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Sally S. Fine, Associate Professor of Visual Art
Boston, MA
sally@sallyfine.com
voice: 617.254.5880

Education
Boston University, Boston, MA: 1985, MFA, PIA
Boston University, Boston, MA: 1982, Program in Artisanry, Certificate of Mastery
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio: 1970, BFA, Graphic Design

Recent Certificates/Workshops
Socrates Distance Learning Technologies Group, Online Facilitator Training, 2005
Sloan Consortium, Babson College, Wellesley, MA: Online Learning Research Group, 2004


Teaching/Work Experience
2005–2006 Mount Ida College, Newton, MA: adjunct, School of Design
2005 Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Online teaching
2000–2006 Regis College, Associate Professor of Visual Art, Center for Communication
& the Arts
1996–2000 Bradford College, Assistant Professor of Visual Art, Creative Arts Div.
1995 Art New England, Bennington College, Bennington, MA: summer faculty
1993–1995 University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth: adjunct sculpture faculty
1970 – present S.S. Fine Design: freelance graphic design, computer graphics
1991–1997 Truro Center for the Arts, Truro, MA: Instructor, sculpture workshops
1985 Art Institute of Boston: Graphic Design Instructor, summer session
1982–1985 Bradford College, Haverhill, MA: Lecturer, Creative Arts Division
1980–1981 Boston University, Boston, MA: Teaching Fellow, Ceramics
1970–1973 Museum of Science, Boston, MA: Graphic Designer, Publications Dept.

Awards
1997 C.A. Johnson Grant, Bradford College, to create Student Design Agency
1995 Visual Artists Grant, Massachusetts Council for the Arts, Sculpture Fellowship, New England Foundation for the Arts
1992 New Forms Initiative grant from the New England Foundation for the Arts.
in collaboration with Ross Miller on Artists’ Interpretive Map
1992 Collaboration grant from the Mass. Council for the Arts: collaboration with the Cape Cod National Seashore and Truro Center for the Arts
1990 Bronze Prize, Massachusetts Horticulture Society, Art in the
Landscape award
1984 Visual Art Fellowship Finalist: Massachusetts Council for the Arts

Solo Shows
2000 Boston Sculptors at Chapel Gallery, W. Newton, MA: Nature of Women
1998 Boston Sculptors at Chapel Gallery, W. Newton, MA: Happenstance
1996 Boston Sculptors at Chapel Gallery, W. Newton, MA: Both Ends of the Code
1994 Boston Sculptors at Chapel Gallery, W. Newton, MA: Refigure
1992 Buckingham, Browne & Nichols School, Cambridge, MA

Selected Exhibitions
2005 Mt. Ida Faculty Exhibition, Mt. Ida College, Newton, MA
2004 Provincetown Art Association, Juried Exhibition, Provincetown, MA
2003 Fuller Museum of Art, Craft Transformed, Brockton, MA
2001 DeCordova Museum & Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA:
Monsters in Contemporary Art
2000 Viridian Gallery, NYC: THEN: 30 Year Anniversary
1999 Federal Reserve Bank of Boston: Material Connection: Boston/Paris
1998 Children’s Museum, Boston, MA: Arts Afloat: floating sculpture, Ft. Point Channel
Cité Internationale Gallerie, Paris, France: Boston Sculptors / Paris Tapestries
DeCordova Museum & Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA: Recent Acquisitions
1997 Pentucket Art Center, Haverhill, MA: Inaugural Exhibition
1996 DeCordova Museum & Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA: Sculpture Park installation
Fuller Museum, Brockton, MA: Eighth Triennial Regional Exhibition
Women's Caucus for the Arts, National Juried Exhibition, Chinese Cultural Inst., Wang Center, Boston, MA (College Art Association National Conference)
1995 Federal Reserve Bank Gallery, Boston, MA: UMASS Exhibition
New England Biolabs, Beverly, MA (two person show)

Selected Reviews/ Presentations/ Publications
2002–6 Who’s Who, Marquis Who’s Who, Reed, NJ (ed.: American Women, American Educators)
2003 Fuller Museum of Art, Craft Transformed, Sept. 2003, exhibition catalog
2001 Capasso, Nick. Terrors and Wonders, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA,
exhibition catalog
2000 Munro, Eleanor. Originals: American Woman Artists, April, Da Capo Press, NYC
Temin, Christine. “Sally Fine”, The Boston Globe (Oct. 14 )
1999 Perspectives column. "Boston /Paris Connection," The Boston Globe (Feb.)
1998 Temin, Christine. "Sculptures that Swim," The Boston Globe (Oct. 14 )
Temin, Christine. "Fine’s Women of Parts," The Boston Globe (June 3 )
1997 Boris-Krimsky, Caroline. "Conversations with Artist," feature article, ARTS North
Cohen, Joyce. "Fuller Museum of Art, the Eighth Triennial," Art New England,
Boston, MA
Carlock, Marty. "Art without Walls," Art New England, Boston, MA
(Aug–Sept. issue)
Stapen, Nancy. "Women’s Art, Genderless Themes," The Boston Globe (May 2)
1996 Temin, Christine. "An Artist with Bark and Bite," The Boston Globe (May 8, p. 47)
1995 "Sculpture at UMASS, Dartmouth," The Standard Times, New Bedford, MA (June)
Temin, Christine. "UMass Show Carves Out Trends," The Boston Globe ( May 31)

