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Liz Chalfin - Curriculum Vitae

Born 1958, Whittier, California

Education
M.F.A., Printmaking; California State University, Long Beach, 1985
B.A., Fine Arts; California State University, Fullerton, 1981

Gallery Representation
Zea Mays Printmaking Flat File Project

Solo Exhibitions
2010 In the Loo, Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield, MA and the Dream Away Lodge, Becket , MA
2009 Looking Back Going Forward, Geissler Gallery, Stoneleigh Burnham School, Greenfield, MA
2005 Fertile Ground, Charles Dana Danforth Art Gallery, University of Maine. Augusta, Maine
2005 New Work, Wisteriahurst Museum, Holyoke, Massachusetts
2002 Here Now, Grubbs Gallery, Williston Northampton School, Easthampton, Massachusetts
2001 Archetypes, Nada Mason Gallery, Northfield Mount Hermon, Northfield, Massachusetts
New Prints, The Dream Away Lodge, Becket, Massachusetts
2000 A Longer Look, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts
1998 on a scale from one to one..., Wheeler Gallery, University of Massachusetts Amherst
New Prints, Forbes Library Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts
1995 New Work, Mendenhall Gallery, Whittier College, Whittier, California
1992 New Work, Gaga Gallery, Long Beach, California
New Work, Mendenhall Gallery, Whittier College, Whittier, California
1988 New Work, S.I.T.E. Gallery, Los Angeles, California
New Work, Gallery C, California State University, Long Beach, California
1983 New Work, Sushi Gallery, San Diego, California

Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
Half A World Away , A.P.E. at windows, Northampton, MA
New Prints 2010 Spring, International Print Center New York, NY juror: Phllip Pearlstein
Bienal Internacional de Gravura – Douro 2010, Alijo, Portuga
Pulp, meltemBirey Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
8th Janet Turner National Print Exhibition , Janet Turner Museum, Chico, CA
2009
Pioneer Women, Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Impressions, New Hampshire Institute of the Arts, Manchester, NH
Thoughts, Memory and Experience, Gallery Hasta, Hyderabad, India
2008
The Nature of Things, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
National Monoprint Exhibition, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA
Interactions, Liz Chalfin and Louise LaPlante, Wunderarts, Amhert, MA
Group Print Show, Redmond Bennett Gallery, Dublin, NH
New England/New York/New Talent, Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. Juror: David Gibson
New Prints Summer 2008: Artists' Commentary, International Print Center, New York, New York
The Artists of Zea Mays, Wunderarts, Amherst, MA
Delta National Small Prints Exhibition, Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AK. purchase award
2007
Small, Wunderarts, Amherst, MA
Hot Topic: Meditations on Global Warming, Germantown Academy Art Center Gallery, Fort Washington, PA
The Nature of Things, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Artists of the Pioneer Valley, Open Square, Holyoke, MA
Theater of the Mind, Dunedin Fine Arts, Dunedin, FL
2006 Susan Maasch Fine Arts, Portland, ME
Six Artists/One Cause, Gallery at 19 Forbes, Northampton, MA
Germination: Liz Chalfin and Alison Williams, Zea Mays Printmaking Gallery, Florence, MA
A Community at Work: Zea Mays Printmaking, Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA
The New Landscape: Alternative Approahes, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA.
By Hand, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA
2005 18th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Artists’ Books, Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA. Juror: Martin Antonetti
Envisioning the Surface: Layer, Un-layer, The Gallery at Mount Ida College, Newton, MA, Jurors: John Tricomi and Kathleen Driscoll. Honorable Mention
The Dictionary Project, Brickbottom Gallery, Boston, MA, invitational
Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial, 808 Gallery, Boston, MA. Juror: Joann Moser
Theater of the Mind, American Print Alliance Traveling Exhibition, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, Indiana; Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville, TN; North Georgia College and State University, Dahlonega, GA., University of Miami, Miami, FL, North Bank Gallery, Vancouver, WA
2004 Small Works, Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA
One of A Kind, The Canal Gallery, Holyoke, MA. Juror: Dwight Pogue. Honorable Mention
A New England Printmakers Exhibition, invitational. Armstrong Atlantic State University Art Gallery, Savannah, GA
Re:Work – connecting artists with industries, Pure Light Gallery, Turners Falls, MA
At Issue: Prints and Social Commentary, Beard Gallery, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
Bookmarks 2003, Kasba Atelier de Gravure, Bruxelles, Belguim
Changing Hands, Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA
Theater of the Mind, American Print Alliance Traveling Exhibition. Juror: John A. Stewart, University of Delaware, Art Gallery, Newark, Delaware
Boston Drawing Project, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA. Curator: James Hull
2003 Women Art Makers, 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Gatov Gallery, California State University, Long Beach
Unique Multiples, traveling exhibition: Wm. Blizzard Gallery, Springfield College, Springfield, Massachusetts
Artists’ Books, Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA
Unique Multiples, traveling exhibition: T.W. Wood Gallery, Vermont College, Montpelier, Vermont
Selected Members of the Monotype Guild of New England, Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, Vermont
Unique Multiples, traveling exhibition: Nada Mason Gallery, Northfield Mount Hermon, Northfield, Massachusetts
Boston Drawing Project, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA. Curator: James Hull
2002 Who is the Enemy? The Gallery of Social and Political Art, Boston, Massachusetts
Small Works Show, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts
Unique Multiples, traveling exhibition: A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA; Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA
Intricate Layers, Attleboro Museum of Art, Attleboro, MA. Juror: Dorothy Simpson Krause
Boston Drawing Project, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA. Curator: James Hull
MGNE Members Exhibition, Hoxie Gallery, Westerly Public Library, Westerly, RI
5th Annual MGNE Juried Exhibition, Ellison Center for the Arts, Duxbury, MA. Juror: Cynthia Nartonis, Artist
2001 Guild Studio School Faculty Exhibition, Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, Massachusetts
Unique Prints, Hampshire College Main Gallery, Amherst, Massachusetts, Curator: Carolyn Arnold, Gallery Director
First Impressions, Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, Massachusetts
1999 Group Exhibition, Shelburne Artists’ Cooperative, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
1996 Arts 1996, invitational exhibition, University Synagogue, Irvine, California
1995 Women Artists, invitational exhibition, California State University, Los Angeles
1994 Portals, invitational exhibition, The Baker Building, Long Beach, California, Juror: Bolton Colburn, Curator, Laguna Art Museum
1993 All Media ‘93, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California
1992 Current Issues and Social Commentary, National Council of Jewish Women, Los Angeles, California, Juror: Shauna Snow, Art Critic, Los Angeles Times
Spectrum, Rancho Santiago College Art Gallery, Santa Ana, California. Catalog, Juror: Sue Henger, Newport Harbor Art Museum
1991 Group Exhibition, Rental Gallery, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
1990 Faculty Exhibition, Mendenhall Gallery, Whittier College, Whittier, California

