MARCELLA ANNA STASA 211 NORTH STREET, UPTON, MA 01568 508 529-3709 MSTASA1@EARTHLINK

MARCELLA ANNA STASA� ��508 529-3709�� [email protected]

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EDUCATION

*1979-83 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA; BFA ceramics

*1990, 1986, 1983 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME

*1982 Kent State University, Kent, OH; Blossom/Kent Art Program

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GRANTS AND AWARDS

*2005 The Copley Society, Boston, MA; juror�s award III

*2005 Art Center of Estes Park, Estes Park, CO; juror�s award

*2005 The Copley Society, Boston, MA; first jurors� choice

*2004� Rockwall Artists League, Rockwall, TX; honorable mention

*1990 New England Foundation for the Arts

*1987, 1986, 1985 & 1983 Cambridge Arts Lottery

*1986 Arts on the Line

*1986 Somerville Arts Lottery

*1986 Real Art Ways-Fusion/Fission

*1986 & 1983 Tuition grants-Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

*1982 Merit Scholarship-Blossom Kent Art Program

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

*1984-Present Miniature Art of the Month Club solo project mailing small art objects to subscribers

*1995 Mail Art Workshop, Holderness School, Plymouth, NH

*1984-86 Ceramics Instructor and Department Director, Project� Arts Center, Cambridge, MA

*1986 Mail Art Workshop, Artpark, Lewiston, NY

*1983 Teaching Assistant, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

*1982 Assistant with Peruvian Textile Project, Peabody Museum, Cambridge, MA

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

*2005 �From a Trickle to a Thundermist� Blackstone River Gallery, Woonsocket, MA

*2005� Marcella Anna Stasa� Wainwright Bank Cambridge, MA

*2004 �Second Nature� Loring Coleman Gallery, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA

*2004 �Garden Art� Community Growing Center, Somerville, MA

*2003 �Fragile Nature� Towne Art Gallery, Wheelock College, Boston, MA

*2002 �Little Objects� Somerville Public Library, Somerville, MA

*2000� �Solo Show� Artists Foundation Gallery, Boston MA

*1999 "Dolled Up" ARTSWorcester, Worcester, MA

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TWO AND THREE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

*2005 �Nature Gone Awry� University Place Gallery Cambridge, MA

*2005 �Poetic Art� Renaisance Gallery, Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River, MA

*2004 �To Have and to Hold� Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

*1986 "I Don't Know Much About Art, But I Know What I Like" Cambridge Multicultural Arts Ctr.

*1987 "Works by Marcella Stasa & Phyllis Ewen" Recycle Gallery, Boston Children's Museum

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PUBLIC ART

*2005 �Art Up Front� A Taste of Culture, Cambridge, MA

*2004 �Sculpture in and by the River� Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA

*2004 �Wind Sea Sky� Easton�s Beach, Newport, RI

*2004 �Garden Art� Community Growing Center, Somerville, MA

*2004 �May Fire� Charles River Esplanade, Boston, MA

*2003 �Windows Art Project� J.J. Sullivan, Somerville, MA

*1997 "On the Land" Conant Land, Carlisle, MA

*1990 "Art-o-Mat" First Night Boston Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA

*1989 "Second to None" Somerville Museum, Somerville, MA

*1989 "Art-o-Mat" First Night Boston Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA

*1988 "Artwalk at Graves Landing" Graves Landing, Cambridge, MA

*1987 "River Tiles" Charles River Park, Cambridge, MA

*1986, 1985 & 1983 Cambridge Arts Lottery, Cambridge, MA

*1986 �T Magnets� Arts on the Line, Cambridge & Boston, MA

*1986 �Miniature Art of the Month Club� Somerville Arts Lottery Somerville, MA

*1986 �Fusion/Fission -Miniature Art of the Month Club� Real Art Ways Hartford, CT

