Dora Atwater Millikin
Wyndfield Studio
P.O. Box 406
Westport Point, Massachusetts 02791
(508) 636-2280
[email protected]
wyndfieldstudio.com
Education 2002-present Lyme Art Association Old Lyme, Connecticut Open model sessions 1998-2002 Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts Old Lyme, Connecticut Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Painting 1989-1990 Rhode Island School of Design Providence, Rhode Island Continuing Education Department for Interior Design 1979-1983 Sophie Newcomb College New Orleans, Louisiana Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Painting, Drawing, Art History 1975-1979 Stoneleigh-Burnham School Greenfield, Massachusetts High School Diploma while focusing on Bronze Casting, Painting, and Silversmithing. 1968-1972 Little Compton, Rhode Island Weekly private painting lessons from Doris Beatie Awards and Fellowships 2010 Book Cover Award Little Compton Historical Society, Little Compton, RI "The History of Little Compton, First Light: Sakonnet 1660-1820", Janet Lisle Author 2010 First Place Fidelity Investments, 12th Annual All Media Juried Exhibition, 'Extreme Scale'. 2008 Winsor and Newton Art Materials Award Audubon Artists Open Juried Exhibition 2008, Salmagundi Club, NYC 2008 David Aldrich Award The Little Compton Community Center, Little Compton, R.I. 2008 Pasquale Masiello Award The Providence Art Club Open Painting Exhibition 2008 2007 Salmagundi Club Award Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Annual Juried Exhibition, National Arts Club, NYC. 2007 Allied Artists of America Award 30th Annual Juried Exhibition for Non-Members, The Salmagundi Club, NYC. 2007 Peoples Choice Award Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Member's Exhibition. 2007 First Place Award for Oil/Acrylic Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Member's Exhibition. 2006 Contemporary Art Award Annual National Exhibition, Wind RiverValley Artist Guild, Dubois, WY. 2006 Peoples Choice Award Newport Art Museum Annual Juried Exhibit, Newport, R.I. 2005 The Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 109th Annual Open Exhibition, National Arts Club, NYC. The Leila Gardin Sawyer Award for Two-Dimensional Work. 2005 The Little Compton Community Center Annual Juried Exhibition Best in Show Award 2005 The Providence Art Club Award Member's Exhibit "Urban Un Urban" 2005 Joseph Hartley Memorial Award for Oil, Best in Show Annual Open Non-Members Juried Exhibition Best in Show Salmagundi Club Center for American Art, NYC 2005 Peoples Choice Award Newport Art Museum Annual Juried Exhibit, Newport, R.I. 2004 William E. Brigham Award Winter Member's Exhibition The Providence Art Club, Providence, R.I. 2004 The Butler Institute of American Art Award The Allied Artists of America, Inc. National Arts Club, NYC 2004 Honorable Mention Little Compton Community Center, Little Compton, R.I. 2003 David Aldrich Award-Best in Show Providence Art Club Members Exhibition Providence, Rhode Island. 2002 Edwin Gould Foundation Award National Arts Club Annual Student Exhibition Grammercy Park, NYC. 2002 John Stobart Fellowship The John Stobart Foundation Boston, Massachusetts Solo Exhibitions 2009 Walker-Cunningham Fine Art, "New Paintings", Boston, Massachusetts. 2009 Arnold Art Gallery, June 13th-July12th, "Newport and Beyond", Newport, R.I. 2008 Newport Art Museum, "Geometry of Place", June 7- August 10, 2008, Newport, R.I. 2007 Garvin Gallery, October 12th-November 25th, "New Perspectives", Essex, Connecticut. 2007 Arnold Art Gallery, July 13th-July 30th, "Dora Atwater -New Works", Newport, R.I. 2005 The Providence Art Club, September 18th-30th. "Dora Atwater Millikin", Providence, R.I. Juried Exhibitions 2010 Fidelity Investments 12th Annual All Media Juried Exhibition, Extreme Scale Jurors: Diana Gaston, Associate Curator, Fidelity Investments; Beth Kantrowitz, Independent Curator, BK Projects: Meg White, Director, Gallery Naga 2010 Providence Art Club Open Painting Exhibition, Providence, R.I. Juror: Jeanne C. Potter, Director, The Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport. 2009 The Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 113th Annual Open Juried Exhibition. Jurors: Wende Caporale, PSA, Antonio Masi, Alice W. Schwarz 2009 Allied Artists of America, Inc. 96th Annual Exhibition Jurors: Gary T. Erbe, Evelyn Floret, Claudia Seymour, Thomas Valenti 2009 Newport Art Museum Annual Juried Members' Exhibition, Newport, R.I. Juror: Nick Capasso 2008 Providence Art Club Open National Exhibition Juror: Judith Tolnick Champa 2008 Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme Connecticut, Alumni Exhibition, Jurors: Randy Melick, Lisa Simonds, Dr. Eric M. Zafran 2008 Audubon Artists Open Juried Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NYC Jurors: Louis Riccio, Raymond Olivere Award: Winsor & Newton Art Materials Award 2008 The Salmagundi Club 2008 Open Exhibition, NYC 2008 Providence Art Club Open Painting Exhibition, Providence, RI. Pasquale Masiello Award Juror: Nancy Grinnell 2008 The 16th Annual Associate Artist's Exhibition, the Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT. 2007 Allied Artists of America, Inc., Annual Juried Open Exhibition, The National Arts Club, NYC. 2007 The Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 111th Annual Open Juried Exhibition. Jurors: Dr Kevin Avery, Janet Fish, Colin Thomson. Award: The Salmagundi Club Award. 