Reviews and Publications
The Green Print Studio: A Model for the 21st Century, Liz Chalfin, www.nontoxicprint.com
Printing in Progress, The India Times, Hyderabad, India, February 200
Image to accompany article “Endandered, Who Cares?”, New England Watershed Magazine, Vol. 1 #2, December 2005, p.43
Passionate Pursuits, radio interview of Liz Chalfin, Valley Free Radio, WLJW 103.3, interviewed by Eleanor Wakin, August, 2005, rebroadcast October, 2005
Liz Chalfin’s master work, Larry Parnass, Daily Hampshire Gazette, Hampshire Life, January 21, 2005, p.31
Open Studios, Greg Morell, The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass, October 28, 2004, p. 16
Heroes and Villains, Jim Anderson, Printmaking Today, Vol. 13, No.3, Autumn 2004, p. 10. Cover image
Making Art with Industrial Scraps, Lisa Davol, The Montague Reporter, July 22, 2004, p.16
Arts and Industry in Turners Falls, Lisa Davol, The Montague Reporter, January 29, 2004, page 1
Prints Among Women, Phoebe Mitchell, Daily Hampshire Gazette, September 29, 2003, p.A4
One Time, Daniel Oppenheimer, The Valley Advocate, September 25, 2003
Multiples’ Features Variety, Gloria Russell, Sunday Republican, September 7, 2003, p.D2
Unique Multiples, Diana Lischer-Goodband, Art New England, June/July 2003 p.51
When Artists Put Their Work Between Covers, Pheobe Mitchell, Daily Hampshire Gazette, June 10, 2003 p.C3
Unique Multiples: the unique art of the monoprints at the Wood, Anne Galloway, The Barre Montpelier Times Argus, March 7, 2003.
Exhibit features 5 artist with common bond, Nina Bander, The Greenfield Recorder, January 23, 2003, AE page 12
Zea Mays: Non-Toxic Printmaking Studio, Julia Courtney, Springfield Journal, Bravo, May 17, 2001, page 25
Pressed into Service, Larry Parnass, Daily Hampshire Gazette, June 27, 2001
First Impressions, The Women’s Times, May 2000, page 8
When Printmaking Goes Green, Larry Parnass, Daily Hampshire Gazette, September 12, 2000, section C, page 1
A Longer Look, Larry Parnass, Daily Hampshire Gazette, Art on View, June 20, 2000
Mostly Female Artists Expand of Female Gender Pride, Dru Farnham, University Times, April 3, 1995, page 1
Artists Define Their Visions, Gail Emily Arriola, University Times, March 27, 1995, page 5
Political Fires Ignite Artist’s Work, Maria Duryee, Whittier Daily News, March 12, 1992, Time Out Sect., page 1
ibid, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, March 13, 1992
ibid, Pasadena Star News, March 13, 1992
Artists in the Classroom, Marshall Lumsden, The Getty Center for Education in the Arts, 1990

