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Alvin Ouellet Fine Painter, Printmaker, Digital Image-maker, Teacher & Consultant

EDUCATION Master of Fine Arts, 1987 Massachusetts College of and ​ , 1985 Massachusetts College of Art and Design ​ Associate of Arts, 1978 Becker College ​ Intensive, 1991 Tamarind Institute, University of New Mexico

EMPLOYMENT Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA 1987-present ● Assistant Professor: Courses taught include: Printmaking Survey; , Monoprint, ​ Silkscreen, and . Served on several college-wide and departmental faculty committees; including College Marketing, Curriculum Migration and Healthy and Safety committees. ● Adjunct Associate Professor: Graduate Printmaking Course: Low-Residency Graduate ​ Program ● Studio Manager: Printmaking Department: Responsibilities include: Management of ​ Printmaking facility & personnel; Health & Safety Coordinator for Printmaking (MSDS compliance); technical support, aesthetic instruction; Budget development/management; program/course coordination; Inventory and Chemicals Oversight; machine maintenance and repair. Serve on 2-D Departmental Committee and Co-Chair: Health & Safety Committee. ● Special Projects: 1994 & 1996 – Beyond the Digital Print – an experimental printmaking ​ intensive workshop for digital . 1997 – “Boston Printmakers’ Symposium” regional printmaking symposium including workshops and special events: technical assistant, workshop leader, visiting artists’ assistant.

Framingham University, Framingham, MA 1991 – 1992 ● Assistant Professor: Courses taught include: Printmaking (Beginning, Intermediate, ​ Advanced); Theory; Drawing (Beginning & Advanced). Responsibilities also included: student advising, college-wide and departmental committees, and management of printmaking facility.

Montserrat School of Art, Beverly, MA 1987 – 1988 ● Adjunct Faculty: Courses taught: Painting II & ​

Brookline Adult Education Extension, Brookline, MA 1986-1988 ● Studio Instructor: Painting & Printmaking ​ Resume: Alvin Ouellet ​ Fine Arts Painter, Printmaker, Teacher, Consultant

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EXHIBITIONS: 1987-2014: Massachusetts College of Art and Design: Annual Scholarship Auction 1987-2014: Massachusetts College of Art and Design: Annual Staff Exhibit 1998: Boston Symphony Hall: MassArt 2D Faculty Show 1996: : Bunker Hill Community College – “Bent Spaces” – Recent ​ ​ 1995: Chamber Gallery: Brockton, MA – “Cityscapes” - Solo Exhibit of Recent Paintings ​ ​ 1994 – 1995: Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA - “Brockton Present Tense” ​ ​ 1992: Masmanian Gallery, Framingham State College – Solo Faculty Exhibit: “Paintings & Prints” ​ 1991: Gallery: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA – “Seven Hills of Worcester”: ​ ​ Paintings 1990: Above the Space Gallery, Boston, MA – “Artists for HOPE ” Group Show Benefit for HOPE ​ ​ ™ 1989: North Hall Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design – MassArt 2D Faculty Show ​ 1989: Dubarry Gallery, Newbury Street, Boston, MA – “Alvin Ouellet, Paintings” Solo Show ​ ​ 1988: Cecil’s Gallery, Boston, MA – “Alvin Ouellet, Paintings” Solo Show ​ ​ 1987: Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA – “Interior Spaces” Group Show ​ ​ 1987: Pooke Gallery, Natick, MA – “Alvin Ouellet, Paintings and Prints” Solo Show ​ ​ 1985 – 1987: “East Coast Traveling Exhibition” – “Alvin Ouellet, Prints” – exhibited at Cooper Union, ​ ​ ​ ​ Maryland Institute of Art, Massachusetts College of Art, Parsons School of Design, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Tyler School of Art 1986: Boston Center for , Boston, MA – “Cyclorama” Group Show ​ ​ 1986: Jamaica Plain Arts Center, Boston, MA – “Alvin Ouellet, Paintings & Prints” Solo Show ​ ​

COMMISSIONS AND GRANTS 1996: Malden YWCA – Project Title Billboard: “Make a Make a Difference” ​ ​ 1995: Malden YWCA – “Make a Mural Make a Difference” – Program Consultant and ​ ​ 1994 – 1995: Massachusetts Arts Lottery Grant – Brockton Cultural : “Brockton Present ​ Tense” Series of Paintings ​ 1991 - 1992: Massachusetts Arts Lottery Grant – Worcester Cultural Commission: “Seven Hills of ​ Worcester” Series of Paintings and Prints ​ 1989: LEVI’S 501 Jeans Television Commercial, Boston MA – Painted mural for nationally syndicated TV commercial 1988 – 1989: Chestnut Hill Mall, Chestnut Hill, MA - commissioned to paint on location for “1989 ​ Celebration of the Arts” ​ th 1988: City of Waltham – 250 ​ Anniversary - Commissioned to produce two large scale ​

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AWARDS 1996: “1996 Pro Arts’ Public Service in the Arts Award” – Boston Arts Consortium of Colleges: ​ ​ recognizing involvement with urban arts youth programs facilitating art-making by youth to promote self-expression through imagery inspired by youths’ perspectives of their realities. 1986: “Auction Award: Best in Show” – Massachusetts College of Art and Design ​ ​ 1986: “ Associates Award” – Boston, MA ​ ​ 1985: “Fine Arts 2D Award” – Massachusetts College of Art and Design ​ ​ 1984: “Fine Arts 2D Award” – Massachusetts College of Art and Design ​ ​ 1984: “Mass Art Foundation Award” – Massachusetts College of Art and Design ​ ​ 1983: “David Berger Award” – Boston, MA ​ ​

VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY SERVICE 1997 – 2000: Appointed by Mayor of City of Brockton to the Brockton Cultural Commission of the Massachusetts Arts Lottery Council 1995 – 1998: The Prevention Arts WORKShop® : volunteered as Artistic & Technical Consultant to ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ™ establish an after-school arts and cultural program and youth entrepreneurship project for HOPE Youth Development Program participants to develop “small media products” for use in community-level street and community outreach for HIV prevention; a collaboration between HOPE (Hispanic Office of Planning and Evaluation, Inc.) and the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation. 1997: “Art-Inspired Learning and Teaching” – Steamroller Printmaking Project - A collaboration ​ ​ between the Art Education Department at the Massachusetts College of Art, the McKinlay School, City of Boston Public Schools, and HOPE: Hispanic Office of Planning and Evaluation, Inc. funded by the Eisenhower Foundation.

OTHER COMMUNITY ARTS PROJECTS: 1991: ‘RicanStructed Convictions” Exhibit of Juan Sanchez Prints at Massachusetts College of Art. ​ ​ Served as liaison between HOPE and Mass Art on exhibit held on the occasion of the 20th ​ Anniversary of HOPE: Hispanic Office of Planning and Evaluation, Inc.. 1995: “CUIDA TU VIDA CONTRA EL SIDA – PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST HIV/AIDS” – HOPE ​ STEAMROLLER PRINTMAKING PROJECT - “Program Development, Artistic and Technical Consultant” for youth arts project producing 50 large scale 4’ by 8’ murals; funded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Also coordinated exhibit of prints at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and travelling exhibit to the 1995 National Council of La Raza Annual Conference in Dallas, TX 2008 – 2010: “HOPE Steamroller Print Project” and “HOPE-Combat Project” Partnerships with ​ ​ ​ the Center for Art and Community Partnerships at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, included exhibitions of Steamroller Prints at the MassArt Arnheim Gallery & Tower Gallery.

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