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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLIC ART PROJECTS |
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| 2012 |
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| 2011 | III International Sculpture Symposium, El Trebol, Santa Fe, Argentina | ||||||||||||
| ARTES SIN FRONTERAS, Lima , Peru ENCUENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE ESCULTORES, Ayacucho, Peru |
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| 2010 | INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM – West Rutland, VT Marble sculpture | ||||||||||||
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2010-12 | BENCH PROJECT, Ayacucho, Peru – Rutland, VT stone benches for public places in collaboration with youth and the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center
WALKING WITH MEMORIES – Boston, MA Permanent outdoor sculpture installation |
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| 2006-11 | CULTURAL EXCHANGE, Ayacucho, Peru – Resident Artist sponsored by Carving Studio of VT, MADRE and Chirapaq | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | SOTO STUDIO, Boston, MA Sculpture and installation
STONEFEST 2009, Seattle, WA Guest Carver |
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| 2008 | CARVING STUDIO & SCULPTURE CENTER, West Rutland, VT Solo show “Walking with Memories”
INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM - NWSSA, Mt. Vernon, WA Guest Artist INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM – SIAS International University Zhengzhou, China |
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| 2007 | SCULPTUREFEST, West Rutland, VT Limestone installation “Walking with Memories”
INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM, Brussels, Belgium, Marble sculpture |
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| 2006 | INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM, Sumter, SC - "Connections - Cultural Exchange" Curator & Participant
STONE GARDEN, Boston, MA - Permanent outdoor sculpture installation
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| 2005 | ACCESSIBILITY 2005, Sumter, SC - Permanent outdoor sculpture installation, Limestone & Granite
COLUMBIA MUSEUM OF ART, Columbia, SC - "Totem" Sculpture Installation 4th INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM, Thassos, Greece - Marble Sculpture 1st INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM, Murnau, Germany - Limestone Sculpture INTERNATIONAL SNOW SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM, Quebec City, Canada
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| 2004 |
7th INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM, Andres Institute of Art, Brookline, NH Granite sculpture
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| 2003 | HAMPDEN GALLERY, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA - “The Journey - part 2” Interactive commentary BUTTSTOP ART, Springfield, MA - Two benches for City of Springfield/PVTA bus routes (Sculpture, painting) |
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| 2002 |
MANHAN RAIL TRAIL MURAL, Easthampton, MA - Mural with community participation for bicycle trail WORCESTER ART MUSEUM, Worcester, MA - Faculty Show |
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| 2001 | HAMPDEN GALLERY, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA - “The Journey” Sculpture Installation WORCESTER ART MUSEUM, Worcester, MA - Faculty Show |
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| 2000 | JEKYLL ISLAND MUSEUM, Jekyll Island, GA - Gallery show: Driftwood Beach Project DRIFTWOOD BEACH PROJECT, Jekyll Island, GA - Public art event: Sculpture, installation, performance and video |
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| 1999 | ALMA DE MUJER/LAS MANITAS, Austin, TX - International Women’s Day - Group Show (sculpture) | ||||||||||||
| 1998 |
MEXIC-ARTE MUSEUM, Austin, TX - Group show GUADALUPE CULTURAL CENTER, San Antonio, TX - 14th Annual Juried Women’s Art Exhibit - Group Show (Sculpture) |
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| 1997 | BOSNIA BOOK PROJECT, Chelsea, MA - Book/Poster project with Bosnian immigrant children. | ||||||||||||
| 1996 |
FULLER MUSEUM OF ART, Brockton, MA - “Walk Down Memory Lane” - Outdoor installation for the 8th Triennial Show |
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| 1995 |
DECORDOVA MUSEUM, Lincoln, MA - “Strokes of Genius - Miniature Golf by Artists” “Passport please” Multimedia installation dealing with immigration issues. INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Boston, MA - “Expressions of Who We Are” Community mural project. MILLS GALLERY - BOSTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Boston, MA - “Pinball ARTcade” Installation with community youths. |
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| 2012-13 | MAIN STREET ART PROJECT (w/ Fitchburg Art Museum, The City of Fitchburg and The University of MA in Fitchburg) NEA |
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| 2009-12 | The Bench Project (with Carving Studio and Sculpture Center), Vermont Cultural Council |
