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Melissa Stern ’80

Melissa Stern ’80 had a collection of her drawings featured at Wesleyan’s Zilkha Gallery this fall, in a show, Loose Lips, which opened Sept. 8, 2006. Her recent sculpture installation “Birdland” was exhibited at the David Lusk Gallery in Memphis, Tenn., where the art critic for the Memphis Commercial Appeal described her work as “clever, engaging, impressive, and intriguing.” After majoring in anthropology and art at Wesleyan, Stern earned her master’s in fine arts at SUNY, New Paltz. She currently works from her loft in New York City, which she shares with husband Jim Friedlich ’79.
Melissa Stern ’80 had a collection of her drawings featured at Wesleyan’s Zilkha Gallery this fall, in a show, Loose Lips, which opened Sept. 8, 2006. Her recent sculpture installation “Birdland” was exhibited at the David Lusk Gallery in Memphis, Tenn., where the art critic for the Memphis Commercial Appeal described her work as “clever, engaging, impressive, and intriguing.” After majoring in anthropology and art at Wesleyan, Stern earned her master’s in fine arts at SUNY, New Paltz. She currently works from her loft in New York City, which she shares with husband Jim Friedlich ’79.