Yolanda Fusco (1920 - 2009) Oil on canvas. Image size: 20 x 24 inches. Fusco studied at the Art Students League with Ernest Fiene, Harry Sternberg, and Vaclao Vytlacil, and also studied textile design at Pratt Institute. She first visited Monhegan at the urging of artist friends in the summer of 1959 and became a founding member of the Women Artists of Monhegan Island. Museum Collections:Monhegan Museum of Art and HistoryOwen Art Gallery at Gould AcademyAwards:New York City Scholarship to Art Students League of New York1962 – Top Award – Watercolor – Village Art Center Gallery1966 – 1st Prize, Black & White – Long Island Art League, NY1979 – Sarah Winston Memorial Award – Oil, N.A.W.A.1981 – Sadie and Max Tesser Award – Audubon Artists, NY1984 – Pen and Brush Women – Merit Award – Daytona, Florida1986 – William Rahl Award – Watercolor – Daytona Art League, Florida1987 – Pen and Brush Women – Litho – Best in Show – Daytona, Florida1988 – Recognition Award – Oil – Daytona, Florida1990 – Recognition Award – Monoprint– Daytona, Florida1993 – Merit Award – Nassau County MuseumMemberships:National Association of Women ArtistsLong Island Art LeagueNew York Artists EquityLife Member – Art Students League of New YorkMonhegan Artists Summer Listing – Monhegan Island, Maine.