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ARTIST'S STATEMENT
I am called, as an artist, to bear witness to the world that I see around me and also to the ways that I understand that world.
This yields not only images of beauty and tenderness but also images of suffering.
I am reminded of Albert Schweitzer's injunction to "think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight."
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EDUCATION |
1984 |
M.F.A. The American
University, Washington, DC |
1970 |
B.A. Wellesley College,
Wellesley, Massachusetts |
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AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS |
2016 |
Honor Award, Interfaith
Forum on Religion, Art and Architecture (for Mary as Prophet) |
2016 |
Fellow, Summer Seminars
at Calvin College |
2013-14 |
Artist in Residence,
Henry Luce III Center for the Arts and Religion, Wesley Theological
Seminary, Washington, DC |
1996 |
Coolidge Fellow,
Association for Religion and Intellectual Life |
1986-87 |
Virginia Commission for
the Arts Fellowship in Painting |
1984 |
Glassman Award, The
American University, as Outstanding Woman Artist at The American
University |
1983 |
Wolpoff Prize, The
American University, for Outstanding Achievement in Drawing and Works on
Paper |
1970 |
Phi Beta Kappa, Summa
Cum Laude, Wellesley College |
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SOLO & TWO-PERSON
EXHIBITIONS |
2017 |
Prophetic Creation,
Sculptures by Margaret Adams Parker, Photographs by B. Cayce Ramey,
The Gallery at
Convergence Congregation, Alexandria VA, Lisa Smith, curator. |
2015 |
Embodying the
Visitation, Sculptures by Margaret Adams Parker, Photo Essay by B.Cayce
Ramey, Addison Academic Center,
Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, VA |
2014 |
Dwelling Among Us,
Woodcuts by Margaret Adams Parker,
Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church,
Baltimore, MD. |
2013 |
Signs and Seasons,
Washington Printmakers Gallery, Silver Spring, MD. |
2012 |
So teach us to number
our days: Woodcuts, Etchings, and Sculpture,
Goodwin House, Bailey's Crossroads, Falls
Church, VA. Curator: Linda Smith-Bugge. |
2011 |
Artist and Mentors -
Woodcuts, Etchings, and Sculpture by Margaret Adams Parker,
Arts Club of Washington, Washington, DC,
Curator: Christopher With. |
2011 |
Laments - Woodcut,
Etchings, and Sculpture by Margaret Adams Parker,
College of Southern Maryland, La Plata, MD, Curator: Barbara Stephanic. |
2010 |
Two Artists, Many
Journeys: Woodcuts by Carole Nelson, Etchings by Margaret Adams Parker,
Washington Printmakers Gallery,
Silver Spring, MD. |
2008 |
Lament: Stations and
Other Images of the Cross by Margaret Adams Parker,
Washington National Cathedral, Washington
D.C. |
2007 |
Landscapes and
Laments - Woodcuts, Etchings, and Sculpture,
Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington,
DC. |
2004 |
WOMEN - Woodcuts and
Sculpture by Margaret Adams Parker,
Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington, DC. |
2003 |
Drawn from Scripture
- Woodcuts and Sculpture by Margaret Adams Parker,
Erdman Gallery, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ. |
2003 |
The Ruth Portfolio,
Duke Divinity School Library, Durham, NC. |
2002 |
Jerusalem - Woodcuts
and Sculpture, Stimpson Center,
Washington, DC, Curator, Pamela Hoyle. |
2002 |
The Ruth Portfolio -
A Visual Commentary on the Book of Ruth,
Merrimack College, Andover, MA. |
2002 |
Woodcuts Prints -
Landscapes and Figures by Margaret Adams Parker,
Beverly Street Studio Gallery, Staunton, VA. |
2002 |
Jerusalem -
