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| Bio |
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| Julie Shelton Smith was born and
raised in Texas. After receiving a BFA from the
University of Texas, she moved to Aspen, CO where
she attended the Center of the Eye School of Photography.
After five years, she relocated permanently to
the East Coast. In 1993, she received her MFA
with Honors in Painting and Printmaking from Rhode
Island School of Design.
Smith has exhibited and lectured widely in the
New England area. She has taught in the Continuing
Education Department at Rhode Island School of
Design, School One in Providence and St. George’s
School in Middletown, RI, as well as Ah Haa School
for the Arts in Telluride, CO.
In 2008, Smith began a painting project called,
“100 Women Over 50” in reaction to
the invisibility of post-menopausal women in a
youth obsessed culture. She felt that older women
had too much experience and too much to say about
life not be heard and seen. Parts of the project
have been shown at Caplow Framing, Minneapolis,
MN, TNC Gallery, NY, NY, Ah Haa School for the
Arts, Telluride, CO, and the Newport, Museum of
Art, Newport, RI. All 100 were shown at the Jamestown
Art Center, Jamestown, RI in 2013. Smith found
she was only getting started. It was just too
interesting getting to know these women and learn
their stories so she is continuing to paint women
over 50. At this time the paintings number 131.
In 2000, Smith was awarded Best In Show by the
Newport Art Museum for the Member’s Juried
Exhibition. |
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| Solo Exhibitions |
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| 2013 |
"One Hundred Woman Over Fifty", Jamestown
Arts Center, Jamestown, RI |
| 2011 |
“One Hundred Women Over The Age of Fifty
Who Like Who They Are Becoming-The First Sixty Five”,
Ah Haa School for the Arts, Telluride, CO |
| 2005 |
"Reconfigurations", Joan Derryberry
Art Gallery, Tennessee Technical University, Cookeville,
Tennessee |
| 2004 |
"Configurations", Fraser Gallery, Washington,
D.C. |
| 2003 |
"Rebuilding the Body", Roberts Triangle
Gallery, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio |
| 2001 |
"Rebuilding the Body," Newport Art Museum,
Newport, Rhode Island |
| 1999 |
"Reconnections," McKillop Gallery, Salve
Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island |
| 1998 |
"Reconnections," Rhode Island State
Counsel on the Arts, Providence, Rhode Island |
| 1993 |
"Politics of The Patriarchy," McKillop
Gallery, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode
Island |
| 1993 |
Quimby Gallery, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville,
Vermont |
| 1992 |
Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design,
Providence, Rhode Island |
| 1992 |
Providence Art Club, Providence, Rhode Island |
| 1991 |
Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts |
| 1990 |
Arnold Art Gallery, Newport, Rhode Island |
| 1989 |
DeBlois Gallery, Newport, Rhode Island |
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| Group Exhibitions |
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| 2012 |
“Four Artists at Swinburne Gallery”,
Swinburne Gallery, Newport, RI |
| 2012 |
“Recollection/Reconnection”, Newport
Art Museum, Newport, RI |
| 2011 |
“Queer From Zero to One Hundred”,
TNC Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2009 |
“Julie Smith at Caplow Framing”, Minneapolis,
MN |
| 2003 |
"23rd Annual Faber Birren National Color
Award Show", Stamford Art Association, Stamford,
Connecticut |
| 2003 |
"An Exhibition of Drawing and Painting",
Visual Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, Community College,
Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| 2003 |
"Invitational Exhibition of Small Works",
New Arts Program, Kutztown, Pennsylvania |
| 2003 |
"Figurative Paintings", Fraser Gallery,
Washington, D.C. |
| 2003 |
"Third Annual Members Exhibition 2003",
Art League of Rhode Island, International Scholar-Athlete
Hall of Fame, University of Rhode Island, Kingston,
Rhode Island |
| 2003 |
"4th Annual Juried National Exhibition",
Kauffman Gallery- Huber Art Center, Shippensburg
University, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania |
| 2002 |
"National Small Works Painting Exhibition:
2002", Avenue Art Gallery, Endicott, New York |
| 2002 |
"Embody Engaged", DeBlois Gallery, Newport,
Rhode Island |
| 2001 |
"Of Body and Spirit", Premier Etage
Gallery, Newport, Rhode Island |
| 2001 |
"Embodied: Reflections and Images",
Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery at Bristol Community
College, Fall River, Massachusetts |
| 2001 |
"Five Rhode Island Artists", South County
Art Association, Kingston, Rhode Island |
| 1999 |
Member's Juried Exhibition, Newport Art Museum,
