EDUCATION

BFA School of the Museum of Fine Arts Tufts

Art Ed. Certification, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, Vermont

EXHIBITIONS

2024

  • Imago Foundation for the Art “Dare to Create” an Exhibition of work by RI Art Educators

  • Rose Island Foundation Artist in Residence on Rose Island in Narragansett Bay September 16th - 22nd, 2024, On Site Exhibition September 22

  • Awarded the 2024 ARTIST AWARD from the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Newport County in support of my Aquidneck Land Trust Series

  • TFG Green Airport “Green Space Gallery”, a Collaboration between RISCA and the Airport Corporation, Seven Mural Paintings installed

  • “ At the Reservoir” mural painting installed in the Dorothy Hamilton and Family Save the Bay Aquarium, Newport

  • South Coast Art Association Members’ Show

  • Imago Foundation for the Arts “ Borders, Boundaries and Beyond”, Juried show

  • Warwick Center for the Arts “ Talkin’ Trash”, Juried

  • Portsmouth Arts Guild “ All Things Edible”

  • Wickford Art Association “Color and Light”, Juried

  • South County Art Association “Paint , Print and Drawing Annual”, Juried

  • Wickford Art Association “ In Between the Lines”, Annual Paint, Print and Drawing, Juried

  • Rhode Island Natural History Invitational Exhibit “ Artists on Expeditions”, East Farm, URI Campus, Kingston

  • Portsmouth Arts Guild Members’ Show

  • Deblois Gallery, Coordinator, “ Aspirations”, Annual Aquidneck Island High School Art Show and Works on Paper from the Anthony Quinn Foundation

2023

  • South County Art Association, “Resilience”, a Juried Show, “Buffalo Map, inspired by “GHOSTS” a poem by Mary Oliver” awarded Second Place

  • Bristol Art Museum “A Small Point of Land”, Juried Show, Honorable Mention for “Topo Map Self Portrait”

  • Bristol Art Museum at Rogers Free Library, Juried Show, “ Odessey”

  • DEJ Gallery at the Pennfield School “ Earth from Space”

  • Warwick Center for the Arts Rhode Island Art Educator’s Exhibit

  • Wickford Art Association “Putting it all on Paper”, Juried Show

  • Annex Windows on Broadway, Newport

  • Deblois Gallery Annual Members’ Show

  • South County Art Association Members’ show

  • “Brenton Point” Mural Painting installed at Newport YMCA

  • Art League Rhode Island “ Art Speaks”, Juried Show

  • Art League Rhode Island Members Show

  • SouthCoast Artists Inc., Members Invitational at Sprout Co-Working Gallery, Pawtucket

  • Portsmouth Art Guild “ Imagined Spaces”, “Buffalo Map” awarded 2nd Place by Juror, Michael Rose

  • “Pawtucket Skyline: Slater Mill” mural painting installed in the Blackstone Valley Visitors Center

  • Bristol Art Museum at Rogers Free Library, Juried Show, “Odyssey”, part of Bristol Bookfest 2023

  • Wickford Art Association “ Earthly Elements”, Juried Show, “Buffalo Map, inspired by “Ghosts” a poem by Mary Oliver” awarded 2nd Place,

  • read an excellent Review in The Independent by Stephanie Bernaba

  • Portmouth Arts Guild 2023 Members Showcase

  • Bristol Art Museum at Rogers Free Library, “ Black and White”, Juried Show

  • Deblois Gallery HOME an Exhibition of work by 11 Artists for Earth Day 2023

  • Coordinator, Aquidneck Island High School Art Show with Sculptures from the Anthony Quinn Foundation

2022

  • Pawtucket Foundation, “Windows on Pawtucket” , a Juried exhibition coordinated by the Pawtucket Foundation and Arts League RI

  • “ Pawtucket Skyline: Slater Mill” awarded Second Place in ‘Windows on Pawtucket”

  • Art League of Rhode Island, Arts Festival Exhibition

  • Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, “TEXT”, a Juried Show

  • “Sense of Place” Exhibit at Coggleshell Farm, Bristol, RI

  • Art Outside at Deblois Gallery “Lighthouses and Bridges’

