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Birchfield Coffey

Exhibitions, Workshops, Courses, Workshops, Activities:
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NEWPORT ART MUSEUM - Newport, RI
- Newport Biennial - January 8 to May 29, 2022 [one of 67 artists slected from over 800+ entires]
- Wet Paint 2021 - Annual Benefit Auction and Buy-It-Now, August 2021.
- Benefit Online Silent Auction, August 2020.
- Wet Paint Benefit Auction, August 2019.
- Wet Paint Benefit Auction, August 2018.
- Multiple submissions/entries in Juried Group Competitions - 2019-2012. 
- Received Honorable Mention in the 2012 Annual Juried Members Exhibition.
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PROVIDENCE ART CLUB - Providence, RI
- Class and Instructor Exhibition - January 2022
- Little Picture Show and Sale, the 117th Annual - November 7 to December 23, 2021
- Fall Members Exhibition 2021 - August 30 to September 16.
- Members Miniatures - March 7 to 26, 2021.
- Winter Members Show 2021 - January 25 to February 11.
- Class and Instructor Exhibition - January 2021
- Little Pictures Show and Sale 2020 - November 8 to December 23.
- Fall Members Exhibition 2020 - August 31 to September 18
- "Conceal/Reveal" - Special windows on Providence show of Masks - September 2020
- "Isolation Creations" - Summer Show, August 2020
- 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.
- 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 - one to two per semester, 2018 to 2022
- New member, May 2018
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PORTSMOUTH ARTS GUILD - Portsmouth, RI
- Holiday Show 2021 - November 19, 2021 to January 12, 2022
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RISCA ATRIUM GALLERY (Rhode Island State Arts Council) - Providence, RI
- "Conceal/Reveal" exhibition of art masks - April 12 to June 25, 2021
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ST. BOTOLPH CLUB - Boston, MA
- "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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WEST DEAN COLLEGE - West Sussex, England
- Master class in Watercolors - May 2018
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INSTITUTE OF CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE AND ART - Paris, France  
- Christopher H. Browne Drawing Tour - 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
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NEWTON WATERCOLOR SOCIETY - Newton, MA
- Workshop with artist/instructor Wendy Artin - April 2017
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AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME - Rome, Italy
- Visiting Scholar/Artist (VAAR) - November/December 2013

RISD - 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 GALLERY -  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 (Store) - 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 (retired - had offeredg Interior Design services) - 2002-2017
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Birch Coffey Design Associates, New York, NY - 1988-2002
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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 - 1975-1988
- 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 - 1972-1975
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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BirchCoffey@gmail.com