MARJORIE FORTÉ

Brickbottom Artists Building

One Fitchburg Street, C-412

Somerville, MA  02143

617-547-8310

marjorieforte@hotmail.com

EDUCATION

1961-1965       Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

1989                School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

1992-2001       Harvard Extension School, Cambridge, MA

                        Bachelor of Liberal Arts cum laude

SOLO AND FEATURED EXHIBITIONS

2008                Nature, Past and Present, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA

2007                Two Artists, New England Biolabs, Ipswich, MA

2005                New Work, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA

2004                Language, Soprafina Gallery, Somerville, MA

2003                Marjorie Forté -  New Work, Left Bank Gallery, Wellfleet, MA

2002                Marjorie Forté – New Work, Left Bank Gallery, Wellfleet, MA

1998                Carrowmore, Boston Architectural Center, Boston, MA

1997                Two Artists, New England Biolabs, Beverly, MA

1995                Two Artists, New England Biolabs, Beverly, MA

1994                New Work, Lowell Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA

1993                Conversations, Alewife Center, Cambridge, MA

1990                Marjorie Forté, New Work, Gallery 57, Cambridge, MA

1989                Fiber and Bronze, Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Lexington, MA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009                Tufts Sixth Annual Juried Exhibition, Aidekman Arts Center

                        Medford, MA

                        Home, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA

                        The Natural World, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA

2008                Strange Figurations, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY

                        National Drawing Show, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA

                        15^th Annual Juried Show, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA

2007                Salon Show, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA

2006                Visual Images, Campbell Hall Gallery, Monmouth. OR

2004                Salon Show, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA

2003                Variety, Soprafina Gallery, Somerville, MA

2001                Land, Sea and Beyond, MPG Gallery, Boston, MA

1999                Small Works, Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA

1998                A Salute to Boston, Wiggin Gallery, Boston, MA

1997                Twelve Inches Square, Fletcher/Priest Gallery, Worcester, MA

                        All Things Irish, The Milton Art Museum, Milton, MA

1996                Figurative Small Works, The Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL

                        Recent Grant Winners in the Visual Arts, Brickbottom Gallery,

                        Somerville, MA

1995                Timespan, Irving Arts Center, Irving, TX

                        Dream House, Berkshire Artisans, Pittsfield, MA

                        Redefining Legacies, 1203 Art Space, San Antonio, TX

                        Works on Paper, Dana Art Gallery, Wellesley, MA

1993                Group Show, Ashuah-Irving Gallery, Boston, MA

                        Visual Contact, Aidekman Art Center, Medford, MA

1992                Books By Artists, Spazi Contemporary Art, Housatonic, MA

                        Works in Fiber, Lowell Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA

1991                Juxtapositions  :Mixed Media Expressions, Schlesinger Library, Cambridge, MA

                        Joint Venture, Lowell Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA

                        High Content Fiber, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA

1990                Group Show, Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, MA

                        Fiber, Sculpture and Handmade Paper, Lowell Street Gallery,

                        Cambridge, 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

COLLECTIONS

The WBUR Group, Boston, MA

The Boston Public Library, Boston, MA

Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, Boston, MA

The Covenant House, Boston, MA

Youville House, Cambridge MA

The Crowne Plaza Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Meditech, Canton, MA

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Franklin W. Liu, Natural World, Artscope, May/June 2009

Hornbeck, Leigh, Tribute to a Teacher, The Cambridge Chronicle, 3/22/200

Asci Sue, Artists Bring Visions of Ireland…, The Milton Record Transcript, 3/97

Lisberger, Jody, Seniors Quilt Their Stories, The Belmont Citizen, 5/4/95

Portrait of An American Woman Artist, Danmarks Radio (Danish Public Radio)

Miller, Amy, Autobiography Through Quilts, The Cambridge Chronicle, 4/7/94

Temin, Christine, Remembering Two Fathers The Boston Globe, 2/10/94

Lemire, Tim, Paper, Sculpture, Stitch, The Cambridge Chronicle, 1/27/94

Morgenroth, Linda, City Lights, The Boston Globe, 8/8/993

Silver, Joanne, Seniors Stitch Together Pieces of Their Lives, The Boston Herald, 7/11/93

Quilts That Tell a Story, Municipal Television, City of Cambridge, July 1993

Temin, Christine, Crafts Times Three, The Boston Globe, 10/4/91

Sherman, Mary, Marjorie Forté – Landscape Tapestries, The Boston Globe, 5/12/90

Lange, Sarah, Forté Expresses Herself in Tapestries, The Cambridge Chronicle, 5/3/90

Nitzeche, Kyle, Fiber Paintings and Bronze, The Lexington Minuteman, 2/16/89

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2005-2009       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, 2000      Cambridge Public Schools, Cambridge, MA

1999, 1997-     Cambridge Public Schools, Cambridge, MA

2000                Agassiz After School Program, Cambridge, MA

                        East End House, Cambridge, MA

1999                Somerville Public Schools, Somerville, 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

                        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

1991-1992       Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham, MA