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Education

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  • Rhode Island College. 1991-1996. BA in Studio Arts/BS in Art Education.

  • University of Essex. Junior Year Abroad Program. UK. 1995.

  • Pietrasanta Marble Carving Studio. IT. 1996.

  • Rhode Island College. M.Ed. 2003.

 

 

Features and Recognitions

 

  • Portraits Outside East Providence Home Send Message of Joy and Light. Providence Journal Bulletin. May 2020

  • Filling a Creative Void: East Providence’s Non-Traditional HeARTspot. ArtScope Magaine. March/April 2019.

  • Meet Jennifer Gillooly Cahoon of HeARTspot Art Center and Gallery: East Providence. Boston Voyager. November 2018.

  • The Post., Cover and article. June 2016.

  • Rhode Island Monthly. Highlighted Artist. November 2015.

  • Providence Journal Bulletin. Highlighted Artist. November 2015.

  • Motif Magazine. The Artist’s Economy. Interview and article. November 2015.

  • Beyond the Diagnosis. Published Catalog. Featured Artist. October 2015.

  • Bad Influence: Notorious Women. Published Zine. Featured Artist. July 2014.

  • Bad Influence: Day of the Dead. Published Zine. Interview and Feature Article. October 2013.

  • Art AandA #80 Podcast. Broadcast Recorded Interview. February 2015.

 

 

Awards

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  • Outstanding Achievement Award, Frank H. Netter Medical School, Quinnipiac University. Winter 2020.

  • RI Legislative Grant Recipient, Winter 2020

  • RISCA Grant Recipient, Spring 2019.

  • Best Gallery in the East Bay, Best of Rhode Island Award 2019 (HeARTspot Art Center and Gallery).

  • Best Gallery in Rhode Island, ProJo Reader’s Choice Awards 2019 (HeARTspot Art Center and Gallery).

  • Best Gallery in Rhode Island, ProJo Reader’s Choice Awards 2018 (HeARTspot Art Center and Gallery).

  • Vote For Art: First Place Painting, Gallery Night Organization. Providence RI.

 

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Speaking Events

 

  • Studio 10 WJAR. Televised Segment. "Imagine a New Day" Arts Contest. Spoke in capacity of an East Providence Artist and business owner. May 2020.

  • Frank H. Netter Medical School. Quinnipiac University. Rare Disease Day. February 2020.

  • The Rhode Show WPRI. Televised Segment. "The Looff Arts Festival." Spoke in capacity of Vice Chair of the East Providence Arts Council. August 2018. 

  • Harvard University Medical School. Artist representative for the “Beyond the Diagnosis” exhibition. November 2015.

  • Euonia Gallery. Artist representative for the “Beyond the Diagnosis” exhibition. September 2015.

 

Commissions:

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  • Click Here to see select commissions. Work completed from 2014 to present.

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Selected Solo/Collaborative Shows and Events

 

  • 2019 URI Providence. State of the Arts Show. Providence, RI

  • 2019 Brooklyn Coffee and Tea House. Women's History Month Feature. Providence, RI.

  • 2018 Dryden Gallery Providence. Providence, RI (Future: Solo)

  • 2016 URI.20th Anniversary Gallery Night Show. Providence, RI

  • 2016 Pop Up In Pawtucket. Pawtucket, RI

  • 2016 URI State of the Arts Exhibition. Providence, RI.

  • 2016 Silvershell Gallery at Hotel Providence, Providence, RI (Solo)

  • 2016 The Hunt’s Mills Festival. Featured Live Painter.

  • 2016 URI State of the Arts Exhibition. Providence, RI.

  • 2015 The Looff Arts Festival. East Providence, RI

  • 2015 University of Rhode Island. Providence, RI (Solo)

  • 2015 Robert Hunt Gallery. New Bedford, MA (Solo)

  • 2015 URI State of the Arts Exhibition. Providence, RI.

  • 2015 Beyond the Diagnosis Exhibition, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

  • 2015 Beyond the Diagnosis Exhibition, Brown University, Providence, RI

  • 2015 Beyond the Diagnosis Exhibition, Broad Foundation, Cambridge MA

  • 2015 Gallery X. Icons Show. New Bedford, MA

  • 2014 7 Suns Printmaking Gallery. Figure in Art. Warren, RI

  • 2014 Imago Gallery. Community Exhibit. Warren, RI

  • 2014 URI State of the Arts Exhibition. Providence, RI.

  • 2013 Solo Show. Pop Up Gallery at Lola’s Cantina in Providence RI (Solo)

  • 2012 Juried Show. Alta Luna Gallery. Bristol RI

  • 2012 Sparrow’s Nest Gallery. North Providence, RI (Solo)