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| 2010 | The Marble Symposium (with Carving Studio and Sculpture Center), NEA | |
| 2009-10 | “Walking with Memories Project” Boston Day & Evening Academy, Boston, MA, MCC | |
| 2006 | New England Foundation For The Arts |
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| 2004 |
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS Umass Cultural Council grant for “The Journey part 2” Interactive commentary/installation |
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| 2003 | LOCALMOTIVE: Public Art Off the Beaten Path, Lowell, MA National Endowment for the Arts Creativity Grant w/ Revolving Museum BUTTSTOP ART, Springfield, MA Federal Transit Enhancement Grant | |
| 2001 | MANHAN RAIL TRAIL MURAL, Easthampton, MA Massachusetts Cultural Council/National Endowment for the Arts UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS Student Affairs Cultural Enrichment Fund for “The Journey” Sculpture Installation |
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| 2000 | DRIFTWOOD BEACH PROJECT, Jekyll Island, GA Grassroots Art Grant (Ga. Council for the Arts/National Endowment for the Arts) |
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| 1997 | BOSNIA BOOK PROJECT, Chelsea and Boston, MA Book/Poster project with Bosnian immigrant children. Funded by grants from Very Special Arts Massachusetts and the Revolving Museum (Mass. Cultural Council/National Endowment for the Arts) |
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| 1993 | "On the Wall" Mural Project, NEW ENGLAND FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS |
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| 1992 | MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL Individual Project Grant for “Interpretations: Festival of Dreams” with Jeff de Castro |
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AWARDS |
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| 2011 | Honorary Member of the Asociacion Peruana Ayacuchana, Qory Allpa Distinguished Award by the Town Hall of San Juan Bautista, Ayacucho, Peru for Public Art |
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| 2008 | Selected Best of Latino Art Celebration in the Arts, The 17th Annual Massachusetts Housing, Boston,MA |
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| 2005 | 1st Prize, l'INTERNATIONAL DE SCULPTURE SUR NEIGE DU CARNAVAL DE QUÉBEC, Quebec City, Canada | |
| 2002 | Artist Fellowship Grant, SPRINGFIELD CULTURAL COUNCIL, Springfield, MA |
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| 1998 | THIRD PRIZE (Sculpture) 14th Annual Juried Women’s Art Exhibit, Guadalupe Cultural Center San Antonio, TX |
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COMMISSIONS |
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| 2013 | GEORGINA, Monumental Sculpture, Private Collector , San Luis Argentina |
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| 2012 | Monumental Sculpture, Private Collector , San Luis Argentina |
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2006 1993-96 |
Installation on the Boston Common, Government Center and Back Bay Station with neighborhood youths, FIRST NIGHT, Boston, MA |
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| 2004 | MANHAN RAIL TRAIL STELE, Easthampton, MA Commissioned limestone monument | |
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HESTIA MURAL RESTORATION, Northampton, MA Artistic Director large scale (4,000 sq ft) mural restoration “WOMEN ON THE RISE”, Northampton, MA Commissioned murals, poster for Safe Passage offices and fundaiser | |
| 1999 | ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, Austin, TX Fountain, bas-relief and murals commissioned for Plaza Saltillo | |
| 1998 | CHILDREN’S UNIVERSE MURAL PROJECT, Austin, TX Mural with community youths - commissioned by La Peña with a grant from Time Warner Cable and the Bravo Network |
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| 1994 | DECORDOVA MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE PARK, Lincoln, MA “Passport Please” Installation as part of “Strokes of Genius - Minigolf by Artists” |
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EDUCATION |
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| 1989 | MASS. COLLEGE OF ART, Boston, MA, Individual Study: Welding |
| 1984-85 | UNIVERSITA PER STRANIERI, Perugia, Italy, Italian Studies |
| 1983 | ARGENTINE INSTITUTE OF MUSEOLOGY, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Certificate in Restoration of Antiques |
| 1982 | COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS OF MERCEDES, Mercedes (San Luis) Argentina, Curriculum: Art Education, Drawing, Painting, Sculpture. Graduated 1982, Title: Professor of Fine Arts |
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WORKSHOPS, PANELS AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE |
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| 2013 | CONFERENCE – Artist’s talk, documentation Complejo Molino Fenix V. Mercedes S.L. Argentina |
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2006-2013 |
CARVING STUDIO and SCULPTURE CENTER, W. Rutland, VT Stone sculpture classes | ||||||||||||||
| 2006-2011 | CULTURAL EXCHANGE, Ayacucho, Peru – Resident Artist sponsored by Carving Studio of VT, Chirapaq | ||||||||||||||
