CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME: John Terrence Downs
Date: September, 2015
POSITION: Professor of Art
HOME ADDRESS: 420 Main Street, Rumney, NH 03266
TELEPHONE (OFFICE): 603-535-2201 | (HOME): 603-786-9958
EMAIL: tdowns@mail.plymouth.edu | jtdowns2@gmail.com
HOMEPAGE: http://oz.plymouth.edu/~tdowns
 
EDUCATION
A.A.  Miami-Dade Junior College; 1966   Major: Art
B.S.  University of Miami; 1968  Major: Art  Minor:  Theatre
M.A.  University of Miami; 1969 Major: Art
M.F.A. Florida State University; 1971   Major: Printmaking    Minor:   Painting
 Additional study:
National Endowment for the Humanities Seminar, 1981
“Poetry, Art and Insight”, Linguistics Department Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Construction/Assemblage Workshop, Art New England, Bennington, Vt. 1986
Lithography, Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, NY, 1992
Lithography, The Museum School, Boston, Ma., 1992>
Cultural Seminar, CCCS/Universidad de Habana, Cuba, 2001
 
WORK EXPERIENCE
2010-2013, Interim Director, Karl Drerup Art Gallery, PSU
Professor Department of Art 1991-2015
Associate Professor Department of Art 1983-91
Assistant Professor Department of Art 1974-83
Instructor Department of Art 1971-74
Plymouth State College
Lecturer-Assistant Art Department; 1969-71
Florida State University
Part-time Instructor Evening Division 1969
Miami-Dade Junior College
 
TEACHING AREAS/INTERESTS: Printmaking: All media; emphasis in intaglio and Collagraphy
Senior Thesis
Advanced Studio Seminar
2D Presentation Practices (team taught)
Basic and Figure
Design: Basic design and color, experimental design, construction/assemblage.
Interdisciplinary: Canadian Studies, Exploring the Visual Arts, First Year Seminar
 
RESEARCH AREAS/INTERESTS:
Revision of 2D curriculum
Relief Printing concepts & techniques
Sabbatical course planning – Relief Printing 2009
Proposed seminar course BFA studio 2002
Current Interests: Crayon manner copper etching, landscape, Celtic motifs, figure.
Integrative Courses –
Foreign language, art and culture: Spain, Cuba, Ireland, Italy, Nicaragua, Holland, Belgium, Quebec and England.
 
JURIED AND NON-JURIED PUBLICATIONS:
Collaboration Book produced with Edith Patridge “A New Hampshire Village, Prints & Poetry”, 2007
Art In Unexpected Places, NH Council on the Arts l989
"John Downs, Paintings & Prints" Reviewed by Margot Clarke
Art New England April/May, 1988
"Cynthia Triedman", Art/New England March, 1983
"Contemporary Canadian Printmakers", Art/New England December, 1982
"Stanton Sears", Art/New England November, 1981
"Christopher Kressy", Art/New England June, 1981
"Katherine Porter, Eleanor Prager, James Fortune", April, 1981 Art/New England
"Robert Eshoo: A Decade of Painting and Drawing" March, 1981 Art/New England "New Hampshire
Exhibition Review, Art/New England 1980-81
"Robert Morton", Art/New England December, 1980
"Kathe Kollwitz - Lotte Jacobi", Art/New England June, 1980
"Adolph Gottlieb, A Retrospective 1921-1956", April, 1980 Art/New England
"Art Up Country'', Art/New England February, 1980
"Giles Low: Printmaker", Graphics March, 1979
"High School Summer Workshop", School Arts Magazine March, 1979
 
