Curriculum
Vitae:
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SELECTED
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS: |
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2008-2010 |
Fabricating Time: Paintings and Collected Textiles; University of
New England Gallery, Portland, Maine; |
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Atrium
Art Gallery, University of Southern Maine, Lewiston, Maine |
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University of New Hampshire Museum of Art, Durham, New Hampshire |
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Art
Gallery, University of Maine, Presque Isle, Maine |
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2007 |
Piece
Work, George Marshall Store Gallery, York, Maine |
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2003 |
Aucocisco Gallery, Portland, Maine |
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2002 |
Trustman
Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts |
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2001 |
Aucocisco Gallery, Portland, Maine |
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Jewett
Hall Gallery, University of Maine, Augusta |
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1998 |
Watson
Gallery, Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts |
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1997 |
June
Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, Maine |
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1988-1997 |
Judith
Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, Maine |
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1995 |
Perspectives: A Sense of Place, Portland Museum of Art, Portland,
Maine |
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Sunnen
Gallery, New York, New York |
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Between
the Muse Gallery, Rockland, Maine |
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The
Torso Series, UMF Art Gallery, University of Maine at Farmington,
Farmington, Maine |
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1977-1991 |
Barridoff Galleries, Portland, Maine |
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1989
& 1992 |
Gallery
on the Green, Lexington, Massachusetts |
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1987 |
Nesto
Gallery, Milton Academy, Milton, Massachusetts |
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1974 |
Maine
Coast Artists Gallery, Rockport, Maine |
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SELECTED
GROUP EXHIBITIONS: |
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2009 |
10X10
Twentieth Anniversary Show |
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Across
the Border: Maine/New Brunswick |
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Peter
Buckland Gallery, St. John, New Brunswick |
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Visiting
Artists: Art of New England, New Haven, CT |
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2006-08 |
The
Portland Show, Greenhut Galleries, Portland, Maine |
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2006 |
The
Maine Print Project, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport,
Maine |
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Impressions of Nature, L.C. Bates Museum, at Goodwill Hinckley
Homes, Maine |
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Contemporary Maine Monotypes, Chocolate Church Arts Center, Bath,
Maine |
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2005 |
Transcribing Time, Maine Center for Contemporary Art, Rockport,
Maine |
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The Art
of the Print, George Marshall Store Gallery, York, Maine |
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Tenth
Anniversary Exhibition, George Marshall Store Gallery, York Maine |
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2004 |
New
Work, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, Massachusetts |
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National
Circle of Excellence Exhibit, River Tree Center for the Arts,
Kennebunk, Maine |
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Haystack
School of Crafts Faculty, Blue Heron Gallery, Deer isle, Maine |
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2003 |
Peregrine Press Printmakers, Aucocisco Gallery, Portland, Maine |
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New
Acquisitions, Portland Museum of Art, Portland Maine |
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Prints
from the Collection of Bruce Brown, Colby College of Art,
Waterville, Maine |
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North
American Printmaking Biennial, Boston, Massachusetts
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Art in
Embassies Program, United States Embassy, Sarajevo, Herzogovinia,
United States |
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2002 |
Maine
Women’s Studies Exhibition, Colby College, Waterville, Maine |
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2001 |
Art In
Embassies Program Exhibition, Santiago, Chile |
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2000 |
Unbridled Eclecticism: Works from the Collection of Woody Dana,
University of New England Art Gallery, Westbrook College Campus,
Portland, Maine |
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The
Torso Series, Art as Medicine/Medicine as Art, New England College
of 1999 Osteopathic Medicine, Biddeford, Maine |
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Four
Maine Artists, G. Marshall Store Gallery, York, Maine |
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Inner
Landscape, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, Massachusetts |
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New
Acquisitions, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine |
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1998 |
Portland
Museum of Art Biennial, Portland, Maine |
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Seasons
of Change: Maine Women Artists and Nature, Payson Gallery, Portland,
Maine |
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Between
the Muse Gallery, Rockland, Maine |
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Milton
Creates - Milton Collects, (curated by J. Carter Brown, Director
Emeritus, National Gallery of Art, Milton academy, Milton
Massachusetts |
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10th
Anniversary Exhibit, Round Top Center for Fine Arts, Damariscotta,
Maine |
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1997 |
Salon
Show, curated by Rose Marie Frick, Robert Clements Gallery,
Portland, Maine |
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Percent