Celebration and Lament, College of
Southern Maryland, La Plata, MD. |
2002 |
Images for a Lenten
Journey - Stations of the Cross and Other Woodcuts,
CFAA, Littleton, CO. |
2001 |
If I forget you, O
Jerusalem - Woodcuts and Sculpture,
Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington, DC. |
2001 |
"Then they led him
out to crucify him..." Stations of the Cross and Other Woodcuts,
Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington DC, Curator: Deborah Sokolove. |
2000 |
Wounded for Us:
Stations of the Cross and Other Woodcuts,
Mary Cosby Gallery, Washington, DC. |
1997 |
Recent Work -
Sculpture, Prints, Drawings,
Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, VA. |
1992 |
Recent Work -
Painting and Sculpture, Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, DC. |
1990 |
Washington -
Landscapes and Interiors, Franz
Bader Gallery, Washington, DC. |
1988 |
Washington Seasons,
Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, DC. |
1986-87 |
Alexandria -
Impressions of an Urban Landscape,
The Lyceum, Alexandria, VA. |
1986 |
Paintings and Prints,
Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA. |
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ACADEMIC, PROFESSIONAL, & DIOCESAN
PUBLICATION OF IMAGES |
2016 |
Mary as Prophet,
cover illustration, Arts (The Arts in Religious and
Theological Studies), Vol. 28, no. 3, 2016 |
2016 |
Ruth Woodcuts,
Mission and Theology, Anglican Communion,
Graham King, Editor. |
2016-17 |
Pray with me,
illustration in the Christian Planning Calendar, 2016-2017, Morehouse,
Church Publishing, Inc. |
2015-16 |
Ruth Woodcuts,
Anglican Consultative Council, Bible in the Life of the Church Project,
Stephen Lyon, Editor. |
2013 |
African Exodus,
featured illustration in "On Art",
reviewed by Lil Copan, Christian Century, July 26, 2013. |
2013 |
Christ Takes up the
Cross, from Stations of the
Cross, reproduced by Trinity Institute's 43rd
National Theological Conference, The Good News NOW, November,
2013 |
2011-13 |
Sundays and Seasons, Years A-C, ed. Suzanne Burke, lectionary illustrations. Augsburg Fortress Press, 2011, 2012, 2013. |
2011 |
Conversation,
Crosstown Bus, cover illustration,
The Washington Print Club Quarterly, Winter, 2011. |
2011 |
BEATITUDE,
illustration for "Tikkun of the Fertile
Soil", Ellen Davis, TIKKUN, p36. Winter, 2011. |
2011 |
In Communion, III,
reproduced in Behold,
Pentecost 2, 2011. |
2010 |
Reconciliation,
reproduced in Mapping Luke,
Susanna Gunner, Diocese of Norwich, The Church of England. |
2010 |
Lamentations 4,
reproduced in Gethsemane: A
Sequence of Music and Poetry for King's College Chapel, Jeremie
Begbie, Victoire Press. |
2010 |
Station XI,
reproduced in The Liturgy of Good
Friday, The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ,
Canterbury. |
2008 |
Touching the Altar,
cover image and images for chapter
headings, Touching the Altar, The Old Testament for Christian Worship,
Ed. Carol M Bechtel, Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, 2008. |
2007 |
Reconciliation,
cover illustration and illustrated articles, "A Parable in Bronze",
Margaret Adams Parker, and "When we were still far off...", Clare Amos,
The Reader, Summer 2007, Volume 104, No. 2. Published by the
Central Reader Council of the Ministry Division of the Archbishops'
Council of the Church of England. |
2007 |
to have seen what I
have see, cover illustration,
ARTS (The Arts in Religious and Theological Studies), Eighteen, Two,
2007. |
2005 |
Faith + Vision,
Twenty-five years of Christians in the Visual Arts,
ed. Cameron J. Anderson and Sandra Bowden,
