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| Education | |
| 2007 | MFA in Visual Arts, Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University |
| 1982 | BA, University of South Carolina: Anthropology and Psychology |
| 2002-05 | Danforth Museum School: painting, printmaking, Framingham, MA |
| 1989-91 | Syracuse University: Graduate Studies in Advertising Design |
| 1985-86 | Savannah College of Art and Design: painting, drawing, illustration |
| Experience | |
| 2010 | Adjunct Faculty, Installation Art, Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, MA |
| Guest Lecturer, Babson College, Wellesley, MA | |
| 2007-09 | Artist in Residence, Holliston High School, Holliston, MA |
| 2009 | Visiting Artist, Brimmer and May School, Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 2008 | Visiting Artist, Public Art, Needham High School, Needham, MA |
| 2007 | ELT Arts Instructor, Edwards Middle School, Charlestown, MA |
| Artist in Residence, Dana Hall Upper School, Wellesley, MA | |
| 2006 | Artist in Residence, Dover-Sherborn Middle School, Dover, MA |
| 2005 | Instructor, Danforth Museum School, Framingham, MA |
| Visiting Artist, Hopkins Elementary School, Hopkinton, MA | |
| 2004-05 | Staff Artist, Medicine Wheel Productions, South Boston, MA |
| 2003 | Visiting Artist, Medicine Wheel Productions, South Boston, MA |
| 1991-01 | Creative Director of Blue Moon Studio, Boston and Holliston, MA |
| 1986-91 | Staff and freelance graphic designer, Boston and Cambridge, MA |
| Curatorial Experience | |
| 2008-present | Guest curator, Studio 370, Holliston, MA |
| 2008 | Material Meditation, New Art Center, Newton, MA |
| SISAL juror, Brimmer and May School, Chestnut Hill, MA | |
| Collaborative Installations | |
| 2010 | Inner Garden: New Growth, Horn Library, Babson College, Wellesley, MA |
| 2009-10 | Digital Natives, Studio 370, Holliston, MA |
| 2009 | Inner Garden, Studio 370, Holliston, MA |
| 2008 | Material Meditation, New Art Center, Newton, MA |
| Metamorphosis, Studio 370, Holliston, MA | |
| 2007 | Nest, Studio 370, Holliston, MA |
| Public Installations | |
| 2010 | DNA Blankets, Babson College, Wellesley, MA |
| 2007 | Inner Garden, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA |
| 2006 | We are all touched, at Medicine Wheel, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA |
| Heaven and Earth, Monastery of San Girolamo, San Gimignano, Italy |
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| Enveloped: Secrets, Dover Sherborn Middle School, Dover, MA | |
| Connected, Dover Sherborn Middle School, Dover, MA | |
| 1001, Springhouse Gallery, Boston, MA | |
| 2005 | Bundles, Water Street Mill, Holliston, MA |
| Honors, Awards and Grants | |
| 2008 | Curatorial Opportunity Program, New Art Center, Newton, MA |
| Visiting Artist Grant, Holliston PTSA Culture Connection, Holliston, MA | |
| Visiting Artist Grant, Needham Education Fund, Needham, MA | |
| 2006 | Artist in Residence Grant, Dover-Sherborn Education Fund, Dover, MA |
| 2004 | Medicine Woman, Medicine Wheel Productions, South Boston, MA |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2005 | Ladders, Masks and Moons, Performing Arts Center, Framingham, MA |
| 2004 | Messengers, Natick Community Organic Farm, Natick, MA |
| Infinite Visibility, The Center for Arts in Natick, Natick, MA | |
| 2003 | Following, The Center for Arts in Natick, Natick, MA |
| Everyday Goddesses, Danforth Museum School, Framingham, MA |
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| The Space Between, Springhouse Gallery, Boston, MA | |
| Group Exhibitions | |
| 2009 | Icons + Altars, New Art Center, Newton, MA |
| Art Gone Green, Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, MA | |
| 2008 | Material Meditation, New Art Center, Newton, MA |
| 2007 | MFA Graduate Exhbition, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA |
| Art of Inishowen, Moville, County Donegal, Ireland | |
| 2004 | Bearing Fruit, Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA |
| Faculty Exhibit, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA | |
| 2003 | Member's Juried Exhibit, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA |
| Mythic Figures, The Higher Ground, Lowell, MA | |
| When Words Fail, The Higher Ground, Lowell, MA | |
| 2002 | Member's Juried Exhibit, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA |
| Member's Juried Exhibit, Cultural Arts Alliance, Hopkinton, MA | |
| News of the Spirit, St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Holliston, MA | |
| Bibliography | |
| 2008 | Chris Bergeron, “Living in a ‘Material’ whirl: Six artists ‘Meditate’ on everyday stuff at New Art Center.” The Metrowest Daily News, October 5, 2008, Section C, p. 1 and 7. Link |
| Denise Taylor, "Exploring the material world," Boston Globe. September 18, 2008, Globe West section, p. 8. Link |
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| Hope M. Stockman, “Material Meditation”: artscope, September/October, 2008, pp. 20-21. |
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| 2007 | “Medicine Wheel Exhibition.” InishowenNews.com, Link |
| Simon McGeady, “Dowling’s Dreamscape provokes artists’ awakening.” Inishowen Independent, September 11, 2007, p. 12. | |
| 2006 | Jennifer Fenn Lefferts, “These students are stuck in school.” Boston Globe, April 13, 2006 Section W3, p.1. |
| 2004 | Chris Bergeron, “Visual storyteller.” Metrowest Daily News, February 19, 2004, Section C, p. 1. |
| Essays and writing | |
| 2008 | Denise Driscoll, Introduction to Material Meditation Exhibition Catalog, lulu.com, 2008 |
| Residencies and Retreats | |
| 2007 | Donegal, Ireland, Medicine Wheel Artist Retreat |
| 2003-07 | San Gimignano, Italy, annual Medicine Wheel Artist Retreat |
| Artist Talks and Presentations | |
| 2009 | Guest Artist on "Wake Up and Smell the Poetry" Hopkinton Cable Access,Hopkinton, MA |
| 2008 | Material Meditation, Newton North High School, Newton, MA |
| Material Meditation, New Art Center, Newton, MA | |
| 2007 | By a thread, Dana Hall Upper School, Wellesley, MA |
| 2005 | 1001, Springhouse Gallery, Boston, MA |
| 2003 | The Space Between, Springhouse Gallery, Boston, MA |
| Affiliations | |
| 2009 | Alumni Council, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA |
| 2007-present | Art Institute of Boston, MFA Alumni Liaison |
| Selected Collections | |
| Dana Hall Upper School, Wellesley, MA | |
| Dover Sherborn Middle School, Dover, MA | |
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