| 1993-2012 | VSA Arts of Massachusetts, Boston, MA A series of art workshops with children of various ages. |
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2005-2010 |
BOSTON DAY & EVENING ACADEMY, Boston, MA Artist in Residence | ||||||||||||||
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2005 |
COUNTY HOUSE of CORRECTIONS CONFERENCE, Quinsigamond College, Worcester MA, Artist talk on Hampshire County Jail Mural project |
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2004 |
SPRINGFIELD MUSEUM of FINE ARTS, Springfield, MA Creating Art for the Public - The work of Nora Valdez” - Lecture | ||||||||||||||
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2002-04 |
THE GUILD SCHOOL, Easthampton, MA Stone Sculpture classes | ||||||||||||||
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2000-05 |
SPRINGFIELD ART MUSEUM, Springfield, MA Stone Sculpture classes - Museum School | ||||||||||||||
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2002 |
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, Washington, DC Panelist, Visual Arts Access, Heritage & Preservation Grants MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL Panelist, YouthReach grants |
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1995-2001 |
WORCESTER ART MUSEUM, Worcester, MA Portrait Painting WORCESTER ART MUSEUM, Worcester, MA “Art All State” - Mentor for youth program with artists and high school art students |
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1998 |
ELISABET NEY SCULPTURE CONSERVATORY, Austin, TX Stone Sculpture classes LAGUNA GLORIA - AUSTIN MUSEUM OF ART, Austin, TX Sculpture and Painting classes MEXIC-ARTE, Austin, TX Art workshops in Austin elementary schools |
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1997 |
LA PEÑA, Austin, TX Art workshops with youths from Meadowbrook Housing Project as part of the Y.W.C.A. summer program |
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1996 |
MOBIUS, Boston, MA “Collectivism, Collaboration, Cooperation and Consensus” - Panel discussion INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Boston, MA Artists on Artists - gallery talk on exhibition “Inside the Visible” WOMEN’S CAUCUS FOR THE ARTS NATIONAL CONFERENCE, Boston, Ma Panel Discussions: “Freedom of Expression” and “New Genre Public Art/Art Activating Communities” |
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1995-97 |
WORCESTER ART MUSEUM, Worcester, MA “Art All State” - Mentor for youth program with artists and high school art students |
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1995-96 |
WANG CENTER, Boston, MA “Arts by Kids” - Judge for show as part of educational outreach program “Young at Arts” |
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1995 |
THE SCHOOL AT THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Boston, MA Lecture to graduate students about Community Art |
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1994 |
INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Boston, MA “Public Interventions” - Panel discussion on Public and Community Art | ||||||||||||||
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1993-96 |
VERY SPECIAL ARTS, Boston, MA A series of art workshops with children of various ages and disabilities |
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| 1993 | CHILDREN’S MUSEUM, Boston, MA Visiting Artist November 1993 |
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1990-94 |
THE LEARNING CENTER AT VILLA VICTORIA, Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion, Boston, MA A series of after-school art workshops for various age groups ARTSTART Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA A series of workshops with homeless children focusing on developing self-expression and self-confidence BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION PROJECT, Boston, MA A series of workshops designed to engage students in issues of First Amendment rights in the Arts |
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1985-86 |
NORA VALDEZ STUDIO OF ART, Zaragoza, Spain Organized and conducted classes and private lessons in drawing, composition and painting |
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| 1983 | COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS OF MERCEDES, Mercedes (San Luis) Argentina Professor of Art - conducted classes in Composition, Artistic Analysis and Art History | ||||||||||||||
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PUBLICATIONS |
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| 2011 | L’informatore del Marmista, Verona Italy, Anno L .N 593, Giorgio Zusi editore, Maggio 2011 |
| 2007 | Carving Out A Dream, B. Amore (Ed.), Kokoro Press, 2007 |
| 2006 | La Pintura Y La Escultura En San Luis, Vol. III, C. Sanchez Vacca, Payne S.A., 2006 “Stone Garden”, International Sculpture Magazine, Vol. 25, No. 10, December 2006 |
| 2005 | “Painting the Town”, Rails to Trails Magazine, Winter 2005 |
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“The Journey”, International Sculpture Magazine, Vol. 22, No. 4, May 2003 Illustrations in Prima Verba, Romania, Nr. 2, 2003 |
| 1999 | La Pintura Y La Escultura En San Luis, Vol. II, C. Sanchez Vacca, Payne S.A., 2006 |