BARBARA JOAN SOLOMON 11 Willowbrook Road, West Hartford, CT 06107 (860) 521-6038

EDUCATION

Ed.D. Teachers College of Columbia University, New York, NY October 1989 Major: College Teacher of an Academic Subject (Art) M.A.Ed. Hartford Art School of the University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT January 1973 Major: Education Minor: Printmaking M.F.A. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY June 1970 Major: Painting Minor: Sculpture B.A. Russel Sage College, Troy, NY June 1968 Major: Fine Arts (Specialization: Art)

Sabbatical Sept 1977-June 1978 Private Study: Off Loom Weaving under Ferne Jacobs, Los Angeles, CA Fall 1977/Winter 1978 Printmaking under Leonard Edmonson, California State University, Los Angeles, CA

Grant Sept1979/Sept 1980 National Endowment for the Arts, Crafts Apprenticeship Grant under Ferne Jacobs

Additional Study Summer 2018 Polyester Plate Printmaking with Anna Hoberman, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA Spring 2016 Drypoint workshop with Carol Wax, Zea Mays, Florence MA Fall 2012 Printmaking using Multiple Plates: Master Class, Reduction Prints: Master Class under Ramon Vargas Artiz, Eastern State University, Willimantic, CT Fall/Spring 2011 Basic Drawing under Zbignew Grzyb, West Hartford Art League, West Hartford, CT Fall 2010 Monoprinting under Melissa Meredith, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT Summer 2009 Basic Drawing under Doug Ritter, Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown, MA Summer 2008 Vitreography: The Art of Printing from Glass under Judith O’Rourke, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA Summer 2007 Japanese Woodcut under Daniel Heyman, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA Summer 2006 Greener Etching under Carrie Scanga, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA Summer 2004 Drawing the Figure under Jack Coughlin, Basic Drawing in Charcoal under Joan Pereira, Portrait Painting under Amy Kendall, Figure Painting under Robert Dutoit, White Line Prints under Kathryn Smith, Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown, MA Summer 2003 Sixth Annual Educators Summer Fellowship, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME Summer 2002 Polymer Plate Etching Using the Sun under Dorothy Cochran, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA

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Summer 2001 Painting from Nature under Jan Baltzell, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA Spring 2000 Oil Painting under Suzanne Howes Stevents, Tolland Country Art Association, Tolland, CT Summer 1999 Printmaking under Jim Balla, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA Summer 1998 Painting Workshop under Susanna Coffey, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA Spring 1998 Mezzotint Workshop under Carol Wax, Silvermine School of Art, New Canaan, CT Summer 1997 Painting in the Studio under Robert Dutoit, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA Summer 1995 Outdoor Landscape Painting under Joan Hopkins Coughlin, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA Summer 1993 Fulbright Grant to study Education in China, through Yale University, New Haven, CT Summer 1983 Printmaking under Billie Bowman Wilson and Kimberly Arp, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME (Scholarship: Monitor) Summer 1982 Printmaking under Inez Johnson, Otis/Parsons Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA Spring 1977 Paper Making under Kathryn Lipke, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum, Hartford, CT Fall 1976 Advertising Art, Connecticut School of Fine Arts, Wethersfield, CT Summer 1976 Off-Loom Weaving under Ferne Jacobs, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA Summer 1975 Forms in Fiber under Gyongy Laky and Design and Color (weaving) under Malin Selander, Banff Center for Fine Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada Spring 1975/Fall 1974 Weaving under Margaret Powis-Turner, Wasdworth Atheneum Museum, Hartford, CT Spring 1973 Ceramics at Park Street Potters, Hartford, CT Summer 1971 Painting and Sculpture at Academia de Belle Arte, Perugia, Italy Summer 1966 Painting Workshop at The University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

EXPERIENCE

1996-2003 Developing and Correcting BEST PORTFOLIOS for the State of Connecticut Fall 1979-present Printmaking Instructor, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT Fall 1978 Silk Screen Teacher, Glastonbury Adult Education, Glastonbury, CT Summer 1978 Etching Workshop Instructor, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen, CO Summer 1977-1979 Assistant director, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen, CO Fall 1974/Spring 1980 Silk Screen Instructor, Glastonbury Art Guild, Glastonbury, CT 1970-2010 Art Teacher: Grades K-12, Glastonbury Public Schools, Glastonbury, CT

