Résumé | Artist's Talk

Upcoming	Order Insecta, The Concord Art Association, Concord MA. June-Aug 2008 Opening Reception, July 10. Out of the Blue, (National Juried Exhibition) The Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro MA. July 2008. Opening Reception, July 11.
Education	The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium, Independent Post-Graduate Studies, Painting, September 1980-July 1981. The University of Pennsylvania, MFA 1979, BFA 1977.
Honors& Awards	Fulbright-Hays Grant, Independent study in Belgium, 1980-1981. Belgian Ministry of Dutch Culture Grant, Independent Study in  Belgium, 1980-1981. (Invitation to renew). Yaddo Residency, ( NEA  and New York Council  for the Arts),  1979. Skowhegan Summer School of Painting and Sculpture, 1978. Yale-Norfolk,Yale University Summer School of Music& Art, full fellowship1976   Swarthmore Library Award for Excellence in English, 1971.
One and Two-Person Exhibitions	Henderson Hall Gallery, “Light in Shadow” (One Person show) Middlesex Community College, Bedford, MA, 2008. Soprafina Gallery, “Inside Out”(Two-Person Show), Somerville, MA. 2003 Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, (One-Person Show), Wilmington, DE, 1996. Arthur Hoyt Scott Foundation, (One-Person Show), Swarthmore College, PA 1990. The Arnold Arboretum, (One-Person Show), Boston, MA.,1989 and 1985. The Lane Art Gallery, (One-Person Show), Gordon College, Wenham, MA 1988. The Cosmos Club, (One-Person Show), Washington, DC, 1986. The Widener University Art Museum, (Two-Person Show), Chester, PA,1987.  Faculty Club of The University of Pennsylvania of PA, (Two-Person Show),1985. The Belgian Fullbright Commission , (One-Person Show), Antwerp, Belgium, 1982. The Station Gallery,  (Two Person Show), Wilmington, DE, 1980
Selected Exhibitions	Order Insecta, The Concord Art Association, Concord MA. June-Aug. 2008. Out of the Blue, Attleboro Arts Museum, (national juried competition, Juror: Jennifer Wood-Patrick) Attleboro, MA. July 2008. Winged & Whispered, The Fort Point Arts Community Gallery, (juried competition, jurror Meredyth Hyatt Moses,) for  April-May 2006. RED, University Place Gallery, (Juror, Nick Capasso), Nov. 2005 - Jan. 2006. Dreaming The Light/Unfolding The Dark, The Concord Art Association, Concord, MA. Dec.2005 Juried Holiday Show, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA 2004, 2005. Finned and Feathered, The Essex Art Center, MA 2004 Francis N. Roddy Competition, The  Concord Art Association; 2003, 2004. (Juror:John Moore 2003; Juror: Rachel Rosenfield Lafo 2004), Concord, MA The Essex Art Center’s 10th Anual Juried Show, 2003 (Juror: Jock Reynolds) Penn MFA Alumni Exhibition; Kroiz Gallery, Phila. PA, 2003 (Jurors: Bridgette Mayer, Alex Baker,John Moore) Fresh Paint, The Essex Art Center, Lawrence MA, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,   2004,2005, 2006, 2008 (InvitationalPaint in a dayAuction Benefit.) Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA, 2000,2002,2004.(A Show of Art by Women Artists) Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, MA. 2001(A Show of Art by Women Artists), Hardcastle Gallery, Centreville, DE, Dec.1999 through Nov. 2000.(5 Group Exhibitions) The Royal Academy of Fine Arts 325th Commemorative Juried Show and David   Teniers Prize Competition, Antwerp, Belgium, 1989. ZEBRA, (Designated Guest  Artist),Copenhagen, Denmark, 1987 Cheltenham Art Center Annual Award Painting Exhibit, PA,1986. (Juror, Grace Glueck) Small Works USA, Gallery 401, Providence, R.I., 1985.  Woodmere Art Gallery Annual Juried Exhibition, Chestnut Hill, PA, 1982, 1985. The Boston Center for The Arts Annual Drawing Show, Boston, MA, 1983 The American Watercolor Society Annual Juried Exhibition, N.Y., N.Y 1980.
Teaching & Speaking Experience	Middlesex Community College: Instructor; (Drawing, 2008-present) Cambridge College: Faculty; teaches Introduction to Studio Arts, s2006- The Essex Art Center : designed and teaches observational drawing and painting class for adults,(2000-present). The Andover School of Montessori, designed, implemented & taught an arts program which introduced a wide variety of artists, artist's concepts and art from diverse cultures to kindergarten students. Andover, (1998-2000). Recipient of an after-school grant to design and teach after-school art club, (Spring, 2000). The Concord Art Association, Concord, “Order Insecta,” Artist’s Talk, ‘08 Henderson Hall Gallery, MCC Beford “Light in Shadow” Artist Talk, 2008. The Andover Artists Guild, Guest Artist; Artist’s talk, slide presentation & master class, 2006. The Andover Historical Society, “Inspired by Nature,” Artist’s talk and slide presentation, 2002. The Whistler House Museum of Art, “Recurring Themes in My Work,” Artist’s talk & slide presentation, 2001.
Curating	Order Insecta, The Concord Art Association, Concord MA, June-Aug 2, 2008.                             Cate McQuaid, “Critters large and small – and no need for bug spray,”                               The Boston Sunday Globe, July 20, 2008 Winged & Whispered, The Fort Point Arts Community Gallery, (juried competition, juror , Meredyth Hyatt Moses,) April-May 2006. Kate Farrington, “Local Poetics, Winged & Whispered,”Art New England , August / September 2006. “dig this", Boston’s Weekly Dig, April 19, 2006. Dreaming The Light/Unfolding The Dark, The Concord Art Association, Concord, MA. Dec.2005. Meredith Goldstein, “Quick Picks”, The Boston Globe, Dec. 9, 2005. Finned & Feathered, The Essex Art Center, 2004. Meredith Fife Day, “Finned & Feathered”, Art New England, Aug/Sept 2004. Christine Temin, “Critic’s Pick”, The Boston Sunday Globe, March 14 2004. Featured on “Write Now”, by Gayle Heney, Haverhill Public Television, May 2004. Women’s History Month Exhibit, The Essex Art Center, 2002. Note: Please click on images of reviews to enlarge.
Reviews Available on Request	Cate McQuaid, “Critters large and small – and no need for bug spray,” The Boston Sunday Globe, July 20, 2008 Kate Farrington, “Local Poetics, Winged & Whispered,” Art New England, August/September 2006 “dig this,” Boston’s Weekly Dig, April 19, 2006 Meredith Goldstein, “Quick Picks,” The Boston Globe, Dec. 9, 2005. Meredith Fife Day, “Finned & Feathered,” Art New England, August/September 2004. Christine Temin “Critic’s Pick,” The Boston Sunday Globe, March 14, 2004. Jan Hale, “Noted Massachusetts Artist Paints Pictures of Greenhouse Interiors,” Hobby Greenhouse, vol. 11, no 2, 1989. Burton Wasserman, “Exhibitions in Sight,” Art Matters, vol. 6, no. 9, 1987. Victoria Donohoe, “In Cheltenham, A Youthful Show at Middle Age,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 1, 1986. Christine Temin, “Critic’s Tip,” The Boston Globe, August 8, 1985. Robert Taylor, “Critic’s Choice,” The Boston Globe, May 10, 1985.