Newport, Rhode Island |
| 1998 |
Member's Juried Exhibition, Newport Art Museum,
Newport, Rhode Island |
| 1996 |
"National Juried Exhibition 1996", Bristol
Art Museum, Bristol, Rhode Island |
| 1996 |
Summer Faculty Exhibition, Woods-Gerry Gallery,
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode
Island |
| 1994 |
Member's Juried Exhibition, Newport Art Museum,
Newport, Rhode Island |
| 1993 |
"Contemporary Art on Canvas," Maryland
Federation of Art, Cardinal, Gallery at Maryland
Hall, Annapolis, Maryland |
| 1993 |
"By Virtue of Excellence," The Rhode
Island Committee of the National Museum of Women
in the Arts, Providence Art Club, Providence, Rhode
Island |
| 1993 |
Minneapolis College of Art, Exchange Exhibition,
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 1988 |
"Member's Exhibition," Newport Art Museum,
Newport, Rhode Island |
| 1987 |
"Member's Exhibition," Newport Art Museum
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| 1981 |
"The American Annual," Art Association
of Newport, Newport, RI |
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| Awards |
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| 2003 |
"23rd Annual Faber Birren National Color
Award Show", Stamford Art Association, Stamford,
Connecticut, (juror: Dana Miller, Assistant Curator,
Whitney Museum of American Art) |
| 2000 |
Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities, a state
affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities,
partial funding for brochure, "Rebuilding the
Body" |
| 2000 |
2000 Best in Show, Newport Art Museum. Members
Juried Exhibition, Newport, Rhode Island (Peter
Timms, Director, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg,
MA) |
| 1999 |
Newport Art Museum, Members Juried Exhibition,
Newport, Rhode Island, (Elizabeth Haff, Director,
Crane Gallery, Wellesley, MA) |
| 1998 |
Newport Art Museum, Members Juried Exhibition,
Newport, Rhode Island, (Lorraine Buckley, New Britain
Museum of American Art) |
| 1996 |
Bristol Art Museum, National Juried Exhibition,
Bristol, Rhode Island, (Diana Johnson, chief curator,
Museum of the Rhode Island School of Design) |
| 1980 |
Ad Club of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, Hatch
Award, First Place, Advertising communications |
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| Visiting Artist Lectures |
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| 2001 |
• Bristol Community College, Fall River,
Massachusetts
• University of Massachusetts
at Dartmouth, Massachusetts
• Newport
Art Museum, Newport, Rhode Island |
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| 1997 |
• Newton South High School, Newton, Massachusetts
• GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education
Network) mid-Atlantic conference, New York, New
York
• Salve Regina University, Newport,
Rhode Island
• University of Wisconsin,
Stevens Point, Wisconsin
• Boston Latin
School, Boston, Massachusetts
• Lincoln
School, Providence, Rhode Island
• Gay,
Lesbian, Straight, Teachers Network Conference,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Moses Brown
School, Providence, Rhode Island |
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| 1996 |
• "Creating Change", the National
Gay and Lesbian Task Force annual conference, Washington,
DC
• South Kingstown High School, South
Kingstown, Rhode Island
• Brookline High
School, Brookline, Massachusetts
• Phillips
Academy, Andover, Massachusetts
• GLSTN
(Gay, Lesbian, Straight Teachers Network) National
Conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Lincoln School, Providence, Rhode Island
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University of Rhode Island Second Annual Symposium
on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Issues
• University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth,
Massachusetts
• St. George's School, Middletown,
Rhode Island |
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| 1995 |
• Wheeler School, Providence, Rhode Island
• Roger Williams University, Bristol, Rhode
Island
• Youth Pride, Inc, Providence,
Rhode Island
• Healthy Boston Coalition,
Boston, Massachusetts |
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| 1994 |
• School One, Providence, Rhode Island |
| 1993 |
• McKillop Gallery, Salve Regina University,
Newport, Rhode Island |
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| Bibliography |
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| Goddard, Caroline H., Face Value,
The Newport Mercury, September 11-17, 2013 (reproduction
and article) |
| Birn, Roger, Artist Profiles, ABC
Community and Special Events Guide, Spring and Summer,
2003 (reproduction and Article) |
| Rallis, Bethany, Art With Body, Newport
Daily News/ Arts and Entertainment Guide, July 26-Aug.
