Education

MFA Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, Graduated with Honors
Major: Printmaking, Minor: Painting and Drawing, Scholarships 1965-67

 

 

BFA University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Graduated with Honors
Major: Printmaking, Minor: Painting and Drawing, Scholarships 1961-65, Summer Painting Scholarship
Univ. of Rhode Island, 1964, Greatest Achievement in Printmaking, 1964

 

Selected International Exhibitions

 
 
7th Annual International Juried Print Exhibition, Remarque Print Workshop, Albuquerque, NM
2020 The Columbus Museum of Art,  Ohio.
2019 – 2020 Boston Printmakers Traveling Flat File, Puerto Rico
Crossings & Transpositions, University City Arts Museum of the Guangzhou Fine Arts Academy, China
2019 Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, NYC, 
2019 The Patricia & Phillip Frost Museum, Miami, FL
2019, Art Museum, Miami, FL,
2018 – Air, Water and Earth, LA Printmakers, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA
SAGA, 84th Members Exhibition, Syracuse University Art Gallery, NY, traveling exhibition
6st Biennial Footprint International Exhibition, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, CT
2017 – Center For Contemporary Printmaking, Members Exhibition, Norwalk, CT
2016 Horizons, Cork Printmakers, CIT Wandesford Quay Gallery, Cork, Ireland traveling to Fyns Grafiske Veerksted, Odense, Denmark, Krasdale Galleries, White Plains, NY and The Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
15th Lesser World Art Print Annual Miniprint, Lesseda Gallery & Contemporary Art Projects 25, Sofia, Bulgaria
5th Biennial Footprint International Exhibition, Centery for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT traveling to Julio Valdez Studio, NYC, NY
2015 Atlanta Print Biennial, Kai Lin Art, Atlanta Georgia
Hand Pulled Prints: The Current Practice in Printmaking, Onsite: Brooklyn, NY
The Society of Wood Engravers’ 78th Annual Exhibition, Hialeah Bell Gallery, North Yorkshire, England
5th Guanlan International Print Biennial, Guanlan Print Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
Pendle Print Biennial, Lancashire, England
2014 International Mini Print Exhibition, Seacourt Print Workshop, Bangor, Northern Ireland
Layers of Identity, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Isreal
2013 Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition, Chamber 241 Gallery in Christchurch New Zealand
2012 From Dublin to L.A. and Back, Dublin, Ireland
Society of Wood Engravers 75th Annual, Art Jericho, Oxford, Victoria Gallery, Bath, UK (traveling)
3rd Biennial Footprint, International, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
2011 Pacific Rim Meets Istanbul, FASS Gallery, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
North American Print Biennial, Danforth Museum of Art, Framington, MA
2010 Pacific Rim International Print, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
1997 –  Postcard Art, Global Focus on Art, National Museum of Women in the Arts, 4th World Conference on Women, Beijing, China
1995 Global Focus on Art, National Museum of Women in the Arts, 4th World Conference on Women, Beijing, China
The World’s Women On-Line, , 800 images by women artists globally online here.
1992 SOHO International, Montserrat Gallery, NYC, NY
1991 9th International Juried Pastel Exhibition, Pen and Brush Gallery, NYC, NY
1969-89 Art After Stonewall, Grey Art Gallery and Leslie-Lohman

 

 

 

Featured Artist Exhibitions

 

