Art Lover Susan Lichtig Dies At Age 67

PRINCETON, NJ — Susan A. Lichtig, 67, died on Sept. 18 at her home in East Windsor. Prior to her move one year ago, she had been a longtime resident of Highland Park and active in the community.

Lichtig was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on Dec. 25, 1951, daughter of Edwin Lichtig, Jr. and Edna Frieder Lichtig and attended Wyoming Seminary. For her educational years, Lichtig was one of just a handful of women to be selected to attend Dartmouth through their First Year College Exchange Program, earned her undergraduate degree from Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts as a French major, and then her EdM graduate degree in Educational Media from Boston University. She was employed at Bellcore, Telcordia, ADP and the International Monetary Fund, serving as a quality assurance professional and corporate training instructor/designer throughout most of her career.

Her greatest passion was in creative expression. She devoted herself to cooking special gourmet meals for family and friends, developing her own mixed media art forms, and teaching art at local senior centers, at the Highland Park library as well as regionally, such as being a teaching intern at the International Center for Photography in New York City and as a teacher's aid for artist Mary Taylor.

She sought out tutelage by attending leading art programs such as at the Mendocino Art Center, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Maine Media Workshops, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Peters Valley and the Center for Book Arts in New York City and drew inspiration from artists Christine Lafuente, Wolf Kahn, Jon Cone, Elizabeth Opalenik, and Jan Sitts to name just a few.

She had been active for a number of years with the Highland Park Arts Commission, joining the artistic community in exhibiting her work and designing store displays. She generously shared her knowledge, patiently and enthusiastically nurturing the creative spark wherever she saw it manifesting in others, young and old and treasured art-making for the beauty and peace it gave.

Other pursuits she enjoyed included playing violin at Interlochen Music Camp, summer living in France through the Experiment in International Living, dancing, spending time with friends and vacationing in Maine.

She is survived by her two sisters, Karen Lichtig of New York City, and Ellen Lichtig of Novato, California. Memorial contributions in Lichtig's name may be made to the Breast Cancer Resource Center of the YWCA Princeton. An art fund is also in the works.

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