| EDUCATION | ||
| May 1996 | Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD |
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| May 1984 | Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY BFA in Studio Art (drawing concentration) |
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| Other Courses | Purchase College (SUNY Purchase), Purchase, NY Painting, Bronze Casting |
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| TEACHING EXPERIENCE, COLLEGIATE | ||
| 2009 | Adjunct Instructor, Carl Sandburg College, Galesburg, IL | |
| 2000-2005 | Assistant Professor, Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL | |
| 2000 | Adjunct Instructor, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY | |
| 1999-2000 | Assistant Professor/Adjunct, St. John's University, Queens, NY | |
| 1999-2000 | Instructor, Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ | |
| TEACHING EXPERIENCE, MUSEUM AND COMMUNITY | ||
| 2003, 2006-2009 | Art Instructor, Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL | |
| 2008-2009 | Art Instructor, Immaculate Conception School, Monmouth, IL | |
| 2006, 2008-2009 | Art Instructor, College for Kids at Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL | |
| 2006, 2008-2009 | Art Instructor, College for Kids at Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL | |
| 2008 | Master Teacher, Figge Museum of Art, Davenport, IA | |
| 2005-2009 | Art Instructor, Galesburg Civic Art Center (GCAC), Galesburg, IL | |
| 1999-2004 (summers) | Master Teacher, Young People's Institute/YPI, Old Saybrook, CT | |
| 1998-1999 | Art Instructor, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT | |
| 1997 | Art Instructor, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, Purchase, NY | |
| 1996 | Master Teacher, Buck's Rock Camp, New Milford, CT | |
| 1992-1994 | Art Instructor, Northern Westchester Center for the Arts, Goldens Bridge, NY | |
| 1992-1994 | Art Instructor, Port Chester Council for the Arts, Port Chester, NY | |
| SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS | ||
| 2007 | Acrylics and Oil Pastels, Chez Willy, Galesburg, IL | |
| Untraversed Terrain, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL | ||
| Untraversed Terrain, Briarcliffe College, Patchogue, NY | ||
| 2005 | Acrylics and Watercolors, by Marjorie Blackwell, Q's, Galesburg, IL | |
| 2004 | Marjorie Blackwell and Tetsuya Yamada, Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL | |
| 2003 | From Both Sides of the Pond, Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL | |
| 2001 | Paintings, Art Resources Transfer, New York, NY | |
| In Retrospect In Prospection, Len G. Everett Gallery, Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL | ||
| 1998-1999 | Crossing, Shelter Rock Gallery, Manhasset, NY | |
| 1998 | Marjorie Blackwell and Nancy Callahan, Thundering Waters Art Center and Gallery, Trumansburg, NY | |
| 1997 | Transitions, Percussive Light Studio, Fleetwood, NY | |
| 1996 | Unveiled, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD | |
| GROUP EXHIBITIONS | ||
| 2010 | By Invitation Only, Q’s, Galesburg, IL | |
| 2008 | Botanicals, Vagnhall Gallery, Bishop Hill, IL | |
| 15x15, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD | ||
| 2007 | Studios Midwest 2007 Artists, Knox College, Galesburg, IL | |
| 2002 | GALEX 36 (Juried by Frederick Ortner), Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL | |
| 2000 | Benefit Exhibition, Art Resources Transfer, New York, NY | |
| CowParade New York (design for “Cow of Many Colors” selected and sponsored by CowParade Holdings), Department of Parks and Recreation, New York, NY | ||
| 1999 | 19th Annual Faber Birren National Color Award Show, Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT | |
| In the Black, Bronx River Art Center & Gallery, Bronx, NY | ||
| 1998 | Embrace the Arts, Nordstrom, White Plains, NY | |
| 1996 | Juried Exhibition (Juried by Fred Wilson), ArtScape (Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Art and Culture), Baltimore, MD | |
| 1995 | Texas National 95 (Juried by Leon Golub), Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX | |
| 1994 | Americans All: Conversations Between Cultures (Curated by Randy Williams), General Foods USA, White Plains, NY and Reader’s Digest, Pleasantville, NY | |
| Alumni Series, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY | ||
| 1993 | Words and Images, Reader’s Digest, Pleasantville, NY (by invitation from the Westchester Arts Council) | |
| 1992 | Alumni Series (Three person show), Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY | |
| 1991 | Juried Exhibition, Hidden Treasures, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY | |
| Juried Exhibition, Port Chester Council for the Arts, Port Chester, NY | ||
| Group Exhibition of New Artists, Claude Gallery, Eastchester, NY | ||
| COMPUTER DESIGN | ||