JURIED/NON-.JURIED EXHIBITIONS:
2015, Regional Juried Exhibition, AVA gallery, Lebanon NH
2015, What’s New In NH Printmaking?, Levy Gallery Portsmouth, NH
2015, PSU Faculty Exhibition, KDAG,
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 “
2015 OAA members group exhibitions, Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, Maine
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 “
2014, Rey Center, group show, area artists, Waterville Valley, NH
2014, “Art And Poetry”, Newport Library Art Center, Newport, NH
2014, What’s New In New Hampshire Printmaking?, Portsmouth Visitor Center, NH
2010, 2011, 2012. 2013 “ , Artstream Gallery, Rochester, NH
2012, Boston Printmakers, faculty, Biennial, Danforth Museum, Framingham , Mass.
2010, “ , Boston University, Mass.
2009 - Trajectory, Curated NH Print Exhibit – PSU
2009 - Barn Gallery, Group shows, OAA, Ogunquit, Maine
2009 - Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH Printmakers
2009 - Boston Printmakers Biennial, Boston University
2008 - Barn Gallery, Group shows, OAA, Ogunquit, Maine
2008 - Faculty Show, KDAG, Plymouth State University
2008 - Art For Democracy, Exhibit, Lamson Library, Plymouth State University
2008 - Art For Democracy, Poster exhibit, 20 National Venues
2008 - A New Hampshire Village, selections, Café Monte Alto, Plymouth,
2008 - What’s New In New Hampshire Printmaking, Franklin Pierce Law Center,
2007 - Boston Printmakers Biennial, New England faculty exhibition, Boston University
2007 - Faculty Exhibition, PSU Silver Center for the Arts, Plymouth, NH
2007 - Group Shows, Ogunquit Art Association, Ogunquit, Maine
2007 - Regional Juried Show, Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, Maine
2007 - Juried group show, Visions & Voices, Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
2006 - Juried group show, Rivertree Center for the Arts, Kennebunk, Maine
2006 - Group Shows, Barn Gallery, OAC, Ogunquit, Maine
2006 - Group Show, New Hampshire Printmakers, Invitational Exhibition, Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH
2006 - Juried Regional Exhibition, Library Art Center, Newport, NH
2006 - 2-Person Exhibition, Downs/LaChance, Barn Gallery, OAA, Ogunquit, Maine
2006 - Faculty Exhibition, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH
2005 - One Person Show, Carega Gallery, Sandwich, NH
2005- New England Village suite, etchings with poems by Edith Patridge, Kimball Jenkins Estate, Concord, NH
2005- New Hampshire Printmakers Invitational exhibition, Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH
2005- Boston Printmakers Biennial, New England faculty exhibition, Boston University
2005- Juried group exhibition, Rivertree Center for the Arts, Kennebunk, Maine
2004- Group exhibit, Artstream Studios, Rochester, NH
2004- Group Shows, Barn Gallery, OAC, Ogunquit, ME
2004- What’s New In New Hampshire Printmaking, Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH
2004- Hot Off The Presses, NH Printmakers, Sharon Art Center, Peterborough, NH
2004- New England Village Suite, Macintosh College, Dover, NH
2004- Faculty Show, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH
2004 - New England Village Suite, Littleton Hospital, Littleton, NH
2003 - Faculty Show, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH
2003 - Group Shows Ogunquit Artists Collaborative Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
2003 - What’s New in New Hampshire Printmaking, Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH
2003 - New England Village Suite
-New Hampton Library, New Hampton, NH
-Newport Library Arts Center, Newport, NH
-Starr King Unitarian Church, Plymouth, NH
2002 - Group Shows, Ogunquit Artists Collaborative Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
2002 - N. H. Printmakers Invitational, Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH
2001 – Regional (Vt/NH), Juried exhibition, AVA Gallery, Lebanon, NH
2001 – Faculty Show, SCAC, Plymouth, NH
2001 – Prescott Park Arts Festival, Honorable Mention. Portsmouth, NH
2001 - Ogunquit Artists Collaborative Gallery, Members Exhibitions, Ogunquit, ME
2001 - One-Person Show, Prints and Drawings, Rochester Creative Arts Center, Rochester, NH
2000 - Regional (Vt/NH), Juried exhibition, AVA Gallery, Lebanon, NH
2000 - Faculty Show, SCAC, Plymouth, NH
2000 - One-Person Show, Prints, Venetian Canal, Manchester, NH
2000 - One-Person Show, “Seasons of the Mountain”, Miller’s Fare, Littleton, NH
2000 – One-Person Retrospective Exhibition, Paintings and Prints, Artist’s Showcase, Tilton, NH
1999 - Group Shows, OAA Gallery, Ogunquit, Maine
1999 - 2-Person Show, OAA Gallery, Terry Downs/Norman West, Ogunquit, Maine
1999 - Brickstore Museum, Kennebunk, ME; group show
1999 – Maine Council on the Arts, Augusta, ME; group show
1999 - Boston Printmakers/Archespaper, Educators Group Show, Boston, MA -
1999 - Pottery by the Bay, Meredith, NH; group show
1998 - Juried show "RED", OAA Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
1998 - Group Show, OAA Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
1998 - Set Design - "Kundalini", Contemporary Dance Ensemble, SCAC
1997 - Group Shows, OAA Gallery, Ogunquit, Maine
1997 - North Country Printmakers Invitational, North Country Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NH
1997 - Faculty Show, PSC, Plymouth, NH
1997 - "My Studio", NH Printmakers Invitational, Covered Bridge Gallery, Contoocook, NH
1996 - Recent Prints, Unitarian Church, Plymouth, NH
1996 - Pastel Exhibition, Kimball-Jenkins, Concord, NH, Group, juried
1996 - OAA Group Shows, Ogunquit, Me
1996 - NHAA Annual Currier Gallery, Manchester, NH, juried
1996 - NH Printmakers, Kimball-Jenkins, Concord, NH, Group, juried
1995 - 9th Biennial Manchester Institute of Art, Manchester, NH, juried
1995 - NH Printmakers - Newport Library Gallery - Invitational
1995 - Vt/NH Regional Exhibit - AVA Gallery, Lebanon, NH, juried
1995 - Faculty show, PSC, Plymouth, NH
1995 - Brickstore Museum, Group Show, Kennebunk, Me
1994 - Faculty Show, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH
1994 - Sunapee Fair, Group Show, Sunapee, NH
1994 - Ogunquit Art Association, Group Show, Ogunquit, Me
1994 - Levy Gallery, Group Show, Portsmouth, NH, juried
1994 - Prescott Park, Group Show, Portsmouth. NH, juried
1994 - NHAA Annual, Currier Gallery, Manchester, NH, juried
1993 - One Person Exhibition, Sketch Book Drawings, PSC, Plymouth, NH
1993 - Group Show - Ogunquit Art Association, Ogunquit, ME
1993 - Group Show - New Hampshire Art Assoc., New England Center, Durham, NH
1993 - NHAA Annual Juried Exhibition, Currier Gallery, Manchester, NH
1993 - Abstract Art, Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
1993 - Lassonde Annual Juried Exhibition, Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
1992 -NHAA Annual Currier Gallery, Manchester, NH, juried
-Group Show - Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
1991 -Group Show - Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
1991 - NHAA Annual-Currier Gallery, Manchester, NH, juried
1990 - 7th Biennial Manchester Institute of Arts & Sciences, Manchester, NH, juried
1990 - 47th Annual NHAA -- Currier Gallery, Manchester, NH
1990 - Vietnam Exchange Exhibition, Boston Printmakers/Fine Arts Association of Hanoi, juried
1990 - Group Show -- Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
1990 - Invitation Printmaking Show, Hanover, MA
1990 - One Person Exhibition, Etchings, Penn State University, Becks, PA
1989 - Sunapee Fair Group Exhibition, NHAA, Sunapee, NH
1989 - 3rd Omer Lassonde Exhibition, juried NHAA
1988 - Faculty Exhibition, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH
1988 - Boston Printmaking Members Show, Duxbury, MA
1988 - One Person Exhibition - Horizons Art Gallery, Campton, NH
1987 - Faculty Show - Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH
