FINE ART RESUME

EDUCATION
MFA, Painting, 2010 New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
MA, Art Therapy, 1991 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
40+Graduate Credits in Fine Art, 1985-1987, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY
BFA, Painting, minor Art History, 1985 State University College at Buffalo, NY (summa cum laude)
the Dean's Award for Excellence: Fine Arts
BS, Graphic Design, 1985 State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY (summa cum laude)
the Dean's Award for Excellence: Graphic Design

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004 PHOTO-Synthesis, Takoma Park Metaphysical Chapel, Silver Spring, MD
1985 Construct, the Urban Art Project at Theater Place, Buffalo, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Conceptually Sound, Medialia-Rack and Hamper Gallery, New York, NY
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Wilkinson Hall Gallery, NY Academy of Art, New York, NY
Met Paint, 4th Floor Gallery, NY Academy of Art, New York, NY
Just Look at Yourself, 5th floor Gallery, NY Academy of Art, New York, NY
T.O.A.S.T. (Tribeca Open Artist's Studios Tour), NY Academy of Art, New York, NY
Tribeca Ball, NY Academy of Art, New York, NY
Art Student Confidential, 5th Floor Gallery, NY Academy of Art, New York, NY
2009 Deck the Walls, Wilkinson Hall Gallery, NY Academy of Art, New York, NY
Stream of Consciousness, Small Works Gallery, NY Academy of Art, New York, NY
Tribeca Ball, NY Academy of Art, New York, NY
Suite Anticipation, 2nd floor hallway, NY Academy of Art, New York, NY
2008 Ecstatic Drawing, Small Works Gallery, NY Academy of Art, New York, NY
The Art of Art Therapists (3rd annual), Thornhill Gallery, Avila University, Kansas City, MO 
New Work, Images Art Gallery, Westchester, NY
2007 Fall Brush Exhibition, the Pen & Brush, New York, NY
2006-2007 Award Winners Exhibition, the Pen & Brush, New York, NY
The Art of Art Therapists (2nd annual), Thornhill Gallery, Avila University, Kansas City, MO 
Wider Circle of Friends, the Pen & Brush, New York, NY
Spring Brush Exhibition, the Pen & Brush, New York, NY
Photography, the Pen & Brush, New York, NY
Roles, Rites and Rituals, the Pen & Brush, New York, NY
Fine Crafts, the Pen & Brush, New York, NY
2006 Fall Brush Exhibition, the Pen & Brush, New York, NY
Black & White: Art in the Absence of Color, the Capitol Arts Network, Bethesda, MD, 9/06
2005 Bits & Pieces, the Newark Arts Alliance, Newark, DE
2004 Emerging Presence, Takoma Park Metaphysical Chapel, Silver Spring, MD
2002 Panoply, Gallery in the Square, Pittsburgh, PA
Art in a Changed World, Capitol Normal University, Beijing, China
1st China International, Academy of Arts & Design Tsinghua University Gallery, Beijing, China
Art in a Changed World, Lalit Kala Akademi (Arts Academy), New Delhi, India
Expressions of Culture, the Cultural Center of the Russian Embassy, Washington, DC
2001 International Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Washington, DC
2000 Speechless, ART-O-Matic 2000, Washington, DC
Images of Humanity, Marlboro Gallery, Prince George's Community College, Largo, MD
Back from India, Gallery 505, Washington, DC
Spring around the World, City Hall Courtyard Galleries, Baltimore, MD
DS Foundation Gala, the Monarch Hotel, Washington, DC
The Relationship of Body & Self, Cooper Street Gallery, Memphis, TN
1999 Bridging 2 Millennia, Lalit Kala Akademi (Arts Academy), New Delhi, India
Biennial Staff ART Exhibition, National Gallery of Art Administrative Hallways, Washington, DC
7th Street International, Gallery 505, Washington, DC
Matters at Hand, ART-O-Matic, Washington, DC
1990 Mixed Media, Judith Racht Gallery, Harbart, MI
1989 Goldome Small Works Competition, Goldome Bank Corporate Gallery, Buffalo, NY
1987 Paper Products, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Collage, Assemblage, Frottage, Adams Memorial Gallery, Dunkirk, NY
1986 Collage, Construction, Assemblage, Upton Gallery, State University College at Buffalo, NY
Outstanding Design Work, Facconchschule Dortmund, West Germany
Outstanding Design Work, Upton Gallery, State University College at Buffalo, NY 
1985 Graduate Works, Bethune Gallery, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY
Construct, the Urban Art Project at Theater Place, Buffalo, NY
Paper Works, Upton Hall Gallery, State University College at Buffalo, NY
Found Material Compositions, President's Mansion, State University College at Buffalo, NY
1985 Student Design Work, Upton Hall Gallery, State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
1984 Bookwork, Upton Hall Student Gallery, State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Edward M. Gomez: a Critic's Notebook", University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth (April 22, 2010)