*1983 "100 Stones" Charles River Park, Cambridge, MA

*1982� "Art Up Front" Central and Harvard Squares, Cambridge, MA

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006

�Phoenix Artists� Group Show� Phoenix Gallery, New York City, NY

�Men, Women, Feminine, Masculine� Ayer Lofts Gallery, Lowell, MA

�Tiny Fine Art Exhibition� Art at Large, New York City, NY

�A Sense of Self, A Sense of Place� ARTSWorcester, Worcester, MA

�Small Works I� The Copley Society, Boston, MA

2005

�La Petite XIII� Alder Gallery� Coburg, OR

�Member�s Prize Show� Cambridge Art Association Cambridge, MA

�12 x 12� Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA

�Contour: Dimensions in Art� The Copley Society, Boston, MA; juror�s award III

�Red� Cambridge Art Association Cambridge, MA

�Small Works� The Copley Society, Boston, MA

� Love Small� artSPACE @ 16, Malden, MA

�Museum Without Walls� Central Park New York City, NY

�Decicive Moments� Cambridge Art Association Cambridge, MA

�Fall Member�s Show� The Copley Society, Boston, MA; first jurors� choice

�Prospecting for Art� Somerville Museum, Somerville, MA

�Anything Goes� Lynn Arts, Lynn, MA

�Collections� Elise Mankes Studio, Marblehead, MA

�Photo National� Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA

�Night and Day� Walsh Art Gallery, Fairfield, CT

�Lines Into Shapes� Art Center of Estes Park, Estes Park, CO; juror�s award

�Masters� Mystery Art Show� Florida International University, Miami, FL

�Impersonature� artSPACE @ 16, Malden, MA

�Cornucopia� Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI

"Art Up Front" A Taste of Culture, Cambridge, MA

�Open Photography and Sculpture Show� Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA

�ARTSWorcester, Member�s Exhibition� Aurora Gallery, Worcester, MA

�Night and Day� Quick Center for the Arts, Fairfield, CT

�Alternative Photography� The Copley Society, Boston, MA

�Worcester Biennial� ARTSWorcester Aurora Gallery, Worcester, MA

�40 X 40� Stuart Street Playhouse, Boston, MA

�Manifest 2005: The Many Faces of Boston� The Copley Society Boston, MA

�Renewal: reconstructing castoffs into art�� ArtSpace Gallery� Maynard, MA

�First Annual Juried Exhibition� Blackstone River Gallery Woonsocket, RI

�6^th Biennial� A.I.R. �New York, NY

�Phoenix Artists� Group Show� Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY

�Members Juried Exhibition I� Concord Art Association, Concord, MA

�Renewed: A Transformation of Found Objects� The Nave Gallery Somerville, MA

2004

��Members Juried Exhibition I� Concord Art Association, Concord, MA

�Art of the Book� Art Books Press Seattle, WA

�Blue� Cambridge Art Association Cambridge, MA

�Small Works� artSPACE @ 16 Malden, MA

�10 x 10 Holiday Show� Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA

�Quilts For Art�s Sake 3� Makeready�s Gallery 214 ArtSpace, Montclair NJ

�Art 2004� Rockwall Artists League, Rockwall, TX; honorable mention

�Windows Art Project� The Law Offices, Somerville, MA

�Works on Paper� Lynn Arts, Lynn, MA

�ARTSWorcester, Member�s Exhibition� Aurora Gallery, Worcester, MA

�Mother Lode National Art Exhibition� Placerville Arts Association, Placerville, CA

�Northern National Art Competition� Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI

��Small Works� The Copley Society, Boston, MA

�Sculpture in and by the River� Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA

�Wind Sea Sky� Easton�s Beach, Newport, RI

�Small Works for Small Spaces� Ayer Lofts Gallery, Lowell, MA

�17^th National Juried Art Exhibit� South Cobb Arts Alliance, Mableton, GA

�Viridian Artists XVth Annual Juried Exhibition� slide show Viridian Artists@ Chelsea, New York, NY

