FREELANCE EMPLOYMENT | FULL-TIME GRAPHIC EMPLOYMENT | ART HISTORY STUDIES | EXHIBITION STUDIES
GALLERIES Gallery at the Vault, Springfield, Vermont
AVA Gallery, Lebanon, New Hampshire EXHIBITIONS & SHOWS July 19-26, 2013 Karl Drerup Art Gallery, Plymouth, New Hampshire,
"Views of Plymouth", Group ExhibitionScheduled July 2-28, 2013 Rand Museum of Art, Westfield Athenaeum, 6 Elm Street, Westfield, Massachusetts “Three Hours North” Experiences in Oil Painting in the White Mountains and Northern New England and Supplemental show of Northern New England Print Renditions. Solo Show June2012 – July 2012 Lincoln Public Library, 22 Church St., Lincoln, New Hampshire
Oil Paintings and Print Renditions solo showJune 2012 Café Monte Alto, Main Street, Plymouth New Hampshire. Print Renditions of Northern New England, solo show May to June 2011 Margaret and H. A. Rey Center
"Artists The Teach - Share the Passion" Group ExhibitionDecember 2009 to February 2010 First Impressions Salon, Woodstock, Vermont
Still Life and Landscape Oils
AVA Gallery Members Show, Lebanon, New Hampshire
The Skinny Pancake, Montpelier, Vermont
“Changes of the Seasons” Mural and Landscape Oils
William A. LaPorte Gallery, Southwick Library, Southwick, MA
“Native American, Still Life and Landscape”
Rand Museum of Art, Westfield Athenaeum, 6 Elm Street, Westfield, MA, "Native American, New England Scenes and Still Life Oil Paintings"
Duncaster, Calieb Hall, Loeffler Rd., Bloomfield, CT
“Rock Gods and Nature Dieties”
Jasper Rand Art Museum, Westfield Athenaeum, Westfield, MA
10 Year Retrospective
William A. LaPorte Gallery, Southwick Library, Southwick, MA
“Changes of the Seasons” Mural
The Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, Connecticut
“Women’s Caucus for the Arts”
July to August 1999
Artwell Gallery, Torrington, Connecticut
• “Members Show”
• “Open Juried Show”Compugraphic Corporation, Andover, Massachusetts
“Fine Arts Exhibition”
Salem Public Library, Main Branch, Salem, Massachusetts
Two Person ExhibitionBoston Visual Artist’s Union, Boston, Massachusetts
“Annual Members Show”Bunker Hill Community College, Charlestown, Massachusetts
“City Wide Exhibit” (Boston Visual Artists Union)
Hartford Insurance Company, Hartford, Connecticut
“Fine Arts Exhibit”ASSOCIATIONS & AFFILIATIONS July 2011 to July 2013 Arts Alliance of Northern New Hampshire Vermont Crafts Council
Vermont Arts Council Cornish Colony Museum, Windsor, Vermont Artwell Gallery, Torrington, Connecticut Farmington Arts Center, Farmington, Connecticut
Women’s Caucus for Art, National and New Hampshire Chapter, Concord, New Hampshire League of New Hampshire Craftsmen Foundation,
Concord, New HampshireMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Boston Visual Artist’s Union, Boston, Massachusetts
PUBLISHED WORKS OF ART "Nature Mandalas" published by Blurb.com "Endless journeys" - Nature Photography
The International Library of Photography, Ownings, Mills, MD
"Hawaiian Protea" Flower PhotographyCD Cover - Cover artwork for “Ikala”;
Transformational and modern dance music by Chris Albertson,
Images : Seabird of Old Orchard and Sand Dollar (art photography)
Northwestern Connecticut Community College, Winsted, CT
Peacock and Sand Dollar Mandalas (art photography)
Cover for 2002 Catalog - Continuing Education
“New Art International”
a compendium of international contemporary art
Book Art Press, Woodstock, New York - Art Photography
Juried Selection of Recent Works by
World Contemporary Artists - Full Page Representation
“Lasting Illusions”- Compilation of Nature Photography
The International Library of Photography, OwingsMills, MD
"Loon Lake’s Sleeping Slipper”
Electronic Publishing, PennWell, Nashua, New Hampshire
“Ocean Flake” (art photography), used as editorial promotion piecPathway Center-Woman’s Circle, Plymouth, New Hampshire
“Luna Moth” (oil painting), used as cover for 1997
Calendar to further education for women in need.EDUCATION
“En Plein Air” Weekly Workshops
Painter Edward Mead, Westfield, Massachusetts
Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont
2 Week Art Seminar with Richard SheehanMassachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts
B.F.A.in Painting George Nick primary painting instructor.Northeastern University, Burlington, Massachusetts
Commercial Art (Production Graphics)
Decordova Museum Art School, Lincoln, Massachusetts
Mount Ida Junior College, Newton Centre, Massachusetts
Associate Degree in Graphic DesignHartford Art School, University of Hartford, Bloomfield, Connecticut
TEACHING 2012 to Present Griswold is offering Private and Group Classes in Oil Painting
Lifelearn - West Hartford Continuing Education,West Hartford, CT
* Alla Prima Oil Painting, studio art - 8 week session
• Course covers immediate approach to oils for direct painting
1845-1960 and individual art biographies
* Painting studio and lecture - 8 week session
• Course outlines the art elements, principals through oil
painting and introduces art history oil painting through video
Lifelearn - West Hartford Continuing Education,West Hartford, CT
* Movie Night of Art History - 8 week session,
Biographies and Art Movements through video
• Course outlines the European and American art movements
1845-1960 and individual art biographiesLitchfield Art Association - Winsted, CT
Painting lecture and studio tutoring -10 week session
• Course outlines the art elements , principals and historical art
movements as they pertain to changes in paintingNorthwestern Connecticut Community College
Continuing Education, Winsted, CT
Summer Courses - Oil Painting - 6-9 week sessions
• Course outlines the academic study of light, shape, color,
composition. Basic oil painting materials and techniques.Northwestern Connecticut Community College, Winsted, CT
Graphic Design Two (credited)
• Course syllabus by Hartford Art School, visual elements and
principles of design,Covers manual studio skills. Introduction
to Macintosh computer and Adobe Illustrator 8.
