Education

Southern Connecticut State University, Hamden, CT
Sixth Year Diploma, School Administration

Southern Connecticut State University, Hamden, CT
M.S., Early Childhood Special Education and Elementary Education

Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT
M.S., Art Education

Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin
B.A., Studio Art

Graduate School, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
course work: MFA Fiber Arts Program

Exhibitions

2019 In Depth, two person show, Keyes Gallery, Stoney Creek, CT.
2018 “They Came by Water” installation, Marine Sciences Building, UConn, Groton, CT.
2018 Decimate-Activate, two person show, Hygienic Galleries, New London, CT.
2017 Beyond the Horizon, two person show, Main Street Gallery, Chester, CT.
2017 “They Came by Water” installation, Marquee Gallery, New London, CT.
2017 Mixing It Up, two person show, The Gallery at Avon Free Public Library, Avon, CT.
2017 Sacred Moments, two person show, Marie Louise Trichet Art Gallery, Litchfield, CT.
2015 Abstract Imaginings, two person show, Stone Gallery, Maple & Main Fine Art, Chester, CT.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2019 Crosscurrents: A Connecticut Sea Grant Art Exhibition, Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art, Groton, CT.
2018 Member Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA.
In the Elements, Chester Gallery, Chester, CT.
GalleryOne and Friends, Mill Gallery, Guilford Art Center, CT.
Mix Master, Mattatuck Museum of Art, Waterbury, CT.
Memory, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT.
2017 Revive, Rest, Respond, Marquee Gallery, New London, CT.
Queef: A Novel, Hygienic Art Galleries, New London, CT.
GalleryOne and Friends, Mill Gallery, Guilford Art Center, CT
The Nor’Easter, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT.
Local Vision II, Valentine H. Zahn Gallery, Westbrook, CT.
Unintended Conversations, River Street Gallery, New Haven, CT.
Summer Sculpture Showcase, Studio 80 and Sculpture Grounds, Old Lyme, CT.
2016 Visual Consensus, Valentine H. Zahn Gallery, Westbrook, CT.
The Artists of GalleryOne, Elle Design Studio, Chester, CT.
Transformation, The Mary C. Dally, RSM Gallery, Mercy by the Sea, Madison, CT.
SPARK, Hygienic Art Galleries, New London, CT.
GalleryOne and Friends, Mill Gallery, Guilford Art Center, CT.
Text Messages, Spectrum Gallery, Centerbrook, CT.
The Nor’Easter, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT.
2015 All Paintings Great and Small, Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, CT.
Local Color, Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, CT.
The Artists of GalleryOne, Leibig Gallery, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT.
Summer Sculpture Showcase, Studio 80 and Sculpture Grounds, Old Lyme, CT.
Reality and Metaphor II, Valentine H. Zahn Gallery, Westbrook, CT.
Order and Chaos, Golden Thread Gallery, West Hartford, CT.
A Show of Hands, Spectrum Gallery, Centerbrook, CT.
The Artists of GalleryOne, La Grua Cultural Center, Stonington, CT.
2014 All Paintings Great and Small, Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, CT.
Out of the Box, Spectrum Gallery, Centerbrook, CT.
All Natural, Spectrum Gallery, Centerbrook, CT.
GalleryOne and Friends, Mill Gallery, Guilford Art Center, CT.
Attention Closely Paid, Provenance Center, New London, CT.
2013 All Paintings Great and Small, Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, CT.
Ceramics Invitational, Art Essex Gallery, Essex, CT.
Dialogue: Representation & Abstraction, Mill Gallery, Guilford Art Center, CT.
2012 All Paintings Great and Small, Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, CT.
Finnegan’s Farm, Then and Now, Sill House Gallery, Old Lyme, CT.
2011 Passages, GalleryOne, Old Saybrook, CT.
EARTH, GalleryOne, Old Saybrook, CT.

Awards

2017 Connecticut Sea Grant recipient: for a sculpture installation, “They Came by Water”, awarded by University of Connecticut.
2016 Local Vision, Valentine H. Zahn Gallery, Westbrook, CT. Juror’s Choice Award.
2016 72nd Connecticut Artists Exhibition, The Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT. Second Place Prize.
2015 114th Annual Juried Exhibition of the New Haven Paint and Clay Club, John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT. The Whitney Center Prize.

Bibliography

Wilson, Kate H., author, The Golden Thread Project, originally published, 2018.
The Day, “Sculptural Installation by New London Artists Wins Award”, June 18, 2017.
The Whole Megillah, “Art of Main Street”, Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek, November, 2017.
Episcopal Journal, “Connecticut artists evoke nature, spirituality”, Pamela A. Lewis, Vol.7, No.3, March, 2017.
Guitar, Mary, editor, Poetry and Art along the Connecticut River, Perennial Designs, Lyme, CT, 2016.

Interviews

They Came by Water: interview (Click title to view), A Marquee Gallery production, July, 2017.
Sacred Moments: interview (Click title to view), Wisdom House Retreat and Conference Center, January, 2017.
Ashby Carlisle: an interview (Click title to view), ARTCHETYPES production, August, 2014.

Related Experience

Marquee Gallery, 74 State Street, New London, CT – gallery artist 2016 to present.
GalleryOne, Old Saybrook, CT, Treasurer and Co-Exhibitions Curator, 2008-2018.
Artists for World Peace, Board of Directors, Treasurer, 2009-2011.
Spark Makerspace, New London, CT, Board of Directors, 2018-19.
Simsbury Board of Education, Simsbury, CT, Secondary Art Educator 1969-1978.
Connecticut Professional Teacher Certification: preK-12 Art.