�Renewal Revisited� Gibbs Gallery, Arlington, MA

�Girl Art Now!� Hera Gallery, Warwick, RI

�Patterns of Worcester� Aurora Gallery, Worcester, MA

�Earth Month Exhibit� Emerson Umbrella, Concord, MA

�May Fire� Charles River Esplanade, Boston, MA

�Mother?� Ayer Lofts Gallery, Lowell, MA

�Spring Juried Show Copley Society, Boston, MA

�Spring Members Art Exhibit� Arts Alliance, Hudson, MA

�Revels� Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA

�Expo XXIII� B. J. Spoke� Gallery, Huntington, NY

�The 18^th Drawing Show� Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA

�Human Condition� Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA

2003

��Small Works: Big Celebration� Gibbs Gallery, Arlington, MA

�Small World Exhibit� New City Art, Easthampton, MA

�Energy� The Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA

�Small Works� The Copley Society, Boston, MA

�What Are They Doing Now?� The Marketplace in Porter Square, Cambridge, MA

�Pushing The Envelope� The Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA

�Overhung� Oni Gallery, Boston, MA

�Fall Member�s Show� The Copley Society, Boston, MA

�ARTSWorcester, Member�s Exhibition� Aurora Gallery, Worcester, MA

�Fall Salon� The Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA

�Windows Art Project� J.J. Sullivan, Somerville, MA

�Boston Arts Festival�, Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park, Boston, MA

�Renewal� The Marketplace in Porter Square, Cambridge, MA

�New Member�s Exhibition� The Copley Society, Boston, MA

�2D/3D: An Exploration� ARTSWorcester Aurora Gallery, Worcester, MA

�Photos From 3^rd Space� artSPACE@16, Malden, MA

�National Prize Show� The Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA

�Analog to Digital/Digital to Analog� Fort Point Arts Community Gallery, Boston MA

�Worcester Biennial� ARTSWorcester Aurora Gallery, Worcester, MA

�Abstraction 2003� Stage Gallery, Merrick, NY

�Small Works� Upstream Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, NY

2002

�Spiritual Art V� Period Gallery, Omaha, NE

�ARTSWorcester, Member�s Exhibition� Aurora Gallery, Worcester, MA

�� New Directions�02� Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY

�� Ninth Annual Juried Show� Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA

�Renewal: Transforming Found Materials into Art� New Arts Center, Newton, MA

�� Frances N. Roddy Open Competition� Concord Art Association, Concord, MA

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�� 2001

�� ARTSWorcester, Member�s Exhibition� Aurora Gallery, Worcester, MA

1997

"On the Land" Conant Land, Carlisle, MA

"Worcester Biennial" Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA

1995

"Book Arts: Images & Words" Cambridge Artists Cooperative, Cambridge, MA

1993

"Lost and Found-Images from Childhood" Union of Maine Visual� Artists, Brunswick, ME

1992

"Length/Width/Height" Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

1991

"Playing Around-Toys by Artists" Decordova Museum, Lincoln, MA

"Opening Day, a Baseball Show" Pacchetto, Newton Centre, MA

1990

"Art-o-Mat" First Night Boston Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA

"Small Works/Multi Media" Artists Foundation, Boston, MA

"Tabletops" The Loading Zone, Boston, MA

1989

"Art-o-Mat" First Night Boston Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA

"Second to None" Somerville Museum, Somerville, MA

1988

"Artwalk at Graves Landing" Graves Landing, Cambridge, MA

1987

"River Tiles" Charles River Park, Cambridge, MA

1986

"Project All Stars" Project Arts Center, Cambridge, MA

�T Magnets� Arts on the Line, Cambridge & Boston, MA

�Miniature Art of the Month Club� Somerville Arts Lottery Somerville, MA

�Fusion/Fission -Miniature Art of the Month Club� Real Art Ways Hartford, CT

1985

�Boston Arts Festival� Charles River Esplanade. Boston MA

"Out of the Fogg" Project Arts Center, Cambridge, MA

"Artists Make Cakes" Project Arts Center, Cambridge, MA

1984

"Avant Guards" Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

"The Figure:New Form/New Function" Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN

1983

"100 Stones" Charles River Park, Cambridge, MA

"Stiles/ Styles" The Unitarian Church of Boston, Boston, MA

1982

"Art Up Front" Central and Harvard Squares, Cambridge, MA

"Objects of Desire" Thompson Gallery, Boston, MA

"Student Work" Kent State University, Kent, OH

1981

"Massachusetts College of Art Student Work" City Hall, Boston, MA

"Women's Work" Thompson Gallery, Boston, MA

1980

"Cambridge Artists" Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA

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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

ARTSWorcester, Worcester, MA

Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA

The Copley Society, Boston, MA