RUTH T. SEGALOFF
Stories in Collage & Mixed Media
350 Lexington St., Watertown, MA 02472; 617-924-7263
Ruth.segaloff@gmail.com; www.ruthsegaloff.com
Publication: ART OF THE STORY by Ruth T. Segaloff with ZsuZsanna Donnell
SOLO, DUO, SMALL GROUP & INVITATIONAL EXHIBITS
Cambridge Art Association Small Juried Show (“Reclaimed States: From Roots to Redemption”), 2012
Pop-Up Salon at Gallery 206: Guerrilla Art Venue (“Six Artists, Six hours, Two Days”) Curators: Paula Estey, Steven Martin & Zsuzsanna Donnell; October 22 & 23, 2011 Gallery 206 @ 206 Elm St., Amesbury
Galatea Fine Art (“Cycles of Life” with Francis Domec), 2011
[Cambridge Art Association (Artist of the Week on Facebook), 2011]
Brighton-Allston Heritage Museum (“Exuberance: Interpretations by Ten Contemporary Fine Artists”), Invitational Show, 2010
Newton Free Library & Discovering What’s Next: Revitalizing Retirement, Solo Show, 2009
Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates/Watertown Center: Internal Medicine A, Solo Show, 2009
NESCA [Neuropsychology & Educational Services for Children & Adolescents], Solo Show, 2009
Alchemist Lounge, Solo Show, 2008
T. Ross Kelly Family Gallery @ Watertown Free Public Library “Lest We Forget” Solo Show, 2007
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
Cambridge Art Association (“Red: It’s more than a color….) Juror: Howard Yezerski; November 22-January, 20 Jewish Women Artist’s Network (The JWAN National Juried Exhibition: Sanctuaries in Time @ The Columbia/Barnard University Kraft Center for Jewish Life) juror: Maya Balakirsky Katz, PhD., Assoc. Professor, Art History, Touro College
Cambridge Art Association (“…My Lamp to Light You on Your Way”), Juror: Dina Deitsch, Assoc.Curator of Contemporary Art, DeCordova Museum
Cambridge Art Association (“Media, Materials & Meaning,”), Juror: Marjorie Kaye, Director of Galatea Fine Art, Boston
LynnArts (“Bump!”), Juror: Stephanie Walker, owner, Walker Contemporary
Fountain Street Fine Art (“Industrial Strength”), Juror: Howard Yezerski, owner, Howard Yezerski Gallery
Galatea Fine Art (“The New England Collective II: Second Annual Juried Exhibition”) Juror: Joanne Mattera: (“The Art of Encaustic Painting“), Artist, Faculty, MassArt
2010
Cambridge Art Association (Journeys: Voyages of the Body, Mind and Soul”) Juror: James Hull, Independent Curator/Artist/Educator
Cambridge Art Association (“Darkness/Light”) Juror: Ricardo Barreto, Director,
UrbanArts Institute @ Mass College of Art & Design
Violence Transformed 2010 : Juror/Curator: Dr. John Shirland (1. Celebrating the Power of Art @ the Mass. Statehouse; 2. Poster Art: Standing for Peace & Justice @ Lesley University; 3. The Artist’s Voice: Resnikoff Gallery @ Roxbury Community College)
Honan-Allston Library Branch/Boston Public Library (“Beyond the Book 2010!), Juror: Stephanie Stigliano, book artist/educator
Galatea Fine Art (“Collective,” First Annual Juried Exhibition), Juror: Dina Deitsch, Assistant Curator, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Garden
Cambridge Art Association (“Blue Show”), Jurors: Amy Ford & Susan P. Vrotsos, CAA Dir., Sales & Rental
Brush Art Gallery (Juried Members Show 2010)
LynnArts (“Mixed Media”), Juror: Joanne Mattera
2009
Trinity Church/Copley Square Boston (HEARTS ALIVE: Gulf Coast Task Force Benefit Show), Curator: Rev. Michael Hamilton
Experimental Art Gallery & Studio (Small Works 2009), Curator: Elise Mankes
Danforth Museum of Art (“Off the Wall: Annual Members’ Juried Show”), Jurors: Carroll & Sons Gallery Director, Joseph Carroll, & Mass College of Art Curator, Lisa Tung
The Little Gallery Under the Stairs (“Important Things”), Curator: Jocelyn Almy-Testa, Director