Professional Affiliations
AAUP, American Association of University Professors
American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), Boston Chapter
Boston Sculptors at Chapel Gallery, West Newton, MA: charter, exhibiting artist
College Art Association, NY, NY
Kendall Center for the Arts, Belmont, MA: Board of Directors 1984–88
Women's Caucus for Art, Boston Chapter: Program Committee 1989–1992

Curatorial/Programming Experience
2000–1999 Curator, Laura Knott Gallery, Bradford College, Haverhill, MA
exhibitions included: Digital Atelier: Three Women Digital Printmakers (Sept. 99),
Hound of Heaven: Painter Ives Gammell (Oct. 99), Faculty Exhibition: Bradford
Creative Arts
(Dec. 99), Rejoice When You Die: New Orleans Jazz Funeral by
Leo Touchet
(Feb. 2000), Affinities: Boston Women Artist (March 2000),
Witnesses: Art of the Conscience (April 2000); Student Show, Senior Project
Shows
(April 1999, May 2000)
1997 Guest Curator: Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA: High-Tech, Lo-Tech: Art from Bradford College
1995 Co-curator: University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA: Centennial Celebration, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, designer and editor of exhibition catalog; University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA: supervised Student Art Gallery, New Bedford, faculty advisor

Collections: private and public
Aktepar Art, Joyce Cohen, Cambridge, MA (private collection) • Edwarde S. Cooke, Jr.,
purchased for Curator of American Decorative Arts by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
(purchased by curator Jonathan Fairbanks) • Cutter Information Corporation, Arlington, MA •
Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA • DeCordova Museum and Dana Sculpture Park,
Lincoln, MA • Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (print collection), Boston, MA • Hamilton
College (print collection), Hamilton, NY • Prof. Pat Lasch, Amherst, MA; NYC • Dr. & Mrs.
Rudolpho Llinas, Falmouth, MA; NYC • Joyce McDaniel, Boston, MA • Dr. & Mrs. Michael
Mendelsohn, Brookline, MA • Eleanor Munro, NYC; Truro, MA • Barbara Norfleet,
Cambridge, MA • New England Biolabs, Beverly, MA • Rose Art Museum (print collection),
Brandeis Univ., Waltham, MA • Sandoz Pharmaceutical Corp., New Jersey headquarters •
Pat Shapiro, Wendell St. Gallery; Cambridge, MA, private collection, Wash. DC

College/University Responsibilities:
2000–2005: Regis College, Weston, MA
Faculty Development Committee, Expanded Technology Development Committee, Honors Committee, Regis College Student Design Center (founder and director), Sophomore-Senior Faculty Advisor; Internship Supervisor, Placement and Advising; Faculty advisor for Regis College Art Club.
1990–2000: Bradford College, Bradford, MA
Curriculum development, undergraduate and graduate level faculty advisor, gallery curator, gallery coordinator, cultural affairs committee (research), guest juror, liaison between Fine Arts and Design departments, guest critic, field trip leader, organized statewide university system exhibition for Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, MA (6/95).
Courses taught: Basic Drawing; Basic Design; Graphic Techniques I & II; Typography: Portfolio Design; Animation; Mixed Media; Creative Publications I & II; Computer Design I & II, Senior Thesis, Pre-Thesis, Sculpture, Modern Styles (art history), Perspectives on the Arts (art history), Color Theory

Skills
Computer Skills: Cross Platform, (Macintosh, and PC)
Software programs: Quark Express, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Macromedia Director, SoundEdit 16, PageMaker, Freehand, MS Word, Image and Text Scanning, Adaptec Toast, Powerpoint, Apple Keynote, Acrobat PDF, Fontographer, Dreamweaver, Blackboard, Access, Elluminate, Online teaching (Art Institute of Pittsburgh),
Graphic Design: Advance Typography, Animation, multimedia, digital sound creation, font
design, annual reports, prospectus, identity design, logotypes, catalogs, brochures, digital
prepress production
Fine Arts: (2-D) watercolor, oil, pastel, pencil drawing, mixed media (3-D) bronze, hydrocal, glass, ceramic, mixed media, model construction, metals