for Art: Maine's Public Art Legacy, Blaine House, Augusta, Maine |
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1996 |
Torn
Asunder: Collage in 20th Century Art, Portland Museum of Art,
Portland, Maine |
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Haystack
School of Crafts Faculty, Blue Heron Gallery, Deer Isle, Maine |
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1995 |
Perspectives: A Sense of Place, Portland Museum of Art, Portland,
Maine |
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Mainescapes: Women Artists 1900-1995, Ogunquit Museum of Art,
Ogunquit, Maine |
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Monomania, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, Massachusetts |
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1994 |
Landscape Passages: 3 Painterly, Personal Explorations of Landscape,
Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire |
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Self
Portraits, Icon Gallery, Brunswick, Maine |
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1993 |
Inaugural Exhibit, The Painting Center, New York, New York |
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1992–1993 |
On the
Edge: 40 Years of Maine Painting, Curated by Theodore Wolff, Maine
Coast Artist,
Rockport, Maine; Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine |
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1992 |
Lighting
the Landscape: Artists' Use of Light, Portland Museum of Art
Outreach Exhibition, Ellsworth, Maine |
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Kaleidoscope: Southern Maine Contemporary Artists, York Institute
Museum, Saco, Maine |
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1988 |
Images
of Maine: The Maine Savings Bank Collection, Portland Museum of Art,
Portland, Maine; Brockton Art Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts |
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All-Maine Biennial Exhibition: Works on Paper, Art Gallery,
University of Southern Maine, Gorham, Maine |
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1987 |
Paperworks: Work from the Permanent Collection, Portland Museum of
Art, Portland, Maine |
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A
Gallery Invitational, Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, Maine |
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1984 |
Works on
Paper, Gallery on the Green, Lexington, Massachusetts |
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1981 |
Maine
Women Artists, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, Maine |
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1980 |
Contemporary New England Drawings, Boston Athenaeum Gallery, Boston
Athenaeum, Boston, Massachusetts |
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1979 |
Maine
Biennial, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine |
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PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA: |
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ARTSCOPE,
November/December 2009, ‘Fabricating Time’: Alice Spencer, Rick
Agram |
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Portland
Sunday Telegram, May 10, 2009, MECA Honors Two Creative Spirits of
the Real World |
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Portland
Sunday Telegram, December 14, 2008, In the Arts (column), Phillip
Isaacson |
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‘Yankee
Magazine (website), December 2008,” Painting Patterns in Portland’:
Alice Spencer’s Fabricating Time’, Edgar Allen Beem |
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Maine
Sunday Telegram, November 9, 2008, ‘From The Fabric of Life’, Bob
Keyes |
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Maine
Sunday Telegram, November 16, 2008, Philip Isaacson |
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ARTSCOPE,
November/December 2008; ‘Beyond the Borders: Works by Dozier Bell,
Lauren Fensterstock and Alice Spencer’, Elena Sarni |
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Maine
Public Broadcasting, Maine Museum Trail: Portland Museum of Art,
August, 2004 |
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The
Portland Phoenix, ’Pigeon’s Progress’, Chris Thompson, June 20,2003
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Art In
Embassies Program, ‘Maine Rest, Art in Embassies Program Exhibition,
Bosnia-Herzegovina’, Washington D.C., September, 2002
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The
Times Record, May 17, 2001, ‘Art Than Can Be Read Like Archeology,’
Shannon Murphy, Brunswick, Maine |
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Maine
Sunday Telegram, August 26, 2001 ‘Hand Pulled Prints, Philip
Isaacson |
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Time
Warner Cable and The Muskie School, “Maine Matters,” 2000; Panel for
Women’s History Month, hosted by Libby Mitchell |
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Museum
of Fine Arts, 1999, Maine Light: Art in the American Embassy
(Santiago, Chile); catalog, Margaret Burchenal, Curator of Paint,
Boston, Massachusetts |
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Maine
Times, November 19, 1998, ‘Metaphysics Made Manifest,’ Edgar Allen
Beem |
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WCSH
Television, “Behind the Scenes, Behind the Art” |
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Downeast
Magazine, November, 1998, ‘The Art Behind the Art,’ Edgar Allen Beem |
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Sun
Journal, November 20, 1998, ‘The Art Biennial,’ Pat Davidson Reef,
Lewiston, Maine |
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Art New
England, August/Sept. 1998, ‘Maine Coast Artists Peregrine Press,’
Shirley Jacks |
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Milton
Academy, May, 1998, ‘Milton Creates, Milton Collects,’ Milton
Massachusetts |
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Maine
Sunday Telegram, March 23, 1997, ‘Beneath One’s Layers,’ Ken
Greenleaf |
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Art New
England, August/September 1995, ‘A Sense of Place,’ Karen Kitchen |
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Maine
Sunday Telegram, June 1995, ‘State of the Art state-of-the-art
prints,’ Philip Isaacson |
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Maine
Sunday Telegram, April 30, 1995, ‘A Strong Sense of Place,’ Philip
Isaacson |
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Casco
Bay Weekly, April 12, 1995, ‘Making a Place for Themselves,’ Karen
Kitchen |
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Maine
Times, February 9, 1995, ‘At UMF, Personal Journey is a Matter of
Course, Haines Sprunt Tate |