1987 - NHAA Group Show - Currier Gallery of Art Award, Manchester, NH
1987 - Group Show - Horizons Art Gallery, Campton, NH
1987 - Group Show - Waterville Valley Arts Festival, Waterville Valley, NH
1987 - "New Directions" - New Hampshire Art Association
1987 - Members Show, Boston Printmakers, Duxbury Art Complex, Duxbury, MA
1986 - 116 Constructions" - Suzanne's Kitchen, Plymouth, NH
1986 - NHAA Annual - Currier Gallery, Manchester, NH, juried
1986 - "Past Presidents" - New Hampshire Art Associations
1986 - Group Show - Boston Printmakers, Montserrat School
1986 - Members Show - Boston Printmakers, Duxbury Art Complex, (Honorable Mention)
1986 - One-Person, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH
1986 - "Conceptual object", St. Anselm's College, Manchester, NH, group, invitational
1985 - Members Show, Boston Printmakers, Duxbury Art Complex, Duxbury, MA
1985 - 12th Regional Exhibition, Hopkins Center, Hanover, NH, juried
1985 - NHAA Annual Currier Gallery, Manchester, NH, juried
1985 - lst Regional New England Competition, Bentley College, Waltham, MA, juried
1984 - Group Show, Boston Printmakers, Concord, MA
1984 - New England Figurative Drawing, University of New Hampshire, juried
1983 - NHAA Annual, Currier Gallery, Manchester, NH (Costello Award), juried
1983 -One-Person, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH
1983 - 3rd NH Biennial, Institution Arts & Science, Manchester, NH, juried
1983 - Group Show, Artist Express Depot, Ashland, NH
1983 - Members Show, Boston Printmakers, Duxbury, MA (Merit Award)
1983 - Open Show, Hopkins Center, Hanover, NH
1982 - Members Show, Boston Printmakers, Duxbury, MA
1982 - Group Show "Of Like Minds", Arts & Science Center, Nashua, NH
1982 - "N.H. Professors of Art", Rivier College, Nashua, NH
1982 - NHAA Annual Currier Gallery, Manchester, NH (Currier Award)
1982 - Group Show, 1114 Abstractionists", Portland Art Building, Portland, ME
1982 - Group Show, "Paper & Pedestal", NHAA, Manchester, NH
1982 - Open Show, Hopkins Center, Hanover, NH
1981 - 9th Annual 2nd Street Gallery (National), Charlottesville, VA, juried
1981 - NHAA Annual, Currier Gallery, Manchester, NH. juried
1981 - Members Show, Boston Printmakers, Duxbury, MA
1981 - One-Person, Castleton State College, Castleton, VT
1980 - One-Person, Living & Learning Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
1980 - NHAA Annual, Currier Gallery, Manchester, NH, juried
1980 - One-Person, St. Marks School, Southboro, MA
1980 - Group Show, NHAA, Art & Science Center, Nashua, NH
1980 - Group Show, Thorne-Sagendorph Gallery, Keene State College, Keene, NH
1980 - Billboard Mural, Public Art Project, Thorne-Sagendorph Gallery, Keene State College, Keene, NH (NEA Funded), juried
1980 - Members Show, Boston Printmakers, Duxbury, MA
1979 - One-Person Show, Boston City Hall, Boston, MA
1979 - Group Show, PSC Faculty, AVA Gallery, Hanover, NH
1979 - NHAA Annual, Currier Gallery, Manchester, NH, juried
1979 - Members Show, Boston Printmakers, Duxbury, MA
1979 - 4th Regional Exhibition, Sharon Art Center, Sharon, NH
1979 - Group Show, NH Artist, NHAA Ceara, Brazil
1978 - Creiger-Sesen Associates, Boston, MA
1978 - NHAA Annual, Currier Gallery, Manchester, NH, juried
1978 - Members Show, Boston Printmakers, Duxbury, MA
1978 - Group Show, AVA Gallery, Hanover, NH
1977 - Group Show, St. Anselms College, Manchester, NH
1977 - 2nd Annual Regional, Sharon Art Center, Sharon, NH, juried
1977 - NHAA Annual, Currier Gallery, Manchester, NH, juried
1977 - Members Show, Boston Printmakers, Duxbury, MA
1977 - 13th Annual National Juried Print Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
1977 - Invitational Regional Exhibit, AVA Gallery, Hanover, NH
1977 - One-Person Show, New Hampton School, New Hampton, NH
1977 - One-Person Show, Plymouth State College, Plymouth,
1976 -Invitational Exhibition, New Hampshire Artists "Celebration", Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH
1976 -Juried Exhibit, Peterborough Art Festival, Peterborough, NH
1976 -Juried Regional Exhibition, Sharon Art Center, Sharon NH (Printmaking Award)
1976 -4th Regional Exhibition Open, Hopkins Center, Hanover, NH
1976 -Annual Painting Competition (Juried-National) Goddard College, Plainfield,VT
1976 - 5th Annual Print Exhibition (Juried-National) Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
1976 - Prescott Park Art Exhibition, Portsmouth, NH
1976 - Miller-King Gallery, Miami, FL
1976 - Creiger Associates, Framingham, MA
1976 - One-Person Show, Tallahassee Community College, Tallahassee, FL
1976 - One-Person Show, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA
1976 - Three-Person Show Exhibition, Phenoix Hall, Concord, NH
1976 - Three-Person Exhibition, Sharon Art Center, Sharon, NH
1975 - NHAA Juried Exhibition, Art and Science Center, Nashua, NH
1975 - Group Show, Z Gallery, Rumney, NH
1975 - Boston Printmakers (Juried-National) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1975 - Open Exhibition, Hopkins Center, Hanover, NH
1975 - NHAA Touring Show, State of New Hampshire
1975 -One-Person, Art Barn Gallery, Wentworth, NH
1975 - Group Printmakers Exhibition, B.V.A.U. Gallery, Boston, MA
1975 - NHAA Annual Exhibition, Currier Gallery, Manchester, NH (Costello Award)
1974 - Two-Person Exhibition, Lacey-Caswell, Laconia, NH Plymouth State College
1974 - NHAA Annual Exhibition (Juried-State) Currier Gallery, Manchester, NH
1973 - Group Show B.V.A.U., Cyclorama Building, Boston, MA
1973 - Print Exhibition, Franklin-Pierce College, Rindge, NH
1972 - NHAA Annual Exhibition, Currier Gallery, Manchester, NH
1971 - NHAA Annual Exhibition, Currier Gallery, Manchester, NH (Costello Award)
1971 - Berkshire Museum Annual Exhibition (Regional) Pittsfield, MA
1971 -One-Person, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH
1971 - NH Bicentennial Exhibition, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH
1971 - Group Show, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH
1971 - One-Person, Pensacola Art Center, Pensacola, Florida
1971 - Group Show, University of South Carolina
1970 - Best of Florida Exhibition, Purchase Prize Pensacola Art Center, Pensacola, Florida (Best of Show Award)
1970 - Southeastern U.S. Painting and Sculpture Show Gallery of Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Regional)
1970 - 6th Annual Piedmont Graphics Show, Mint Museum Raliegh, North Carolina (Regional)
1970 - Eastern U.S.A. Drawing Exhibit, Arts Festival 13 Cummer Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida (Regional)
1970 - Group Members Show, Miami Art Center, Miami, Florida
1970 - 7th Annual Museum Show, Museum of Arts and Sciences Macon, Georgia (Regional)
1970 - Two-Person Show, A Nest of Owls Gallery, North Miami, Florida
1970 - Group Show, Hortt Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
1970 - Only Prints and Drawings Exhibit, Jacksonville, State University, Jacksonville, Alabama (Regional)
1970 - 19th Annual Southeastern Annual Drawing Exhibition, High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia (Regional)
1969 - Society of Four Arts, Annual Painting Exhibition Palm Beach, Florida (National)
1969 - One-Person Exhibit, Unitarian Church, South Miami, Florida
1969 - Group Members Show, Miami Art Center, Miami, Florida
1969 - Two-PersonExhibit, Davidson Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida
1968 - Group Show, Graduate Competition, Lowe Museum, Coral Gables, Florida
1968 - Group Show, Brockway
1968 - One-Person Exhibition, Davidson Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida
1968 - One-Person Show (Drawing), Whitten Union, Coral Gables, Florida
1967 - Festival of Three Kings, Group Exhibition Miami, Florida (Three Kings Award)
1966 - South Florida Art Students Exhibits, Unitarian Church, South Miami, Florida
1965 - North Miami Arts Festival, Group Exhibition Honorable Mention, North Miami, Florida
 