Certification Connecticut art Teacher Certification, Grades K-12, Community College Credential, CA

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EXHIBITS

June/Sep 2019 CWA Annual National Open Juried Exhibition, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT Apr/May 2019 Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, 108 Annual Exhibition, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT Apr/May 2019 CWA Annual Memberos’ Juried Show, Art League of New Britain, New Britain, CT Feb/Mar 2019 “Intersections” Group Show, FivePoints Gallery, Torrington, CT Feb/Mar 2019 MCC Fine Art Faculty Exhibition, Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery, Manchester, CT Nov/Dec 2018 39 Years with Barbara Solomon: 14 MCC Printmakers, Dehn Gallery, Manchester, CT Sept/Nov 2018 Barbara Solomon Figurative Baskets, Marilyn Q. Vignone Gallery, Glastonbury High School, Glastonbury, CT Feb/Mar 2017 MCC Fine Art Faculty Exhibition, Hans Weiss New Space Gallery, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT Oct 2016/Jan 2017 Woman’s Exhibit, Gallery AMP: Art Market Provincetown, Provincetown, MA Nov/Dec 2016 “Unravelled,” Drezner Gallery at FVAC, Avon, CT May/Aug 2016 Woven Narratives, MCC on Main, Manchester, CT May/June 2016 Second Annual Members’ Exhibition, Windsor Art Center, Windsor, CT Members’ Juried Show, Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown, MA Oct/Nov 2015 A Celebration of Fiber Arts, Art Center East, Vernon, CT Feb/Mar 2015 Out of the Loop, a Juried Fiber Exhibit, West Hartford Art League, West Hartford, CT Oct/Dec 2014 MCC Fine Art Faculty Exhibition, Hans Weiss New Space Gallery, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT Feb/Mar 2013 Non-Juried Show, Connecticut Women Artists, Inc., ArtSpace Gallery, Hartford, CT MCC Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition, Hans Weiss New Space Gallery, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT Jan/Feb 2012 Un-Cut 2012 (Non-Juried Exhibition of CWA), ArtSpace Gallery, Hartford, CT Sept/Nov 2011 Members’ Juried Exhibition, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA Feb/Mar 2011 MCC Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition, Hans Weiss New Space Gallery, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT Nov/Dec 2010 Out of the Loop, Wets Hartford Art League Gallery at Blue Back Square, West Hartford, CT October 2010 Women’s Week Art Show, Esmond Wright Gallery, Provincetown, MA Oct/Nov 2008 Feed the Best, Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition, Hans Weiss New Space Gallery, Manchester Community College, Manchester,CT September 2008 Interpretations & Inspirations, 2008 Open Juried Show, Fisher Art Gallery, Farmington Valley Art Center, Avon, CT February 2008 Fiber Art Show, Fisher Art Gallery, Farmington Valley Art Center, Avon, CT