| 2006 | Content Designer. Midwest Instructional Technology Center Exquisite Corpse Project, Ann Arbor, MI | |
| 1990-1994 | Publication Designer. Ariston US Connections, New York, NY | |
| 1990-1991 | Designer/programmer. The Acorn Company, New York, NY | |
| 1989-1990 | Content & Human Interface Designer. Fusion Media, Inc., New York, NY | |
| 1985-1989 | Content & Human Interface Designer. American Data Systems Inc./Graphex Inc., Yonkers, NY | |
| THEATRE AND EVENT DESIGN | ||
| 2008 | Scenery Artist. Wickedly Live (Costume Gala), Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL | |
| 1998 | Set Designer. Portraits in Shadow and Light (dance choreographed by Gloria McLean), Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY | |
| 1995-1996 | Member of Artists’ Collaborative which created the performance Corporis: A Devotional to Lust, Maryland Institute, College of Art and Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. | |
| Set Designer. Chatter and Static and The April Witch (original operas), Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD | ||
| 1995 | Event Design Artist. Associated Black Charities Gala, Baltimore, MD | |
| 1994 | Event Design Artist. Fandango Productions, Baltimore, MD | |
| GRANTS, RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS | ||
| 2010 | Awarded Individual Artist Professional Development Grant. Illinois Arts Council, Chicago, IL |
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| 2007 | Studios Midwest Artists Residency program. Galesburg, IL | |
| 2007 | Awarded Special Assistance Grant. Illinois Arts Council, Chicago, IL | |
| 2002 | Awarded by the City of Mount Vernon for Contribution to the Arts in Mount Vernon during Arts on Third arts festival. Mount Vernon, NY | |
| 1999 | Awarded Special Opportunities Stipend (SOS). New York State Council on the Arts, New York, NY | |
| 1998-1999 | Commissioned to design a glass mural, “Tranquility”, for the renovated Mount Vernon Railroad Station. Arts for Transit, Metropolitan Transit Authority, New York, NY | |
| PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS | ||
| Deena Parham,Public Art at Mount Vernon’s Metro-North Stations, Urban by Design, September 4, 2008 | ||
| Matt Buedel, Go With the Flow, Journal Star, July 29, 2007 | ||
| Paintings by Blackwell on Exhibit in Chicago, Daily Review Atlas and Monmouth College Web Site, July 19, 2007 | ||
| Sandra Bloodworth and William Ayres, Along the Way: MTA Arts for Transit, Monacelli Press, Inc., 2006 | ||
| Roberta Hershenson,To Grace Yonkers Station, Work That Mirrors River, The New York Times, February 8, 2004 | ||
| CowParade Holdings Corporation, Cow Parade New York, Workman Publishing Company, Inc., 2000 | ||
| Carolee Ross-Golpe, A Tale of One Entry, The Advocate & Greenwich Time, October 3, 1999 | ||
| PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES | ||
| 2010 | Judged 135th Anniversary Celebration Art Exhibition. Kewanee Public Library, Kewanee, IL | |
| 2009 | Judged Student Exhibition 2009. Carl Sandburg College, Galesburg, IL | |
| 2001-date | Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL Board member and chair of the Studios Midwest Committee since spring 2008, served on Exhibitions Committee since 2001, served on Art Auction Committee in 2008, created photorealistic graphite drawings of houses featured on Holiday House Walk 2008, 2009. | |
| 2008 | Curated A Place and Time, a two-location exhibit of work from the Galesburg Civic Art Center’s Private Collection, Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL and Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL; delivered curator’s lecture at Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL. | |
| 2001-2006 | Member of the inter-campus, collaborative team that developedThe Exquisite Corpse Project under a grant from Midwest Instructional Technology Center (MITC). The initial collaboration included Colorado College, Lake Forest College, and Monmouth College and later joined by DePauw University, Kenyon College, and Oberlin College; disciplines included drawing, computer imaging, photography, videography, creative writing, and music composition. | |
| 2005 | Judged Members and Friends Exhibition. Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL | |
| 2001, 2003-2005 | Judged Rep. Lane Evans’ Congressional Exhibition Competition for District High School Artists. Galesburg, IL | |
| 2003 | Teaching and Learning with Technology in the Humanities Conference, Lawrence University. At this MITC sponsored conference, presented The Exquisite Corpse Project along with two colleagues from the project. | |
| Digital Imaging Conference, DePauw University. At this MITC sponsored conference, presented the pedagogical goals and outcomes of the first inter-campus run of The Exquisite Corpse Project. | ||
| 2001 | Served as jury panelist for Studios Midwest Artists Residency, Galesburg, IL. | |
