Curriculum Vitae
Mary J. Arthur
Kansas City, Missouri
#646-498-4984
Education
2002 MFA Painting – Graduate School of Figurative Art at The New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
1991 BFA Painting – Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
1984 BA Art Education – Marywood University, Scranton, Pennsylvania
Professional Experience
Spring 2013 – 2015, National Louis University, Chicago, IL - Adjunct Faculty – Introduction to Art, Mixed Media
Spring 2005 - 2012, St. John’s College, Annapolis, MD - Adjunct Faculty - Life Drawing, Portraiture and Basic Drawing courses
Fall 2003 - 2012, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD - Adjunct Faculty - Instruction of Life Drawing with an emphasis on artistic anatomy and Advanced Figure Drawing courses
Also, “Drawing from the Masters” course, in conjunction with the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
Fall 2002 – 2010, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, Maryland - Adjunct Faculty
Instruction of all levels of observational Painting and Drawing including Portraiture 1& 2 and Landscape Painting, Life Drawing with an emphasis on artistic anatomy and Portfolio Development
1997-2000, Kansas City Kansas Community College, Kansas City, Kansas - Adjunct Faculty - Instruction of Drawing and Painting for advanced credit at Sumner Academy
1997-2000, Sumner Academy of Arts and Sciences, Kansas City, Kansas - Visual Arts and Humanities Instructor - Department Chairperson
International Baccalaureate Art and Design Instructor
Additional courses taught: Drawing & Design, Painting, Printmaking and Portfolio
Lectured Art & Architecture History section of a team taught Humanities course to senior class of 150 students as well as led smaller Socratic seminars on important issues with regard to cultures across time
Worked on local Scholastic Arts Committee as well as Hallmark Cards “Festival of Creativity” Committee which showcased area high school art departments. Participated on other community arts programs to enhance student education and exhibition opportunities. Developed after school studio art program with Hallmark Cards artists to further broaden student awareness and skill
Instructed and advised many students who earned top scholarships into colleges and summer art programs across the country
Grants/Awards/ Fellowships
2022 The Alfred & Trafford Klots Artist in Residency, Lehon , France
2011 Yates County Arts Center – Finger Lakes, New York – Summer Residency
2008 Mid-Atlantic New Painting Exhibition Award, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
2007 The Alfred & Trafford Klots Artist in Residency Program, Rochefort-en-Terre, France
2006 Individual Artist Award in Visual Arts, Maryland State Arts Council
2005-2008 Carol M. Jacobsohn Grant, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts
2004-2011, Artist in Residence, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD
2004 Individual Artist Award in Visual Arts, Maryland State Arts Council
2002 Prince of Wales Fellowship, Normandy France
2002/2003 Maryland Federation of Arts, “Self-Portrait” Exhibition Award
2002 Mario Fauci Memorial Award, National Arts Club, New York City
2000-02 New York Academy of Art Scholarship Awards
1999 Dorothy’s 60 Award for Excellence in Teaching sponsored by Mid-America Arts Alliance and the Kansas City Artist’s Coalition
1997 Skidmore Fellowship Award, Summer Six Program, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
1989-91 Kansas City Art Institute Scholarship Awards
Exhibitions
12/23 - 1/24 Two Person Show at Anthony Roads Winery - Finger Lakes Region, New York
Fall 2023 Flick Gallery, Juried Exhibition - Penn Yan, NY
7/2023 Blue Mountain Gallery, Juried Exhibition with Juror Pamela Salisbury - New York City
9/2022 Cityscape Chicago, Group Show - Palette and Chisel, Chicago, IL
8/2022 Exposition D’ Artistes Americans, Alfred & Trafford Klots International Program for Artist, Léhon, France
9/2021 American Landscape, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
1/26 - 4/8 2021 Midwest Paint Group and Invited Guests: Self Portraits - Hoyt Art Center, New Castle, PA