FUNDED PROJECTS
2014, Houdegbe North American University Benin, Cotonou, Benin
2006 - Set design: Contemporary Dance Ensemble, Plymouth State University
2005 –Study travel: Spain, La Ruta de Don Quijote, Grant/ R.E. Collins, Alton, NH
2004- Set Design: Contemporary Dance Ensemble, Plymouth State University
2002- Nicaragua Club, Plymouth State College, Managua, Nicaragua
2001 –Study Travel: Cuba/CC-CS, Grant/ R. E. Collins and Plymouth State College
1999 - Study Travel: Netherlands/Belgium, Grant/ R.E. Collins
1998 - Study Travel: Ireland, Grant/ R.E. Collins
1997 - Study Travel: Italy, Grant/ R.E. Collins
1996 - Study Travel: Breton Hall Univ., England, Institutional Grant - PSC
1995 - Set Design - Contemporary Dance Ensemble, Silver Cultural Arts Center, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH
1986 - Finalist-Mt. Sunapee Public Art Project
1985 - "REGALIA" Tapestry Academic Commons, PSC
1983 -Arts In Public Places Laconia Vocational Technical College, NH Community of the Arts, Laconia, NH
1981 - "Poetry, Art and Insight", NEH Summer Seminar - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (National Endowment for the Humanities)
1980 - Poster Project Grant 1980 - New Hampshire Commission on the Arts/Plymouth Friends of the Arts
1979 - Public Art Project, "Billboard Mural", Thorne Sagendorph Gallery, Keene, NH (National Endowment For The Arts)
 
