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 Connecticut 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 1 BARBARA JOAN SOLOMON 11 Willowbrook Road, West Hartford, CT 06107 (860) 521-6038 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 2 BARBARA JOAN SOLOMON 11 Willowbrook Road, West Hartford, CT 06107 (860) 521-6038 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 3 BARBARA JOAN SOLOMON 11 Willowbrook Road, West Hartford, CT 06107 (860) 521-6038 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 Greater Hartford 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