Lectures, Workshops and Residencies
2009 Panel Chair- The Green Print Studio: A Model for the 21st Century, Southern Graphics Council Conference, Chicago, Il
"Contemporary Printmaking," lecture, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
"Prints from the Permanent Collection," Artists on Art Talk, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
2008 "Green Printmaking" State University of New York, New Paltz
"The Nature of Things," DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
Visiting Artist Residency, Loomis Chafey School, Windsor, CT
Green Etching, AS220, Providence, RI
Photopolymer Printmaking, Acrylic Resist Etching, Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA
2007 Visiting Artist Residency, Chester College, NH
Photopolymer Printmaking, Acrylic Resist Etching, Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA
2006 Photopolymer Printmaking, demonstration workshop for faculty of University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA
Editioning Drawings, Editioning Photographs, Advanced Etching, Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA
How Prints are Made, demonstration for the docents from the Mount Holyoke College Museum of Art at Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA
2005 Visiting Artitst Residency, Printmaking and Bookmaking, University of Maine, Augusta, ME
Discussing Contemporary Art, Mount Holyoke College Museum of Art, South Hadley, MA
The Evelyn Danzig Haas Visiting Artist Lecture, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
Etching, Collagraph, Photo Printmaking, Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA
Poetry and Artists’ Books, Teacher Workshop, Springfield Public Schools, Springfield, MA
2004 Monotype Printmaking, Northampton High School, Northampton, MA
Photopolymer Etching, Smith College Art Department, Northampton, MA
Solar Plate Printmaking, Experimental Relief, Pencil Monotype, Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA
Photopolymer Printmaking, Experimental Etching Studio, Boston, MA
2003 Drypoint Workshop, Bolton High School, Bolton, CT
Committed to Print, Smith College Museum of Art/Zea Mays Printmaking, Northampton, MA
Drawing from the Collection, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
Historical Overview of Printmaking, Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA
Safer Intaglio, Collagraph, Water-based Monotype, Photopolymer Printmaking, Chine Colle and Artists’ Books Workshops, Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, Massachusetts
Water-based Monotype, Teacher Workshop for Amherst Schools’ Art Teachers
Working with the Permanent Collection, Teacher Workshop, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
Silk in New England, Teacher Workshop, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
Collagraph Printmaking Workshop, Tantasqua Regional Junior High School, Sturbridge, MA
Collagraph Printmaking, Williston Northampton School, Easthampton, Massachusetts
Integrating the Visual Arts into the Curriculum, Art in Education Center, Hadley, MA
2002 500 Years of Printmaking, Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont
Monotype with Aqua Kolor Inks, Two Rivers Print Workshop, White River Junction, Vermont
Acrylic Resist Etching, Collagraph, Water-based Monotype, Photopolymer Etching and Artists’ Books, Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, Massachusetts
Integrating the Visual Arts into the Curriculum, Westfield State College, Westfield, MA
Acrylic Resist Etching, Westfield State College, Westfield, Massachusetts
Acrylic Resist Etching, Two Rivers Print Workshop, White River Junction, Vermont
Acrylic Resist Etching, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, New York
Collagraph Printmaking, Williston Northampton School, Easthampton, Massachusetts
Teaching Through the Arts, Arts in Education Foundation Teacher Institute Hadley, MA
2001 Acrylic Resist Etching, Collagraph, Monotype, Photopolymer Etching and Artists’ Books, Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, Massachusetts
Teaching Through the Arts, Arts in Education Foundation Teacher Institute Hadley, MA
2000 Collagraph Printmaking, Hampshire Regional High School, Westhampton, Massachusetts
Acrylic Resist Etching, Collagraph and Monotype, Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA
Bringing Art into the Curriculum, Westfield School District Teacher In-Service Westfield, MA
Teaching Through the Arts, Arts in Education Foundation Teacher Institute, Hadley, MA Sketchbook Botany, Smith College Northampton, Massachusetts
1999 The American Spectrum Teacher Workshops, Smith College Museum of Art Northampton, MA
Drawing from the Masters: high school workshop, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
Drop-In Drawing, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts
1988 Sandy Skoglund: Reality Under Siege, Columbia Art Museum, Columbia, South Carolina
Drop-in Drawing, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts
1996 Aesthetic Perception through Visual Arts, California State Leadership Academy, Los Angeles, CA
How To Talk to Children About Art, Dahlia Heights Elementary School Teacher In-Service, Los Angeles, California
1995 New Work, in conjunction with solo exhibition, Mendenhall Gallery, Whittier College, Whittier, CA
Aesthetic Perception through Visual Arts, California State Leadership Academy, Los Angeles, CA
1994 Painting From The Model, Imagination Celebration, Orange County Center for the Performing Arts, Brea, California
1993 Visual Literacy for the 90s, Imagination Celebration, Orange County Center for the Performing Arts, Brea, California
1992 Artists in the Schools, Southern California Art Education Association, Huntington Library, San Marino, California
1989 The Role of Artists in Schools in Disciplined Based Art Education, Getty Center for Education in the Arts National Conference, Los Angeles, California
The Artist-Teacher Partnership, Los Angeles County Music Center Education Division Summer Institute for Educators, Los Angeles, California
Discovering Creativity, Los Angeles County Music Center Education Division Summer Institute for Educators, Los Angeles, California
Life Drawing, Evenings for Educators, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1988 New Work, in conjunction with solo exhibition, S.I.T.E. Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Visual Perception and Drawing, Arts Curriculum Planning Session, Music Center Education Division, Otis Arts Institute, Los Angeles, California
1987 Museum/School Collaborations, Visual Literacy Conference, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California
1986 What Jansen Forgot: an overview of women artists, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, California
1984 Domestic Art: a feminist approach, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, California