Square Halo Books, Baltimore, MD. |
2005 |
MARY,
cover image for the bulletin, Day of
Reflection on Ending Global Poverty, Washington National Cathedral,
September 11, 2005. |
2004 |
African Exodus
(two-color woodcut, 1997). Frontispiece for Refugee Children,
Refugee Survey Quarterly, Volume 23, Number 2, 2004, Oxford
University Press on behalf of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees. |
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REVIEWS, ARTICLES ABOUT
PARKER |
2016 |
"Prophetic Creation:
Photography, Theology, and Sculpture", B. Cayce Ramey, More In the
Studio in Arts, vol. 27, no. 3, 2016, pp.22-31. |
2015 |
"The work of architect
and artist is celebrated at Virginia Seminary," Jerry Hames, Faith
and the Arts, Episcopal Journal, December 2015, p. 12. |
2012 |
"Meditation on
Reconciliation", Gregory Jones, Divinity, Duke University,
Spring 2012, Volume 11, Number 2, p.45. |
2011 |
Conversation,
Crosstown Bus, Cover illustration
and article, Jenny Freestone, The Washington Print Club Quarterly,
Winter, 2011. |
2008 |
"Practice Resurrection",
by L. Gregory Jones, With God in Mind - Sermons and the Art and
Architecture of Duke Divinity School, Ed. Elizabeth Stagg, Duke
Divinity School, Duke University, Durham, NC. |
2004 |
"Margaret Adams Parker:
Women", by Judy Pomeranz, Journal of the Print World, Winter,
2004. |
2003 |
"Artist's woodcuts
carve out new biblical images," by Janet Purcell, Fine Arts,
Trenton, NJ, Times, June 20, 2003. |
2003 |
"Profound Studies," by
Susan Van Dongen, Art, Lawrenceville, NJ, Ledger, May 15,
2003. |
2003 |
"The Ruth Portfolio"
by Pamela Hoyle, Journal of the Print World, Spring, 2003. |
2001 |
" 'Jerusalem, O
Jerusalem!' Intensity Carved in Wood", by Jerrold Hames, Episcopal
Life, December 2001. |
2001 |
"Margaret Adams
Parker: If I Forget You, O Jerusalem" by Rhoda Trooboff, Journal of
the Print World, Fall, 2001. |
2001 |
"Margaret Adams Parker -
Focused on Life", by Judy Pomeranz, élan, April, 2001. |
2001 |
"Virginia Artist's
Portrayal of Mary Installed by Archbishop of Canterbury", by Susan E.
Pritchett Post, Virginia Episcopalian May/June 2001. |
2000 |
"Stations of the Cross,
Stations of Life," by Susan E. Pritchet Post, Virginia Episcopalian,
May/June 2000. |
COMMISSIONS |
2015 |
Mary as Prophet: He
has filled the hungry with good things,
48" high bronze sculpture for Chapel
Garden/Immanuel Chapel, Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, VA.
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2012 |
Harriet Tubman;
Absalom Jones, woodcut designs for
glass doors, St. Paul's Church, Rock Creek, Washington, DC.
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2011 |
Logo for Amnesty
International's Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference. |
2010 |
Jacob and Esau,
sculpture for Repair the
Future, A Conference on Reconciliation, Weimar and Buchenwald,
Germany. |
2010 |
The Communion of
Saints, designs for a screen of
etched glass panels (9' high x 30 ft wide) for St. Agnes Catholic
Church, Shepherdstown, VW. |
2008 |
Reconciliation -
8" high bronze version of large
Reconciliation 2007, Commissioned by Duke Divinity School, open
edition, to be used for awards in the field of reconciliation. |
2005 |
Reconciliation
- 48" high bronze sculpture based on the Parable or the Prodigal Son,
Commissioned by Duke Divinity School for their 2005 Addition.
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2000 |
Mary
- 48" high bronze sculpture, in place at: St Mary's Episcopal Church,
Arlington, VA; The Cathedral College, Washington National Cathedral; St.
