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 Uffizzi 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
       Rhode Island School of Design Staff and Summer Show, Woods Gerry • annual shows
       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
       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

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

RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, Providence, RI
Special Assistant to the President · 2004 – present
Acting Director, Continuing Education · 1999 – 2000
Associate Director, Continuing Education · 1993 – 2004
Coordinator of Extension Programs, Continuing Education · 1991 – 1992
Coordinator of Pre-College Program · 1989 - 1993
      
Instructor, Drawing and Painting, Continuing Education
      
Committees –1989 to Present (held at various times)
       Administrative Computing Advisory Committee – Senior Staff - Commencement Committee - Holiday Party Committee (liaison to President) –Staff Council (liaison to President) – Dean’s Advisory Committee (CE liaison) - Academic Computing Advisory Committee – Balfour Minority Scholarship Committee

TRAVEL / HOBBIES / COMMUNITY
       Italian Language competency – Travel, summers in Europe; Italy.
       Gardening, swimming, walking, biking – recreational
       New Bedford Art Museum Steering Committee, Education Committee; Coalition for Buzzards Bay