Grants
2004 Northampton Education Foundation, “Monotype at Northampton High School.”
2002 Masachusetts Cultural Council Arts Lottery Grant, “Unique Multiples.”
2000 Massachusetts Cultural Council Arts Lottery Grant “The Green Print Project”
Massachusetts Cultural Council Professional Development Grant
1989 Artistic Development Grant, Music Center Education Division, Los Angeles, California

Professional Experience
Founder and Director, Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, Massachusetts, 2000-present
Adjunct Faculty, Lesley University, Creative Arts in Learning Graduate program, Cambridge, MA 2005-present
Panelist, Rhode Island State Art Fellowships, 2007
Master Printer, Mount Holyoke College Print Workshop with Jessica Stockholder, 2007
Master Printer, Zea Mays Printmaking, 2005-present. Editions for Scott Prior, Ben Aronson, Nicholas Hondrogen
Graduate Faculty, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2003-2004
Teaching Artist, Arts in Education Center, Hadley, Massachusetts, 1999-2004
Associate Curator of Education, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1997-2000
Lecturer in Art and Art Education, Whittier College. Whittier, California, 1990-1997
Artist in the Schools: pilot project with the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, Los Angeles, CA, 1987
Teaching Artist, Los Angeles County Music Center Education Division, Los Angeles, California, 1986-1997
Teaching Artist, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, 1988-1993
Project Manager, Long Beach Arts Expedition, Public Corporation for the Arts Long Beach, California, 1990-1991
Associate Curator of Education, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach 1982-1988

Memberships
Current
Southern Graphics Council
Monotype Guild of New England
American Print Alliance
Boston Printmakers
Past
Women’s Caucus for Art
Los Angeles Women Art Makers

Selected Public Collections
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College, Northampton, MA
The Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
The Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME