Professional Resume   (PDF format)

Sandra Leinonen Dunn

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
-- Chelsea School- 19 years visual arts instructor in the public school system- duties include teaching art history and art appreciation, assessing student work, working as academic team leader, coordinating production of the school yearbook, directing the school musical productions, curator of  the annual art exhibit, and mentoring on teacher support teams.
-- Harlow Art Gallery, Hallowell, Maine- guest speaker, and children’s workshop instructor.
-- Private art lessons at home studio

-- Roundtop Center for the Arts, Damariscotta, Maine - painting workshop instructor

 

FORMAL EDUCATION
University
of Southern Maine, Gorham, Maine

     1988 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Summe cum Laude

     1987 Bachelor of Science in Art Education, Summa cum Laude

EXHIBITS AND GALLERY REPRESENTATION

2010 Works exhibited at Lupine  Gallery, Monhegan Island, Maine

2010-2005 Represented by Maine Art Gallery, Kennebunkport, Maine

2010-2007 Represented by Blue Hill Bay Gallery, Blue Hill, Maine

2010-2007 Represented by Art Space Gallery, Rockland, Maine

2010-1987 Works exhibited at Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, Maine

2009 Two person exhibit, Unity Center for the Performing Arts, Unity, Maine

2008 Group Exhibit, Cape Cottage Gallery, South Portland, Maine

2008 Exhibited in 58th Annual National Exhibit of Contemporary Realism, Springfield, Massachusetts

2007 Two person exhibit at Glassman Gallery, Portland, Maine

2007 One Woman exhibit, Mae’s, Bath, Maine

2006-2001 Represented by Birdsnest Gallery, Bar Harbor, Maine

2006-2003 Round Top Center for the Arts, Damariscotta, Maine

2006 Two person exhibit, Renaissance Gallery, Farmingdale, Maine

2005 One woman exhibit, Unity Center for the Performing Arts, Unity, Maine

2005 Huston Tuttle Gallery, Rockland, Maine, theme exhibit

2004 Two person show, Renaissance Gallery, Farmingdale, Maine

2003 State House Exhibit “From the Mountains to the Capital”, Augusta, Maine

2001 Slate’s, Hallowell, Maine, two person show
2001 Kristina’s, Bath, Maine, one woman show

2000-1999 Represented by Gallery at Caterpillar Hill, Sedgwick, Maine

 

ART AWARDS AND PROJECTS

2010 First Place (Oil and Acrylic division) Maine Open Juried Art Show, Waterville, Maine

2010 Illustrated "Pablo Visits the Desert", author

2006 Illustrator of Old Hallowell Day poster

2006 Illustrator of “The Live Bale of Hay”, author Carol Dean, Downeast Publishing

2006 Illustrator of “Children Are No Match for Fire”, National Assoc. of State Fire Marshals

2005 Illustrator of “Live Bale of Hay” Down East Publishing
2005 First Place Award, Old Hallowell Day Art Show
2004 Second Place Award, Waterville Intown Artsfest

2003 First Place Award, Norway Arts Festival

2003 Best of Show, Maine Open Juried Art Exhibit

2003 Illustrator of “The Henhouse”, author Carol Dean, Downeast Publishing

2002 First Place Award, Winthrop Sidewalk Art Show
2002 First Place Award, Maine Open Juried Art Show
2002 Third Place Award, Harlow Gallery juried art show
2001 Best of Show, Winthrop Sidewalk Art Show
1998 Best of Show Award, Waterville Intown Artsfest
1996 Illustrated “Gardens Are For Looking” Perry Publishing
1995 Illustrated “The Laughing Lighthouse” Perry Publishing

 

ARTISTIC STUDY 
2006 Study with Michael Ranucci
2004 Study with Lois Griffel, Greenville N.Y
2003 Painting workshop with Sandra Saitto, Rockland, Maine
2001 Painting workshop with Peter Spataro, Rockland, Maine
2000 Study with Frank Webb, Rockland, Maine
1997 Photography Workshop with Freeman Patterson, New Brunswick Canada
1990-1998 Maine College of Art- various classes of study

1988 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Southern, Maine, Summe cum Laude

1987 Bachelor of Science in Art Education, University of Southern Maine, Summa cum Laude
1987 Summer Study Boston Museum of Fine Arts School, Boston, Massachusetts  

 

 

ARTISTIC AFFILIATIONS
Academic Artist’s Association
Kennebec Valley Art Association- current member, past secretary and board member
Roundtop Center for the Arts- member and workshop instructor
Maine Art Education Association
Capital Area Camera Club
Farnsworth Art Museum

Maine Arts Commission

 

Modified 11-June-2011

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