1, 2002 ( cover reproduction and article ) |
| Neville, Beth, The Newport Art Museum/Newport/Julie
Shelton Smith: Rebuilding The Body, Art New England,
June-July, 2001 (reproduction and article) |
| Gray, Channing, Body Works, The Providence
Journal, Art/ Live This Weekend, February 1-4, 2001
(reproduction and article) |
| Macnie, Jim, Tuesday 30: Art, The
Providence Phoenix/ 8 Days a Week, January 26, 2001
(reproduction and article) |
| Gillis, James J., Artist Explores
Sexuality, Morality, The Newport Daily News/ Arts
and Entertainment Guide, January 26, 2001 (cover
reproduction and article) |
| Smith, C. Kelly, Rebuilding The Body:
Paintings by Julie Shelton Smith, Options, March,
2001 (reproduction and article) |
| Exhibit Explores the "Body Politic",
Sakonnet Times, January 25, 2001 ( reproductions
and article) |
| Solid Performances at Newport Art
Museum / Providence Journal, Art/ Live This Weekend,
February 17-21, 2000 (reproduction and article) |
| Hammond, Harmony, Lesbian Art in America:
A Contemporary History, Rizzoli, New York, 2000. |
| O'Brien, Jerry. Big, The Providence
Journal/ East Bay, April, 23, 1999 (reproductions
and article) |
| Cassels, Peter. A Passion for Politics,
Boston Bay Windows /Arts, December 16, 1999, ( reproduction
and article ) and St. George's Spring Bulletin,
2000 (article and reproduction) |
| Smith, Sylvia, Two Area Artists Approach
Alienation, Newport This Week,/ Art News, December
9-15, 1999 (article) |
| The Newport Review, 1999, (reproduction) |
| Bride, Mary Beth. University Celebrates
Diversity of Women, The Torch, The University of
Massachusetts at Dartmouth, March 28, 1996 ( reproduction
and article) |
| Pickering, Scott. New Faces Fill Bristol
Art Museum, Bristol Phoenix, October 17, 1996 (reproduction) |
| Pantalone, John. Sexual Politics and
Funny Animals, Newport This Week, October 21, 1993,
(cover reproduction and article) |
| From Excellence to Impressionism,
The Providence Journal/ Arts, June 25, 1993, (article) |
| Pantalone, John. Starting Over, Newport
This Week, August 3, 1989 (reproduction and article) |
| Reimer, R.E. Exploring What I See,
The Newport Daily News, August 3, 1989 (article) |
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| Education |
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| 1993 |
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode
Island, Master of Fine Arts, Painting/Printmaking,
Conferred with honors |
| 1970–1972 |
Center of the Eye School of Photography, Aspen,
Colorado |
| 1969 |
University of Texas, Austin, Texas, Bachelor of
Fine Arts, Painting |
| 1964–1966 |
Salem College, Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
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| Teaching Experience |
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| 1994–2003 |
Teacher, St. George's School, Middletown, Rhode
Island, "Advanced Drawing and Painting",
"Photo I & II", "Art History Section
of Western Civilization", "Computer Graphics" |
| 2001 |
"Political Art", a computer skills learning
project for at-risk youth in collaboration with
Stop Over Services of Newport County, The Alternative
School, and the Newport Art Museum, Newport, Rhode
Island |
| 1995–1997 |
Teacher, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence,
Rhode Island, "Painting The Nude," Division
of Continuing Education |
| 1994 |
History/Art Teacher, School One, Providence, Rhode
Island, "Political Art" |
| 1994 |
Teacher, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence,
Rhode Island, summer, "Portrait Drawing,"
Division of Continuing Education |
| 1991–1993 |
Teaching Assistant: Rhode Island School of Design,
Providence, Rhode Island, Sophomore Painting I,
II Sophomore Drawing I, Senior Seminar: Contemporary
Art issues |
| 1974–1975 |
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts,
Instructor of photography |
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| Selected Collections |
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| Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport,
RI |
| The Don and Cybil Harrington Cancer
Foundation, Amarillo, Texas |
| The Cygna Corporation, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania |
| The Newport Art Museum, Newport, Rhode
Island |
| Senator and Mrs. Claiborne Pell, Newport,
Rhode Island |
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