Marcia Reed
8 So Walnut Street
Milford, DE 19963
(413) 297-2690
(302) 265-2318
Education:
M.F.A. University of Massachusetts, 1986 Painting, Amherst, MA
B.F.A. University of Massachusetts, 1977 Art Education, Amherst, MA
A.B. Holyoke Community College, Associates degree in Arts
Curator/Director:
2020 - 2012- Owner of Gallery 37~ A Destination for Artful Living, Milford DE. Voted Best Gallery Downstate by Delaware Today Magazine – 2020, 2019, 2017, 2015.
2012-1996 - Curator and Director of The Grubbs Gallery on the campus of The Williston Northampton School, Easthampton, MA
2012-1996 – Owner/Director of 1 Railroad Street Station Gallery, Easthampton, MA
Selected Juror and Lectures:
2020 – Mispillion Art League, 17th Annual Judged show, September 16th- November 7th 2020, Milford, DE
2020 - Rehoboth Beach Art League 47th Annual Members Fine Craft Exhibition, June/July Rehoboth Beach, DE
2020 – 2013 - Delaware Statewide Scholastic Art Awards, juror, DE State University, Dover, DE
2017 - Delaware State Dept. Art show, juror for all DE employees. Dover, DE
2017- Mispillion Art League - ‘Crisp’ Exhibition, judge, Milford, DE
2012-2008 Lecture and Citywide Studio Tours, ‘The Arts in Easthampton, MA’ (three industrial building tours of artists studios/lofts with introductions.)
2013 - Delaware Beach Life Magazine, Rehoboth Beach, DE judge for annual magazine photo contest.
2010 - 2003 - Holyoke League of Arts, Holyoke MA, juried group show.
2009 - National Competition of Sculptural benches and trash receptacles for The Easthampton outdoor Public Garden. Thirty-five entries from across the USA
2002 - ‘Westfest’ 20th Festival of the Arts, juror - Westfield, MA
1998 – St. Thomas, USVI Arts Council. Slide lecture on my landscape paintings from 1997/1998
1994 - Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA - slide talk lecture on work.
Teaching:
2020- Sicily, Painting workshop, Sept. 16th – 24th 2020 in the Agrigento area staying at Fontes Episcopi (il.chiostro), Instructor of mixed media painting
2018- Cinque Terre, Italy Workshop, Instructor of painting with ( il.Chiostro)
2017 - San Giovanni d’Asso Italy workshop in Tuscany. Expressive painting. (il.Chiostro)
2014 – Radius Workshops. Istanbul, Turkey. Instructor of Painting.
2014 – Rehoboth Beach Art league, mixed media painting - Content and Meaning in your painting going beyond technique. Weekend intensive
2015-2006- Snow Farm The New England Craft Center, Williamsburg, MA. Instructor of Watercolors and Acrylics.
2012-1978 - Full time painting and design instructor at The Williston Northampton School, Easthampton, MA
2012 – 2011 -2010- 2009 –2008 -2007 – Instructing and leading painting workshops in Lake Garda, Tuscan Renaissance Center in Tuscany, San Fedele Art Retreat, and in Santu Lussurgu, Sardinia, Burgundy and Dijon France with (Il.Chiostro) workshops
2011- Le Petit Rousset Painting Workshop, Perigord, France
2009-1989 - Maine College of Art, Portland Maine. Pre-College instructor of painting. Summer Intensive workshops (Continuing Studies) in watercolor
2004-1995- St. John School of the Arts, St. John USVI. Instructor of oil painting, acrylics and watercolor classes. (December, March, June, July and August)
1995- University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, USVI, Instructor of drawing and painting. Summer (June-August)
Residencies:
1999 - Caneel Bay, St. John USVI, Artist in Residence for one year.
1994 – International Artists Colony, Prilep Academy of Arts, Republic of Macedonia, USA artist in Residence
1991- College of Santa Fe, New Mexico ‘A spiritual connection to place’. Eight Visiting Landscape painters.
1988 - Seoul Institute of the Arts, Seoul, South Korea. (September 1988 Visiting Artist for three weeks).
Selected Solo and Group Shows:
2020 – Rehoboth Beach Art league ‘9th juried Regional Biennial Exhibition August 28th – September 27th, Rehoboth Beach, DE
2020 - Mispillion Art League, ‘My Delaware’ Group show, July 15th- September 12th.
2020 – Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, juried Recent work by MFA Alumni. ‘From Sun to Cement’. March 5th- March 26th, Amherst, MA
2019 – Gallery 37, Pure Drawing Show. Group show of ten artists. October 15th – November 15th, Milford, DE
2018 – Gallery 37, Black and White Exhibition. Group show of sixteen artists. March/April, Milford, DE
2017 – Biggs Museum of American Art, Biggs Picture 2017 Landscapes by Mid-Atlantic States, juried group show, June 2nd - July 23rd, Dover, DE
2015- Site/109 Gallery – Invitational 20th Anniversary of il.Chiostro (Immagini: Images of Italy), Manhattan, NY
2015 – Le Petite Gallery – Josephine Kier Ltd. Selected solo works over three decades: A Painters vision and journey, March 14th – April 14th, Lewes, DE
2014 – Biggs Museum of American Art, Mid-Atlantic juried competition, Perceived Landscapes, May 17th – July 20th Dover, DE
2014 – Elusie Gallery, Little State/Big Sky Delaware. Solo show of current landscapes, Easthampton, MA
2014 – Canal Gallery, ‘Views of Holyoke’, juried group show, Holyoke, MA
2014 – Ventures Gallery, Rehoboth Beach Art League, Instructors show, May 30th –July 13th Rehoboth Beach, DE
2012 – Easthampton City Arts Gallery, ‘Hidden Private side of Artists, group show, Easthampton, MA
2012 – Eagle Hill Cultural Center, solo show, Large Scale Abstractions of the 1980’s. April-June, Hardwick, MA
2011 – Elusie Gallery, ‘Nolde Revisited- Intimate Watercolors’, solo show, October, Easthampton, MA
2010 – The Jasper Rand Art Athenaeum, solo show ‘Sojourns: Near and Far’, Westfield, MA
2008 – Lumberyard Gallery, two-person show ‘Parallel Views’ March – April, St. John, USVI
2007 – The Broome Street Gallery, juried group show, NYC, NY
2006 – Mystic Art Center, 50th Regional juried show. 3rd place winner for landscape, Mystic, CT
2005 – Gallery at Four India Street, ‘Spring Reflections’ solo show, May, Nantucket Island, MA
2004 – New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, group juried show, Summit, NJ
2004 – Bowery Gallery, National juried show by William Baily, Chelsea, NY
2003, 2002, and 2001 – Fore Street Gallery, ‘At the Waters Edge’, solo show and two group shows, Portland, ME
2003 –Mystic Art Association, 47th Regional juried show, Honorable mention. Mystic, CT
2001 – Greenwich Village Bistro, Carmine Street, solo show, Italy landscapes, Carmine Street, Soho, NY
1999 – The Walton Arts Center, Two-person show, ‘Two Different Approaches’. Fayetteville, AR
1996 – The Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Invitational Show ‘Selected works showcasing the Valley’s Best work’ Springfield, MA
1994 – Gallery Marko Cepenkov, Center of Plastic Art, Prilep, Republic of Macedonia, 38th Annual group exhibition, International Painters Colony
1988 – Dongnang Arts Center, World Olympics Arts Festival, group show, ‘Assemblage/Collage’, Seoul, South Korea
1986 – Space Gallery, Seoul Institute of the Arts, group show, New Collages, Seoul, South Korea