Kathleen Driscoll
Artist, Professor, Curator, Administrator
Boston area
Bio
Kathleen was a full tenured professor of art at Mount Ida College before it closed in May of 2018 because of financial difficulties. Previously, she taught at Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, Ma. Framingham State College, Art Institute of Boston and Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. Her expertise is in three dimensions and space perception but she has taught courses in Two and Three Dimensional Design, Anatomy and Figurative Sculpture, Anatomy and Figure Drawing, Basic Drawing and Advanced Drawing, Drawing Concepts, Color Theory, Figurative Sculpture, Mold Making, Sculpture 2 and History of Modern and Contemporary Art. Her teaching encompasses imparting knowledge of art through honing craft, and concept building along with sharing a thorough knowledge of history of art overtime and how it affects current art making practices.
Kathleen received a Master of Fine Arts from Indiana University in Bloomington and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Boston University.
Driscoll is an accomplished nationally known artist who has shown her art in exhibitions for over twenty years. For many years she built large temporary outdoor sculptures on the grounds of the DeCordova Museum, Chesterwood, the Boston Commons, East Boston, The Forest Hills Educational Trust, Harvard College, Revolving Museum, Art in the Park in Worcester, for the Bellevue Arts Commission in the state of Washington and on the grounds of Longwood University in Virginia.
Along with teaching and making art Kathleen has been invited to panel discussions, and given many lecturers on the experimentation and development of her work. She has been given grants and awards for her work including the Berkshire Taconic Foundation Grant and has been highlighted and reviewed in many newspapers and periodicals including The Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Art New England and Sculpture Magazine.
While at Mount Ida College, she also held the title of Art Foundation Coordinator and Gallery Director and Coordinator. She developed the gallery into a professional exhibition space highlighting local, national and international artists and designers. She curates, writes and is a skillful installer of exhibitions. Kathleen sees her role in an educational setting as a key supporter of art and artists in the Boston area.
Curriculum Vita
Teaching, U.S.
Mount Ida College, School of Design, Newton, Ma
Professor, Tenured 2001-2018
- Taught courses including; Basic Drawing, Drawing Concepts, Anatomy and Figure Drawing, 2 & 3 Dimensional Design, Color Theory, History of Modern and Contemporary Art
- Created syllabi for all courses with outcomes and assessment methods
- Created classroom schedule, chose subject matter, approach, used traditional and experimental methodologies, with Power point presentations, field trips, reading and writing
- Use of critique as a basis for critical thinking on ideation, creativity, craft, material use and professional attitudes
- Use of online teaching platform, Canvas, to track student outcomes and work examples
- Experiential learning through off campus trips to museums, etc.
- Chair and Member of faculty, administrative and trustee committees, Curriculum Committee, Member and Chair; Grants Committee; Tenure and Promotion Task Force Co-Chair 2011-2015; Faculty Board 2010 – 2014; Faculty Senate 2014 – 2017; Trustee Physical Resources; NEASC Standard 4, 2006-2007 and Standard 7 Committee 2016 – 2017; Portfolio Committee 2012-2014
- Assisted admissions in recruitment
- Many other involvements in helping create the success of the community
Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA;
Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA;
Framingham State College, Framingham, MA;
Indiana University, School for the Arts, Bloomington, IN;
Senior Lecturer
- Taught Color Theory, Anatomy & Figure Drawing, Basic Drawing Skills, Advanced Drawing, 2 & 3 Dimensional Design, History of Twentieth Century Art, Intro. to Visual Design
Teaching, International
University of New Haven, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2011, 2010
Professor
- Taught Basic Drawing, Introduction to Art, and 2 Dimensional Design to BFA program students.
Administrative
Mount Ida College, Newton, Ma
Art Foundation Coordinator, School of Design 2013 – 2018
- Coordinate, hire faculty, organize physical areas, oversee budget, create new curriculum and class schedules, assist with admissions, accreditation, develop/manage budget, organize work study students, oversee faculty student issues, advise students, end of year exhibition coordination
Gallery Coordinator, School of Design Gallery 2015 – 2018
Gallery Director, The Gallery at Mount Ida College 2001 – 2014
- Coordinated, directed programming/exhibitions, curated, executed, installed art/design; hired, mentored assistants, developed/managed budget, managed PR/website, archived exhibitions, created education and community outreach, maintenance and development of the gallery, managed the college art collection.
