by Nicole Tostevin | Oct 20, 2020 | guestbook
The first time I met Connie was 1970 or 71, on Monhegan. Around that time, Connie and Leon bought a home in Woodacre, which was next to where I was living, in the bucolic valley called San Geronimo, in California.We might say we shared the San Geronimo Valley...
by Nicole Tostevin | Oct 20, 2020 | guestbook
Connie was one of the earliest and strongest supporters of the idea of forming an association of leaders at a time when many people for various reasons were against it. She was also very involved in the long and difficult process of hammering out the language of...
by Nicole Tostevin | Oct 20, 2020 | guestbook
“I met Connie and Leon in 1971 in Charlotte’s Studio 2G on West 73rd Street in Manhattan. There was an amazing party at Connie and Leon’s Brooklyn apartment in the same spring. At the party, Mary Alice Roche spoke joyously about the whole world...
by Nicole Tostevin | Oct 20, 2020 | guestbook
The Guild has lost one of its Founding Mothers. Connie Smith Siegel passed away on August 4th, surrounded by devoted friends and students. Among her many, many other contributions was her passion for creating a Guild for Leaders of Sensory Awareness, and she became...
by Nicole Tostevin | Oct 16, 2020 | guestbook
Connie Smith Siegel Connie Smith Siegel, accomplished landscape painter and art teacher, died August 4 at Long Life Living Board and Care in San Rafael. She had been a resident of Woodacre, CA for 40 years. Born April 20, 1937 in Colorado Springs, Connie was raised by...