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Maine
Times, January 13, 1994, ‘The Art of Getting the Inside Out,’ Pam
Chodash |
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Art New
England, August 1994, ‘Selected Prints from the Peregrine Press,
Barbara Sullivan |
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Old Port
Guide, April 1994, ‘Peregrine Press: Portland Artists’ Cooperative,’
Shirley Jacks |
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Downeast
Magazine, December 1993, ‘Local Color,’ Sarah Goodyear |
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Maine
Sunday Telegram, June 1992, ‘Artists Are All Women, But Color Key to
Show,’ Donna Gold |
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Casco
Bay Weekly, October 8, 1991, ‘Secret Places,’ Margot McWilliams |
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COMMISSIONS and RESIDENCIES: |
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2004 |
Artist-in Residence, Pouch Cove, New Foundland, Canada |
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1998 |
Artist-in-Residence, Pictured Rocks National Lake Shore, Munising,
Michigan |
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1993 |
Banner,
Maine Festival, Brunswick, Maine |
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1992 |
Illustrations, Portland Public Library, Annual Report, Portland,
Maine |
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1987 |
One
Percent for Art public art commission, Maine Arts Commission, Surry
Elementary School, Surry, Maine |
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GRANTS
and AWARDS: |
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2010 |
Teaching
Grant, United States Embassy, Tanzania |
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2009 |
Honoree,
ART HONORS Celebration of Leadership, Excellence an Entrepreneurship
in the Arts, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine |
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2008 |
Community Education Grant, Maine Arts Commission and Maine
Humanities Council |
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EDUCATION: |
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1966 |
San
Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California |
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1966 |
B.A.,
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York |
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LECTURES
and PANELS: |
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2009 |
Creative
Conversations: The History and Future of the Creative Economy in
Portland |
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2008-2009 |
Travels
and Textiles, University of New England Art Gallery, Portland, Maine |
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University of New Hampshire Museum of Art, Durham. New Hampshire
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Bold
Vision: Leadership in Changing Times: Public Art: Its History and
Portland’s Program”, Osher Life Long Learning Institute, University
of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine |
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2005 |
The
Future of Art in Portland, Maine Historical Society, Portland, Maine |
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2004 |
Maine
Neighborhoods: Building Strong Communities, public art panelist |
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2002 |
Art
Walk: Public Art in Portland, Channel 4, writer and host Public Art
and Placemaking in Portland and Other Cities, Greater Portland
Landmarks Lecture Series, Portland, Maine |
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2000 |
Revealing the Process and Power of Public Art, Panel Discussion,
Institute of Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine |
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TEACHING
AND COMMUNITY SERVICE: |
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2010 |
Printmaking Workshop, Planning and Instruction, Women Networking
Group, Zanzibar, Tanzania |
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1998 –
2008 |
Chairperson, City of Portland Public Art Committee, Portland, Maine |
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1996 –
2008 |
Trustee,
Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine Executive Committee
Chair, Academic Affairs Committee |
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2005 -
Present |
Advisory
Board, Center for Creativity, Portland, Maine |
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Juror,
Art All Around Public Art Project |
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1999 -
2005 |
Council
of Advisors, University of New England Art Gallery, Westbrook, Maine |
|
1999 |
Juror,
Maine Arts Commission Artist Registry and Artist Roster |
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1997 |
Curator,
Images in Multiple: Six Maine Women Printmakers, State House
Gallery, Augusta, Maine |
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1996-2005 |
Printmaking Instructor, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer
Isle, Maine |
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1994 -
2003 |
Printmaking Instructor, Maine College of Art Continuing Education
Program, Portland, Maine |
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1991 –
1994 |
Co-Founder and President, Peregrine Press Printmaking Cooperative,
Portland, Maine |
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PUBLIC
COLLECTIONS: |
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Portland
Museum of Art, Portland, Maine |
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Art
Museum, Colby College, Waterville, Maine |
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Ogunquit
Museum of Art, Ogunquit, Maine |
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Bates
College, Lewiston, Maine |
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Boston
Athenaeum, Boston, Massachusetts |
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SELECT
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS: |
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United
Technologies, Hartford, Connecticut |
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Thomas
H. Lee Venture Capital, Boston, Massachusetts |
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Unum
Corporation, Portland, Maine |
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Fleet
Bank, Portland, Maine |
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Great
Bay Corporation |
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Liberty
Group, Portland, Maine |
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Housing
Resources Corporation, Portland, Maine |
May 2010 |
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