Northwestern Connecticut Community College, Winsted, CT
Graphic Design One (credited)
• Course syllabus - academic study on history of typography,
Technical and aesthetic usage of type in design and image with
type in design. Computer studio course on Macintosh -
Photoshop, Quark and Illustrator
Canton Parks and Recreation, Canton, CT
Oil Painting - 8 week session
• Course outlines the academic study of light, shape, color,
composition. Basic oil painting materials and techniques.
Shanware Pottery, Stoneham, MA
Pottery Workshops - 12 Week Sessions
• Wheel throwing and handbuildingSalem Home, Rumney, NH
Pottery Workshop for children - 5 Week Session
• Predominately handbuilding techniques of pinch, coil and slab
FULL TIME GRAPHIC ARTS EMPLOYMENT
Klim Design, Avon, CT
Fast Paced Design Studio - Packaging, Display and Corporate Art
Design, Layout, Mechanical Artist
Executive Greetings, Inc., New Hartford, CT
Graphics for imprinted stationery products - Graphic Artist
Original Design Company, North Woodstock, NH
Silkscreened and Embroidered Sportswear
Designer, Illustrator and Mechanical Artist
Graficon Communications, Inc., Chelmsford, MA
Industrial and Corporate Advertising
Small, Fast Paced Design Studio
Production Manager, Layout and Mechanical ArtistCahners Publishing Company, Boston, MA
Layout, Mechanical Artist and Technical Illustrator for
“Design News” Magazine
(nationally distributed to design engineers)
Compugraphic Corporation, Wilmington, MA
Type Design Artist for computer typesetting systems
Exclusive Designer of the Typefaces “Euclid Bold” and
"AuraSwash Characters
FREELANCE EMPLOYMENT
Freelance Exchange, Glastonbury, CT
contracted work with Agent - Stella Neves
January 1999 to 2004
September 1985 to September 1992NG Design and Graphics
Owner and Artist: Applying all Graphic Design and Illustrating
Skills to several businesses and clients.
Production Art, Calendar Covers, Posters, Layout, Technical
Illustration, Photo Retouching and Silhouetting
Photoshop,Brochures, Signs, Logos, Mechanicals, Corporate and
Small Business Print MediaART HISTORY STUDIES Artist Grant Writing Workshop for Visual and Literary Artists
Northwestern Connecticut Community College, Winsted, CT
Women’s Resource Center, Instructor: Susan BergArt History Studies - accreditied courses
• Modern European and American Sculpture
• Modern European Painting
• Contemporary Art
• Survey of Western Art
Some DVD Studies include:
Jason Pollack, Picasso, Cubism, Braque, Basquiat, Andy Warhol, Frieda Kahlo, Rivera, Edward Munch, Van Gogh, The Medici, Mary Cassatt, The Impressionists -4part, Monet, Manet, Connecticut Seasons of Light (American Impressionists), Sister Wendy’s Story of Painting, Modernism, Art of Mexico, The Louve, The Hermitage, The Prado, The Vatican, O’Keefe, Ansel Adams, Andrew Wyeth, Thomas Eakins, Scott L. Christensen and more .Griswold studies literature and biographies of many artists. She also attends art museums and galleries on a regular basis.
ART EXHIBITONS STUDIES • Presentation of Art Exhibitions
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MassachusettsGriswold has organized, marketed and presented many of her own art exhibitions
DESIGNER, ILLUSTRATOR, FINE ARTIST,
GRAPHIC PRODUCTION ARTIST:
Experience with Quark XPress Passport, Photoshop CS, Adobe Illustrator 8, Digital Camera, Scanners, Printers, Darkroom Equip., Acrobat, Microsoft 2003 Outlook, Excel. Platforms: Windows XP, Macintosh G3