John's Church, West Hartford, CT; The Episcopal Church of St. Mary the
Virgin, San Francisco, CA; Iglesia Santa Maria, Falls Church, VA. |
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BOOK, ARTICLES, & PAPERS |
2016 |
"Making the Story Come Alive: Sculpting Mary as
Prophet" in Arts (The Arts in
Religious and Theological Studies), Vol. 28, no. 3, 2016, pp. 14-21. |
2016 |
"The Visual Image as a Means of Prayer" in The
Anglican Theological Review, Vol. 98, No. 2, Spring, 2016. |
2013 |
Women at Prayer,
ECVA (Episcopal Church and the Visual Arts), curator's essay to
accompany online show juried by Parker in collaboration with C. Robin
Janning and Phoebe Griswold. |
2013 |
"Entering the Biblical
Narrative - An Artist's Experience of Depicting the Book of Ruth," Paper
for Art, Emotions, and Women's Experience in the Hebrew Bible,
Panel at Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. |
2008 |
"A Great Communal Hymn -
Religious Images by African American Artists from the Jean and Robert E
Steele Collection," Visual Exegesis, exhibition catalogue for
Middle Passage Conversations - on Black Religion in the
African Diaspora, an interdisciplinary conference, Yale Divinity
School, Yale University, New Haven, CT. |
2008 |
Light of the World, Juried online
exhibition, ECVA (Episcopal Church and the Visual Arts), juried
exhibition and wrote exhibition essay. |
2007 |
"Artists in Conversation
with Theology - Questions Answered," ARTS (The Arts in Religious and
Theological Studies), Eighteen, Two, 2007. |
2007 |
"Speaking the Language
of the Visual Arts," paper presented at National Consultation on the
Role of the Arts in Congregational Renewal, United Theological Seminary
of the Twin Cities, New Brighton, MN. |
2006 |
"Printing the Story -
The Bible in Etchings, Engravings, and Woodcuts," Scrolls of Love -
Ruth and the Song of Songs, ed. Peter Hawkins and Lesleigh Cushing
Stahlberg, Fordham University Press. |
2006 |
"Where Pain and Sorrow
Are No More," Heaven, edited by Roger Ferlo, Seabury imprint of
Church Publishing. |
2006 |
"O Prosper the Work of
Our Hands! 'Preaching' the Text Through the Visual Arts," Virginia
Seminary Journal, September, 2006. |
2006 |
Panelist, Artists in
Conversation with Theology, Society for the Arts in Religious and
Theological Studies, 2006 AAR/SBL meetings. |
2006 |
"From Commission to
Dedication: Sculpting the Parable of the Prodigal Son for Duke Divinity
School," ECVA (Episcopal Church and the Visual Arts) website article,
Danny Hardison, editor. |
2005 |
"A Heavenly Craft" at
the Library of Congress," The Washington Print Club Quarterly,
Summer 2005, Vol. 41, No. 2. |
2004 |
The McCarthy Lecture on
Theology and the Arts, Washington Theological Union, Washington DC. |
2004 |
"Rosenwald Books at the
Library of Congress," The Washington Print Club Quarter, Spring
2004, Vol. 40, No. 1. |
2003 |
Who Are You, My
Daughter? Reading Ruth Through Image and Text.