2007 Audubon Artists 65th Annual Juried Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NYC. Jurors: Gary Erbe, David Benyon Pena. 2007 The Lyme Art Association, Cityscapes Exhibition and Sale 2007 Newport Art Museum Annual Juried Exhibition. Juror: Dr Micki McGee. 2007 Providence Art Club Open Juried Painting Exhibition, Jurors: Judith Tannenbaum, Richard Brown Baker. 2007 The Salmagundi Club, 30th Annual Juried Exhibition for non-members. Jurors: Richard C. Poink, Claudia Seymour, John Foote, Christina DeBarry, Rhoda Yanow, Lee Crogham, Eleanor Moore, Bernice Sokol Kramer. Allied Artists of America Award. 2006 The Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 110th Annual Open Exhibition, National Arts Club, NYC. 2006 Wind River Valley Art Guild Annual National Exhibition. Contemporary Art Award. 2006 Hera Gallery Juried Special Exhibition for the Art League of Rhode Island. 2006 The Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 110th Annual Open Exhibition, National Arts Club, NYC Jurors: Gabriela Dellosso, Diana De Santis, Lucille Berrill Paulsen, Claudia Seymour, Rhoda Yanow, Holly Meeker Rom. 2006 Newport Art Museum Annual Juried Exhibition Jurors: Pamela Clark Cochrane, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, R.I. David Frazer, RISD Faculty- Peoples Choice Award. 2006 Providence Art Club, Open-Juried National Painting Exhibition Juror: Brian Shure, RISD Faculty. 2005 Allied Artists of America Inc., National Arts Club, NYC92nd Annual Exhibition 2005 Jurors: Gabriela Dellosso, Ch., Babette Martino, Gilbert Riou 2005 The Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 109th Annual Open Exhibition, National Arts Club, NYC Jurors: Naomi Campbell, Dolores D'Achille, Gaile Snow Gibbs, Jeanette Koumjian, Ruth Rieber Award: Lilia Gardin Sawyer Award. 2005 The Salmagundi Club, 28th Annual Juried Exhibition for Non-Members Jurors: John Foote, Claudia Seymour, Christine DeBarry, RhodaYanow, Lee Croghen, Eleanor Moore, Bernice Sokol Kramer, S. Allyn Schaeffer, Joseph Hartley Memorial Award for Oil. 2005 The Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA Juror: Paul Master Karnik 2005 Green Trees Gallery, Northfield, MA Jurors: Janice Starmer, Kerry Kazokas 2005 Newport Art Museum Annual Open Exhibition Jurors: Gretchen Keyworth, Robert Dilworth Peoples Choice Award 2004 The Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 108th Annual Open Exhibition, National Arts Club, NYC Jurors: Meredith d'Ambrosio, Kathy Fieramosca, Jeanette Martone, Diane Tomash, Eleni Traganas 2004 Allied Artists of America, Inc., National Arts Club, NYC Jurors: Radul Carranza, Michael Molnar, Shoichi Akutsu Butler Institute of American Art Award. 2004 Newport Art Museum Annual Open Exhibition Jurors: Rachel Rosenfield Lafo, The DeCordova Museum & Sculpture . 2004 Providence Art Club Nationwide Open Painting Exhibition Juror: Ruth Dealy, Rhode Island School of Design. 2003 Providence Art Club New England Exhibition Juror: Lisa A. Silagyi, Worcester Art Museum 2003 Newport Art Museum Annual Open Exhibition Juror: Christine McCarthy, Provincetown Art Association. 2002 The Copley Society of Boston Juried Student Exhibition Juror: Jeff Keough, Massachusetts College of Art. 2002 National Art Club Annual Student Exhibition, Grammercy Park, NYC Jurors: Raymond Everett Kinstler, Elena Barnet, Will Barnet, Bob Barra, Joan Bradt, Edith Rae Brown, Raoul A. Carranza, Louise Crawford, J.LeeDrexler, Dorothy Graham, Cheryl W. Green, Brown Hagood, Sidney Hermel, Eleanor Jacobs, John T. James, Diana Kan, Janet Lippmann, Edith Lourie, Takayo Noda, Mitchell D. Schorr, Wendy Schrijver, Sandy Straus, Jordan Zweifler. 2002 Newport Art Museum Annual Open Exhibition Juror: Judith Tannenbaum, R.I.S.D. 2002 Providence Art Club New England Exhibition Juror: Gretchen Dow Simpson. 2001 The Copley Society of Boston Juried Student Exhibition Juror: Bonnell Robinson, Director of Exhibitions at the Art Institute of Boston. 