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Members’ Invitational Show, Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT Nov/Dec 2007 Opening Show, Muse Le Belle Artiste Gallery, Coventry, CT August 2007 Opening Show, the Esmond-Wright Gallery, Provincetown, MA April 2007 Earth Elements, A Group Show, Gallery Eleven, Hartford, CT Feb/Mar 2007 Faculty Art Exhibit, Hans Weiss New Space Gallery, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT July/Aug 2005 Members’ Open Exhibit, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA Feb/Mar 2005 Faculty Art Exhibit, Hans Weiss New Space Gallery, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT June 2003 Corpus Callosum the Invitational, Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT March/April 2003 Faculty Exhibit, Hans Weiss New Space Gallery, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT May 2002 73rd Annual Exhibition, Connecticut Women Artists, Inc., The John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT June/July 2001 “Final Thoughts,” Wood Memorial Library, South Windsor, CT Summer 2000/2001 Group Artist, Passions Gallery, Provincetown, MA March 2001 Faculty Art Exhibit, New Space Gallery, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT Oct/Nov 2000 “Arts In The House,” Campus Learning Resource Center, Building Dedication, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT Sept/Nov 2000 The Nature of Fiber, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY Sept/Oct 2000 A Feature Artist, Musselman Gallery, Provincetown, MA The Exquisite Corpse, Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT July 2000 Member Juried Exhibit, Connecticut Women Artists, Inc., Hartford Art School Gallery, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT April/June 2000 Tout le Monde, Three Connecticut Artists, Chase/Freedman Gallery, The Jewish Community Center, West Hartford, CT October 1999 “Common Threads,” Barbara Solomon, Jucy Sanders Sceery, Marlo Marrero, The Student Union Visual Art Space, UMass, Amherst, MA Oct/Nov 1998 “Female Forms/Two Interpretations”, Gail Edmonds and Barbara Solomon, Mirium Butterworth Gallery, Hartford College for Women, Hartford, CT June 1998 69th Annual Juried Show, Connecticut Women Artists: Juror Judy Chicaco, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT Third Prize Winner April 1998 MCTC Faculty Exhibit 1998, New Space Gallery, Manchester, Community College, Manchester, CT Nov/Dec 1997 USA Craft Today 97, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT August 1997 Art vs. Craft, Wood Memorial Library, South Windsor, CT July 1997 “Recent Sculpture,” Kir Priore Gallery, Provincetown, MA December 1996 Angels, Cherubs, and Other Naked People, Kir Priore Galleries, Hartford, CT November 1996 Art Fair, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA Premiere Exhibition/Gallery Artists, Kir Priore Galleries, Hartford, CT

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May/June 1995 Fiber Artists International: A New Look at an Old Art, Academy of the Arts, Easton, MD October 1995 Exhibition of Women Artists, Julie Heller Gallery, Provincetown, MA July/Aug 1995 The Society for Connecticut Crafts, Artist Showcase, Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, CT June/July 1995 60th Annual Juried Exhibition, The Society for Connecticut Crafts, Chaser/Freedman Gallery, Jewish Community Center, West Hartford, CT Best in Basketry February 1995 Faculty Exhibition, New Space Gallery, Manchester Community Technical College, Manchester, CT Sept/Oct 1993 “Connecticut Contemporary Crafts Exhibit,” The Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT April/May 1993 “From the Source: Fine Sculptural Craft-Producer, Process, Product,” Fisher Gallery, Farmington Valley Arts Center, Avon, CT February 1993 Faculty Exhibition, New Space Gallery, Manchester Community Technical College, Manchester, CT Nov 1992/Feb 1993 “Fiber Forms,” Stamford Museum and Nature Center, Stamford, CT June/Sept 1992 Faculty Show, Marilyn Q. Vignone Gallery, Glastonbury High School, Glastonbury, CT Feb/Mar 1992 Faculty Show, The New Space Gallery, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT June/Aug 1990 Society of Connecticut Craftsman, Connecticut Artist Showcase, Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, CT May/June 1990 Recent Works/Fiber Sculptures, Society of Connecticut Craftsman, The Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT March/April 1990 55th Annual Exhibition, Society of Connecticut Craftsmen, The Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT May/June 1989 Textile Expressions, The Holyoke Museum, Holyoke, MA April/July 1989 New England Baskets ’89, The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA April 1989 “Ladies of the Night,” Fiber Exhibition, Lyman Gallery, Southern Connecticut State University, Hamden, CT Feb/Mar 1989 Alternate Focus, An Invitational, Van Garde Gallery, New London, CT “Women in the Arts,” The Artway Gallery, Mattatuck Community College, Waterbury, CT November 1988 20th Anniversary Faculty Show, The New Space Gallery, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT Aug/Nov 1988 “Glass Capsules Filled with Fiber,” Connecticut Artist Showcase, Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, CT July 1988 Basketry ’88/Evolution into Sculpture, Witer Gardner Gallery, San Diego, CA June 1988 59th Annual Exhibition, Connecticut Women Artists, Inc., John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT Nov/Dec 1987 52nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Society of Connecticut Craftsmen, The New Space Gallery, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT Best in Show August 1987 Collaborations: Voices and Vessels, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY

