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SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

"Nothing Doing/Doing Nothing", Concord Art Association, October 2011
"Shape Shifter", Lincoln Public Library, Lincoln, MA, 2011
"Art Therapy & Fine Art", Lincoln Artists Gallery, Lincoln, MA, 2008
"Watercolor Abstracted", Art Gallery, Concord Free Public Library, Concord, MA, 2005
Zaftig’s, Brookline, MA, 2003 (23 works)
Wellspace, Cambridge, MA, 2001 (35 works)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

"RED", juried by Howard Yezerski, Howard Yezerski Gallery, at Cambridge Art Association, MA, 2011
Members Prize Show 2011, juried by Steven Zevitas, Steven Zevitas Gallery & New American Paintings, at Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Open Painting, Providence Art Club, RI , juried by Jane Goldman, co-director Mixit Print Studio, Somerville, MA, 2011
Northeast Prize Show 2011, juried by Theodore Stebbins, Curator of American Art, Fogg Museum, Harvard University at University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2011 Members Juried I, Painting & Sculpture, Concord Art Association, MA, juried by Nina Gara Bozicnik, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH
"Blue", juried by Amy Ford and Susan Vrotsos, Cambridge Art Association, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA 2010
2009 Members Juried I, Painting & Sculpture, Concord Art Association, MA, juried by Nina Nielsen, Nielsen Gallery, Boston MA
10th Annual Frances N. Roddy Open Competition, juried by Charles Movali, American Artist Magazine, at Concord Art Association, Concord, MA . 2009
Juried Show 2009, 11 artists at La Galeria, Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, Boston, juried by Jen Mergel, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, 2009
"SMFA Continuing Education Annual Juried Show , Grossman Gallery, juried by Audrey Goldstein, professor and Fine Arts program director, New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University and James Nadeau, video artist, curator, critic. Boston, MA 2009
"Off the Wall", Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA, juried by Lisa Tung, Curator, MA College of Art and Joseph Carroll, Carroll & Sons Gallery, Boston, MA, 2009
"Stratum", juried by Camilo Alvarez, Samson Projects,Boston, MA 2009
Members Juried II, Photography, Drawing & Graphics, Concord Art Association, MA, juried by Merydith Hyatt Moses
"Point of View", juried by Arthur Dion, Gallery Naga, Boston, 2009
2009 Members Juried I, Painting & Sculpture, Concord Art Association, MA, juried by David Powers, Powers Gallery, Acton, MA
"Blue", juried by Jen Mergel, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, 2008
"Interior/Exterior", juried by James Hull, independent curator and Professor, Art Institute of Boston at Cambridge Art Assn., Cambridge, MA 2008
2008 Members Juried II, Photography, Drawing & Graphics, Concord Art Association, MA
Lincoln Artists Gallery, Lincoln, MA. Solo Exhibition. "Art Therapy & Fine Art", 2008
2008 Members Juried I, Painting & Sculpture, Concord Art Association, MA, juried by Peter Alpers, Alpers Fine Art, Andover MA, 2008
Fall Salon, Cambridge Art Association, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
"Ode to Cornell", juried by Lynda Roscoe Hartigan, Peabody Essex Museum at Old Town Hall, Salem, 2007
Concord Art Walk, Irresistibles, July, 2007
"Paint the Town Auction", Concord Art Association, Concord , MA, 2007 and 2008
Open Studios, Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts, Concord, MA ,2007
Members Juried I Painting and Sculpture, Concord Art Association, juried by by Jennifer Witham Roth of Decordova Museum, 2007
"Blue", juried by Carole Anne Meehan, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston at Katherine Schultz Gallery, 2006
"Annual Show of Lincoln Artists", at the Lincoln Public Library, Lincoln, MA. 2006
The Frances N. Roddy Open Competition, juried by Howard Yezerski of Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA, at Concord Art Association, Concord, MA . 2006
"The Way We Live", juried by Jon Imber, at Katherine Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA , 2006 (Juror’s Choice Award)
"Red", juried by Nick Capasso of Decordova Museum and Sculpture Park at University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA. 2005
"The Decisive Moment", juried by Judi Rotenberg of Judi Rotenberg Gallery, at CAA, Cambridge, MA. 2005
Open Studios, Munroe Center for the Arts, Lexington, MA, 2005
"Watercolor Abstracted", two person show, Art Gallery at Concord Free Public Library, Concord, MA, 2005
Brookline Public Library Gallery, (25 works), Brookline, MA, 2004.
Brookline Artists’ Open Studios, Brookline, MA, 2004, 2003, 2000, 1998, 1996
"Pushing the Envelope", juried by Robert Siegelman of School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Cambridge, MA, 2003.
Zaftig’s solo exhibition (23 works), Brookline, MA, May-June, 2003.
Wellspace, solo exhibition, (35 works), Cambridge, MA, 2001
"Festival Femina", The International Cultural Union, Haifa, Israel, March 2001.
"Beauty", juried by Elaine Scarry of Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, March 2001.
Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show, juried by Maxwell Anderson of Whitney Museum, NY, Cambridge, MA, June, 2001. Honorable Mention
"Red", juried by Harry Cooper of Harvard University Art Museums, University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA, 2001
"Dreams and Fantasies", juried by Howard Yeserski of Yeserski Gallery, for Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, 2000
"Members’s Show", Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, 1999.
"Home Berth: Places of Safety", Canyon Crossing Gallery, Brattleboro, VT, 1997.
"Furnishing the Future", The Revolving Museum and Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless, Boston, MA, 1997.
"Sanctuary", The Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA, 1997, in honor of International Women’s Day.
"Taking It to the Streets", Women’s Caucus for Art, Boston, MA, 1996.
"Beacon Hill Art Walk", Boston, MA, 1996.
"Jewish Women Uncensored", Cragin Fife Gallery, Brookline, MA, 1996. (In conjunction with the Women’s Caucus for Art National Conference). Juried by Rachel Rosenfield Lafo, Decordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
"She Who Laughs Lives", The Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA, 1996. In honor of International Women’s Day.
"Gender in Art: What Women See/What Men See", Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA,1996. Juried by Bonnie Porter and Ron Platt.
The Journey Back to Self", Gutman Memorial Library, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 1995. Juried by Carolyn Boriss-Krimsky and Karen Frostig.
"Les Artisans du Nord Annual Exhibit", Shawbridge, Quebec, 1971, 1972, 1973.

