PHOENIX, AZ, November 20, 2018 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Josephine Marlene Taglienti with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. An accomplished listee, Ms. Taglienti celebrates many years' experience in her professional network, and has been noted for achievements, leadership qualities, and the credentials and successes she has accrued in her field. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
As an accomplished artist, Ms. Taglienti has shared her talent with others throughout the years in numerous ways. She was the artist-in-residence at the Jewish Community Center in Wilmington, DE, in 1969. From 1980 to 1987, she was the illustrations chairperson and member of the faculty at the Ray College of Design in Chicago, IL. In addition to speaking in the field, she was an adjunct faculty member at the Paradise Valley Community College in Phoenix, AZ.
Before beginning her career, Ms. Taglienti was a student at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design from 1957 to 1959, Mankato State College in 1966, and the Kansas City Art Institute in 1972. From there, she hitchhiked to the University of Guanajuato in Mexico. She felt a pull to that university and she arrived at the school with a sheet of slides. A man there looked at the slides and gave her a scholarship. She considered this to be a turning point in her life. She graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in 1974.
Ms. Taglienti always wanted to be an artist, though the specifics have shifted over time. At the start, she wanted to work in fashion design. However, she found her way to her passion of painting and drawing. Now, she is an established artist who has been a part of many group exhibitions, including at Windbell Gallery in Wilmington, DE, and Newark Delegat Gallery. She also was part of a one-woman exhibition at Natalini Gallery in Chicago in 1986.
Other exhibitions of Ms. Taglienti's have been hosted at Galeria San Miguel in Mexico, Galeria Osman in Mexico, Torres Gallery in Albuquerque, NM, and Dartmouth Gallery and the Edith Lampert Gallery in Albuquerque. She has also had exhibitions at La Luna Nueva in Santa Fe, NM, Herberger Theater in Santa Fe, Phoenix Little Theater, Artesimo Gallery, and the Development Art Museum in Scottsdale, AZ. In addition, she had exhibitions at the Sky Harbor Airport in Wilmington, NC, in 1994 and the Canticles: Sight and Sound in Arizona in 2002.
Ms. Taglienti has been represented in corporate collections in Collins, Miller & Hutchins in Chicago, Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, the Artesimo Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ, and private and public permanent collections. Beyond these accomplishments, she has had illustrations published in books, poetry published in anthologies, and has invented garden products and office implements. She was also invited to the Florence Biennale.
Throughout the years, Ms. Taglienti's civic involvement has been extensive. She has served as a cultural advocate for minority concerns from 1985 to 19888 and for the Homeless Cultural Labor Party in Chicago from 1980 to 1987. From 1978 to 1979, she was involved with the Recreation Intercity. Furthermore, she was a volunteer art educator at St. Anne's Intercity in Wilmington from 1967 to 1968. She also holds membership in the National Museum of Women in Arts, the Drawing Society, the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation.
For all of these achievements, Ms. Taglienti was the awarded the Fine Art Award by the Artists Guild of Chicago in 1977. Moreover, she earned the Print Drawing Award in 1978 and the Educator and Services Award by the Sauk Area Career Center in 1984. More recently, she received the Leonard Award for Work on Paper Second Prize from the Chianciano Art Museum in 2013 and the London Art Biennale Award for Work on Paper First Prize in 2015. She has previously been featured in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World and Who's Who of American Women.
Ms. Taglienti and Wayne Brown are the mother and father of Micheal Anthony Brown, Troy Joseph Taglienti, Roben James Taglienti, Ninon Terese Garvin, Angela Monique Brown (deceased) and Anina Marie Brown (deceased).
Her grandchildren are Micheal Anthony Brown, Auben Joseph Taglienti, Sofia Angela Taglienti, Sebastian Emilio Taglienti and Anina Marie Garvin.
Ms. Taglienti has three great grandchildren, Aryana Angela Brown, Kara Lynn Brown and Mia Carmela Brown.
In recognition of outstanding contributions to her profession and the Marquis Who's Who community, Josephine Marlene Taglienti has been featured on the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement website. Please visit www.ltachievers.com for more information about this honor.
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