Scholarship
Site Specific Public Sculptures
Elm Park, Worcester, Ma, Interludes, Art in the Park, Jurors, Lucas Cowan, Curator, Rose
Kennedy Greenway, Gary Orlinsky, Professor UMass Amherst; Lynn Simmons, Sculptor, 2017
Governor Ames Estate, North Easton, Ma, Art Blast: Blank Slate Art, Curator, Lenny Long, 2016
Boston Arts Commission, Franklin Park Coalition, Pop-Up: Franklin Park Art Grove, Embracing the Wilderness, 2015, collaboration, artist Barbara Zeles, dancers,Tara Weaver, Kara Fili
Elm Park, Worcester, Ma, Art in the Park, 2011
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Ma, Wall of Ice 3, 1998-2009
Brock Common Sculpture Park, Longwood University, Farmville, VA, Mother’s Milk, 2005
Forest Hills Educational Trust, Boston, Ma, Revisited, 2004
Revolving Museum, Downtown Park, Lowell, Local Motive: Off the Beaten Track, 2003-2004
Forest Hills Educational Trust, Boston, MA, the 4 Elements, 2003
Bellevue Arts Commission, Bellevue, WA, Summer Sculpture Exhibition, 2002
Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, Ma, Outdoor Sculpture, Environmental Arts, 2001
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA, Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, 1999
Boston Art Commission, ParkARTS, East Boston, Boston Commons, Common Space: Outdoor Sculpture
Forest Hills Educational Trust, Boston, Art of the Spirit, 1998
Stockbridge, Ma, Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood, 1998
Acton Arboretum, Acton, Ma, Environmental Sculpture, 1995
Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, Ma, Fire & Ice, 1994 – 95
Solo Exhibitions
Sherman Gallery, Boston University, Thoughts on Water, 1999
Wheaton College Library Gallery, Norton, Ma, Verbal Ocean, 1998
Adams Artspace Gallery, Harvard University, Cambridge, Near the Water’s Edge, 1994-95
Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, Kathleen Driscoll: The Natural World
Selected Group Exhibitions
Danforth Museum, Framingham, Community of Artists Exhibition, Juror K. French, 2015
808 Gallery, Boston University, Convergence: College of Fine Art Alumni, 2014
Fitchburg Art Museum, 78th Regional Exhibition of Art and Craft, Juror Nina Gara Bozicnik, Assistant Curator, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH, 2013
The Gallery at Mount Ida College, Ooh, Cool, Ahh!, School of Design Faculty, 2012
Stone Mill Gallery, Medway, Ma, Made in Medway, 2012
Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, Artrageous! 26, Jurors, A. Kayafas, H.Yezerski, 2012
The Gallery at Mount Ida College, Newton, Ma, Green: What is it? 2010
Bunker Hill Community College Art Gallery, Boston, Women of the Cloth, 2009
Paine Gallery, Mass. College of Art, Boston, 40th Anniversary Exhibition, 2006
Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford, Ma, Annual Summer Exhibition, 2005
Parker Gallery, Whistler House, Lowell, Ma, Sculpture Invitational, 2005
Revolving Museum, Lowell, Ma, Local Motive: Off the Beaten Track, 2003-2004
Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA, Unbuilt Visions, Curator; Leila Daw, 2003
Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, The Drawing Show, 2002
2/20 Gallery, NYC, NY,Mind/matter, 2002
Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, The Drawing Show1997-98
Kougeas Gallery, East Boston, Winter Invitational, 1995
Chesterwood, Stockbridge, Ma, Small Works and Contemporary Sculpture, 1995
Winfisky Gallery, Salem University, Salem, Ma, Theory into Practice, 1995
Soho 20, NYC, Venturing So Close, 1995
Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH, Cast of Six, 1995
Contemporary Artists Center Gallery, North Adams, MA, Artists Congress ll, 1995
Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, Ma, , Fire & Ice
Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, Ma, Cast of Seven
Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, Ma, Current Faculty
Bromfield Gallery, Boston, Bromfield Invitational
South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN, Her Art Works
Federal Reserve Bank Gallery, Boston, MA, Distinct Voices
Bunting Institute Gallery, Radcliff College, Cambridge, Women and Power
Artists Foundation Gallery, Boston, Intimate Perspectives
Art Institute of Boston Gallery, Boston, Recent Work