Top Shelf Gallery, Fletcher Memorial Library, Hampton, CT
Artists Collective, Silver Circle Gallery, Putnam, CT
2017 Featured Artist, Silver Circle Gallery, Putnum,CT
2016 The Sky’s The Limit, two person exhibition, Silver Circle Gallery, Putnam, CT
Horizons, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
Pressing On, University of Rhode Island, Main Art Gallery, Kingston, RI
7th Annual Art Unleashed, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
The Wood Engravers’ Network Triennial Exhibition, Traveling: Stockton University, Galloway, NJ, Montana Museum of Art & Culture, Missoula, MT, University of Kentucky, Special Collections Research Center, Lexington, KY
2015 The Boston Printmakers 2015 North American Print Biennial, Linder Arts Center, Lesley University College of Art & Design, Cambridge, MA
Stand Out Prints, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN
The 4th Annual Connecticut Printmakers Invitational, Hygienic Galleries, New London, CT
Silver Circle Gallery Artist Collective, Changing Exhibitions thru 2015, Silver Circle Gallery, Putnam, CT
Featured Artist, Silver Circle Gallery, Putnam, CT
2014 Proof Positive, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
2011 Impression of Light, Spirol Gallery, QVCC, Danielson, CT
2004 Night Skies, Windham Hospital, CT
Summer Artist Series, Market Street Gallery, Lockport, NY
2003 New England Skies, Krause Gallery, Providence, RI
1999 Night & Day, Stonington Vineyards Gallery, Stonington, CT
The Sky’s The Limit, The McAuley, West Hartford, CT
1998 Safari Nights, Quinebaug Valley C. C., Danielson, CT
Connecticut Skies, Kellog Environmental Center, Derby CT
1997 Vast Horizons, Left Bank Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
Night Spirits: Skyscapes, Stevens Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Three Woodcut Artists, The Art Guild, Farmington, CT
1994 Night Roads, Pump House Gallery, Hartford, CT
1991 Watercolors, Everyday Boos and Café, Willimantic, CT
1988 Pastels, Northstar Restaurant, Northhampton, MA
1987 Drawings and Prints, Putnam Arts Council, Mahopac, NY
1983 Rhythm in Art, 22 Wooster Gallery, SOHO, NY
1976 Graphic Artists, Hansen Gallery, SOHO, NY
1975 Real to the Abstract, Three New York Artists, New England Ctr. For Cont. Ed., Durham, NH
1971 Portrait Lithographs, Cooper Union School of Art, NYC, NY
1968 Dogwood Arts Festival, Knoxville, TN
1967 Prints, Indiana University Museum, Bloomington, IN
Prints, Indiana University, Kokomo Ext., Kokomo IN

