Sandra Orlovsky Schwartz died on April 13, 2023, at the age of 82. Born in Newark and raised there and in Maplewood, New Jersey, Sandy pursued an arts education at the University of Michigan, the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy, and at Montclair State University. She taught art in New Jersey public schools and then obtained a Master of Fine Arts degree from Pratt Institute before embarking on a career as a
painter that included exhibitions in New York City, Long Island and other locations. She was married to John Schwartz, lawyer, for 55 years and throughout her life instilled a love of the arts in her surrounding family and friends.