HONORS/AWARDS:
2001 – Prescott Park Arts Festival, Honorable Mention. Portsmouth, NH
1997 – NHAA Annual, Currier Gallery, Manchester, NH (Costello Award)
1990 - Hanoi Museum of Art, Vietnam/U.S.A. Artists Exchange Exhibitions, Boston Printmakers Association
1987 - NHAA Annual Currier Gallery of Art Award, Manchester, NH
1986 - Members Show Boston Printmakers, Duxbury Art Complex
1983 - NHAA Annual, Currier Gallery, Manchester, NH (Costello Award)
1983 - Member Show Boston Printmakers, Duxbury, MA (Merit Award)
1981 - "Poetry, Art and Insight", Summer Seminar - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (National Endowment for the Humanities)
1979 - Public Art Project, "Billboard Murals", Thorne Sagendorph Gallery, Keene, NH (National Endowment for the Arts)
1979 - 4TH Regional Exhibition, Sharon Art Center, Sharon, NH (Printmaking Award)
1976 - Juried Regional Exhibition, Sharon Art Center, Sharon, NH (Printmaking Award)
1975 - NHAA Annual Exhibition, Currier Gallery, Manchester, NH (Costello Award)
1971 - NHAA Annual Exhibition, Currier Gallery, Manchester, NH (Costello Award)
1970 - Best of Florida Exhibition, Purchase Prize Pensacola Art Center, Pensacola, Florida (Best of Show Award)
1967 - Festival of Three Kings, Group Exhibition Miami, Florida (Three Kings Award)
 
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP AND PARTICIPATION:
2005- Member, Rivertree Center for the Arts , Kennebunk, Maine
1994- Membership Juror, Ogunquit Art Association
1993- Member, Ogunquit Art Association, Ogunquit, Maine
1990- Member - AVA, Lebanon, NH
1989-90 Acting Director, New Hampshire Art Association; Chair, Building Committee
1984-85 President - NHAA
1984 Trustee - Plymouth Friends of the Arts
1979-82 Member - AAUP
1975- Member - Boston Printmakers Society
1974- Plymouth - Friends of the Arts
1971- Member - NHAA
 
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
2006 - Chair, Rumney Democratic Caucus
2001- Rumney Junior High Basketball Coach
2001- Building Committee, OAC, Ogunquit, Maine
2001- Old Home Day Committee, Rumney, NH
2000 Town Seal Committee, Rumney, NH
1990 - Rumney Recreation Committee; Chair
1988-89 Rumney School Board Building Committee; Chair
1988-89 Rumney Junior High Basketball Coach
1991-92 Rumney Junior High Basketball Coach
1987-89 Plymouth Parks and Recreation Department Coach
1987 - Plymouth Little League Coach
1986 - SAU 48 Superintendent Search Committee
1984-88 Chair, Rumney School Board
 
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES:
2005 - LaRuta de Don Quijote Tour, La Mancha, Spain
2001-02 Assisting in formulation of text for Criminal Justice/French course, Marie-Therese Gardner, PSC
2001 - Sabbatical Leave, Fall Semester, Etching Suite, Web page creation,
2001 – Cuban Culture Study, CCCS and University of Havana, Havana, Cuba
1996 - Drypoint Workshop, Portsmouth High School, Portsmouth, NH
1995 - Drypoint Workshop, OAA Gallery, Ogunquit, Me
1992 - Lithography Workshop, Woodstock School of Art
1992 - Lithography Workshop, Boston Museum School
1990 - Printmaking Workshop on Collographs and Monotypes, Ava Gallery, Lebanon, NH
1990 - Printmaking Workshop on Collographs and Monotypes, Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
1986 - Boxed Sculpture Workshop, Bennington College
1986 - Artists Retreat Group, Ogunquit, ME
 
