the values of established Western art forms.

She is the author of many nonfiction books. One of her books was chosen as a Book-of-the-Month Club selection. Her novel, CROSSPOINTS, (English, 2004; Russian, 2007) will come out in worldwide Spanish translation in 2010.

As a writer her articles, essays, movie and book reviews, poems, short stories, etc. have appeared in such publications as Reader’s Digest (Domestic/Intl), Vital Speeches, USA Today, Vogue, New Woman, Chronicles, The Humanist, The Intellectual Activist, Imprimis, American Arts Qtrly and American Artist.

Her books have been sold in the USA, England, Australia, Mexico, South America, Canada and Russia. Publishers have included Macmillan, McGraw-Hill, Van Nostrand, Ballantine and Berkley-Jove.

Her author-related TV appearances include guesting on numerous talk shows, including "The Today Show," "Larry King Live," "To Tell the Truth," "AM New York," "AM Los Angeles," "AM Philadelphia," "Wake-Up Houston," and ABC's "Eyewitness News." In addition to TV and hundreds of radio shows, her interviews have appeared in Navigator Magazine, the on-line Atlas Society organization and others.

Alexandra has lectured extensively at Town Hall Celebrity Series and is often a featured speaker at private organizations, corporations, and universities.

Alexandra York-Author, Speaker, Art/Culture Critic’s Specialties:

AUTHOR: nonfiction and fiction books.WRITER: Articles, essays, reviews, poems, short stories, etc. in Reader’s Digest (Domestic/Intl), Vital Speeches, USA Today, Vogue, Chronicles, The Humanist, The Intellectual Activist, American Arts Qtrly, American Artist. SPEAKER: Town Hall Celebrity Series; featured and keynote speaker; TV/radio shows. ARTS/CULTURE: Founder American Renaissance for the Twenty-first Century (ART) - a nonprofit fdn dedicated to beauty and life-affirming values in the arts.

Alexandra York-Author, Speaker, Art/Culture Critic’s Experience

• Mentor

  International Society for Philosophical Enquiry

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  1997 — Present (12 years )

• Founding President

  American Renaissance for the Twenty-first Century (ART)

  (Fine Art industry)

  1993 — Present (16 years )

  ART is a New-York-based nonprofit educational foundation dedicated to promoting a rebirth of beauty and life-affirming values in all of the fine arts via publications and the production of various art exhibits and projects. ART sponsors exhibits, events and art that furthers the values of established Western art forms: representationalism/artistic realism in painting and sculpture; melody and harmony in music; grace in dance; structure, coherence and meaning in drama, poetry and literature - and the expression of beauty in all.

• Author

  Alexandra York - Author

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  1978 — Present (31 years )

   Author: "CROSSPOINTS: A Novel of Choice" (English and Russian). Both Romantic and Realistic, CROSSPOINTS examines life-altering choices revolving around a love triangle set in New York's fame, money and sex-driven art world. Available at Amazon.
   Author: "FROM THE FOUNTAINHEAD TO THE FUTURE and Other Essays on Art and Excellence." This critically praised book has become a reference source at college art and art history departments as well as artist ateliers. Available at Amazon.
   Author - "OVER THE YEARS: Poems, Lyrics, Songs and Prose." Available at Amazon.
   Author: Her next novel, MYOJO, revolves around the world of music and delves into the issues of spirituality from both Western and Eastern viewpoints. Her hero is an American composer (whose twin sister races antique cars and owns a spirituality spa), and her heroine is an American-Japanese-Hawaiian violin player.

• Guest Speaker/Lecturer

  Alexandra York - Speaker

  (Fine Art industry)

  1977 — Present (32 years )

   Guest Speaker - Town Hall Celebrity Series, private organizations, corporations, and universities.

• Editor and Publisher

  American Renaissance for the Twenty-first Century" (ART)

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  1993 — 2008 (15 years )

  "Silver Rose Anthology: Award-Winning Short Stories"
  "ART Ideas", a quarterly arts/culture magazine
  "ART UPDATE" newsletter

• Art Exhibit Producer

  Galleries and Fine Art Centers

  (Fine Art industry)

  1992 — 2008 (16 years )

   PRODUCER: ART website offering an extensive, visually beautiful and informative articles.
   ART EXHIBIT PRODUCER: "ROMANTIC REALISM: Visions of Values." Art exhibit featuring multiple works of 13 artists (with a 20-page, 4-color catalogue, including essay by her.) Exhibit premiered at Grand Central Art Galleries in New York as the gallery’s 70th Anniversary Exhibit. Debuted in the Midwest as the inaugural exhibit for the Sage Center for the Fine Arts at Hillsdale College in MI.
   ART EXHIBIT PRODUCER: "THE LEGACY LIVES: The World at its Most Beautiful and Man and Woman at Their Best," featuring the works of 35 painters and sculptors at Lever House on Park Avenue and 53rd St. New York. A 52-page, 4-color catalogue, including a major essay, "THE LEGACY LIVES: Embracing the Year Three Thousand" accompanied the exhibit.
   ART PRODUCER: "New York ART Festival of the Arts," offering three weeks of daily lunchtime presentations of drama, dance, music, and poetry and fiction readings.

