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EDUCATION
- M.A. 2000: Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Lesley College, Cambridge, MA
- M.F.A. 1987: Painting and Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Certificate 1987: Art Education, Kindergarten-High School, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- B.F.A. 1982: Painting and Drawing, Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2001 – Present
Instructor, Granite State College, NH
Courses Taught:
- Drawing
- Art History: Western World. (Both in the traditional classroom and in online courses that I designed)
- Creative Process
- East-West Approaches to Psychotherapy
- Addiction and the Dysfunctional Family
1989 – 1996
Assistant Professor in Painting and Drawing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Taught at the undergraduate and graduate level.
Courses Taught:
- Introductory, intermediate, and advanced painting
- Introductory drawing, drawing workshop, and multi-media drawing
- Graduate Painting and Drawing
- Artist in Society (undergraduate) and Graduate Painting Forum (art theory)
- Other duties included graduate thesis advisor, student advisor, curriculum development, and graduate review panels.
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
2006 – Present
Founder and Director, Green Artist’s League
The Green Artists League (GAL) is an interdisciplinary collective of artists who have come together to create public art that addresses the global environmental crisis. The Green Artist’s League has 3 components: art production, forums on the relationship of art and ethics, and environmental art education.
SOLO EXHIBITION
- 1992: “Recent Paintings”, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL (Solo show next to Elaine DeKooning)
SELECTED GROUP EXIBITIONS
- 2007: “New Art ‘07”, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
- 2007: “Artist’s Invitation for Studio Practice” Gosia Koscielak Gallery, Chicago, IL
- 2007: “National Prize Show”, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
- 2007: “Group Exhibition”, Ferry Wharf Gallery, Newburyport, MA
- 2005: “Drawing Invitational” Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA
- 1996: “Faculty Exhibition”, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA, Catalogue
- 1995: “Regional Exhibition”, Davenport Museum, Davenport, IA
- 1994: “Faculty Exhibition”, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA, Catalogue
- 1994: “Iowa Artists 1994”, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA, Catalogue
- 1993: “Recent Chicago Abstraction”, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford IL
- 1992: “Re-Visions”, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago IL, Catalogue
- 1992: “Beside Yourself”, Northern Iowa Community College, Mason City, IA
- 1992: “International Art Expo”, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL
- 1991: “New Talent: Abstraction”, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL
- 1990: “Faculty Exhibition”, University of Iowa, IA
- 1990: “10x 10”, Near Northwest Arts Council, Chicago, IL
Green Artists League
- 2008: Metamorphosis: Hungry Ghost (with Stephenie Strogney) Roaming interactive performance, Newburyport, MA
- 2008: New Eden Collaborative, A GAL collaboration with First Parish Church, Newbury, Greater Newburyport CSA, and community victory gardens. Elements include mural, community journal, and parade float, Newbury, MA
- 2008: Green Haiku site-specific poetry installation, Newburyport, MA
- 2008: “Air Your Dirty Laundry” 10th Annual Maudslay Sculpture in the Park, installation and performance, Newburyport, MA
- 2008: “Air Your Dirty Laundry” Green Expo, installation and performance, Newburyport, MA
- 2008: “Air Your Dirty Laundry” performance, Fowles, Newburyport, MA
- 2007: “Savage Rituals” (with Stephenie Strogney) roaming interactive performance, Newburyport, MA
- 2007: Green Haiku site-specific poetry installation, Newburyport, MA
MEDIA (GAL)
- 2008: Martino, Ron (July 3, 2008) Green Artists League and the New Eden Collaborative, Erin Stack Radio Interview. The Long View, WUML, 91.5
- 2007: Young, Emily (November 22, 2007) Haiku for the environment: Green Artists League offers words to ponder on Newburyport Waterfront. Eagle Tribune
- 2006: Kirkwood, Julie, (December 1, 2006) The art of green. The Newburyport Daily News p. B1
- 2006: Tait, Stephen, (December 6, 2006) Group of “green” artists hopes to raise awareness. The Newburyport Daily News p.A4
- 2006: Stack, Erin – guest contributor (December 1, 2006) “Green” artists paint for awareness, Newburyport Current, p.11
REVIEWS
- 1990: Chicago Tribune, Alan Artner, Group Exhibitions, Wicker Park Galleries, “Worth a View”. August, 1990
GRANTS/AWARDS
- 2008: Amesbury Cultural Council Grant (Green Artists League)
- 2008: Newbury Cultural Council Grant (Green Artists League)
- 1992: Faculty Research Grant, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
- 1992: Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowship, Chicago, IL
- 1986: Nominated “Who’s Who in American Colleges”, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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