Winner of the 2008 Joseph Burger Humanitarian Award (Dowling College, Oakdale, NY), William Thierfelder is an artist and writer who lives in Oakdale, Long Island.

>> As an artist, William Thierfelder has a commitment to the art and craft of drawing, employing various media, including crayon, pencil, graphite, inks, digital photos, and oil pastels. His work has been shown at galleries on Long Island and, since 2007, at Monkdogz Urban Art in Chelsea (Manhattan).

MONKDOGZ FEATURED ARTIST WEBSITE: http://www.monkdogz.com/chelseagallery/artistart/Thierfelder/artist_thierfelder.htm

WCBS-TV PROFILE: http://wcbstv.com/video/?id=102204@wcbs.dayport.com

BAREBRUSH FEATURED ARTIST WEBSITE:  http://www.barebrush.com/Featured/WilliamThierfelder.html

>> As a writer, Thierfelder publishes under the name T. Richard Williams. His poetry and short stories have been published in such diverse venues as Wild Violet, Aphelion, Shadeworks, Petroglyph, American Poets and Poetry, and Lucid Stone. Two collections of verse, How the Dinosaurs Devoured the Humans and The Letter S, and a volume of short stories titled Ten are currently available at Amazon.com.  He currently writes a quarterly column for Outlook, Long Island.

REGULAR COLUMN: http://www.outlooklongisland.com/

>>Over the years, he has also been involved in various LGBT causes for many years, including volunteer and activist work for the Momentum AIDS Project (New York City), GMHC (Gay Mens' Health Crisis) , LIAAC (Long Island Association for AIDS Care), Thursday's Child, and LIGALY (Long Island Gay and Lesbian Youth). In addition, he has started an annual scholarship at Dowling College for outstanding Gay and Lesbian students.

SCHOLARSHIP: http://www.dowling.edu/fin_aid/shepard.html

>> Recently he started THE FOOD ANGELS PROJECT to raise funds for Long Island AIDS organizations.

http://www.newsli.com/2007/12/12/angels-from-dowling-college-make-a-difference-for-world-aids-day/

He is also a member of and donor to The Jessup Society at The American Museum of Natural History and the Encore Society at The Metropolitan Opera. He also supports a wide range of charitable organizations, especially those devoted to preserving Earth's environment and supporting children-at-risk around the world.