LynnArts (“War & Peace: Images of Conflict & Resolution in the 21th Century”), Juror: Ken Hruby, West Point Graduate, Visual Artist, Associate Prof of Sculpture @ the School of the Museum of Fine Arts
Cambridge Art Association (“Red Show 2009!), Juror: Carl Belz, Director Emeritus, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University
2008
Andover Newton Theological School (“War, Madness and Delusion: A Juried Art Exhibit on War in the 21st Century,”), Curator: James Herbert
Newton Art Association (59th Annual Awards Show at the Newton Free Library)
Attleboro Arts Museum (National juried show, Out of the Blue, in celebration of its 85 anniversary), Juror: Jennifer Wood-Patrick, Founder, Art Advisory/Boston LLC
2006-2007
The New England School of Art and Design @ Suffolk University (“Ozspirations: New Art Inspired by the Wizard of Oz”), Jurors: Interim Gallery Director, James Manning & Professor of Graphic Arts, Jennifer Futile
The Salem Art Association’s inaugural juried exhibition of national and international artists influenced by Joseph Cornell (“Ode to Cornell: What Would Joseph Do?”) Juror: Lynda Roscoe Hartigan, international authority on Cornell, Peabody Essex Museum Chief Curator [coinciding with P.E.M. Exhibit, Joseph Cornell: Navigating the Imagination.]
119 Gallery (Shows: “I Had the Strangest Dream;” and “Creative Fervor”), Curators: Mary Ann Kearns & Walter Wright
Gallery 181 (Show: “Honoring Memory: Recalling 9/11 and Other Travesties of Humanity”), Curator: Marjorie Kaye
Lynn Arts (“Volume: On and Off the Wall”), Juror:
Wengren Room/DeCordova Museum (“The Spirit of Collage”), Curator: Sally Santosousso
ARTS & EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY RELATED MEMBERSHIPS
Arts & Healing Network
Arlington Center for the Arts
Arsenal Center for the Arts
Brush Gallery
Cambridge Art Association (Juried membership)
Danforth Museum of Art
DeCordova Museum & Sculpture Park
Fuller Craft Museum
GALATEA FINE ART (juried; gallery representation)
International Expressive Arts Therapy Association
Peabody-Essex Museum (P.E.M.)
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Society for the Arts in Healthcare
Women’s Caucus for Art
RELATED EXPRESSIVE ARTS ACTIVITIES
Medicine Wheel Productions: Artist/Mentor
Girls, Inc., of Lynn: Writing Mentor
Portis House (Shelter for Women in Recovery & their children): Artist Mentor
South Middlesex Correctional Facility: Therapeutic Arts Journal Writing Program: creator/facilitator (through Americorps Senior Corps program, S.O.A.R. 55)
ARTS/EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY EDUCATION
Courses, Classes, Workshops
Boston University School of Social Work Professional Education
Museum School of the Danforth Museum of Art
Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts
Lesley University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Continuing Education
Mass School of Professional Psychology
Museum School of the DeCordova
Museum School of the Museum of Fine Arts
New Art Center
Snow Farm: New England Crafts Program
(Various Conferences & Workshops sponsored by the Society for the Arts in Healthcare, etc.)
EDUCATION & Non-Arts Related Experience
University of Wisconsin: 1962-1964
Washington University in St. Louis: 1964-1966, Bachelor of Arts
VISTA Volunteer: Nez Perce Indian Reservation: Sept. 1966-Aug. 1967
Rutgers University Graduate School of Social Work: 1967-1969, MSW
Boston Children’s Services: Clinician, Supervisor (1969-1979)
Certificate in Gestalt Therapy: 1979
Private Practice as Forensic Social Worker: 1980-2008 (Suffolk, Norfolk and Middlesex Juvenile Courts; Suffolk and Middlesex Probate Courts)