DEPARTMENT/COLLEGE SERVICE:
2010-2013, Interim Director, Karl Drerup Art Gallery, PSU
2008 Acting Director KDAG, Plymouth State University (during Director’s sabbatical)
2008 Organized NH Women Concern for the Arts exhibition, SCA, PSU
2008 Co-ordinator – Color & Design
2008 Department Promotion & Tenure Committee
2007-08 Department 2D Representative
2007-08 Chair Art Dept. Gallery Committee
2006 Department Promotion & Tenure Committee
2004 Parking Committee
2003 BFA Studio Coordinator
2002 Lecture on Cuban Art, International Week, PSC
2001-02 Nicaragua Club Advisor
2001 Field Trip Mentor, Advanced French, Boston and Quebec
2001 College General Education Committee
2001 Safety Committee
2001,04 Judge, New England Debate Tournament, Plymouth State College,
2000-01 Department Search Committee
2000-01 Continuing Education Committee
2000-01 BFA Studio Coordinator,
2000-01 Advisor, Continuum Magazine
1998-99 Chair, Art Department, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH
1996 - Acting Chair, Art Department, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH
1993 - Advisory Committee, Silver Cultural Arts Center
1991-92 Faculty Observer - USNH Trustees
1991-92 Faculty Welfare Committee
1991-92 Task Force on Homophobia
1990-92 Executive Council
1989-92 Administrative Council
1991-92 Faculty Review Committee, Chair
1990-91 USNH Benefits Committee
1990-92 Gallery Advisory Committee
1990- Advisor, Phi Beta Epsilon
1988-90 Affirmative Action Committee
1988-93 Review Committee
1988-93 Executive Council
1988-90 Faculty Welfare Committee, Chair
1987-89 Promotion and Tenure Committee
1987-89 Cultural Arts Center Building Committee
1985-87 College Planning Committee
1984-86 Advisor - Outing Club
1984-85 Academic Commons Committee
1982-85 Athletic Council
1981-84 Working Council
1980-81 V-P PSC AAUP
1980-81 College Resource Committee
1979-82 President - Society for Scholarly Dialogue
1977-78 Advisor – WPCR
1974-78 Promotion and Tenure Committee
1974-76 Advisor - Jabberwocks
1973-77 Departmental Gallery Director
1994-95 Departmental Search Committee
BFA Coordinator
Promotion & Tenure, Music & Theatre Dept.
TMAC Advisory Committee
 
OUTREACH:
2008 Juror – Art of Democracy Exhibiton, Lamson Library, PSU
2008 Rumney Artist Open Studios
2006-Present Chair, Rumney Democratic Caucus
2005 Juror, Dunfey Memorial Exhibition, NHAA, Portsmouth, NH
2003 Principal Search Committee, Russell Elementary School, Rumney, NH
2001-02 Basketball Coach, Russell School, Rumney, NH
2001 Juror for Lakes Region Art Scholarship Committee, Laconia Community College, Laconia, NH
1996 Study Group Visit - Bretton Hall College, Wakefield, England and Hertfordshire College of Art, St. Albans, England
1993 Monotype Workshop with Joyce Zavorskas, PSC, Plymouth, NH
1993 Juror, North Conway Art.In The Park Festival, N. Conway, NH
1992 Juror, Sharon Art Center, Regional Exhibition
1990 Printmaking Workshop on Collagraphs and Monotypes at the AVA Gallery in Lebanon, NH and at the Hood Museum at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
1989 USNH Arts Day, 25th Anniversary Celebration, Poetry Reading
1988, 85 Juror - Plymouth Friends of the Arts High School Exhibit
1987 Juror - Laconia Art Association
1987-90 Founder and Co-Director - Horizons Art Gallery, Campton, NH
1994 Juror, Plymouth Art Exhibition, Plymouth, NH