Winter 2020 Blue Mountain Gallery, Juried Exhibition with Juror Martica Sawin - New York City
Summer 2020 New York Academy of Art Juried Exhibition - New York City
12/2019 Solo Exhibition: Chicago Cityscape Scenes - Chicago Printer’s Row Loft, Donahue Building
2/19 Self-Portraits: Midwest Paint Group - Taubman Museum, Roanoke, VA
3/17 Self-Portraits: Midwest Paint Group – Dutoit Gallery, Dayton, OH
12/13 Group Exhibition – Second Floor Gallery - Fine Arts Building, Chicago, Illinois
7/13 Summer Group Exhibition - Flick Gallery – Penn Yan, New York
7/13 Group Exhibition - Eastport Gallery – Annapolis, Maryland
8/13 Group Exhibition - Fine Arts Building, Chicago, Illinois
12/12 Group Exhibition – Fine Arts Building Studios Collective, Chicago, New York
3/12 Solo Exhibition - Marsh Paintings, Eastport Gallery, Annapolis, MD
2/12 Between Stops, Group Exhibition – Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD
5/11 Community Exhibition, St. John’s College, Mitchell Gallery, Annapolis, MD
3/11 Cape Cod, Truro Exhibition – Castle Hill Art Center Workshop Paintings
1/11 Artist in Residence Exhibition – Chaney Gallery - Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD
12/10 Solo Exhibition - Closing Studio – 314 B, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD
01/10 In House, Artist in Residence Exhibition - Chaney Gallery - Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD
12/09 Group Exhibition, Sarah Bain Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
11/09 Solo Exihibiton, Cause - Martino Gallery, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis MD
10/09 Faculty Exhibition Maryland Institute College of Art
7/09 Still Life, Rouse Foundation Gallery, Howard County Community College, Columbia, MD
6/09 CREATE: 30 Years of Artists in Residence, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD
5/09 Community Art Exhibition, Mitchell Gallery, St. John’s College, Annapolis, MD
8/08 Convergence, Group Exhibition, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD
5/08 Image to Imagination, Mitchell Gallery, St. John’s College, Juried, Annapolis, MD
1/08 Mid-Atlantic New Painting Exhibition, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, Virginia
8/07 Solo Exhibition, French Paintings Exhibition, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts Studio, Annapolis, MD
7/07 Landscape: A View from Maryland, University of Maryland University College, Maryland
6/07 Artist in Residence Exhibition, Museum of Rochefort-en-Terre, Bretagne - France
2/07 Landscape and Nature, A View from Maryland - Kanagawa Art Exchange, House of Delegates, Annapolis, MD (Traveling Exhibition ending in Japan)
12/06 Group Exhibition – Sarah Bain Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
11/06 Group Exhibition - Sarandac Gallery, Baltimore, MD
10/06 Arts In Autumn, Group Exhibit – Creations Studio Gallery, Moscow, PA
10/06 Faculty Exhibition, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD
9/06 Faculty Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
7/06 Introduction - DeMatteis Gallery, Annapolis, MD
6/06 Image to Imagination, (Juried) Mitchell Gallery, St. John’s College, Annapolis, MD
6/06 Expressions on Paper, Sarandac Gallery, Baltimore, MD
5/06 Here and Now, Maryland State Arts Council Exhibit at Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
5/06 Group Exhibition, Maryland Society of Portrait Painters, Arundel Show, Annapolis, MD
4/06 Solo Exhibition, “Symphonic Sketches - New Works”, Artist In Residence Gallery, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD
4/06 Salon 2006 Exhibition, (Juried) New York Academy of Art, New York City
3/06 Group Exhibition, Woman, War and Resistance - 3 Woman Show - Pascal Center for the Performing Arts, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, Maryland
1/06 Group Exhibition, Maryland Society of Portrait Painters, Columbia Arts Center, Columbia, Maryland
12/05 Celebrate, Group Show, Sarah Bain Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
11/05 Solo Exhibition, The Figure Explored, Lillian Vanous Nutt Gallery, St. John’s College, Annapolis, MD