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July/Aug 1987 Group Show, Macknit Gallery of Fiber Art, Englewood, NJ March 1987 Connecticut Art Education Association Members’ Juried Exhibition, Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT February 1987 Ten Women Fiber Artists, The New Space Gallery, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT Jan/Mar 1987 Between Art and Craft: The Fine Line, Academy of the Arts, Easton, MD Jan/Feb 1987 New England Women Artists: 1987, North Hal Gallery, College of Art, Boston, MA Dec 1986/Jan 1987 Alternate States, Pyramid Arts Center, Inc., Rochester, NY Nov 1986/Sept 1987 The New American Basket, A Cultural Presentation of the USA organized by Brainerd Art Gallery , State University College, Potsdam, NY; traveling through Afrida: Zimbabwe, Botswana, Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Tanzania Oct/Nov 1986 Members’ Juried Show, Connecticut Women Artists, Inc., Farmington Art Guild, Farmington, CT Juror’s Commendation Prize Contemporary Basketry, Textile Arts Center, Chicago, IL October 1986 Fourteen Connecticut Women Artists, Pump House Gallery, Hartford, CT September 1986 One Woman Show, Macy Gallery, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY Aug/Sept 1986 76th Annual Exhibition, The Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, New Britain Museum of Fine Art, New Britain, CT June/July 1986 Basket Weave, The Dairy Barn, Southeastern Ohio Cultural Arts Center, Athens, OH June 1986 57th Annual Exhibition, Connecticut Women Artists, Inc., John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT May/July 1986 The Basket: Form and Function, International Gallery, San Diego, CA April/May 1986 Fiber Forms, Three Award Winners at the Society of Connecticut Craftsmen Exhibition-1985, Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center, West Hartford, CT March 1986 The Human Touch Exhibition, The Worcester Craft Center, Worcester, MA Feb/Mar 1986 The Changing Face of Liberty, Women’s Caucus for Art, John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT; traveling Eisner Gallery at City College, New York, NY; Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT Nov/Dec 1985 The Changing Face of Liberty, Women’s Caucus for Art, John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT; traveling Eisner Gallery at City College, New York, NY; Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT November 1985 Members’ Juried Show, Connecticut Women Artists, Inc., The New Space Gallery, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT Oct/Nov 1985 Rituals, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT September 1985 Basketry Today, Lawton Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, WI; traveling through Wisconsin Aug/Sept 1985 The Basketry Link, Mendicino Art Center, Mendicino, CA; traveling to Chicago, IL

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June 1985 Artquest ‘85/The Video Exhibit, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA; traveling April/May 1985 50th Annual Juried Exhibition of the Society of Connecticut Craftsmen, The Museum of Art, Science, and Industry, Bridgeport, CT Prize Winner Mar/May 1985 Hartford Handcraft, M.S. Gallery, Hartford, CT Jan/Feb 1985 Botanical Gardens, Chicago, IL; Cartwright Gallery, British Columbia, Canada Fourth Place Winner November 1984 Opened Juried Show, Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT Oct/Nov 1984 Inaugural Exhibition, The New Space Gallery, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT October 1984 Connecticut Art for the Nuclear Freeze, Essex Art Association Gallery, Essex, CT September 1984 New England Crafts Showcase, Charles Ives Center, State University, Danbury, CT July/Aug 1984 Contemporary Basket Forms, Brookfield Craft Center Gallery, Brookfield, CT July 1984 International Art Competition/Slide Exhibition, Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, CA; traveling through Los Angeles, CA Third Annual Wintonbury Art League Juried Show, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT June/July 1984 The New Basket: A Vessel for the Future, Brainerd Art Gallery, State University of Art and Science, Potsdam, NY; traveling June 1984 55th Annual Exhibition, Connecticut Women Artists, Inc. John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT April 1984 Woman Artists and Artisans of Connecticut, Julian Akers Gallery, Eastern Connecticut State Gallery, Willimantic, CT March/April 1984 Faculty Exhibit, Stairwell Gallery, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT Jan/Feb 1984 15th Friends Show, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT June 1983 Second Annual Wintonbury Art League Juried Show, Bloomfield, CT 54th Annual Exhibition, Connecticut Women Artists, Inc., Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT May/June 1983 Women’s Perspective, The Mill Gallery, Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT April/May 1983 Focus on Fiber, The Art Guild, Farmington, CT March 1983 Two Person Show, Stairwell Gallery, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT Jan/Feb 1983 Things That Hold Things, Farmington Valley Arts Center, Avon, CT Oct/Nov 1982 Fiberworks: Connecticut Weavers, Wesleyan Center for the Arts, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT October 1982 Fiber Sculpture National, Foyer Gallery, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY June 1982 First Annual Wintonbury Art League Juried Show, Wintonbury Art League, Bloomfield, CT