Bunting Institute Gallery, Radcliff College, Cambridge, Portraits
Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, Ma, Sculpture Brickbottom
Sherman Gallery, Boston University, Boston, New Works for the 90’s
Beaulieu Gallery, Cambridge, A Merging of Creativity
Medical Center Gallery, UMass, Worcester, Future Earth
Krasel Art Center, St., Joseph, MI; Evansville Museum of Arts & Sciences, IN; Fort Smith Art Center, AK; Metropolitan Museum & Art Center, Coral Gables, FL, Whirlpool Foundation Sculpture Competition
Commissions
Veterinary Technology Building, Mount Ida College, Newton, Ma, Animal Wall, 2009
New England Foundation for the Arts, Art and Community Landscapes Public Art Fund Grant, Finalist, Public Commission, three member artist’s team, artwork for the Allston Brighton Lincoln Green Strip in Allston, Ma, 2005
111 Spiers Road, Newton, Ma, Private commission, Stone Garden, 2000
Franklin Park, Turner Construction Site, Boston Ma, Franklin Park Children’s Zoo Project, Supervising Sculptor/ Consultant, Jim Jackson & Co., Cambridge
Beth Israel Hospital, Boston Rainbow Mural
Buford Clairemont Mall, Atlanta, Ga, Ocean Mural
Grants and Awards
Artist’s Resource Trust Grant, The Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation for the development of a body of work for a solo exhibition, 2004
Davis Grant Participant – Technology development of online/mediated course, History of Modern and Contemporary Art, 2003- 2006
Stratford Grant Participant- Development of online History of 20th Century Art, 2002- 2003
Faculty Development Grant, Mount Ida College to build a sculpture in Bellevue, WA, 2002
Faculty Development Grant, Mount Ida College to develop sculptures with FD Professor, 1997
Faculty Development Grant, Mount Ida College to support the development of work for the exhibition “Cast of 7” at The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA, 1996
Award, Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood, 1996
Special Merit Grant, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA
Faculty Development Grant, Mount Ida College to make sculpture for the Contemporary Artists Center
Honorable Mention, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
Honorable Mention, Whirlpool Foundation Sculpture Competition
Lectures, Presentations
Panel Co-Chair and Presentation, the Urgent Artist: Creating a Collaborative Classroom, Foundation Art: Theory and Education 16th Biennial Conference, Kansas City, 4/5 – 8, 2017
Paper Presentation, Crunch or Plagued by Pollution! Posthaus, Foundation Art: Theory and Education National Conference, April 3 – 6, Savannah, Georgia, 2013
Paper Presentation, A Real World Extension of the Classroom – The College Gallery, Posthaus, Foundation Art: Theory and Education National Conference, April 3 – 6, Savannah, Georgia, 2013
Co –Presentation of Workshop, Teaching Tips: Making Connections: Today’s Student, The New England Faculty Development Consortium Conference, “Engaged Learning: Impacts and Implications”, Westford, Ma, with Professor Poor-Donahue, 2013
Reviewer, textbook, Two and Three Dimensional Design, Koenig, Becky. Design, Content, Vision, 2013
Panel Member, Alternatives to Galleries and Museums, Montserrat College of Art, presented by Artist’s Business Council of Boston, a workshop for the program the Artist’s Professional Toolbox, 2013
Co-Presentation of Workshop, Teaching Tips: Critical Thinking, Complex Reasoning, Written Communication-Classroom Strategies & Tactics, NEFDC & COWC Fall 2012
Conference, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Ma, with Professor Poor-Donahue, 2012
Co-Presented Workshop/ Round Table: How Do We Assess Successful or Unsuccessful Art /Design?Assessment in the Arts Conference, Denver, CO, with Professors Deyo, Poor-Donahue, 2012
Attended – New England Faculty Development Consortium Conference, Making the Technology Transparent–The Professor’s Dilemma, New England Institute of Technology, East Greenwich, RI, 2012
Visiting Artist
Lecture, Sabbatical Research in South East Asia, Mount Ida College, 2016
Juror, Arts League of Lowell, group exhibition, 2007
Visiting Artist, Longwood University, Farmville, VA, 2005
Visiting Artist, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA, 2003
Senior Seminar Critiques – Montserrat College of Art, 2003
