Resume

Curatorial

2011A Tool Is A Mirror, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
2009Providence Art Windows Invitational, Providence, RI
2008The Shadow Show, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
2008Providence Art Windows Invitational, Providence, RI
2007The Apartment At The Mall: The Showcase Opening, Providence, RI
2007Waves Of Narragansett, Narragansett, RI
2006Ourchitecture, RI Housing Authority, Providence, RI
2005Ourchitecture, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI

Arts Administration

CurrentProject Grants/Public Art Management, RI State Council On the Arts, Providence, RI

Commissions:

TF Green AirportGillian Christy, Susan Dory, Barbara Cooper
RI Convention CenterMikyoung Kim
RI State Police Headquarters, Scituateongoing
RI School For the Deafongoing
University of RI, Lippitt HallPeter Diepenbrock
University of RI, Pell Libraryongoing
University of RI, College of Pharmacyongoing
University of RI, College of Biological Life Sciencesongoing

2007-2008Director, Providence Art Windows, The Providence Foundation
2008Director, First Annual Pawtucket Foundation Exhibition
2007-2009Director of Operations, Newport Art Museum

Selected One Person Shows

2011Smarter/Faster/Higher, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
A Tool Is A Mirror, Curator, Danforth, Museum
2010Smarter/Faster/Higher, The Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
2008The Shadow Show, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
2007The Lost House Project, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, MI
2006Ourchitecture, Rhode Island Housing, Providence, RI
2005The Lost House Project and Ourchitecture, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
2004Three On The Third, DeBlois Gallery, Newport, RI
2001Wire & Paint, The Waiting Room Gallery, New Orleans, LA
RI Women In the Visual Arts, Gallery Agniel, Providence, RI
2000Haywire, Island Arts, Newport, RI
1999Selected Work, TF Greene Airport, Providence, RI
Art & Artists: True or False, AS220, Providence, RI
1998Uncommon Ground, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
1997New Work, Native Gallery, Providence, RI

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010Where There's Smoke, There's Fire, UMass, Amherst, MA, Curated by Linda Griggs
E325C Cultural Center, New York, NY
2009The Perfect Fit, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
2008Annual Juried Member’s Show, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA. Juror: Carol Ann Meehan, Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
In Faith Of Graffiti, List Center, Brown University, Providence, RI
E32, 5C Cultural Center, New York, NY
2007Raphael Prize Show, Houston Center For Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX and The Art Association, Jackson, WY Actual Size, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, MI
29th Annual Small Works Exhibition, NY University, New York, NY. Juror: Jim Kempner, Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY
2006Trashformations East, Copia, Napa, CA and Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
2005Raphael Prize Show, Society For Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Deliverance, Holden Street Gallery, Providence, RI
Trashformations East, Fuller Museum, Brockton, MA. Juror: Lloyd Herman, Smithsonian, Washington, DC
2004Transitions, RI Foundation, Providence, RI. Juror: J. Hogue, ArtInRuins.com, Providence, RI
Open for Dancing, Island Moving Company, Newport, RI, In collaboration with Daniel McCusker
WindSeaSky, Art Car, In collaboration with Rene Stawicki
200326th Annual Small Works Exhibition, NY University, New York. Juror: Tatyana Okshteyn, Black & White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Side Kicks: Works By Adjunct Art Faculty, Bannister Gallery, RI College, Providence, RI
WindSeaSky, Convergence Sculpture Festival, Newport, RI
The Hippie Pavillion, In collaboration with Molly Dickinson, Chris Herron, Bridget Kreger and Rene Stawicki
20021st Prize, Sculpture, 15th Annual Exhibition, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI. Juror: Judith Tannenbaum, RISD Museum
Spark Selects, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO
WindSeaSky, Convergence Sculpture Festival, Newport, RI
Babylon Lexicon, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA
WindSeaSky, The Arch
2001Small Expressions 2001, Handweavers Guild of America, St.Louis, MO. Juror: Randall Darwall, Fiber Artist
National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA. Juror: Maxwell Anderson, Whitney Museum, NY
For Arts Sake, Artworks @ Dover Street, New Bedford, MA
Open Printmaking and Sculpture Exhibition, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI, Juror: Joseph Wheelwright, Sculptor
2000Hera Gallery Exchange Exhibition, Angelo State University Art Gallery, San Angelo, TX
Visions Toward Wellness, American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI
Macy Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
Contemporary Craft Series: Textiles, Artworks, New Bedford, MA. Juror: Marge Puryear, Textiles, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth

Education

1997-2000Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1996Saunderstown Weaving School
1983Emerson College, Bachelor of Science, Communications

Selected Bibliography

“Window Dressing: A Look Into Providence's Art Windows”, Art New England, Doug Norris, December/January 2010
“Rhode Island's Public Art Program Threatened”, Art New England, Doug Norris, April/May 2010
“Art That Walks A Fine Line Between Reality And Illusion”, The New York Times, Benjamin Genocchio, January 2008
“Shadow Show”, Art New England, Patricia Rosoff, April/May 2008
“Out Of Darkness”, The Hartford Courant, Matt Eagan, November 30 2007
“Itinerary”, Sculpture Magazine, Glenn Harper, December 2005
“Ourchitecture At the Newport Art Museum”, Bill Rodriguez, The Providence Phoenix, December 16 2005
“Elizabeth Keithline Builds a Name For Herself”, East Bay Newspapers, December 2005
“Objects Lost & Found Again”, Fiberarts, Nancy Sausser, November 2005
“Change In Scenery”, Alison Fields, Providence Monthly, May 2004
“Local Artists Focus On the Changing Face of Providence”, Bill Van Siclen, Providence Journal, Providence, RI, April 8-11 2004
“At RIC: Part-Time Faculty With Full-Time Talent”, Bill Van Siclen, Providence Journal, Providence, RI, July 10 2003
“Elizabeth Keithline: Wire and Paint”, D. Eric Bookhardt, New Orleans Gambit, New Orleans, LA, September 9 2001
“Art from The Ashes”, Ellen Liberman, 1 Union Station, WRNI, Providence, RI, May 24 2001
“Intriguing Works On View At ArtWorks”, Richard Pacheco, New Bedford Standard-Times, New Bedford, MA, March 5 2000
“Art Ballots at AS220”, Bill Van Siclen, Providence Journal, Providence, RI, March 1999
“What Do You Want From Art?”, Fish Bundy, Providence Monthly, Providence, RI, March 1999
“Center City Proves Junk Can Be Beautiful”, Bill Van Siclen, Providence Journal, Providence, RI, September 25 1998
“Rhode Islanders Featured”, Bill Van Siclen, Art Wrapup, Providence Journal, Providence, RI, March 14 1997
“Weaver Elizabeth Keithline Finds Thread In The World Around”, Bill Van Siclen, Providence Journal, Providence, RI, April 8 1997