  • “Terra Forms” at Deblois Gallery, for Aquidneck Island Earth Week

  • Deblois Gallery’s 29th Annual Member’s Show

  • Coordinator, Aquidneck Island High School Art Show at Deblois Gallery

2021

  • Wickford Art Association Annual Art and Poetry Exhibition “COLOR”, a Juried Show

  • Commissioned illustrations for “ The Teacher Toolbox for a Calm and Connected Classroom” by Joanna Schwartz

  • Deblois Gallery Mural Project receives Artist Award from Arts and Cultural Alliance of Newport County

  • “Found at the Reservoir” Mural paintings donated to Save the Bay Aquarium and Education Center, Newport

  • “Brenton Point” Mural painting from the “HOPE” mural donated to Clean Ocean Access

  • “Artists for the Ocean” at Clean Ocean Access

  • Deblois Gallery Members Show

  • Deblois Gallery exhibition “The Print Show”

  • Spring Bull Gallery Juried Show “ Spring Fever”

  • Wickford Art Association Juried Show “ Push, Pull, Print”

  • Coordinator, Aquidneck island High School Art Show at Deblois Gallery

2020

  • “Naturally Abstract” at Deblois Gallery

  • Deblois Gallery Members Show

  • Spring Bull Gallery Juried Shows “ Favorite Views and Places” and “Everything Summer”

  • Wickford Art Association Juried Show, Poetry and Art, “TRANSITIONS”

  • Wickford Art Association Juried Show ,“Art of the Ocean State”

  • Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, Vt., Online Juried Show “Pigment and Paper”

  • North Dakota Museum of Art Online Gallery, “Art in Isolation”

  • Bromfield Gallery, Boston, Juried Show, “Sizzle”

  • “Artists for the Bay” at Save the Bay

  • Rhode Island Natural History Survey Annual Exhibition at URI

  • Coordinator, Aquidneck Island High School Art Show at Deblois Gallery

  • Tile Installations and Tape Art Murals at the Martin Luther King Community Center, Newport

2019

  • Rhode Island Natural History Survey Annual Exhibition at URI

  • Artists for the Bay at Save the Bay

  • Bromfield Gallery, Boston, “Wet” Juried Show of New England Artists

  • Deblois Gallery “ Signs of Life”

  • Deblois Gallery Members’ Show

  • Murals at Save the Bay Aquarium and Education Center, Newport

  • Coordinator, Aquidneck Island High School Art Show at Deblois Gallery

2018

  • Deblois Gallery “ Water and Wood”

  • Deblois Gallery Members Show

  • RIAEA Exhibit, Salve Regina University, Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery

  • Newport Art Museum Annual Members’ Juried Show

2017

  • Accepted onto RISCA Teaching Artist Roster

  • Pennfield School, Theater Tech. Coordinator for “ Lion King” Disney Musical

  • Newport Art Museum Annual Members Juried Show

  • Deblois Gallery Members Show

  • Deblois Gallery “Visions”

2016

  • Hunter Gallery, St. George’s School, Solo Show, “ Anthropocene”

  • Pennfield School, Theater Tech. Coordinator for student production of “ Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”

  • Deblois Gallery “ Water and Wood”

  • Newport Art Museum Annual Members’ Juried Show

2015

  • Portsmouth Arts Guild Group Show

  • Hera Gallery, Associate Member Show, “Summer Work”

    Deblois Gallery” June Show”

2014

  • Hera Gallery “ Summer Work”

  • Spring Bull Gallery Juried Show “Nocturne”

  • Newport Children’s Theater 12’x30’ backdrop for “Oliver!”

  • Tape Art Mural “Where I Live”, a traveling Installation made by students at the Martin Luther King jr. Community Center and supported by the Newport Art Museum, Bank Newport and Martin King Jr. Community Center

2013

Hera Gallery, “Paint”, a National Juried Show

Hera Gallery “Small Works”, a National Juried Show

Newport Art Museum, Members Juried Show

Spring Bull Gallery, “Little Picture Show”

2010 Whitewater Gallery, East Hardwick, Vermont “Earth and Sky”

2008 Teacher Kits, Aquidneck History, Kit #1: “Native American and European Settlements”, by Mandy Howe and Mattie Edwards Kemp, Available at Salve Regina University’s McKillop Library, Newport

