Summary of Visual Arts & Photography Experience
Offices, Advisory Boards, Committees
2019 – present Co-President, Newton Art Association
2018 – 2019 Vice President, Newton Art Association
2017 –2019 New Art Center, Board of Governors
2016 – 2019 President, Newton Camera Club
2017 Newton Festival of the Arts, Steering Committee
Visual Arts Education
New Art Center, Newton, MA (2014-2020)
2020 Mixed media/Collage, Joan Asquith Shrier
2014 – 2020 Neo-Postmodernism , John Murray
2016, 2020 Monotype Printing, Lynda Goldberg
2019 Abstract Painting, Santiago Hernandez
2018 Assemblage, Carol Blackwell
2017 Watercolor, Michael Milburn
2016 Ceramics, Julie Fox
2016 Drawing Exploration, Chuck Holtzman
2015 Drawing, Katherine Miller
2014 – 2015 Acrylic Painting, Michael Wilson
2014 Mindful Art, Susan Dahl
Newton Art Association, Newton, MA
2014 – 2020 Critiques, Art Demonstrations, Workshops
Provincetown Art Association & Museum [PAAM] Workshops, Provincetown, MA
2019 Plein Air Painting, Valerie Issacs
2015 Abstract Painting, Joerg Dressler
2013 Acrylic Painting, Jim Peters and Kathryn Carr
Provincetown Cape Cod School of Art, Provincetown, MA
2014 Plein Air Painting, Hilda Neily
Museum Fine Arts, Boston:
2014 Acrylic Painting, William Commerford
Exhibits (Juried Exhibits noted)
Provincetown Art Association & Museum (PAAM) Exhibits
2020 Members Exhibit: Imerge Before Emerge, acrylic and ink on canvas
2019 Members 12 x 12 Exhibit: Moroccan Alley, acrylic on canvas
2018 – 2019 Members Small Works: Provincetown, acrylic on canvas
2018 Members Exhibit: Escape, acrylic on canvas
Members Exhibit: Joie de Motherwell
2017 Members Small Works, Venetian Clothesline, acrylic on canvas
Members’ Juried, Primavera, acrylic on canvas
Members 12” x 12” Exhibit, Marks of Spring, acrylic on canvas (sold)
Members Exhibit, Still Life, Solitude, & Sunset, acrylic on canvas
2016 Members 12” x 12” Exhibit, Squall Over Provincetown Bay, digital painting
2015 Members Exhibit, Loose Ends, acrylic on canvas (sold)
Members 12” x 12” Exhibit, Bay View Provincetown, acrylic on canvas (sold)
2014 Members 12” x 12” Exhibit, Java Journals, acrylic on canvas (sold)
Members Juried, Repercussions - Centennial Celebration, acrylic on canvas
Newton Art Association (NAA) Exhibits
2020 Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA (juried):
Orange and Green Emersion, acrylic on canvas
Massachusetts State House, Office of Senator Cynthia Creem, Boston
Primavera, acrylic on canvas
Contemplation, acrylic canvas
Golden Energy, acrylic on canvas
2019 – 2020 Keyes Pharmacy, Newton, MA:
The Wonder of Water (six photographs)
2019 – 2020 New TV, Winter: A Small Works Show, Newton, MA
Jordan Pond, Acadia National Park, photography, Honorable Mention
Fresh Frozen, photography
2019 Mother Brook Arts and Community Center, Dedham, MA (Juried)
Everything’s in Transition, acrylic on canvas
Transitions in Yellow with Black Punctuation, acrylic on canvas
Released, acrylic pour art on canvas
2019 NAA Annual Awards Show, Newton Free Library, Newton, MA
The Creative Process
2019 Morse Institute Library Show, Natick, MA
Contemplation, acrylic on canvas, Second Place
2018 – 2019 Keyes Pharmacy Exhibit, Newton, MA
Eleven works of paintings and assemblages
2018 NAA Annual Awards Show, Newton Free Library, Newton, MA
Temple of the Faithful for Deconstructing Angst
2018 The Mosesian Center for the Arts, Juried Exhibit
Tea for Klee, mixed media (tea bags and acrylic on burlap and canvas)
Favorite Pier, acrylic on canvas
Women’s Restroom Line at MFA, acrylic on canvas (sold)
2017 – 2018 James K. Bonnar Show, Wedeman Gallery, Lasell University, Newton, MA
Unseen Windows of Opportunity
2016 Newton Free Library 67th Annual Awards Show
Suspended Reality
2017 Mother Brook Art Center, Juried Exhibit:
