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Education:

Bridgewater University, 2001
Bachelor of Art in Fine Arts, Concentration in Painting, Magna Cum Laude
Selected for Student Art Show (juried) all three years in major

Membership:

Artists Group of Charlestown, Charlestown, MA
Artist Member since 2017 (Juried)

Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
Artist Member since 2015 (Juried)

Board Membership:

2021 - Present StoveFactory Gallery Chair, Artists Group of Charlestown & The Stove Factory, Charlestown, MA

Responsibilities include:

Operating and maintaining the StoveFactory Gallery by providing high-quality cultural programming to the local community through showcasing artists’ works.

Planning all AGC sponsored exhibitions by organizing, curating, promoting and displaying the event (see list of exhibitions curated below).

Extend “Call to Artists”, receive submissions and curate all exhibitions; plan the annual calendar of events and decide on exhibition themes and goals.

Coordinate Gallery Committee and AGC member volunteers to assist in all tasks pertaining to hosting exhibitions.

Manage and record sales, artist commissions and entry fees to ensure financial stability of the gallery.

Handle non-AGC rentals and gallery usage, and ensure renters are fully equipped for usage of the gallery space.

Exhibitions Curated/Juried for Artists’ Group of Charlestown:

2023:

Wild New England: Captivating Expressions Of Nature Nearby Artists’ Group of Charlestown Fall Exhibition

Topsy-Turvey: Donald C. Kelley Works on Paper

Light & Shadow: Bringing Art To Life Artists’ Group of Charlestown Spring Exhibition

2022:

Open Exhibition Artists’ Group of Charlestown Winter Exhibition

UNITED: The Art of Bringing Us Back To Each Other Artists’ Group of Charlestown Fall Exhibition

Donald Kelley: The Legacy Continues

VIVID: Expressions Of Intense Color Artists’ Group of Charlestown Spring Exhibition

2021:   

Open Exhibition Artists’ Group of Charlestown Winter Exhibition

ATTACHED: Our relationships with the objects, places and living creatures that hold sentiment and give us grounding. Artists’ Group of Charlestown Fall Exhibition

Navy Yard/Off Map: Exploring the Secret Life of a Historic Icon Artists’ Group of Charlestown Summer Exhibition

Donald Kelley: Works on Paper

REVITALIZED - Artists’ Group of Charlestown Spring Exhibition https://artscopemagazine.com/2021/05/revitalized-at-the-stovefactory-art-gallery/

Solo Exhibitions/Collaborations:

 2021   HI-GLOSS: Expressions of Glazing in Oil & Acrylic

Julie Alailima & Ella Lesatele Duo Exhibition

“The culmination of over 10 years of friendship and collaboration. This exhibition demonstrates a body of work that uses glazing to create depth and visual appeal; heighten tension within compositions; and draw the viewer into our ongoing conversations on pattern, habit and memory.”

Group Exhibitions:

2021   ATTACHED: Our relationships with the objects, places and living creatures that hold sentiment and give us grounding. Artists’ Group of Charlestown Fall Exhibition, Charlestown, MA Accepted Works: Dear Sister; Cape Ann Fever Dream; Abstracting Pigeon Cove

2021   Navy Yard/Off Map: Exploring the Secret Life of a Historic Icon Artists’ Group of Charlestown Summer Exhibition, Charlestown, MA Accepted Work: Covert Monument

2021   REVITALIZED  Artists’ Group of Charlestown Spring Exhibition, Charlestown, MA Accepted Work: Circling My Way Back (SOLD)

2020 Liminal Spaces
Cambridge College Town Common Gallery, Charlestown, MA
Juried by Tezera Swanda
Accepted Work: Location/Relation: Abstracting Pigeon Cove

2020 Finding Your Strength
Spaulding Peace Art Gallery, Charlestown, MA
Juried by Martha Starr, Deb Margolis and Dara Pannebaker
Accepted Work: Location/Relation: Illuminated Montreal

2019 Artists Group of Charlestown Winter Exhibition, Charlestown, MA
Accepted Work: I Will Speak Now
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Celestial? (SOLD)

2019 Artists Group of Charlestown Fall Exhibition, Charlestown, MA
Accepted Work: Imaginary Topographies: Sea of Tidy Craters
Awarded 2nd Place

2019 In Love With Color (juried), The W Gallery, Wayland, MA
Accepted Work: Big Catharsis

2018 Artists Group of Charlestown Winter Exhibition (juried), Charlestown, MA
Accepted Work: Cape Ann Fever Dream

2018 Artists Group of Charlestown Spring Exhibition (juried), Charlestown, MA
Accepted Work: Abstracting Pigeon Cove I, II & III

2017 Artists Group of Charlestown Spring Exhibition (juried), Charlestown, MA
Accepted Work: Illuminated Montreal, Woodcock Sharpener & A Radiator Graveyard

2015 Cambridge Art Association Mary Schein Fall Salon, Cambridge, MA
Displayed Work: Big Catharsis

2015 Cambridge Art Association New Artist Exhibition, Cambridge, MA
Displayed Work: Imaginary Topography

2015 Monson Arts Council Spring Art Exhibition & Sale (juried), Monson, MA
Accepted Work: Big Catharsis, Little Catharsis (SOLD)

Sold Works:

2021:  

Nature Prevails Oil on (3) Canvases, 2021

Abstracting Pigeon Cove Oil on (3) Canvases 2017

Big Catharsis Acrylic on Canvas, 2015

Imaginary Topography Oil on Wood Panels 2015

Woodcock Sharpener & A Radiator Graveyard Oil on Canvas, 2015

Sailor’s Warning Oil and Alkyd Resin on (3) Canvases, 2019

Sunset 2016 Oil, Alkyd Resin and Gesso on Canvas, 2020

Circling My Way Back Oil, Alkyd Resin and Gesso on Canvas, 2020

2019: 

Imaginary Topographies: Sea of Tidy Craters Oil, Alkyd Resin and Gesso on Canvas, 2019

Sailor’s Delight Oil and Alkyd Resin on (3) Canvases, 2019

Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Celestial? Oil and Alkyd Resin on Wood Panel, 2019

Imaginary Topographies: Who? What? When? Where? Why? Oil and Alkyd Resin on Wood Panels, 2017

Imaginary Topographies: Tiny Night Views Oil and Alkyd Resin on Small Panels, 2020

Ambrosia Oil, Alkyd Resin and Gesso on Canvas, 2019

2018:

Imaginary Topographies (Miniatures) Oil and Alkyd Resin on Wood Panels, 2017

2015:

Fig 2: Galway, Ireland Oil on Canvas, 2015

Little Catharsis Acrylic on Canvas, 2015