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 

32nd Annual McNeese Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
2019 SAGA 85th Members Print ExhibitionNewark Public Library, NJ
2018 – Prints, Hoxie Library Gallery Westerly, RI
On Paper Under Glass, Contemporary Prints from the Permanent Collection of the Slater Museum, CT
2017 Art Now: Printmaking, 117 Gallery of the Ann Arbor Art Center, MI
Vision/ Revision, 25th Anniversary, Printmakers’ Network of Southern New England,
The Contemporary Print Center, Norwalk, CT, traveling to the Connecticut Historical Society,
Hartford, CT
2016 Pressing On: PNSNE, University of Rhode Island Gallery, RI
Wood Engravers’ Network 2nd Biennial, traveling to Stockton University, Galloway, NY Montana Museum of Art and Culture, Missoula, MT, University of Kentucky Special Collections, Lexington
Print Selections, Valentine H. Zahn Gallery, Middlesex Hospital, Westbrook, CT
Some What Off the Wall, New Haven Arts Council, CT
The Sky’s The Limit, Silver Circle Gallery, Putnam, CT
2015 24th Annual National Juried Exhibition Bowery Gallery, NYC, NY
Wood Engravers’ Network 2nd Biennial, traveling to Ashville Book Works, Ashville,
NC, Art Center of Saint Peter, St. Peter, MN
Boston Printmakers 2015 North American Print Biennial, Linder Art Center, Lesley University College of Art and Design, Cambridge, MA
Bowery National Competition, NYC, NY.
Stand Out Prints, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN
2014 Layers of Identity, Area One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Push and Pull, City of Brea Art Gallery, CA
Palette to Plate, Newport Art Museum, RI
Wood Engravers Network 2nd Biennial Exhibition, Traveling to be announced
Pulled and Pressed, Lyme Art Association, Lyme, CT
LAPS 22nd Exhibition, Pacific Design Center, Los Angles, CA
“Twelve Inking” – New England Printmakers, La Grua Center, Stonington, CT
2013 The Boston Printmakers 2013 North American Print Biennial,808 Gallery, Boston, MA
Journey: Processes in Print, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
Un Miniature Show, Northern Prints Gallery, Duluth, MN
LAPS 21st National Exhibition, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
Man, Machine, and Nature, The Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
Wood Engravers’ Network Relief Engraving Exhibition, Da Silva Gallery, New Haven, CT
WEN Exhibition, Seattle Visual Concepts, Seattle, WA
WEN Exhibition, Randolph County Community Center, Elkins, WV
Printmakers Network of Southern New England, Dehn Gallery, Manchester, CT
2012 Relief Engraving 2012, Asheville Book Works, Minn. Center for Book Arts & traveling
Contemporary Landscapes, Silver Circle Gallery, Putnam, CT
Score/2012, 20th Anniversary Printmakers’ Network of Southern New England, Akus Gallery, Willimantic, CT
Modern Landscapes, Silver Circle Gallery, Putnam, CT
Hot Off the Press, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
Art Department Show, Spirol Gallery, Quinebaug Valley Community College, Danielson, CT
On-line Show, Oil Pastel Society of America, www.oilpastelsociety.com
Relief Engraving, Art Center of St. Peter, St. Peter, MN
Wood Engravers’ 2012, Open Book, Minneapolis, MN
LAPS 20th National Exhibition, Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Los Angeles, CA
2011 North American Print Biennial, Danforth Museum of Art, Framington, MA
Inspirations, Oil Pastel Society, on-line
Micro/Macro, Newport Museum of Art, RI
Inklings, Children’s National Medical Ctr., DC & traveling
LA Printmakers Society, Brea Art Gallery, Los Angles, CA
Travel, Symposium, panel discussion and poetry reading, West Chester University, West Chester, PA
2010 Inked, Spirol Gallery, Danielson, CT
Turning the Page: The Evolution of Artists’ Books, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
Travel +, (Artists’ Collaborative Book), Bristol Art Museum, RI
2nd Nat’l Juried Monotype & Monoprint Exhibition, Fitchburg Art Museum, MA
2009 Drawing from Perception VI, Wright State Univ., Dayton, OH
Travel, Symposium, panel discussion, demonstrations and workshops, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT
Vistas, Landscape Exhibit, Silver Circle Studio, Putnam, CT
LA Printmaking Society 20th National, LA Municipal Art Gallery, LA, CA
2008 American Landscapes, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
2008 National Exhibition, Cape Cod Art Association., Barnstable, MA
Transitions, on-line exhibition, 2008show@oilpastelsociety.com
2007 64th Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
Northeast Fine Arts “Apex to Zenith”, Green Trees Gallery, Northfield, MA2006
25th National Print Exhibition 2006, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan
The Art of Printmaking, Spring Bull Gallery Newport, RI
2006 Under Pressure, The Art Gallery, Gateway Community College, New Haven, CT
25th National Print Exhibition 2006, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
41st Annual Art Faculty Show, University of Connecticut, William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT
The Art of Printmaking, Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI
Intimate Print, Hasboro Children’s Hospital, Providence, RI
2005 American Landscapes, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
Halpert Biennial ’05, Boone, NC
Hot Off the Press, University Galleries, Central CT State University, New Britain, CT
In Print, Intimate Print & Collective Independence, URI Feinstein Providence Campus Gallery
40th Annual Art Faculty Show, University of Connecticut, William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT
Under Pressure, Samuel Chen Gallery, CCSU, New Britain, CT
Progressive Print, Mercy Gallery, Loomis Chaffee School, Suffield, CT
Printmakers Network of Southern New England, Strathmore Fine Arts, Gudelsky Gallery, North Bethesda, MD
62nd Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
2004 The Printed Image, Attleboro Museum, MA
At Issue: Prints and Social Commentary, Beard Gallery, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
Collective Independence, Windham Community Memorial Hospital, Willimantic, CT