• Guest Speaker/Lecturer

  Universities and Colleges

  (Fine Art industry)

  1991 — 2008 (17 years )

   GUEST SPEAKER: Hillsdale College - "Art and the Moral Imagination Conference” with keynote Daniel Boorstin and nine speakers. Her speech “The FOURTH ‘R’ in Education: Reading WRiting, ARithmetic and ARt,” which calls for mandatory art education from grades K through 9, was published in Hillsdale’s Imprimis and in Vital Speeches of the Day; it has also become a blueprint for several private schools.
   KEYNOTE SPEAKER: July 4th at the Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada on "Art as Spiritual Experience" for The Objectivist Center's 5-day Summer Philosophy Conference.
   WORKSHOP LEADER: 2-day sessions on secular spiritual experiences for The Objectivist Center's 5-day Summer Philosophy Conference at the Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

• Guest Speaker and Lecturer on Art, Entertainment, Theatre and more

  Cruise Ships, Women's Clubs, Radio and TV

  (Fine Art industry)

  1973 — 2007 (34 years )

   LECTURER: Silver Seas luxury liner "Romantic Realism Art" speech series: "Seeing Nature Through the Artist's Eye" (two speeches, painting landscapes and sculpting animals) and "Art Appreciation for the Novice."
   SPEAKER: National Arts Club (New York City): "Romantic Realism: Re-Emerging Art Movement of the 21st Century in Literature, Painting, and Sculpture."
   SPEAKER: Author tours for theater lectures, TV appearances, and bookstore signings for books published by: Macmillan, McGraw-Hill, Ballantine, Promethena Press.
   LECTURER: Womens’ clubs across America. Alexandra helped women to realize a more individualized image.
   Broadcaster and TV/Radio personality - WPIX-TV “Channel 11 Evening News” in New York
   Interview/Talk Show Host for two different programs on theatre and entertainment on ABC Radio Network.

• Editor

  "The Atlantic Lady"

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  1990 — 1993 (3 years )

   Editor - "The Atlantic Lady", a Rolls-Royce motor car magazine.

• Spokesperson, Actress, Performer, Singer and more

  Clairol, Film, Radio, TV, Recording Company

  (Entertainment industry)

  1970 — 1982 (12 years )

   Exclusive Spokesperson –Clairol National TV Talk Shows.
   Principle actor in dozens of television and radio commercials in America and Europe.
   Performer – Lead roles in Off-Broadway and major regional theatre productions, corporate Industrial productions, and film work (one short film winning the Cannes Film Festival, Barcelona Film Festival and American Film Festival awards).
   Writer/ performer at CBS Radio.
   Sang professionally from the age of fifteen both in cabaret and with her own sextet, which performed both in person and as background singers on the records of a Detroit recording company.
   Modeled for such concerns as the Michigan Tourist Board, AT&T and Oldsmobile from the age of sixteen, photographs of her appearing on the cover of various tourist brochures and national magazines.

• Ballet Instructor

  her own dance school

  (Performing Arts industry)

  1965 — 1969 (4 years )

  During college owned and operated her own dance school, being a certified ballet teacher with the Cecchetti Council of America at age 17.

Alexandra York-Author, Speaker, Art/Culture Critic’s Education

• Dolf Swing (Julliard School of Music)

  Voice 1970 — 1975

• David LeGrant Studio for Acting

  Acting 1969 — 1975

• Michigan State University

  BA , Communication Arts; Speech, English and French Education , 1965 — 1969

Additional Information

Alexandra York-Author, Speaker, Art/Culture Critic’s Websites:

• My Company

Alexandra York-Author, Speaker, Art/Culture Critic’s Interests:

Interests include world travel, antique cars, Japanese ceremonial tea, food and wine, opera, scuba diving, tennis, cross country skiing, hiking, and other sports, as well as various other activities for which there is never time. She resides with her husband in New York City, Buck’s County, Pennsylvania and Southern Vermont.

Alexandra York-Author, Speaker, Art/Culture Critic’s Honors:

Alexandra received the 1997 Whiting Memorial Award for outstanding service to the cultural world from the International Society for Philosophical Enquiry, later being elected as one of three Mentors for that organization. In 1992, she received the McFarlane Award for best Editor of a Rolls-Royce motor car magazine, The Atlantic Lady. She is an invited member of both The Authors' Guild and The National Arts Club, the latter for which she serves on the Literary Committee. She also serves on the Advisory Council of The Florence Academy of Art in Florence, Italy and is listed in Who’s Who of American Women and Who’s Who in America.

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