Courses, Workshops, Activities and Exhibitions:
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Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
- Fall Members Exhibition 2019 - September 3 to 20
- Winter Exhibition 2019 - January 26 to February 16, 2019.
- New Members Exhibition 2019 - January 5 to 26, 2019.
- Little Picture Show and Sale, November 11 to December 23, 2018. Eight works displayed - the exhibition required a minimum of six works. SOLD seven works
- Summer Show, August 2018. Received 3rd Place out of the 100+ works entered in the show.
- Entered National Juried Competition "America Now"
- Multiple classes and workshops
- New member, May 2018
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St. Botolph Club, Boston
- "Reciprocity: Looking Backward and Moving Forward, The Providence Art Club at the St. Botolph Club." November 28, 2018 - January 11, 2019.
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Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
Multiple submissions/entries in Juried Group Competitions - 2019-2012
- Wet Paint benefit auction, August 2019 - SOLD during opening preview as "Buy It Now) | August 2018 - SOLD work during opening preview as "Buy It Now" and SOLD second work during the auction.
- Received Honorable Mention in the 2012 Annual Juried Members Exhibition
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West Dean College, West Sussex, England
- Master class in Watercolors - May 2018
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Institute of Classical Architecture and Art - Christopher H. Browne Drawing Tour, Paris.
- A drawing and watercolor week long course with Khalil Hamady and Leslie-jon Vickory and Paris-based instructors Andrew Zega and Bernd Dam - October 2017
Newton Watercolor Society Workshop, Newton, MA
- Workshop with artist/instructor Wendy Artin - April 2017
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American Academy in Rome - November/December 2013
- Visiting Scholar/Artist (VAAR)
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Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
- Drawing/Painting Summer Studies Program - 2013
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Morgan Lehman Gallery, Lakeville, CT
- Gallery Consultant - 2007
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Carrie Haddad Galley, Hudson, NY
- Presented in Group Show of Art on Paper - 2005
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Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Attended the Summer Art Program - 2004
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New York School of Interior Design, New York, NY
- Presented work in group Faculty Show - 2003
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Henri Bendel, New York, NY
- Fashion product illustrator for ads in The New York Times - 1977-1979
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Professional Experience:
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Birchfield Studio Ltd., Barrington, RI (now retired from offering Interior Design services) - 2017-2002
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Birch Coffey Design Associates, New York, NY - 2002-1988
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Taught Interior Design Studio Class at the New York School of Interior Design*
* Member of the Advisory Board, New York School of Interior Design (2000 to today)
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Previously worked for major architectural and design firms including - 1988-1975
- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), Architects - New York, NY
- Davis & Brody, Architects - New York, NY
- Helmuth Obata & Kassabaum (HOK), Architects - New York, NY
- Fox & Fowle, Architects - New York, NY
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National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC - 1975-1972
Architecture and Environmental Arts Program
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Education:
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Masters of Architecture & Urban Design
Rice University, Houston, TX
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BA in Architecture and Architectural History
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
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Born:
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Lexington, Tennessee
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