11/05 Cityscapes, Group Show, Sarah Bain Gallery, Los Angeles
8/05 Solo Exhibition, Urban Landscapes, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD
5/05 Community Exhibition, Mitchell Gallery, St. John’s College, Annapolis, MD
3/05 Figurative Works, Group Show - Sarandac Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
12/04 Decker Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art - Faculty Exhibition
11/04 James Backus Gallery, Maryland State Arts Council Points of View: Landscapes by Maryland Artists
10/04 Cade Gallery, Anne Arundel Community College, New Works, 3 Person Show
9/04 City Hall, Annapolis, MD - Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Exhibition
9/04 Anne Arundel Community College Faculty Exhibition
8/04 Bishop’s Stock Gallery, “Fields, Farms & Backroads”, Group Exhibition
8/04 Sarah Bain Gallery, “Four Corners”, Group Exhibition
7/04 Maryland Federation of Art, “Go Figure” National Juried Exhibition
6/04 Carla Massoni Gallery, Echo Hill Landscape Paintings, Group Exhibition
4/04 Bishop’s Stock, Snow Hill, Maryland - Plein Air Painting Group Exhibition
2/04 Sarah Bain Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - “Still Life Still”, Group Exhibition
12/03 Sarah Bain Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - Group Exhibition
10/03 Coda Gallery, Palm Desert, CA - Group Exhibition
8/03 Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD - “Self Portraits”, Juried Exhibition
6/03 Red Star Studios Gallery, Kansas City, MO – “Architectural Allusion”
3/03 Solo Exhibition - Morris Mechanic Theater, Baltimore, Maryland
2/03 Separate Visions, Sarah Bain Gallery, Los Angeles, CA – Emerging Artists Exhibition,
12/02 Sarah Bain Gallery, Los Angeles, CA – Small Works Exhibition
10/02 Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD – Faculty Exhibition
9/02 Chateau de Balleroy, Normandy, France – Fellowship Exhibition -Prince of Wales Fellows
9/02 Sarah Bain Gallery, Los Angeles, CA –“Interiors” Gallery Artists Exhibition
9/02 Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD – Maryland Federation of Art’s 2nd Annual American Landscape Exhibition, National Juried Competition
8/02 Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD – Summer Works Exhibition
8/02 Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD – “Self-Portrait” Juried Exhibition
7/02 City Gallery, Baltimore, MD – Summer Juried Exhibition
5/02 NY Academy of Art, NY, NY– MFA Thesis Exhibition
2/02 The National Arts Club, NY, NY – 26th Annual Juried Student Exhibition
4/01 NY Academy of Art, NY, NY – Annual Drawing & Painting Exhibition
4/99 KC Artists Coalition, KC, MO –Excellence in Teaching Award Exhibition
1/98 Landau Gallery, Belmont, MA – Skidmore Fellows Exhibition
4/97 Bartle Hall Convention Center, KC, MO – Selected Mural Artist
Bibliography
Jenny Wohlfarth, Artist’s Sketchbook, The Artist’s Magazine Special Edition, “When Disaster Strikes”, October Issue, 2005
New American Paintings, Open Studios Press, Boston MA, May 2003
The Artist’s Magazine, “Model Artists”, The Artist’s Magazine 2003 Art Competition, December Issue, 2003
Brian P. Heffron, “Patronage from a Prince,” Finger Lakes Times, December 8th, 2002
Carmen Cardinal, “Two KCK Artists Honored With Awards for Excellence,” Kansas City Kansan, Friday, December 18th, 1998
Conferences
International Baccalaureate Art and Design Conference, 1998, Albuquerque, New Mexico – lecture and slide presentation on IB Art Programs student achievement and curriculum
VisitingArtist/Lectures
2010 Keynote Speaker – United States Commodities Future Trading Commission, Washington DC –
“Women’s Art, Women’s Vision” (March)
2002 Spring Semester, National Academy of Design, New York - Assistant Instructor to Doris Stael, led figure drawing portion of portfolio course for gifted students
Collections
King Charles III, Private Royal Collection
Security Investment Company of Kansas City, Kansas City Board of Trade
Halbrook Law Firm, Kansas City, MO
Various Private Collections – England, Switzerland, France, Italy, New York, California, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey