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Linda Durkee Art

Detailed Art Resume

Education

B.A., English Literature, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
M.A., English Literature, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Individual study with Washington, DC, artist Debra Stern Nicholas

Curator of Exhibition

The Power of Place – Landscapes and Mindscapes from Vermont – curator of four-person exhibition including Linda Durkee’s art and poetry, Gallery in-the-Field, Brandon, VT, 2011.

Solo Shows

InView Center for the Arts at the Landgove Inn, Landgrove, VT, 2010
William Feick Arts Center, Green Mountain Collage, Poultney, VT,
      Art From Life: Recent Collages, 2010
      Stillness and Transformation, 2006
Gallery at Brandon Music, Brandon, VT, 2009
Odyssey Series, Purdue University North Central Campus, Westville, IN, 2009
Bernstein Gallery, Atlas Performing Arts Center, Washington DC, 2008
South Londonderry Free Library, South Londonderry, VT, 2005, 2007
The Canfield Gallery, Martha Canfield Memorial Library, Arlington, VT, 2006
Spiral Press Café, Northshire Bookstore, Manchester, VT, 2006
Night Owl Gallery, Rutland, VT, 2005–2006
Chaffee Art Center, Rutland, VT, gallery talk, collage workshop, 2006
Latchis Theatre, Brattleboro, VT, 2005
Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, VT 2005

Two-Person Shows

Gallery in the Field, Brandon VT, gallery talk, 2008-2009
Night Owl Gallery, Rutland, VT, 2002
Market 5 Gallery, Washington, DC, 1991

Juried Group Shows, Gallery Group Exhibitions

Gallery Redux, Dorset, VT, 2007–2011
Woman Made Gallery, Icons Exhibition, Chicago, 2008
Artpath Gallery, Burlington, VT, 2008
Gallery in the Field, Brandon, VT, 2007
Nancy Price Gallery, Jamaica, VT, 2005–2006
Bennington June ARTS! Celebration, 2005
Southern Vermont Arts Center, National Fall Open Exhibition, Manchester, VT,
    juried by artist Janet Fish, 2004
Artists Guild of Manchester, 2002–2003
Moon Brook Gallery, Rutland, VT, 2002
The Witt Gallery, Pawlet, VT, online gallery, 2001
DC Artists Equity Association and A. Salon, Wilson Art Center,
    Washington, DC, Far Away Places Exhibition, juried by World Bank
    art program manager Artemis Zenetou, 2001
Rock Creek Gallery, A. Salon, Washington, DC, juried by
    John H. Brown Jr., Smithsonian Institution, Honorable Mention, 1997
Wilson Art Center, A. Salon, Washington, DC, The Color Blue Exhibition,
    juried by Willem deLooper, former curator, The Phillips Collection, 1996
Wilson Art Center, A. Salon, Washington, DC, Relationships Exhibition,
    juried by Martha Morris of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
    and Joe Shannon, artist, 1996
Capitol Hill Art League, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Washington, DC,
    exhibitions: Flower Power, juried by Cora Rupp, artist and
    former executive director of the Alexandria Virginia Art League, 1998;
A Note of Whimsy, juried by Clifford T. Chieffo, chairman of the
    Fine Arts Department, Georgetown University, and chairman of the
    Georgetown University Art Collection, 1990;
New Works for the New Decade, juried by Berthold Schmutzhart,
    chairman of the Department of Sculpture, Corcoran School of Art,
    1990; and
In Celebration of Color, juried by Holly Ross, art consultant and
    gallery owner, 1990.
Fairfax County Council of the Arts, Fairfax, VA, juried exhibition
Anna Politan’s, Annapolis, MD, 1991

Member Shows, Group Events

The Carving Studio, West Rutland, VT, 2010
Art & Antiques on Center, Rutland, VT, 2009-2010
The National Arts Program, National Press Club, Washington, DC, 2008
Killington Arts Guild Gallery and events
Chaffee Art Center, member shows through 2011; Art in the Park, 2003
Southern Vermont Arts Center, member shows, including 2011
Vermont Crafts Council Open Studio Tour, 2002 through 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011
Pawlet on the Green, 2002 through 2009, 2011
Vermont Arts & Fine Craft Festival, Stratton, 2002
Congregation Har Shalom, Winterfest, presented by Congregation
    Har Shalom Sisterhood, 1984

Other Exhibition Locations

Harmony Tea Room at Brandon Music, 2009-2010
Latchis Hotel, Artists-Decorate-the-Rooms Project, Brattleboro, VT, 2007-2008
Stratton Mountain Club, 2006
Simple Coffee Works, Manchester, VT 2006
Susan Sargent Furnishings, Manchester, VT, 2005
Northshire Medical Center, Manchester, VT, 2004
Emma’s Restaurant, Silas Griffith Inn, Danby, VT, 2001
Graphic Traffic, Annapolis, MD, 2001
Interior design studios, Washington, DC

Other Accomplishments

Artisans of Southern Vermont, 2009-2010
Cover art for Executive Women in Government Annual Summit,
    Washington, DC, 2008 and 2009
Photo of collage from Gallery in the Field Show, Seven Days, 2008
Cover art and interview, Art Map Burlington, Kasini House, Burlington, VT, 2008
Artpath Gallery show review, Burlington, VT, by Marc Awodey,
    Seven Days,
2008
Creator, host, producer of The Creative Way on community
    television, Rutland, VT
President, Southern Vermont Branch, National League of American
    Pen Women, 2004–2006; Arts and Letters member; past
    National Letters Board member
Vermont Residency in Painting Week, Vermont Studio Center,
    Johnson, VT, 2005
Photography – solo and group shows
Photographs published in hard-back book, French America, in
    French and English
Speech writer addressing major environmental issues, U.S. Environmental
    Protection Agency, Washington, DC, followed by two-year EPA
    communications assignment in support of a global treaty to the United
    Nations Environment Program, Geneva, Switzerland, 1998–2000
Reporter, editor, and new product development editor for environment and
    safety services, The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., Washington, DC,
    and BNA International, London, 17 years
Environmental Professionals Fellowship, The German Marshall Fund of
    the United States, eight-week study, “Risk Communication and the
    Rhine River,” published in International Environment Reporter,
    BNA, Washington, DC
Teacher, English/Journalism, English Department Chair, Potomac
    Senior High School, Prince George’s County, MD
Essay published in The Christian Science Monitor
Book review published in Country Journal
Poetry published in journals including Poet Lore, National English Journal,
    Wisconsin Review

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