PRIZES:

Honorable Mention, Open Painting 2011, Providence Art Club, juried by Jane Goldman, Director Mixit Print Studio, Somerville, MA, Providence, MA
Juror’s Choice Award, 2006. The Way We Live, juried by Jon Imber, Cambridge, MA
Honorable Mention, Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show 2001, juried by Maxwell Anderson, Director, Whitney Museum, New York.

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:

Dimitri Thornton, Lexington, MA
Sheila Hoadley, Lexington, MA
Edgar Schein, Cambridge, MA
Bonaventura Brower, Cambridge, MA
Norah Planck, Watertown, MA
Jeffrey Wieand and Janet Silver, Concord, MA

ASSOCIATIONS:

Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
Arts and Business Council of Greater Boston

EDUCATION:

2009-2010 Artist’s Professional Toolbox. Professional development seminar, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, Boston
M.A. Bachelor of Science, Lesley University 1994
School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Course work: painting, silkscreen printing, mixed media 1995 - present
Decordova Museum School. Course work. Watercolor, drawing, mixed media . 1998 - present

PROFESSIONAL ART EXPERIENCE:

SELECTED EXHIBITION ARTISTS TALK, La Galeria at Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, Boston, October 2009
CITIZENS SCHOOLS APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM, "Art and Creative Thinking", Robinson Middle School, Lowell, MA, 2007. Instructor
CITIZENS SCHOOLS, Lowell, MA, 2007. Instructor at Millie’s Place to children living in shelters.
THE BRUSH AND THE SWORD, haikido sword and big brush painting retreat with Barbara Bash and Bob Wing, Skylake Retreat Center, Rosendale, NY. 2005
ABRUZZI MOUNTAIN WORKSHOP, Anversa degli Abruzzo, Italy. 2005. Painting Intensive.
VERMONT STUDIO CENTER, Johnson, VT, 2003. Painting fellowship.
PAINT YOUR ESSENCE™", 4 week series taught continuously at Tree of Life, Somerville, MA, and Ballet, Etc., Brookline, MA , 1999-2002. Instructor.
EARTHDANCE, Cummington, MA, 1999. Artists’s retreat.
"PAINT YOUR DANCE, DANCE YOUR CANVAS", workshop, Jamaica Plain, MA, 1999. Instructor.
"IMPROVISATIONAL PAINTING", class taught at SPRING HOUSE, an independent living and assisted living residence in Jamaica Plain, MA, 1999. Instructor.
MEDICINE WHEEL, Gardiner, MA, 1998. Artists’s retreat
"PAINT YOUR DANCE™", class taught at CABOT PARK VILLAGE, an independent living residence, Newton, MA, 1998 Instructor.
THE ELDER INITIATIVE, Boston, MA, 1998 Training with Peter DiMuro , sponsored by Massachusetts Cultural Council and MA Extended Care Federation for artists and elder care providers.
DANCE NEW ENGLAND, Poland Spring, ME, 1997. Instructor, "Paint Your Dance(tm)".
EXPRESSION: JEWISH WOMEN’s CREATIVITY AND SPIRITUALITY CONFERENCE, Newton, MA, 1997 Instructor, "Let the Wings of the Shechinah Enfold You: A Collaborative Tapestry".
WOMEN’S CAUCUS FOR ART, Boston, MA, 1995 - present Assistant Treasurer. member 1995- 2000.
CAMBRIDGE ART ASSOCIATON. Member 1995- present.
CONCORD ART ASSOCIATION. Member 2004-present
JEWISH WOMEN ARTISTS’ NETWORK, National Sub-caucus of Women’s Caucus for Art. Coordinator, "Jewish Women Uncensored", Cragin Fife Gallery, Brookline, MA, 1996
VEHICULE ART, Montreal, Canada. Assistant Director and Instructor, 1974-76
- Key member in conceptual art gallery.
- Conceived, marketed and facilitated art/perception/communication workshops at French and English high schools and CEGEP’s (junior colleges).
LES ARTISANS DU NORD, Shawbridge, Quebec Director and Instructor, 1971-74
- Conceived and directed government funded community art center of 17 artists.
- Taught silk-screening on fabric and pursued my own work with fiber and textile printing.

EXPLORATIONS IN THE FOLLOWING MEDIA:

Watercolor, ink drawings, acrylic and assemblage: 1988 - present
Printmaking: 2006 - present
Painting on silk: 1983 - 88
Silk-screening on cotton and rayon, painting on cotton, rayon and silk, batik, tie-dye, macramé, appliqué. Designed clothing and furniture from my own printed and hand painted fabrics. Created large tapestries. 1970-77
Photography: 1965-present.