Exhibitions: Past
BCC Art Faculty Exhibition 2010
Featuring Works by Fulltime and Adjunct Faculty From the Art and Design Programs
November 4 – December 17, 2010
With our third art and design faculty exhibition, the Gallery welcomes back some familiar faces from the Art and Design Programs. We also have the pleasure to introduce the works of some of our newest adjunct faculty members to the BCC community. A triennial event, this exhibition always brings together a diverse array of artists, many of whom actively exhibit their work through regional, national, and international venues. Eighteen full- and part-time faculty members participated in this year's show, and their works provide an opportunity for our community to take a look at the dynamic breadth of the faculty who teach here. Artist/teachers in this exhibition are Sixten Abbot, Elizabeth Alvarez, David Barnes, Jill Carrico, Jason Chase, Katharine Cope, Denise Donatelli, Elizabeth Dooher, Erik Durant, Christopher Durocher, Kathleen Hancock, Glenn LaVertu, Ron Lister, Andrew Maydoney, Marisa Millard, Chris Motta, Cynthia Swanson, and Jesse Thompson.
Kathleen Hancock
Director
The Artists
Sixten Abbot
Sixten Abbot received a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. He is the Art Director, as well as a photographer and copywriter, at Sullivan & Co., a communications and marketing firm in Providence, RI. His parents named him Sixten, which means "victory stone" in Swedish, after one of the tragic main characters in the 1967 film "Elvira Madigan." When he's not spending his free time as a semi-professional band photographer, he can be found piloting his kayak through the icy winter waters of New England. He teaches graphic design courses at BCC.
Elizabeth Alvarez
Elizabeth Alvarez earned an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI and has a BFA from UMASS Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA. Recent exhibitions include Earthworks: Open Juried Clay Annual, South County Art Association, Helm House; 7th State Latin American Arts Exhibition, Providence, RI; and MIX during Art Basel, Deluxe Gallery, Wynwood and Miami, Florida. She teaches art history and three dimensional design classes at BCC. She also teaches at New England Technical Institute.
David Barnes
David Barnes holds a BFA in painting from the University of New Hampshire and received his MFA in painting from UMASS Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA. Awards include "Best of Show" from the Newport Art Museum's Annual Juried Members Exhibit 2007. He was also a 2007 finalist for the Robert and Margaret MacColl Johnson Fellowship. Recent shows include David Barnes New Paintings, 5 Traverse Gallery, Providence, RI; National Juried Competition: Works on Paper, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ; New Art 2007, MPG Contemporary Gallery, Brandeis University; and Works on Paper, Providence Art Club. He teaches introductory and advanced drawing as well as two dimensional design courses.
Jill Carrico
Jill Carrico earned her BFA in graphic design from UMASS Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA. A multifaceted professional, she has solved communications problems for many different profit and nonprofit organizations. Her work has been recognized with numerous awards, including Gold and Silver medals from the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations for such diverse and purposeful projects such as the College's academic catalog, logos for the College's "Connecting to College" program, and a variety of print ads. She teaches graphic design, typography, and web design courses.
Jason Chase
Jason Chase has been teaching since 2002 and here at BCC since 2008. He holds an MFA in painting from Boston University and received a BA in fine arts from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. While there he was awarded honors of Highest Distinction in Fine Art. Recent exhibitions include 150x150, Laconia Gallery, Boston, MA; Reach Beyond Domestic Violence Artist and Celebrity Auction, Boston, MA; Somerville Open Studios, Somerville, MA; and Trans-Am, New Arts Center, Newton, MA. Recent awards include the Somerville Arts Council Grant, 2006 and the Joan Mitchell Award, 2003. he currently teaches introductory drawing and two-dimensional design courses.
Katharine Cope
Katharine Cope has an MFA in printmaking from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and a BA in fine art from Mount Holyoke College (Cum Laude). Currently she teaches art history and drawing courses here at BCC. Recent exhibitions include Women's Resource Center 40th Anniversary Alumnae Art Show, Gallery X, New Bedford, MA; New Bedford Open Studios Sample Show Gallery X, New Bedford, MA; Let Freedom Ring, Big Collage Art Collective, Cape Cod Cultural Center, Yarmouth, MA; and *InExaustible Wealth, Salon Lola, New Bedford, MA.
Denise Donatelli
Denise Donatelli is a long time instructor of photography at BCC. Educated at SMU and RISD, Donatelli's work has been exhibited in venues throughout the region, including the Phoenix Gallery, Artworks and the Westport Library, A professional freelance photographer, Donatelli's photos have been featured in brochures and informational materials for regional civic organizations such as the Fall River Historic Preservation Commission and the Southeastern Massachusetts Regional Transit Authority.
Elizabeth Dooher
Elizabeth Dooher holds an MFA from UMASS Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA and a BA in sculpture from The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH. She teaches introductory and intermediate drawing and two-dimensional design courses. In 2006 she was the recipient of the Silver Shield Award at BCC. Recent exhibitions include Cambridge Arts Association National Prize Show, Kathryn Schultz, Cambridge, MA; 2nd All Media Juried Exhibition, Grimshaw-Gudewicz Gallery Fall River, MA; and Tarrant County College Invitational Outdoor Show, Tarrant County Campus, Fort Worth, TX.
Erik Durant
Erik Durant received an MFA in sculpture from UMASS Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA and a BA in history from Southern Connecticut State University. He teaches two-dimensional design, art history and introductory and advanced drawing courses at BCC. Recent exhibitions include The Edge, Artworks, New Bedford, MA; Travelers Not Tourists: Nine Artists in the Azores, Narrows Center, Fall River, MA; 1st All Media Juried Exhibition, Grimshaw-Gudewicz Gallery, BCC, Fall River, MA; Tarrant County College Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Tarrant County Campus, Fort Worth, TX; and Lotus, The Spot on Thayer, Providence, RI. He currently serves as the art program coordinator.
Christopher Durocher
Christopher Durocher lives in Massachusetts and is a teacher, freelance photographer and artist, and consultant for schools and corporations. He teaches digital photography courses at the College. He holds a BFA from the University of Windsor Ontario, Canada, and a MFA in Photography from Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI. Durocher's work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Selected exhibitions include: Toronto Art Centre Gallery, Toronto, ON; College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI; Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI; Museum of New Art, Pontiac, MI; and Broad Street Gallery, Athens, GA.
Kathleen Hancock
In addition her position as gallery director, Kathleen Hancock has taught introductory drawing and printmaking courses at BCC. She received a BFA from Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY and holds an MFA in printmaking from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. Recent exhibitions include Bookends: The Book As Art, Torpedo Factory Art Center's Target Gallery in Alexandria, VA and Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in Silver Spring, MD; 3rd Annual Open Juried Exhibit, Works On Paper, Juror: Bill Newkirk, Imago Gallery, Warren, RI; and On 40 at 40, Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery, Bristol Community College; Paper Arts, Gallery 401, Providence, RI.
Glenn LaVertu
Glenn LaVertu received an MFA in sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI and a BA in art from Central Connecticut State University. He was a resident at Vermont Studio Center in 2001. Recent exhibitions include The Drawing Show, St. Rose Center for the Arts, Albany, NY; Where Art Thou?, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI; Between Experience and Understanding, Korn Gallery, Drew University, Madison, NJ. He teaches sculpture and three-dimensional design courses at the College.
Ron Lister
Both Ron Lister's BFA and MFA are from Miami University, Oxford, OH. Since 2000 he has played music with The Alleged Ceili Band an Irish dance band out of Cumberland, RI. He is the author of Drawing with Pastels and Designing Cards and Paper Products both published by Prentice Hall. In 2002 the Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery mounted a one-man retrospective of his work. He teaches painting and drawing classes and was most recently the art program coordinator here at BCC.
Andrew Maydoney
Andrew Maydoney earned his BFA in visual design and photography from UMASS Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA and studied for his MFA at Cranbrook Academy of Art, Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, MI. Recent exhibitions include ArtCetera, AIDS Action Committee, Boston, MA and U / R Here, Adaptation Art, Philadelphia, PA. He has most recently taught graphic design, typography, and multimedia courses at BCC.
Marisa Millard
Marisa Millard coordinates the Graphic Design, Web Design & Media Arts, and Animation & Motion Graphics programs at BCC. She teaches classes in graphic design, as well as colloquia and seminars for fine arts and design majors. She has an MFA in Graphic Design from University of North Texas, a BFA in Graphic Design and a BA in English from Texas Christian University. A graphic designer for over 20 years, Marisa maintains a design practice with her husband, focusing on both print and web design projects.
Christopher Motta
Christopher Motta was born in Massachusetts where he currently lives and works. He received a BA from the University Massachusetts, Amherst and his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI. He has had recent exhibitions with the New Wilmington Art Association, DE along with Barbara Crawford Gallery and Adaptation gallery in Philadelphia, PA. Past exhibitions include Museum of New Art, MI; TLGUTS, Lynn, MA, and Anton Art Center, Mt Clemens, MI. Upcoming shows include Constructed Spaces: Contemporary Color Photography at the Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD. He teaches digital photography.
Cynthia Swanson
Cynthia Swanson holds an MFA in sculpture from Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA and a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. She teaches art history courses both online and on campus. Recent exhibitions include Linear, Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery, BCC; Eclectic Abstraction, Spirol Gallery, Quinebaug Valley Community College, Danielson,CT; Paper Dialectics, The Art Gallery, Kent State University, Trumbull Campus, Warren, OH; Talking Papers, Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA; Elusive Geometries, Chazan Gallery, Wheeler School, Providence, RI.
Jesse Thompson
Jesse Thompson has an MFA in sculpture from Rhode Island School of the Arts, Providence, RI. He received a BFA in painting and sculpture from the College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ. Selected exhibitions include Lost Paradise, No Tears Online Magazine, www.notearsmagazine.com; Summer Faculty Exhibit, Woods Gerry, Providence, RI; Northeast Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, Awarded Best in Show; Hard Times/Down Home, Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ; Relationships, Tides Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ; and RISD New England Biennial 2009, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA. He teaches drawing classes at BCC.
