CV/Bio
Lidia Scher is an award-winning interior designer, painter, sculptor and feng shui master. She is a native of Argentina who has earned a bachelor of fine arts degree in sculpture and architectural design, and holds a Master of Art degree from the Massachusetts College of Art.
Lidia has been meditating and teaching meditation, spirituality and art for over 30 years and has been privileged to have studied from such teachers as HH Lin Yun, Rinpoche; Tich Nhat Hahn; Stephen Devine, Helen and James Jay, John Kehoe, Ihaleakala Hew Len and Anthony Robbins.
Juried & Invitational Art Exhibits
1965 Invitational Juried Exhibit "Arte Joven"-Second Prize Sculpture, Buenos Aires Argentina.
1966 Museum of Art de San Fernando, Argentina-Honorable Mention.
1978 Brockton Art Museum, Brockton, MA- Juried Invitational Massachusetts Art Teachers-Sculpture
1979 The Copley Society of Art Winter Members Juried Show-Sculpture
1984 Chelmsford Public Library, Chelmsford, MA. One-Woman Show, 3D Acrylics with Mixed Media
Other Prizes & Recognitions:
1992- Design Times 5th Anniversary Celebration- First Prize: Kitchen & Bath Design
1992-Interior Design Show Houses at the Bayside Exposition Center, Boston, MA.,
1993 and 1994- North Shore Design Show House, Marblehead, MA
1996-North Shore‑Peabody Essex Museum Showhouse in Salem, MA., 1996.
Private Commissions:
For Art, See: Galleries in this website
For Interior Design Work, see www.lasassociates.net
Speaking Engagements, Lectures & Interviews:
Weekly Interiors Expert on "Delicious Encounters with Rosalie" on WADN Walden radio, Concord, MA 1995.
Interviewed on New Chapters by Patricia Thatcher‑Hill for the Holliston Cable Channel. Shows #105 & 106. January 12, 1998 and January 17, 1998.
Guest Lecturer for Gift of Life Seminars. Four Hour Workshop on Basic Feng Shui for the Home and Office. October 1998, Framingham, MA.
Instructor Adult Education Program: Six Hours‑two part class on Feng Shui Applications for Home and Office Environments. January‑February 1999, Brookline, MA.
Window Coverings Association of America, No. East Chapter. Three‑Hour Workshop on Applying Feng Shui Principles to Window Design. March 1999, Acton, MA.
Featured Lecturer on Feng Shui. Larry's Home Decorating. North Hampton, N.H. June 1999.
Featured quote in Dressing Well, Quarterly Publication of Organization By Design. Vol 7, Issue 1, Fall 1999.
Presentation to the Watertown‑Belmont Chamber of Commerce. November 1999.
Featured Speaker at the Fall Motivational Breakfast Series at the Ritz Carlton, October 2000
Featured Speaker April North Shore Women's Lawyers Association, Danvers, MA, April, 2001
Featured Speaker New England Women Business Owners, September 2001
Featured Speaker, Brookline Rotary Club, October 2001
Workshop co-leader with Dr Robert Gensler, Dc, and Marysia Gensler, Yoga instructor. Aligning Your Body, Mind & Home/Work Environment. Brookline, MA November 2001, and May 2002.
Featured Lecturer, Various courses. Unicorn Books, 2001. 2002, 2003, 2004.
Featured Guest, Boston Sunday Review with Matt Schaeffer, WBCN 104.1 FM. January 2001, January 2002.
Featured Speaker, Bread & Circus Healthy You Series, Cambridge, MA January 2002.
Featured Speaker, Newton‑Needham Chamber of Commerce, April 2002
Featured Workshop Presenter, Yankee Dental Congress 2004, Boston, MA, January 2004
Keynote Speaker, Concord-Carlisle League of Women's Voters, A Room of One's Own Fund Raising Event, Concord, MA March 2004
Featured Speaker at inaugural classes of the Asian Healing Arts Education Center in Allston, MA January, February & March 2005.
Featured Workshop Presenter, Yankee Dental Congress 2006, Boston, MA January 2006
Featured Speaker at Prudential Maxfield Design Club Series, Boston, MA, January 2006
Moderator & Speaker at Build Boston & Residential Design & Construction Yearly Conferences since 2006 to 2009
Publications:
Benson Berry, N. and Scher, L. (1990) Keeping the Tenants You Already Have. NAIOP, September 7, 1990
Scher, L. (1983). The Immersion Experience: The Lowell Arts Magnet School. Massachusetts Arts in Education Review, Hanging Separately. p. 23‑25.
Scher, L. (1985). Getting Art Education Ready To Enter The Twenty‑First Century. Designs for Arts in Education. 86 (6), p. 35‑38.
Scher, L. (1999). How Ancient Wisdom Can Add Prosperity and Balance to Your Business. Contact, Vol IV, -Issue #12 , p. 6‑7
Scher, L. (1999) Add Prosperity and Balance to Your Business. Women's Business, Vol. 2, Issue 1, October 1999, p. 24
Scher, L (2005). Think ROI When Designing Office Space. Women's Business, Vol. 7, Issue 7, April 2005, p.12
Past and Present Professional Memberships:
New England Women Business Owners, Board of Directors
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
National Art Education Association
Acton Arts League
Smithsonian Institution
Copley Society of Art
Phi Lambda Theta ‑ Gamma Eta Chapter
Massachusetts Directors of Art Education
Massachusetts Alliance for Arts Education, Board of Directors
Allied Board of Trade