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Members’ Choice, Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT April 1982 Faculty Exhibit, Stairwell Gallery, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT March/April 1982 Connecticut Choices, The Elements Gallery, Greenwich, CT Nov/Dec 1981 Basketworks, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI 46th Annual Juried Exhibition, Society of Connecticut Craftsmen, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT Sept/Oct 1981 52nd Annual Exhibition, Connecticut Women Artists, Inc., Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT June/July 1981 Summer Solstice, Old State House, Hartford, CT June 1981 Contemporary Basketry Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY April 1981 Basketry Exhibition, Thorpe Intermedia Gallery, Sparkill, NY March 1981 Connecticut Craft Conference Exhibition, Wesleyan Center for the Arts, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT November 1980 Marietta National 1980, Marietta College, Marietta, OH Sept/Oct 1980 Fiber Connections, West Hartford Art League, West Hartford, CT Aug/Sept 1980 Baskets, Elizabeth Fortner Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA June 1980 12th Friends Show, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT May 1980 Faculty Exhibit, Stairwell Gallery, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT Dec 1979/Jan 1980 69th Annual Exhibition, The Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Austin Gallery, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT Aug/Sept 1979 Anderson Ranch Center Recap: 1979, Aspen Center for the Visual Arts, Aspen, CO June/July 1979 The Basketmaker’s Art, The Elements Gallery, New York, NY June 1979 Hartford Civic Arts Festival, Hartford, CT Award in Crafts Apr/Aug 1979 23rd National Print Exhibition, Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ; traveling through New Jersey April/May 1979 36th Annual Exhibition of Connecticut Artists, The Slater Museum, Norwich, CT May/June 1978 First Biennial Juried Show, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdale Park, Los Angeles, CA Sept 1977/Jan 1978 Exhibition in Process, Lions Gallery of the Senses, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT December 1976 Structures in Fiber, Harlequin Gallery, Hartford, CT October 1976 Bicentennial Show, Connecticut Women Artists, Inc., Old State House, Hartford, CT New England Crafts Exhibition, The Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT November 1975 46th Annual Exhibition, Connecticut Women Artists Inc., The Slater Memorial Museum, New Britain, CT

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November 1974 Semi-Annual Exhibition, Connecticut Women Artists, Inc., St. Joseph’s College, West Hartford, CT June 1974 45th Annual Exhibition, Connecticut Women Artists, Inc., John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT December 1972 One Woman Show, West Hartford Art League, West Hartford, CT January 1972 One Woman Show, Salem State College, Salem, MA December 1971 Glastonbury Art Guild Show of Prize Winners, Connecticut Public Television, Hartford, CT September 1971 Annual Fall Art Show, Glastonbury Art Guild, Glastonbury, CT First Prize in Printmaking June 1971 Hartford Civic Arts Festival, Hartford, CT May 1971 Guest Artist, Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT May 1970 One Woman Show, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

MEMBERSHIP

1986-present The Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 1981-2002 Society of Connecticut Craftsmen 1975-present Connecticut Women Artists, Inc. Board Member 1982-1984 Vice President 1984 President 1984-1986 Advisor 1986-1987

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