Monica Franciscus

Education:

Provincetown Fine Arts, Provincetown, MA, Summer 1995 (Paul Resika)

Byrdcliffe Art Colony, Woodstock, NY, Summer 1993

Santa Fe Institute of Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM, Summer 1992 (Wolf Kahn)

Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, Summer 1991 (Catherine Murphy, William Bailey)

New York Studio School, NY, NY, 1989-1992

Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, BA, 1985

Exhibitions:

The Upstairs Gallery, Ithaca, NY, 9.09, one person show

Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY, 6-9.09, Juried show –Todd McGrain, Sylvia de Swaan

The Ink Shop, Ithaca, NY, 11/08, group show

Tompkins County Airport, Ithaca, NY, 8/08-10/08, one person show

CSMA, Ithaca, NY, 5/08, Juried watercolor show

CSMA, Ithaca, NY, 12/07, group show

Health Alliance, Ithaca, NY, 11/07, one person show

Gallery Estudio Peironcely, Madrid, Spain, 2002-2006

The Clinton House, Ithaca, NY, 2/02, one person show

Cornell WSH Gallery, Ithaca NY, 1/02, one person show

Littlestone Gallery, Ithaca, NY, 12/01, group show

Alternatives Federal Credit Union Bank, Ithaca, NY, 11/01, one person show

Galerie Envie d'Art, Paris, France, 2/00 – 8/08

Artifax, Ithaca, NY, 9-12/99

Mercy Gallery, Windsor, CT, 1997, permanent collection

Davachan, New York, NY, 12/96, one person show

Animal General Hospital. New York, NY, 11/96, one person show

Citicorp Barnes & Noble, New York, NY, 4/96, one person show

The Lever House, New York, NY, 3/96, group show

Shelby's Restaurant, New York, NY, 10/95, one person show

The Friars Club, New York, NY, 12/94, one person show

The China Club, New York, NY, 8/94, group show

JAL Gallery, New York, NY, 2/94, one person show

The Art Collection, London, UK, 9/93 group show

The Contemporary Art Group, London, UK, 9/93, group show

Experience:

Artist mentor, Enfield Elementary School, Enfield, NY, 3/07-present

Beginning drawing teacher, Cornell University Johnson Museum, Ithaca, NY, 2/07-3/07

Collage workshop, Cornell University Johnson Museum, Ithaca, NY, 7/07

Advanced drawing teacher, painting teacher CSMA, Ithaca, NY, 1/07- present

Painting teacher various rehab/nursing home Ithaca, NY, 1/06-08

Art teacher, translator, Barretstown Camp, Ireland, Summer 1996

Artist-in-residence, Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, CT, 1996

Visiting artist, Miss Porter's School, Farmington, CT, 4/96

Freelance faux painting, 1993-present

Assistant to Nancy Mitchnick, NY, NY, Fall 1991

Assistant to Burt Silverman, NY, NY, 1990-1991

Other:

Painting workshops in the South of France, Sauve, Gard, Summer 2008

Interview with Judge Marjorie Olds, ret. Ithaca, NY, TV, Channel 13, 6/08

Vermont Studio Center Fellowship and financial aid offer, 11-12/07

Nominated for a scholarship to Skowhegan, ME, by The New York Studio School, 1992

Fluent in Italian, French and Spanish