Hope and Enchantment: A Solo Painting Exhibition by Madeleine Schachter

Madeleine Schachter works in mixed media, including pastels, watercolors, acrylics, metal leaf, and glass crystals, and she employs unusual materials, such as mascara. She also is Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine and at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where she teaches medical ethics to medical students. She previously practiced law for three decades, is the author of six books, and is a Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, from which she received a BA in Medical Ethics (a major she designed, the first of its kind in any higher academic institution) and Political Science. She received her JD degree from New York University School of Law, where she was a Root Tilden Scholar. In addition, she has studied classical ballet.