Great Lakes Pastel Society, 2004 Nat’l, Grosse Point Art Center, MI
Bowery Gallery 2004 National Competition, NYC. NY
Process to Print, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA
39th Annual Art Faculty Show, University of Connecticut, William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT
2003 Collective Independence, Jewish Community Center of Greater New Haven, Woodbridge, CT
Collective Independence, Southern Graphics Conference @ Mass College of Art, Boston, MA
Collective Independence, Plus Prints, Converse Gallery, Slater Museum, Norwich, CT
Collective Independence, Duffy Fine Arts Center, Canterbury School, New Milford, CT
Intimate Prints, Westover School, Southbury, CT
2002 Trends in Printmaking, John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT
The Nude 2002, Lexington Art League, Lexington, CT
91st Annual Connecticut Academy Of Fine Arts, Mystic Art Association, Mystic, CT
Drawing From Perception, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
2001 The Print: Process & Content, Choate Rosemary Hall, Mellon Arts Center, Wallingford, CT
Pastel Exhibition, Edward Hopper House Art Center, Upper Nyack, NY
Windham Regional Council 18th Annual, Jorgenson Gallery. Storrs, Ct
90th Annual Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
Art for the Cure, New Britain Museum of Art, New Britain, CT
2000 Intimate Prints, Jorgenson Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
The Nude 2000, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
89th Annual Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
Intimate Prints, Converse Gallery, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT traveling to Wickford Art Association, Wickford, RI and Small Walls Gallery. Hartford, CT
1999 Intimate Prints, Wickford Art Association, Wickford, RI
The Miniature Show, Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT
Invitational Exhibition, Greater Mansfield Council of the Arts, CT
1998 55th Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
Intimate Prints, Small Walls Gallery. Hartford, CT
Art Faculty Exhibition, Quinebaug Valley Community College, Danielson, CT
1997 Printmakers’ Network of Southern New England, Slater Memorial Museum, CT
1996 ADA: Women and Information Technology, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
85th Annual Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, University of Hartford Art School, CT
CT Women Artists, 67th Annual Exhibition, Ely Slade House, New Haven, CT
4th Annual Art Exhibition, Burr Homestead, Fairfield, CT
Printmakers ’96, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
1995 Unabridged Plus Prints, Mystic Art Association, Mystic, CT
Water/Etch Print Portfolio, Southern Graphics Conference, Knoxville, TN
Unabridged, The Pump House Gallery, Hartford, CT
Printmakers’ Network ’95, Housatonic Art Museum, Bridgeport, CT
Burr Homestead, 4th Annual Art Exhibition, Fairfield, CT
84th Annual Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Mystic Seaport Gallery, Mystic, CT
Printmakers’ Network ’95, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
Pushing the Boundaries in Printmaking, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
Unabridged, St. Marks School, Southborough, MA
1994 51st Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibit, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
Unabridged, The Lucas Gallery, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT
Unabridged, Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT
Unabridged, Washington Art Assoc., CT
Unabridged, Quinebaug Valley C. C., Danielson, CT
1993 The Evolution of the Print, Bradley International Airport, Winsor Locks, CT
Valerie’s Gallery of Fine Arts and Craft, Eastford, CT
1992 Gallery Artists, Gallerie Atelier, Phila, PA
49th Annual Connecticut Artists, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
1991 Gallery Artists, Gallery Atelier, Phila, PA
48th Annual Connecticut Artists, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
1990 American Drawing Biennial, Muscarelle Museum, Williamsburg, VA
Figure Drawing, Akus Gallery, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
1989 CT State University 2nd Annual, Charter Oak Gallery, Hartford, CT
ECSU Faculty Show, Akus Gallery, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
1988 Represented by International Gallery, Northampton, MA
SOLO- Pastels, Northstar Restaurant, Northhampton, MA
1982 Heresies Benefit, Frank Marino Gallery, SOHO, NY
Represented by Miriam Perlman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Represented by Mark Humphrey, LTD, South Hampton, NY
1981 Drawing Published, Heresies 9th Issue, Organized Women Divided, NY
Represented by Corporate Art Group, Oklahoma City, OK
1980 Third Wave, Hibbs Gallery, NYC, NY
1979 Sense of Touch, The New Art Examiner, Summer Issue, Chicago, IL
1978 Women Artists ’78, CUNNY Graduate Center, Tri-state, NYC, NY
Represented by Rogues Gallery, Cherry Hill, NJ
1977 14 Women Artists, Virginia Commonwealth University, VA
Represented by The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA
Represented by Marion Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Simultaneous Prints, Nine East Coast Colleges
1976 Contemporary Graphics, Carrier Clinic, Bellemead, NJ
Prints, Bard College, NYC, NY
Juried Prints, Lehman College, Bronx, NY
Juried Prints, The Printmaking Workshop, NYC, NY
1975 Women Artists ’75, Hansen Gallery, SOHO, NY
1974 Invitational, Studio 81, Jersey City, NJ
1973 Artists Choose Artists, A.I.R. Gallery Invitational, SOHO, NY
Drawings in Any Media, Kean College of New Jersey, Union, NJ
A.D., United Church Herald Edition, June cover and illustration, NYC, NY
Represented by Prairie House Gallery, Springfield, IL
Represented by Mc Cleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1972 Performance, 9th Annual Avant-Garde Festival, Seaport Museum, NYC, NY
Women’s Open Art, Women’s Interart Center, NYC, NY
1971 Portrait Lithographs, Cooper Union School of Art, NYC, NY
1968 58th Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Wadsworth Anthenaeum, Hartford, CT
3rd National Print & Drawing, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

