Lydia E. Ringwald is a metaphysical artist, journalist and photographer, with paintings, photography and mixed media artworks exhibited in galleries, universities and museums in the U.S. and Europe.

She has produced a enrichment lecture series exploring World Heritage sites and is invited frequently to Lecturer on international cruises.

Lydia has traveled throughout the world photographing historical archeological sites for her research about the evolution of the goddess.

She is currently working on a publication to accompany her lecture presentation - The Goddess from the Paleolithic to the Present - exploring the transition of the goddess image in art through time.

Lydia is a graduate of Scripps College, BA in Comparative Literature, University of California Irvine, MA Comparative Literature and University of Connecticut, PhD candidate German. Language skills: English, French, German.

Lydia is passionate about lifelong learning. "At a university, one learns how to learn - in preparation for an exciting life of accessing new knowledge and skills and creatively converting new learning into innovation, invention and art.