EDUCATION:
LESLEY UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA. Creative Arts in Learning (M. Ed.) 1998
MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART, Boston. B.F.A. (with Distinction) 1976
NEW ENGLAND SCHOOL OF ART, Boston, MA. Diploma (Advertising Design and Illustration) 1968
EMPLOYMENT:
MONTSERRAT COLLEGE OF ART, Beverly, MA. Assistant Professor: Art Education 1, Media Forms and Ideas, and Supervision of student teachers, practicum (2006-2012)
LESLEY UNIVERSITY, Cambridge. MA. Adjunct Faculty: Supervision of student teachers, practicum (2006)
MILES RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL, S. Hamilton, MA. Art Teacher (grades 6-8): interdisciplinary units, school wide themes, musical productions, displays, budget and curriculum development (1992-2006)
BESSIE BUKER MIDDLE SCHOOL, Wenham, MA. Director of Art K-12 and Art Teacher: Evaluation and supervision of art teachers within the Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District; development of Art Department philosophy and art curriculum (1989-1992)
HAMILTON-WENHAM REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, S. Hamilton, MA. Art Department Chair and Art Teacher: Supervision and evaluation of Art Dept. teachers, budget, goal-setting for department, developing art curriculum, interdisciplinary units. Teaching: Portfolio, Clay Works, Advertising Design and basic art classes. Member of the district-wide Curriculum and Staff Development Committee for four years (1978-1989)
MILTON HIGH SCHOOL, Milton, MA, Art teacher: Art majors/portfolio preparation, Advertising Design classes and basic art classes (1976-1978)
PEABODY-ESSEX MUSEUM, Salem, MA. Museum Assistant: In charge of admissions, coordination of school groups, preparation of display work, PR and posters for shows, brochures and painting. Copied several paintings within the museum collections (1971-1973)
MISC. EMPLOYMENT / FREELANCE ART:
*Self-employed freelance painter affiliated with the Peabody Essex Museum of Salem, MA. Work includes: copies of maritime scenes, ship portraits and figure portraits done for numerous patrons throughout the North Shore and the Boston area. Other art work: Childs Gallery of Newbury Street, Boston, MA (copy and restoration work) and The Governor’s Academy, Byfield, MA (three portraits of two past headmasters and one teacher). Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District: two portraits.
*Member of the Board-Illustrator, Massachusetts Center for Teaching and Learning, UMASS, Boston, MA. Freelance illustrator for TEACHING VOICES and other state educational publications (1986-2001)
*Freelance Illustrator: THE PRINCIPAL’S CENTER NEWSLETTER, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA. (1988)
EXHIBITIONS AND WORK SHOWN:
Marine Arts Gallery, Salem, MA
The Peabody Museum (now the Peabody Essex), Salem, MA
The Governor’s Academy, Byfield, MA
Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School Library, S. Hamilton, MA (portrait)
The Winthrop Elementary School, Hamilton, MA (portrait)
Grasse, France Town Hall (painting)
The Salem Marine Society, Salem, MA (located at the Hotel Hawthorne), portrait
Childs Gallery, Boston, MA (1972)
The Marblehead Festival of the Arts, Marblehead, MA (1972 to present)
Cutler School Gallery, Hamilton, MA “Moroccan Doorways” 1995 (exhibit)
Cutler School Gallery, Hamilton, MA “In and Around Marblehead” 2006 (exhibit)
Hamilton Hall Art Show, Salem, MA 2001 (group show)
Arnould Gallery, Marblehead, MA 2006 - present (represents my art work)
Pingree School, Hamilton, MA “Drawing on Ancient Hills: Sketches from Tuscany” 2007 (exhibit)
Marblehead Arts Association, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 (members shows)
Gallery Della-Piana, Wenham, MA (group show), 2010 and 2011
Palais Des Congress, Grasse, France (group show) September, 2010
Marblehead Arts Association “Old Hills-New Marks” 2011 (exhibit)
Marblehead Arts Association “Shadowing Henry James” 2013 (exhibit)
Kensington-Stobart Gallery, Salem, MA “Artist, Friends and Neighbors” 2012 (group show)
French Cultural Center, Boston, MA "Paris: Point of Departure" (Oct. 2014)
Kensington - Stobart Gallery, Salem, MA "Venice - Italy 2014". November 2015 (exhibit)
HONORS:
*Chosen to attend summer Teachers Institute at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC., 1993
*Chosen by the Town of Marblehead to paint Marblehead Harbor. This painting was presented as a gift to Marblehead’s sister city of Grasse, France; it currently hangs in the Grasse Town Hall, 1989
*Won Best of Show: oil painting (Marblehead Festival of the Arts) 2009 & 2016
*Chosen to curate the Norman LaLiberte show “Exuberance” at the Marblehead Arts Association, Marblehead, MA. 2013
*Residency: Florence, Italy (2012) Associazione Cultural Il Palmerino. Sketched, returned and painted. Exhibited this work at the Marblehead Arts Association: “Shadowing Henry James”, oil paintings, 2013.
*Residency: Florence, Italy (2017) Associazione Cultural Il Palmerino.
ORGANIZATIONS:
Marblehead Arts Association - Art Committee member
Salem Marine Society (1766) - Member
Marblehead Food Pantry - Volunteer
MILITARY:
U.S. Navy: active duty 1968-1970. Reserves: 1967-1973. Honorable Discharge, 1973.
TEACHER CERTIFICATION:
Art Teacher K-12. # 0203826, Massachusetts