Fern T. Apfel is a Hudson Valley artist who specializes in making paintings with handwritten text.She is a two-time recipient of the Individual Artists Grant from the New York Foundation for the Arts and a four-time recipient of a Mohawk Hudson Regional Purchase Award.In 2022, Apfel received the Yasuo Kuniyoshi Award from the Woodstock Art Association and Museum which is “given to a contemporary artist who has exemplified outstanding achievement over the past year and has an overall track record of excellence.”In 2023, Apfel had solo exhibitions at The Arts Center of the Capital Region (Troy, NY), The Woodstock Art Association and Museum (Woodstock, NY), and the Garage Gallery (Beacon, NY). In addition, Apfel’s work was exhibited at The Wassaic Project in Wassaic, NY and The Joyce Goldstein Gallery in Chatham, NY.Recently, Apfel was awarded the Jane Altes Award for Artist Excellence at the Arts Center of the Capital Region in Troy, NY.Her pictures are in the permanent collections of The Hyde Collection, The Tang Teaching Museum, The Albany Institute of History & Art, SUNY Albany Museum, The Shaker Museum Mount Lebanon, The Columbia County Historical Society and Museum and The Art Students League of NY, Fidelity Investments, NY, Kidder Peabody & Co., Capital Group Corporate Collection, London, UK.Apfel has been featured on WMHT/PBS’s A House for Arts.