Translation and notes by Ellen F. Davis, Woodcuts by Margaret Adams
Parker. Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, KY, 2003. |
2003 |
The Stuart C. Henry
Lecture in Religion and the Arts, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC. |
2002 |
"Ben Shahn at the Ann
Loeb Bronfman Gallery," The Washington Print Club Quarterly,
Winter 2002-2003, Vol. 38, No. 4. |
2002 |
"Fixing the Moment:
Making the Leap from Sketch to Woodcut," American Artist, June
2002. |
2002 |
"Washington Printmakers
Gallery Noon Lecture Series Discusses Paper," The Washington Print
Club Quarterly, Spring 2002, Vol. 38, No. 1. |
2001 |
"Jack Boul's Intimate
Impressions at the Corcoran," Journal of the Print World, Winter,
2001 and The Washington Print Club Quarterly, Winter 2000-2001,
Vol. 36, No.4. |
2000 |
"Jerusalem, An Artist's
Reflection," Virginia Seminary Journal, August, 2000. |
1999 |
"Rembrandt's Visual
Readings of Hebrew Scripture." Paper presented at the Sixth
International Symposium on Jewish Art, Center for Jewish Art, Hebrew
University, Jerusalem. |
1992 |
"Rembrandt, the Artist
as Theologian", ARTS (The Arts in Religious and Theological
Studies), Seven, One, and Virginia Seminary Journal,
September, 1992. |
1994 |
Drawings for a Kairos
winter, The Servant Leadership School, Washington DC, 1994. |
1993 |
"Michelangelo, reform
Artist", The Evangelical Outlook, Summer and Fall, 1993. |
COLLECTIONS |
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Virginia Theological
Seminary, Alexandria, VA |
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Library of Congress,
Washington, DC |
Georgetown University,
Lauinger Library |
Duke Divinity School,
Duke University, Durham, NC |
College of Preachers,
Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC |
Episcopal Church of St.
Mary the Virgin, San Francisco, CA |
St. Mary's Church,
Arlington, VA |
St. John's Church, West
Hartford, CT |
Iglesia Santa Maria,
Falls Church, VA |
The American University |
National Institutes of
Health, Bethesda, MD |
District of Columbia
City Government, Washington, DC |
Jerry Evenrud Collection
(images of the Prodigal Son) |
Jean and Robert E.
Steele Collection of African American Art |
Bell Atlantic
Headquarters, Arlington, VA |
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BOARDS, PROFESSIONAL
SOCIETIES |
2004- |
Member, Society of
American Graphic Artists, Juried selection |
1999- |
Christians in the Visual
Arts, Member |
1998- |
Society for Art in
Religious and Theological Studies, Member |
2006-2012 |
The Washington Print
Club, Board Member |
2003-2010 |
The Washington Print
Club Quarterly, Art Editor |
1998-2015 |
Washington Printmakers
Gallery, Member |
1985-1995 |
Franz Bader Gallery,
Washington, DC, Under gallery representation |
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TEACHING |
1991- |
Adjunct Instructor in
Religion and Culture, The Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria
VA |
2013-2014 |
Visiting Instructor,
Luce Center for Art and Religion, Wesley Theological Seminary,
Washington, D.C. |
1985-2001 |
Instructor in Painting &
Drawing, Art League School, The Art League, Alexandria, Virginia |
1985 |
Adjunct Instructor, Art
Department, The American University, Washington DC |
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SELECTED GROUP
EXHIBITIONS |
2015 |
SAGA Centennial National Exhibition, The Art
Students League, New York, NY. |
2014 |
Outside the Margins, Print Portfolio,
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Curators, Jenny Freestone and Gretchen
Schermerhorn. |
2013 |
Noetics: Intuitively Looking at the World,
Cosmos Club, Washington DC, Curator, Helen Frederick. |
2012 |
The Art of Democracy,
New York Society of Etchers Juried
Show, Sacred Gallery, New York, NY, Juror, Marshall Arisman. |
2012 |
American Impressions,
Shanghai, China |
2012 |
Printmakers Plus,
Chaney Gallery, Maryland Hall for
the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD, Curator, Sigrid Trumpy. |
2011 |
1st
National Exhibition of Intaglio Prints,
National Arts Club, New York, NY, Juror,
Roberta Waddell. |
2011 |
Focus on the Print,
Morin Gallery, The Arts Center in Orange, Orange, VA. Curator, Beth
Nichols. |
2008 |
Conscience of a
Nation 2008, Gallery 123, George
Mason University, Fairfax, VA. Curator, Helen Frederick. |
2008 |
Society of American
Graphic Artists, Member Exhibition,
Ormond Memorial Art Museum, Ormond Beach, FL.