Lecture, Bellevue Sculpture Commission, Bellevue, WA, 2003
Lecture, Bellevue Commission, Faculty Lecture Series, Mount Ida College, 2003
Guest Critic – Newbury College, Brookline, MA, 3-D Design Class final projects, 2003
Visiting Artist, College of Fine Arts, Boston University, Boston, 1999
Visiting Artist, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA, 1996
Lecture, Adams House Pool Theatre, Harvard University, 1995
Selected Bibliography
Curatorial Work, Reviews, Interviews, Writing
Preface, Design & Intuition: Structures, Interiors and the Mind, Cecelia Lewis Kausel, WIT Press, Ashurst, Southhampton, England, 2011
Eblast, Guise: the art of costuming, artscope Magazine, full preview, Curator statement, Catalogue, Saira Austin Exhibition, The Gallery at Mount Ida College, 2011
Juror, artScope Magazine, Jan/Feb, 2011
Curator statement, Catalogue, Embroidery as Art Exhibition, The Gallery at Mount Ida, 2010
Interview, Basic Black, Curator interview on the Howard Bingham exhibition, 2004
Art Reviews, Interviews
Lyford, Joshua, Worcester Magazine, A New Interlude at Art in the Park, June 1, 2017
O’Rourke, John. 808 Gallery Hosts Alumni Show, BU Today. 11.13.2014
McQuaid, Cate. “At Tufts, rewards in improbable experiments.” Boston Globe.17 Oct. 2005
French, Katherine.” A Fluid Sensibility”. Middlesex Beat. Feb: Cover 13. 2005
French, Katherine. “Considering the Essential”. Middlesex Beat. Feb: 17. 2005
“Brock Commons Outdoor Sculpture Park”. News Longwood Center for the Arts. Sum. 2005
“Artrageous! 19 Auction”. Montserrat College of Art. Catalogue. 7 May. 2005
Silver, Joanne. “At Forest Hills, spirits of dead are ‘Revisited’”. Boston Herald. 1 Sept. 2004
McQuaid, Cate. “One Step Beyond”. Boston Globe. 13 Aug. 2004
Michael McAlpin. “GOAT Book” Bingham. WGBH 2 Greater Boston. Interview. 28 April. 2004
Millis, Christopher. “Lowell in Motion”. Boston Phoenix. 9 Jan. 2004
Hopkins, Randi. “Graveyard smash”. Boston Phoenix. 11 July. 2003
Palumbo, Mary Jo. “the 4 Elements”. Boston Herald. 30 June. 2003
Kanga, Matthew. “Sculpture in Downtown Park, Bellevue”. Seattle Times. 2 July. 2002
“The 17th Drawing Show”. Mills Gallery. Catalogue. 12. 2002
“3 Dimensional”. Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition. Catalogue. 2002
Silver, Joanne. “Show in woods bares natural beauty”. Boston Herald. 31 Aug. 2001
“Exhibitions, Park Art”. DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park. Jan. – March.1999
Duehr, Gary. “’Water’ loses its focus”. Brookline Tab. 14 Oct. 1999
French, Katherine. Boston University Arts. Fall. 1999
Temin, Christine. “Art al fresco…” Boston Sunday Globe. 15 Aug. 1999
“Environmental Arts, Inc. At the Fuller Museum of Art”. Catalogue. July. 1999
“DeCordova Sculpture Park Guide”. Catalogue. 1999
Temin, Christine. “Big Man on Campus”. Boston Globe. Living/Arts. 30 Dec. 1998
Temin, Christine. “Common Space”. Boston Globe. 30 Dec. 1998
Carlock, Marty. “Boston Art of the Spirit”. Sculpture Mag. Nov Vol.17 No.9: 70. 1998
Murphy, Matt. “Mills Gallery Drawing Show”. ArtsMEDIA. Jan: 20. 1998
“Art of the Spirit, Forest Hills Cemetery”. WGBH 2. Boston MA. 1998
“Art of the Spirit”. Forest Hills Educational Trust. Catalogue.1998
Carlock, Marty. “Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood”. Art New England. Oct/Nov. 1996
Christine Temin, Christine. “At Chesterwood the Greatest Hits”. Boston Globe. 21 Aug. 1996
Carlock, Marty. “Open Studios” Boston Globe West Weekly. 7 April. 1996
“Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood”. Catalogue. 1996
“In Three Dimensions: Women Sculptors of the 90’s”. Catalogue. 1996
“Academy explores Plaster ‘Cast of Six’”. Hampton Union News. Exeter NH. 24 March. 1995
“Cast of Six.”. Seacoast Times News. Hampton NH. 31 March. 1995
Professional Affiliations Association of American Museums, College Art Association, FATE- Foundations in Art: Theory and Education, International Sculpture, Inc.
Collections Works in private and corporate collections throughout the United States and Europe
Technical Skills Microsoft Office Suite, Basic Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Online Learning Platforms, MiWeb, Canvas, Online Drives/Clouds, Box, etc.
Consulting Driscollian Logic Systems – color, paint, construction, space design, ongoing