MARJORIE FORTÉ
121 Trowbridge Street Brickbottom Artists Building
Cambridge, MA 02138 One Fitchburg Street, C-412
(617) 547-8310 Somerville, MA 02143
Education
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY - 1961-1965
Boston Museum School, Boston, MA - 1989
Harvard Extension School, Cambridge MA – 1992-2001
Bachelor of Liberal Arts in Extension Studies cum laude
Selected Exhibition
2008 Soprafina Gallery, “Nature, Past and Present”, Two Person Show Boston, MA
Brickbottom Gallery, “Milestones & Benchmarks”, Group Show Somerville, MA
2007 Soprafina Gallery, “Salon Show”, Group Show Boston, MA
New England Biolabs, Two Person Show Ipswich, MA
2006 Campbell Hall Gallery, “Visual Images”, Group Show Monmouth, OR
2005 Soprafina Gallery, “New Work”, Two Person Show Boston, MA
2004 Soprafina Gallery, “Salon Show”, Group Show Boston, MA
Soprafina Gallery, “Language”, Two Person Show Somerville, MA
Brickbottom Gallery, “Under the Influence: Travel”, Group Show Somerville, MA
2003 Soprafina Gallery, “Variety”, Group Show Somerville, MA
Left Bank Gallery, “Marjorie Forté”, Solo Show Wellfleet, MA
2002 Left Bank Gallery, “Marjorie Forté”, Solo Show Wellfleet, MA
2001 MPG Gallery, “Land, Sea and Beyond”, Group Show Boston, MA
1999 Attleboro Art Museum, “Small Works”, Group Show Attleboro, MA
1998 Wiggin Gallery, Boston Public Library, “A Salute to Boston”, Group Show Boston, MA
Boston Architectural Center, “Carrowmore Series”, Solo Show Boston, MA
1997 Fletcher/Priest Gallery, “Twelve Inches Square”, Group Show Worcester MA
Brickbottom Gallery, “Paintings/Stories”, Group Show (invitational) Somerville, MA
New England Biolabs Corp, Two Person Show Beverly, MA
The Milton Art Museum, “All Things Irish,” Group Show Milton, MA
1996 The Armory Art Center, “Figurative Small Works,” Group Show West Palm Beach, FL
Brickbottom Gallery, “1996 Exhibition of Recent Grant
Winners in the Visual Arts,” Group Show Somerville, MA
1995 Irving Arts Center, “Timespan,” Group Show (Catalogue) Irving, TX
Berkshire Artisans, “Dream House,” Group Show Pittsfield, MA
1203 Art Space, “Redefining Legacies,” Group Show (Catalogue) San Antonio, TX
Dana Art Gallery “Works on Paper”, Group Show Wellesley, MA
New England Biolabs Corp., Two Person Show Beverly, MA
1994 Lowell Street Gallery, Three Person Show Cambridge, MA
1993 Ashuah-Irving Gallery, Group Show Boston, MA
Aidekman Art Center, “Visual Contact” Group Show, Medford, MA
Alewife Center, “Conversations”, Solo Show Cambridge, MA
1992 Spazi Contemporary Art, “Books by Artists” Group Show Housatonic, MA
Lowell Street Gallery, “Works In Fiber” Group Show Cambridge, MA
1991 Schlesinger Library, “Juxtapositions: Mixed Media Expressions”
Group Show, Radcliffe College (invitational) Cambridge, MA
Lowell Street Gallery, “Joint Venture” Group Show Cambridge, MA
Attleboro Museum, “High Content Fiber” Group Show (invitational) Attleboro, MA
1990 Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, Group Show (invitational) Cambridge, MA
Gallery 57, “Marjorie Forté – New Work, Solo Show Cambridge, MA
Lowell Street Gallery, “Fiber, Sculpture and Handmade Paper” Cambridge, MA
1989 Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Two Person Show Lexington, MA
Awards
1999 Somerville Arts Council Grant
Hood Literacy Project Grant
Cambridge Partnership For Public Education Grant
1996 Somerville Arts Council Grant
1995 Cambridge Arts Council Grant
1993 Ella Lyman Cabot Grant
1992 Cambridge Arts Council Grant
Selected Publications
Asci Sue, “Artists Bring Visions of Ireland…”, The Boston Irish Record March, 1997
“Milton Art Museum Irish Exhibit”, Milton Record Transcript February 21, 1997
“Five Cambridge Artists,” The Cambridge Chronicle January 5, 1995
Temin, Christine. “Remembering Two Fathers,” The Boston Globe February 10, 1994
Lemire, Tim. “Paper, Sculpture, Stitch,” The Cambridge Chronicle, reprod. January 27, 1994
Temin, Christine. “Crafts Times Three,” The Boston Globe. October 4, 1991
Sherman, Mary. “Marjorie Forté- Landscape Tapestries,” The Boston Globe, reprod. May 12, 1990
Lange, Sarah. “Forté Expresses Herself in Tapestries,”
The Cambridge Chronicle, reprod. May 3, 1990
Nitzeche, Kyle. “Fiber Paintings and Bronze,” The Lexington Minuteman February 16, 1989
Public Collections
The WBUR Group Boston, MA
The Boston Public Library Boston, MA
Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology Boston, MA
Youville House Cambridge, MA
The Crowne Plaza Hotel Washington, D.C.
Meditech-Canton Canton,MA
Aspen Property Management Bozeman, MT
SMI, Inc Cambridge, MA
Gallery Affiliation
Soprafina Gallery Boston, MA
Selected Teaching Experience
2005-2007 Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence Boston, MA
2005 Greater Boston Hotel Employees, Local 26, Education Program Boston, MA
Jewish Vocational Services – CALL Boston, MA
2004 Cambridge Community Learning Center Cambridge, MA
2003-2002 Cambridge Public School, Cambridge, MA
2000 Agassiz After School Program Cambridge, MA
2000 East End House Cambridge, MA
1999 Somerville Public Schools Somerville, MA
1999-2000 Cambridge Public School, Cambridge, MA
1997 Cambridge Public Schools Cambridge, MA
1996 Cadbury Common Cambridge, MA
City of Somerville, Dept. of Human Services Somerville, MA
Cambridge Public Libraries Cambridge, MA
1995 Riverside Health Center - Arts Coordinator, Cambridge, MA
St. John the Evangelist School Cambridge, MA
Cambridge Housing Authority - Arts Coordinator Cambridge, MA
1995 Kendall Center for the Arts Belmont, MA
1993-1997 City of Cambridge, Department of Human Services Cambridge, MA
1992, 1995 North Cambridge Senior Center Cambridge, MA
1991- 92 Massachusetts Correctional Institution Framingham, MA
Teaching Publications
Hornbeck, Leigh. “…Tribute to a Teacher…,” The Cambridge Chronicle March 22, 2000
Lisberger, Jody. “Seniors Quilt Their Stories,” The Belmont Citizen May 4, 1995
Miller, Amy. “Autobiography Through Quilts,” The Cambridge Chronicle April 7, 1994
Morgenroth, Linda. “City Lights,” The Boston Sunday Globe ,reprod. August 8, 1993
Silver, Joanne. “Seniors Stitch Together Pieces Of Their Lives,”
The Boston Sunday Herald July 11, 1993
Other Media
“Portrait Of An American Woman Artist,” Danmarks Radio
(Danish Public Radio), Sprogmagasinet April 14, 1994
“Quilts That Tell a Story,” Municipal Television, City of Cambridge,
Channel 37 July 1993