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2008 |
Art on Paper,
Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis,
MD, Juror, Tonia Matthews. |
2008 |
The Printed Image II,
Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, Topeka
KA, Juror, Roger Shimomura. |
2008 |
War, Madness, and
Delusion, Andover-Newton
Theological School, Newton Centre, MA, Curator, W. James Herbert. |
2007 |
Art on Paper,
Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis,
MD, Juror, Helen Frederick. |
2007 |
Los Angeles Printmaking
Society, 19th National Juried Exhibition, Secondary
Exhibition, Weingart Gallery, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA,
Juror, Linda Lyke. |
2006 |
Visual Preludes,
ECVA (Episcopal Church and Visual
Arts) juried exhibition at 2006 General Convention of the Episcopal
Church. |
2006 |
Monmouth University
Department of Art and Design National Juried Print Exhibition,
Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ, Juror, Tanja Softic. |
2006 |
6th
National Print Competition & Exhibition,
Janet Turner Print Museum, California State University, Chico, Juror,
Deborah Cornell. |
2006 |
Sixty Square Inches,
15th Biennial North American Small Print Competition,
Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, IN and also to travel
nationally under a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, Peter
Olson. |
2005 |
The Print Show,
Maryland Federation of Art, Baltimore, MD, Curator, Eric Denker. |
2004 |
Quest for Meaning -
Seeing with the Heart's and Mind's Eye,
Washington Theological Union, Washington, DC,
Curator, Hija Yu |
2004 |
Go Figure,
Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD, Curator, Wilford W. Scott. |
2003 |
Womankind II
- DFI International, Washington, DC, Curator, Pamela Hoyle. |
2002 |
Archetypes and
Heritage: the Stuff of Love and War
- An exhibition of the work of Jenny Freestone and Margaret Adams
Parker, The Gallery at DFI International, Washington, DC. |
2002 |
Picturing the Holy,
Merrimack College, North Andover, MA. |
2001 |
In The Cross of
Christ, ecva (The Episcopal Church
and the Visual Arts) website exhibition. |
2001 |
From Shame to
Triumph, Interpretations of the Cross,
Washington Theological Union, Washington D.C. Curator, Leslie Curry. |
2000 |
The Way of the Cross,
Visions Gallery, Albany, NY, Curator, Tanja Butler. |
2000 |
Contemporary American
Printmaking, Staunton Augusta Art
Center, Curator: Frank Hobbs. |
1999 |
A Painterly Print -
Monotype, Greater Reston Arts
Center, Reston, VA, Curators: Anne Brown and Cora Rupp. |
1993 |
Teacher/Student,
Clinical Center Galleries, National Institutes of Health, Curator:
Lillian Fitzgerald. |
1991 |
My Vision,
Sumner School Museum, Washington, D.C., National Juried Show, Women's
Caucus for Art, Jurors: Barbara Wolanin, Judith Zilczer. |
1989 |
Still Life Group Show,
Franz Bader Gallery, Washington DC. |
1988 |
International Prints
I, International Monetary Fund Art
Society Gallery, Washington, D.C. Print competition sponsored by
Washington Area Printmakers, Juror: Jane Haslem. |
1987 |
Paintings and
Drawings, Two-person show, 20th
Century Gallery, Williamsburg, VA. |
1987 |
Landscape, Cityscape,
Franz Bader Gallery, Washington DC. |
1986 |
Nine Painters,
The Circle Gallery, Washington, D.C., Curator: Jack Boul. |
1985 |
Shelter '85,
Mortgage Banker's Association National Juried Exhibition, Zenith
Gallery, Washington, D.C. Jurors: Sarah Hollander, Harry Rand, David
Tannous. |
1985 |
Virginia Women
Artists, Blacksburg, Virginia,
Juried State wide Traveling Exhibition. Jurors: Maryann Harman, Mary
Miss, Ellen Lanyon. |
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