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       Artist Statement

Artists have been called “the antennae of the race.” As such, I express my political viewpoints in printmaking and collage, although artwork with political themes is frequently frowned upon in some New England audiences. The 9/11 disaster and the political consequences have called for strong statements based on current events. The woodcut/monotype “9/11” has been accepted for the permanent collection of the Boston Public Library, Dept. of Prints and Drawings.

I began my art education late in life,(roughly at age 63) when I began taking classes at Mass College of Art, while still employed at State Street Bank. After applying for admission, I was accepted, and graduated with a BFA “with honors” at age 70. It was the proudest moment of my life!

Among my professors at MassArt were Marcia Lloyd, Rick Brown, George Greenamyer, Christopher Chippendale and Paul Celli. To this day, I continue my studies of printmaking with Esther Maschio and with several painters at the South Shore Art Center and North River Art Society. If you ever stop learning, you’re dead, even if you‘re still walking around.

Among my favorite artists of the past and present are Rembrandt, Leonardo da Vinci, Johann Sebastian Bach, Duke Ellington, Arthur Dove, Marsden Hartley, Joseph Cornell, Jacques Lipschitz, Frida Kahlo, Michael Mazur, David Smith and Wolf Kahn.

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EDUCATION

• 1947 Vassar College, Hispanic Studies
• 1949 Columbia University, Hispanic Studies
• 1997 Massachusetts College of Art, Painting, Art History
• South Shore Art Center Advanced Printmaking Studio
• North River Art Society Painting
• Independent Study Sculpture
  

RELATED VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

• Monotype Guild of New England Board Member
• South Shore Art Center Board Member
• Ocean Spray Cranberries: Curator, Cranberry World

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

• Andover Newton Theological School: War, Madness and Delusion Juried Exhibit
  
• Perkins Gallery, Striar Jewish Community Center:The Unique Print
  
• South Shore Art Center: Blue Ribbon Shows, Festivals
  
• Wheaton College Beard Gallery: Social Issues
  
• Print Alliance: Traveling Memorial Portfolio
  
• Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement:
  A Printmaker’s Primer
  Inside and Outside the Box
  Pundits and Personalities
  
• Monotype Guild of New England:
  Lynn Arts, Inc.
  Juried Exhibit: Endless Possibilities
  Web site: mgne.org/gallery
  
• Hingham Public Library: Dualities; Solo Show
  Permanent Collection: Hingham Beach Bums, Monotype
  
• Boston Public Library:
  Dept. of Prints and Drawings Permanent Collection “9/11”
  
• James Library, Norwell:
  80th Birthday Retrospective
  
• Printmakers of Cape Cod
  Creative Printmaking

       Contact Information

7 Farm Hills Lane
Hingham, MA 02043
781-749-1067
E-mail: afarmhills7@comcast.net