Meditation in Yellow & Red, acrylic on canvas, Honorable Mention
Monday Morning, acrylic on canvas
Newton Free Library 68th Annual Awards Show
Still Life, Solitude, and Sunset, acrylic on canvas, First Place (sold)
James K. Bonnar Exhibit, New Art Center, Newton, MA
Jazz
2016 Newton Free Library 67th Annual Awards Show
Suspended Reality
Betty Myers Gallery, Unitarian Universalist Church, Newton, MA
Fruitful Reading
2015 Avery Crossings, Needham, MA
Solo Exhibit, 30 works: digital and acrylic paintings and photography
Scandinavian Cultural Center
Snow, acrylic on canvas
Common Milkweed Seeds, photography
Betty Myers Gallery
Four Seasons, acrylic on canvas
James K. Bonnar Exhibit
Birthday Celebration, acrylic on canvas
2014 NAA New Members’ Exhibit, Avery Crossings, Needham, MA
Abundant Bounty, photography
New Art Center Creative Process: The Andrew & Jean Dibner
Annual Student & Faculty Exhibition
2018 The Great Divide, Diptych, Acrylic on Canvas
2017 Primavera, acrylic on canvas
Primordial Soup, acrylic on canvas
2016 Surround Sound of Silence, acrylic on canvas
I am Art, mixed media
2015 Wabi Sabi in Gold & Red, acrylic on canvas and mixed media
Photography Education
2015 - 2019 BlueHour Photo Ventures, Paul Nguyen (selected educational workshops).
Oregon Photography Tour
Caped Cod Mud Flats and Seals Workshop
Maine Whale Watch and Nubbles Lighthouse Workshop
Horse Shoe Crab Spawning, Delaware Bay
Flash Photography
Post processing
Black and White Photography
2014 – 2019 Acadia Adventures Workshops, Mt. Desert, ME, Vincent Lawrence
2013 – 2019 Newton Camera Club, Educational Presentations and Critiques
2013 – 2018 New England Camera Club Council Conference, Amherst, MA
2017 Panorama Photography, Vincent Lawrence
2015 Night Photography, EP Levine, Waltham, MA
2015 Macro Photography, Roman Kurywczak
2014 Photographing People, Harvey Stein
2014 People/Urban photography, E.M Suarez
2013 Lighting workshop, EP Levine, Waltham, MA
2013 Museum of Fine Arts Workshops: Night, Urban, and Nature photography
Photography Exhibits (Juried exhibits noted)
2019 Newton City Hall
Mini-Baguettes
Newton Free Library
Ringed Neck Parakeet
2018 West Newton Cinema, Newton, MA Juried
Sunrise on Bryce Canyon, Utah (sold)
Virgin River Sunset, Zion National Park, Utah
Newton City Hall, Newton, MA
Sunrise on the Rocks, Acadia National Park
Wet Embrace, Acadia National Park
Newton Free Library, Newton, MA
Deep Freeze
2017 West Newton Cinema, Juried
Haystack, Cannon Beach
Japanese Garden
Jordan Pond Morning Mist
Newton City Hall, Newton, MA
Green Heron
Hunter’s Beach
Jordan Pond
Newton Free Library, Newton, MA
Red Tail Hawk
2016 Newton Free Library, Newton, MA
Storm & Sunset at Wood End Lighthouse, Provincetown, MA
West Newton Cinema, Juried
Praça Ribeira, Porto (sold)
Impatiens
First Hair Cut
2015 West Newton Cinema, Newton, MA Juried
Perspective
Sensual Beauty
2015 Newton Free Library, Newton, MA
Hurdy Gurdy Man (sold)
Hurdy Gurdy
2014 Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
Ageless Smile
Boston Pedicab
Grasshopper Guitarist
Mr. Cool, Boston, North End
2014 West Newton Cinema Exhibit, Juried
Milky Way with boulder [light painting]– Acadia National Park
Milky Way with Pines [light painting]– Acadia National Park
2014 Newton Free Library, Newton, MA
Calla Lily
2013 West Newton Cinema Exhibit, Newton, MA, Juried
Butterfly, Drumlin Farm
Grasshopper on Sunflower
Photography Competitions and Awards
Tri-Club Photography Competition (Newton, Boston, South Shore Camera Clubs)
2015 (Advance category) Decay, Zombie Truck, Third place
2015 (Advance category) Light painting/Night Photography, First place
2014 (Regular category) Still Life, Third place
Newton Camera Club
Award for 2014-2015 Season (Advanced category), Third place
Award for 2013-2014 Season (Regular category), Second place