2006 Hunter Gallery, St. Georges School: “William H. Drury Retrospective”, Curator

2004 Deblois Gallery “ Constructions”

Hunter Gallery, St. Georges School, “Recent Work”

Exhibitions in Vermont include the Fleming Museum in Burlington, Johnson Center for the Arts in Johnson, Catamount Arts St. Johnsbury, the Hardwick Town House, Stowe Center for the Arts and “Living the Landscape” in The Garage, Montpelier, Vermont

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2024-2025 Pennfield School RISCA Teaching Artist Grant for Art Activities in D.E.J. Classes grades 5-8

2024

IYRS Sailor Valentine’s Workshop

LInoleum Block Printing Workshop

Portsmouth Arts Guild Linoleum Block Printing Workshop for Adults

2023

South County Art Association “Discovering Acrylics”(Adults)

IYRS ( International Yacht Restoration School and Technical Trades) Sailor Valentines and Linoleum Block Printing Workshops for Adults

Portsmouth Public Library Linoleum Block Print workshops for Teens and Adults

Portsmouth Arts Guild “ EcoArt Vacation Camp” for Aquidneck Island Earth Week

2022

Newport Art Museum WET PAINT CAMP ages 9-12

2020

Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center, Art Programs for Adults and Out of School Elementary School students

Newport Art Museum Coleman Center, Classes for HomeSchoolers

Newport Restoration Foundation at Prescott Farm “Printing from Nature” onsite video

2019

RISCA Project Grant for Education:

“Where I Live” Martin Luther King jr. Community Center: Tile Installations & Tape Art Murals, Art Program for Lighthouse Pre-School, After School Art and Community Art

Newport Art Museum Coleman Center

Classes for Homeschool Groups, Adult Beginning Painting, Wet Paint Camp

Deblois Gallery Artist Workshops

2018

RISCA Project Grant for Education: “ Art Around the World”, classes for children and adults, Martin Luther King jr. Community Center

Newport Art Museum Coleman Center, Wet Paint Camp ages 9-12, Adult Beginning Painting, classes for Homeschool Groups

2017

RISCA Project Grant for Education: “Creative Collaborations”Lighthouse Pre-School, After School Time and Community Art @ Martin Luther King jr. Community Center

Newport Art Museum: Portfolio Class for Homeschoolers,Adult Beginning Painting, Wet Paint Camp for Kids

1994-2016

The Pennfield School, Portsmouth, RI

Art Teacher Grades 6-8: Designed Curriculum to include Foundation Skills, Multi Cultural Arts and Creative Problem solving

Theater Tech. Coordinator and Set Painter for student productions: “ELF”, “The Lion King”, “ Little Mermaid”, “Alice in Wonderland” , “Cinderella”, “Peter Pan”, and “Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory”

Sets and Paintings for Annual Lower School Plays and Focus Units

Director, SummerArts Camp

Bradley Hospital Schools Art Program : Holiday Cards and Weekly Workshops

Newport Art Museum Coleman Center: Children’s Classes and Camps, Adult Beginner Painting Classes

Outreach: Newport Boys and Girls Club, Thompson Middle School, Pell School, Martin Luther King jr. Community Center,

2008-2010

St. Andrew’s School: Barrington, RI Director, Summer Art Program

2008 A.C.E. Teacher Kits: Social History of Aquidneck History, Kit #1: “Native American and European Settlements”, by Mandy Howe and Mattie Edwards Kemp

Available at Salve Regina University’s McKillop Library, Newport

2007

CitiArts, Providence, RI Visiting Artist at Highlander Charter School

New Urban Arts Visiting Artist “ Art of the Archives”

1997-99

Salve Regina University, Newport, RI

Instructor, EDC 316 “Teaching the Fine Arts”

Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI : Instructor, EDU 519 “ Integrating the Fine Arts”

1991-1993

Lakeview Union Elementary School, Greensboro, VT.

Riverside Day School, Lyndonville, Vt.

G.R.A.C.E. (Grass Roots Art and Community Efforts) Hardwick,Vt., Workshops for Community artists

Vermont State Council on the Arts, Artist in Residence, one-room schoolhouses, Northeast Kingdom, Vermont