AWARDS
2007 Juror's Award in Collage/Mixed Media, the Pen and Brush, New York, NY
2006 Juror's Award, the Capitol Arts Network, Bethesda, MD

INVITED PRESENTATIONS, LECTURES & PUBLIC SPEAKING
2010 Fine Art Practices, Chrysalis open studio for St. Joseph's College students, Brooklyn, NY
2006 ARTIST'S TALK: Shape Symphonies, the Pen and Brush, New York, NY
2005 Equilibrium, Takoma Park Metaphysical Chapel, Silver Spring, MD
Peace through Art, Takoma Park Metaphysical Chapel, Silver Spring, MD
2004 Photo-Synthesis Collage, Takoma Park Metaphysical Chapel, Silver Spring, MD
Emerging Presence, Takoma Park Metaphysical Chapel, Silver Spring, MD
1999 Artist's Talk at the 7th Street International, Gallery 505, Washington, DC

COLLECTIONS
Numerous private collections

PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
2010 Independent Copyist, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Pending

AFFILIATIONS
National Association of Professional Women, 2008-present
Alumni Association of the NY Academy of Art

EVENT PRODUCTION
2010 NY Production Consultant, FIGURATIONS, B4Rtime Productions, Alexandria, VA 
2003 Producer, Insight & Inspiration, Center for Being & Becoming, Washington, DC

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2009 Suite Anticipation, 2nd floor hallway, NY Academy of Art, New York, NY
2005 Peace through Art, Takoma Park Metaphysical Chapel, Silver Spring, MD
Equilibrium: the art of M.J. Kehne, Takoma Park Metaphysical Chapel, Silver Spring, MD
2004 Photo-Synthesis Collage, Takoma Park Metaphysical Chapel, Silver Spring, MD
Emerging Presence, Takoma Park Metaphysical Chapel, Silver Spring, MD
2000 Speechless, ART-O-Matic 2000, Washington, DC
DS Foundation Gala, the Monarch Hotel, Washington, DC
1999 Matters at Hand, ART-O-Matic, Washington, DC
1986 Collage, Construction, Assemblage, Upton Gallery, State University College at Buffalo, NY
1985 Construct, the Urban Art Project at Theater Place, Buffalo, NY

MISCELLANEOUS EMPLOYMENT RELATED TO FINE ART
Classroom Monitor, The NY Academy of Art, New York, NY, assistant to faculty 9/2008- 5/2010
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; museum shops retail assistant 7/98-9/99
Goods of Evanston Art Supplies & Framing, Evanston, IL; framing designer 4/89-5/90
Mansfield Framing, Chicago, IL; frame shop assistant, design, prep, fitting, displays 9/87-4/89
Koenig's Art Supplies & Framing, Buffalo, NY; frame shop assistant 7/85-10/85
Pleasures & Pastimes, West Seneca, NY; retail assistant, framing design, displays 6/80-9/83



ART THERAPY RESUME

FRANCES A. SMOKOWSKI, MFA, MAAT, ATR-BC
10/10/2010

Registered Art Therapist, Board Certified

SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES IN ART THERAPY AND ART EDUCATION

EDUCATION
Masters of Fine Art, 2010, The New York Academy of Art Graduate School of Figurative Art
Masters of Art in Art Therapy, 1991, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
40+ Graduate credits in Fine Art, 1985-87 State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, NY
Bachelor of Fine Art, Summa Cum Laude, in Painting and Drawing, minor in Art History, 1985
State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Bachelor of Science, Summa Cum Laude, in Graphic Design, 1985
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY


PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS & AFFILIATIONS
National Association of Professional Women, current
Credentialed Professional Member of the American Art Therapy Association, current
Board Certification (ATR-BC) 1/97 recertified 8/07
Professional Registration (ATR) 1/95


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CHRYSALIS STUDIO, Brooklyn, NY
Artist, Art Therapist, private practice, 1/09-present

DROMENA: PERSONALIZED IMAGES FOR HEALING, Silver Spring, MD
Art Therapist, private practice, 12/03 – 8/08

THE EPISCOPAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN, Washington, DC
Art Therapist, full time, 9/2000 – 9/08

THE CENTER FOR BEING AND BECOMING, Washington, DC 
Consulting Art Therapist, part time, 6/02 – 11/02

FOUNDATION INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, Landover, MD, 
Art Therapist, full time, 10/99 – 8/00

ST JOSEPH'S ORPHANAGE, ALTERCREST DAY TREATMENT PROGRAM, Cincinnati, Ohio 
Art Education Teacher, part time 9/97 – 4/98

ST JOSEPH'S ORPHANAGE, ALTERCREST INTENSIVE TREATMENT PROGRAM, Cincinnati, Ohio
Art Therapist, full time 5/95 – 4/98

OUR LADY OF VICTORY INFANT HOME NURSERY SCHOOL, Buffalo, NY 
Art and Play Therapist, full time 9/92 – 5/95

THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, Chicago, IL 
Adjunct Faculty, part time 5/91 – 8/92

PRIVATE FAMILY, Chicago, IL 
Art Therapist, part time 10/91 – 8/92

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO, DEPARTMENT OF ART, NY 
Art Instructor, part time, Graduate Teaching Assistantship 9/85 – 5/87


SUPERVISORY EXPERIENCE IN ART THERAPY
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ART THERAPY, Washington, DC
Internship Site Supervisor at The Episcopal Center for Children, WDC, 9/02 – 6/03

ST. MARY OF THE WOODS COLLEGE distance learning program, SMW, Indiana 
Internship Site Supervisor at The Episcopal Center for Children, WDC 9/01 – 4/02

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK COLLEGE AT BUFFALO, Buffalo NY
Internship Site Supervisor at OLV Infant Home Nursery School, Lackawanna, NY 9/93 – 5/95


VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE 
THE TAKOMA PARK METAPHYSICAL CHAPEL, Silver Spring, MD
Exhibition DirectorSanctuary Exhibitions and Events, 7/04- 9/05

THE CENTER FOR BEING AND BECOMING, Washington, DC 
Consulting Art Therapist, 4/02 – 12/02 
Exhibition Coordinator for Insight & Inspiration: the Fine Art of Artist-Healers, 11/02 – 2/03

ART-O-MATIC 2000, Washington, DC
Interim Coordinator of Children's Programs and Special Projects, 6/00-11/00

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 
Staff ART Exhibition committee member; 10-11/99

ART-O-MATIC, Washington, DC
Coordinator of Children's Programs, 5/99 – 6/99


TRAINING EXPERIENCE
THE CHICAGO COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY CENTER, Chicago, IL 
Art Therapy Intern, 1/91-10/91

THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, Chicago, IL
Art Therapy Intern, 1/90-6/91

RUSH PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S MEDICAL CENTER, Chicago, IL
Art Therapy Intern, 9/90-12/90

LAWRENCE ARMOUR DAY SCHOOL AT RUSH PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S MEDICAL CENTER, Chicago, IL
Art Therapy Intern, 11/90-12/90

THE CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT CENTER, Chicago, IL
Art Therapy Intern, 9/89-10/89

THE SADDLE AND CYCLE CLUB, Chicago, IL
Art Assistant, 7-8/89

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO, DEPARTMENT OF ART, Buffalo, NY Graduate Teaching Assistant, 9/85-5/87
Open Studios Coordinator, 9/86-5/87.
Graduate Student Representative to the Foundations Program Reevaluation Committee, Spring 86- Spring 87


