EDUCATION

P A T     C O O M E Y    T H O R N T O N

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EDUCATION

M.F.A. Pius XII Institute, Florence Italy – Major in Painting - Minor Art History
(Studied with Renzo Chiarelli, Director, San Marco Museum, Museum of the Academy of Fine Arts, Library of the Uffizi Gallery; Luciano Berti, Director, Bargello Museum; Mario Bucci, Art Historian & Author; Mario Bizzarri, Director, Archaeological Museum, Florence, Italy)

B.F.A. Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA  - Painting

EXHIBITIONS
       Roger’s Gallery, Mattapoisett, MA · December 2009
       Rhode Island School of Design, Summer Show, Woods Gerry • annual shows (through 2008)
       Women in the Arts, Roger’s Gallery, Mattapoisett •  2005
       RISD Faculty Show, RISD Museum · 2004
       Fuller Art Museum, “The Ninth Biennial”, Brockton, MA · 1999
       Boston Center for the Arts, “The Drawing Show”, Boston, MA · 1998
       New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA · “Generations” · 1997
       Dartmouth Gallery, Dartmouth, MA · 1994
       Levinson-Kane Gallery, Boston, MA · 1990
       Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA ·  “Brandeis Collects” 1989
                         “Six Painters from Around Town” 1983“, Art of the State” 1982
       Stavaridis Gallery: Boston, MA · 1984
       Cutler Stavaridis Gallery, Boston, MA · 1980
       Faculty Shows, Worcester Art Museum and Clark University

COLLECTIONS
       Meditech, Fall River, MA
       Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
       Paine Webber, N.Y., N.Y.
       Private Collections

GRANTS-AWARDS
Massachusetts Artists Grant · 1984
       Massachusetts Artist Foundation: Drawing Finalist · 1991; Painting Finalist, 1988 & 1982
       Ford Foundation Travel Grant · Amsterdam - 1980; Paris – 1978
      
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, Providence, RI
       Parents’ Relations, Institutional Advancement (new President, John Maeda) ·  2008 — 2009
Special Assistant to the President, Roger Mandle · 2004 — 2008
Acting Director, Continuing Education · 1999 — 2000
Associate Director, Continuing Education · 1993 ­— 2004
Coordinator of Extension Programs, Continuing Education · 1991 — 1992

SCHOOL OF THE WORCESTER ART MUSEUM, Worcester, MA
Instructor, Drawing and Painting · 1972 to 1981
Taught courses in Drawing and Painting