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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.

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Professional Profile

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  • Visual artist with experience with acrylic painting and mixed media.

  • Owner/Operator of HeARTspot Art Center and Gallery in East Providence RI (2017 - Present)

  • Former Chair of the East Providence Arts Council (2020 -2022)

  • Former Public School Teacher. (1996-2016)

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Selected Solo/Collaborative Shows and Events

 

  • 2024 April: "Art is Everywhere" Exhibition at Waterfire Arts Center Featuring Art Inc. Artists

  • 2024 April: Providence, Rhode Island College. Art unveiling of Beyond the Diagnosis Portrait. "Bianca"

  • 2024 January: Interviewed for RI PBS segment "All Hail the Queens" for Art Inc. S2 E2

  • 2024 January, Providence: Commissioned to paint Roger Williams for the RI Secretary of State.

  • 2023 September, Providence: Pop Up Show at The Stable. All Hail the Queens Art Auction benefiting the ACLU.

  • 2023 February, NYC: Featured Artist Times Square Jumbotron as a Beyond the Diagnosis Artist. 

  • 2022/23: Selected Artist for The Jimmy Fund / Dana Farber's Cow Parade New England. 

  • Telephone - An International Artist Show. April 2020. Online Exhibition

  • 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)

 

 

Features and Recognitions

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Awards

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  • Best Gallery in the East Bay, Rhode Island Monthly Best of Rhode Island 2023 (HeARTspot Art Center and Gallery)

  • Best Gallery in Rhode Island Top 3, Reader's Choice Awards 2023 (HeARTspot Art Center and Gallery)

  • Best Gallery in the East Bay, Rhode Island Monthly Best of Rhode Island 2022 (HeARTspot Art Center and Gallery)

  • Best Gallery in Rhode Island, Reader's Choice Awards 2022 (HeARTspot Art Center and Gallery)

  • Best Gallery in Rhode Island, Reader's Choice Awards 2021 (HeARTspot Art Center and Gallery)

  • Best Gallery in the East Bay, Rhode Island Monthly Best of Rhode Island 2021 (HeARTspot Art Center and Gallery)

  • Best Gallery in Rhode Island, Reader's Choice Awards 2021 (HeARTspot Art Center and Gallery)

  • Remarkable Woman Award. City of East Providence. April 2020. 
  • RISCA Individual Artist Grant. FY2020
  • Secured Grant via the RI Foundation and City of East Providence for Pokanoet Tribe Mural.

  • Best Gallery in the East Bay, Rhode Island Monthly Best of Rhode Island 2020 (HeARTspot Art Center and Gallery)

  • Best Gallery in Rhode Island, Reader's Choice Awards 2020 (HeARTspot Art Center and Gallery)

  • 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).

  • East Providence High School Distinguished Faculty Award. 2015.

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

  • Inducted into the Royal Society of British Sculptors, 1996.

 

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Speaking Events

 

  • Rhode Island College: April 2024. Speaker at Beyond the Diagnosis Unveiling/Lecture/Guided Tour

  • Portraits of a City: Presentation of Work Completed via RISCA Grant and a Legislative Grant. November 2021, City of East Providence.

  • 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.

  • Artist Talk for Women's History Month. Brooklyn Coffee and Tea House. Providence. March, 2019

  • 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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