 

Selected Awards

 

2019- 32nd Annual McNeese Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Purchase Award, Lake Charles, LA
Newark Public Library Special Collections, Newark, NJ
2019 SAGA’s 85th Members Print Exhibition, Artist & Craftsman Supply Materials Award in Relief Printmaking
2018 Light of Day, Honorable Mention, Art Competition.net
2018 – Foot Print, Honorable Mention, The Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
2016 – Holiday show, Norwich Art Center Gallery, CT, 2D Award
2015 The Boston Printmakers 2015 North American Print Biennial, Zea Mays Materials Award
2012 75th Annual Exhibition, Wood Engravers Anniversary Award, Oxford, UK
2009 Michael Phelan Award for Excellence in Teaching, Quinebaug Valley Comm. College
2007 Artist of the Month, March, Oil Pastel Society
2006 The Monotype Award, 25th National Print Exhibition, Silvermine Guild Galleries, CT
1996 Jurors Award, Connecticut Women Artists, 67th Annual, The John Slade Ely House
1992 Certificate of Excellence, SOHO International Exhibition, Montserrat Gallery, NY

 

Publications

 

Art After Stonewall 1969-1989, Rizzoli/ Columbus Museum of Art edited by Johnathan Weinberg
Journal of the Print World, July 2016 New Prints – Peeking Pink
Hartford Courant Community, July 14th 2016, Local Artist Inspired By The Heavens –Melanie Savage-
The Hampton Gazette, February 2016, Making Her Imprint on Art –Brian Tracy-

 

Professional Memberships

 

Society of American Graphic Artists, The Boston Printmakers, LAPS , (Los Angeles Printmakers Society), Printmaker Network of Southern New England, Wood Engravers Network

 

Public Collections

 

McNeese State University works on paper permanent collection, LA
Newark Public Library special collections, NJ
Syracuse University special print collections, NY
Flecter Memorial Library, Hampton, CT
Print Studio, School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Newport Art Museum Newport, RI,
Library of Congress, The Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop Collection
National Museum of Women in the Arts, DC
Wheaton College, Norton, MA
Staubiz Designs, Collinsville, CT
Fairfield University, CT
Arjo Wiggins, Paris, France, New York, NY, Greenwich, CT
Eastern Connecticut State University, CT
Dodd Center Special Collections, CT
Indiana University Museum, Bloomington, IN
Chase Manhattan Bank, NYC, NY
First Pennsylvania Bank, Philadelphia, PA
Union Carbide Corporation, NYC, NY
The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York
Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich CT

 

Private Collections

 

Various private collections in the United States, France, Spain, Ireland, England, Egypt, British Columbia, New Zealand.

 

Workshops and Lectures

 

2017 Eastern and Western Woodcut, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
Western Style Block Prints, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
Printmaking with Wood, Lyme Art Association, Lyme, CT
Pushing the Boundaries in Printmaking, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
Wood Engraving, Paul Mellon Arts Center, Wallingford, CT
Drawing with Color, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
Art for Therapy, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT
Women Artists – A Need for Historical Correctives, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
Oil pastels, Manchester Council for the Arts, New Haven CT
Wood Engraving, Creative Arts Workshop, CT
Oil Pastels, Northeast Artists, Mansfield, CT
Prints and Techniques – Plate Lithography, Grey Art Gallery, New York, NY
Stone Lithography, The Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY

 

Teaching Experience

 

2002-2007 University of Connecticut, Storrs
1993-2013 Quinebaug Valley Community College, Danielson, CT
1998 Manchester Community College, CT
1993-94 Three Rivers Community College, CT
1991-92, 1989-90 Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
1981-82 Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC
1976-78 University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1976-77 Beaver College, Glenside, PA
1976 The Printmaking Workshop, New York
1973-75 Kean College of New Jersey, Union, NJ
1970-73 Cooper Union School of Art, New York
1967-68 Knoxville College, Knoxville TN
1966-67 Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1995-66 Indiana University, Kokomo, IN

 

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

2016 Elected to the Society of American Graphic Artists, New York City, NY
Oil Pastel Society (signature member)
Los Angles Printmakers
Boston Printmakers
Wood Engravers Network
Printmakers Network of Southern New England (founding member)