AWARDS, GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS
Materials Grant, NASCO Corporation, for Children's programs at Art-O-Matic 2000
Cash Award, The Developmental School Foundation, Rockville, MD, 6/2000
Service Recognition AwardATCB Review, Editor, 1998
Foundation Grant: Handmade Hope, The Cinergy Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, 1/97
Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1987-1991
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY, 9/85-5/87
The Dean's Award for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities: Award for Fine Arts
State University of New York, College at Buffalo, NY, 1985
The Dean's Award for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities: Award for Graphic Design
State University of New York, College at Buffalo, NY, 1985
(Note: this was the first time a student ever received more than one Dean's Award)
Student Mini Grant for the Arts and Humanities: Bookwork
State University of New York College at Buffalo, NY, 1983


INVITED PRESENTATIONS
Lecture PresentationFine Art and Art Therapy, Career Options at the Intersection of Worlds,
St. Joseph's College, Brooklyn, NY, 10/2010
Lecture PresentationConsiderations for Child Care Workers Using Art as a Therapeutic Activity,
The Children's Home of Cincinnati, OH, 5/98
Lecture PresentationArt Therapy in the Context of Contribution
Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, Long Island, NY, 3/98
Lecture PresentationHandmade Hope: Toys from the Heart
The American Art Therapy Association National Conference, Milwaukee, WI 11/97
Lecture PresentationArt Therapy and Client Centered Principles
The Chicago Counseling and Psychotherapy Center, Chicago, IL 8/91
Lecture PresentationDrawing and Therapeutic Process with an Autistic Adolescent
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL 2/91


LARGE SCALE PUBLIC WORKS: AS TEMPORARY INSTALLATION
"Stage Scenery", the Episcopal Center for Children, Washington, DC, 2000-2005, 2007
50-63 participants per year making scenery for an annual production
"Seasonal Murals", St. Joseph's Orphanage, AITP Campus, Cincinnati, OH, 1995-98
24 participants painted components in tempera on paper for gigantic collage-murals for holidays


PUBLIC WORKS: IN INSTUTIONAL COLLECTIONS
"Tapestry", the Episcopal Center for Children, Washington, DC, 2004
63 participants, community weaving resulting in wall hanging for the opening of the ECC library
"Take Your Best Shot", Foundation Intermediate School, Landover, MD, 2000
18 participants sculpting a commemorative bas relief in polymer clays and wood
"Our Faces, Our Dreams", Developmental Management Systems, Rockville, MD, 2000
100+ participants, oil pastel and watercolor on paper, mounted together for a mural
"Imagined Landscapes", St. Joseph's Orphanage, AITP Campus, Cincinnati, OH, 1995
24 participants painted 2 very large murals in oil on cinderblock


CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
The Takoma Park Metaphysical Chapel Sanctuary Exhibitions, Silver Spring, MD, 7-11/05
Peace through Art, exhibition of art posters by Alana Lea and Deborah Koff-Chapin

The Takoma Park Metaphysical Chapel Sanctuary Exhibitions, Silver Spring, MD, 3-7/05
Equilibrium, solo show of paintings and drawings by art therapist, Mary Jo Kehne

The Takoma Park Metaphysical Chapel Sanctuary Exhibitions, Silver Spring, MD, 10/04
PHOTO-Synthesis, solo show of 44 collages by Frances A. Smokowski

The Takoma Park Metaphysical Chapel Sanctuary Exhibitions, Silver Spring, MD
Emerging Presence, a group show of paintings by 7 regional artists

Upton Gallery, State University College at Buffalo (SUCB), Buffalo, NY, 7/86 
Collage, Construction, Assemblage, Co-curated with James Goodrich
an invitational group show of alumni working in found materials

The Urban Art Project, Theater Place, Buffalo, NY 4/85 
Construct, solo show of found object assemblages by Frances A. Smokowski


EXHIBITION PRODUCTION
The Takoma Park Metaphysical Chapel, Silver Spring, MD
Sanctuary Exhibitions and Events, Exhibition Director, 7/04- 9/05

THE CENTER FOR BEING AND BECOMING, Washington, DC 
Insight & Inspiration: the Fine Art of Artist Healers, 6-11/03

Rotating exhibition of 2D and 3D client art in most sites under "Professional Experience"









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