1999 Providence Art Club Annual Open New England Exhibition Jurors: Stapleton Kearns, President of the Rockport Art Association. 1999 Lyme Academy of Fine Arts-Repainting the Past Jurors: Faculty, Jeff Becker, Curator of the Florence Griswold Museum. 1998 Westport Art Group, Founder's Award Jurors: Nancy Friese, Joan Backes, Susan Lichtman. 1998 Providence Art Club Annual Open New England Exhibition Juror: Tim Flowers, R.I.S.D. 1998 Newport Art Museum Annual Open Exhibition Jurror: Loraine Buckley. Group Exhibitions 2010 The Broome Street Gallery, Catharine Lorilard Wolfe Art Club Annual Members Exhibition 2008 Office of United States Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Providence, R.I. ongoing 2008 Save the Bay, "Rhode Island Artists", June 9-27, 2008 2007 Providence Art Club, "The Art League of Rhode Island Annual All-Member Exhibition, September 9-28, 2007 2007 Gallery 297, "To Benefit the Environment", August 1-31, 2007 2007 Geary Gallery, "Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Members' Exhibition", July 12 August 11, 2007 2007 Courtyard Gallery, "Salmagundi Club of New York and Providence Art Club", March 25- May 2, 2007 2007 Providence Art Club, "Members' Exhibition 2007", February 25- March 16 2007 Save the Bay: "Land and Water", Save the Bay Center, Providence, R.I. 2007 The Broome Street Gallery, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Annual Members Exhibition. Awards: First Place Award for Oil/Acrylic, Peoples Choice Award. 2006 30th Anniversary Exhibition and Celebration for the Lyme Academy College of Fine Art. 2006 Arnold Art Invitational Exhibition 2006 Art League of Rhode Island 2005 Annual Member's Exhibition at the Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI 2005 Art League of Rhode Island, "The Journey: Generations of Rhode Island Masters 1890-2005", Imagine Fine Art, Smithfield, R.I. 2005 Art League of Rhode Island 2005 Annual Member's Exhibition at Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA 2004 Providence Art Club with Gordon Parker & Johanna McKenzie 2004 Art League of Rhode Island 2003 Annual Member's Exhibition at A&C Fine Arts, East Greenwich, RI 2003 Providence Art Club Annual Members Exhibition Juror: Mark Freedman, David Aldrich Award-First Place 2003 Virginia Lynch Gallery "Close to Home", Group Exhibition 2003 Spring Bull Gallery with Johanna McKenzie and Nancy Gaucher-Thomas 2002 Providence Art Club with Gordon Parker and Johanna McKenzie 2001 Spring Bull Gallery with Johanna McKenzie and John McGowan 2000 Providence Art Club with Gordon Parker and Johanna McKenzie Collections Numerous private collections in the United States and in Europe Save the Bay, Providence, R.I. Brown, Lisle and Cummings, Providence, R.I. Country & Coastal Properties, Little Compton, Rhode Island The Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, Connecticut National Bighorn Sheep Interpretive Association, Inc. Dubois, Wyoming The Newport Hospital, Newport, RI The Meditech Collection, Westwood, Massachusetts The Little Compton Historical Society, Little Compton, R.I. Hebrew Senior Life, Boston, Massachusetts Professional Affiliations 2009-present Elected Artist Member of the Allied Artists of America Inc. 2009-present Elected Artist Member of the Copley Society, Boston, MA 2008-present Little Compton Historical Society, Little Compton, R.I., Board Member. 2008-present South Coast Artists Inc., Board Member and Development Chair 2007-present Portsmouth Art Guild Member 2006-present Elected Artist Member of the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club. 2005-2009 Tiverton Arts Council Board Member 2005-present Shellfish Advisory Board, Westport, MA, Clerk 2004-2009 Historical Commission Regular Member, Westport Point, MA 2003-present Wind River Valley Artists' Guild member of Dubois, Wyoming 2003-present Elected artist of the Art League of Rhode Island, Exhibitions Committee Chair 2004-2007, Board member 2004-2008 2003-present Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts Alumni Association member, Class Representative 2002-present Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts Alumni Association member, Class Representative 2002-present Lyme Art Association Associate member 2002-present Spring Bull Gallery Member 2001-2002 Copley Society Student member 2000-2005 Concerts at the Point Board member, Westport Massachusetts 1997-present Providence Art Club Artist member 1996-2002 Sakonnet Artists Cooperative member 1996-present Newport Art Museum member 1985-1999 Little Compton Historical Society Board member 2008-present Secretary 1985-1999, Little Compton, RI 2008-present South Coast Artists Inc. Board Member and Clerk Listings/Bibliography The Providence Journal, ART, Top-notch work in Newport Art Museum Members' show, by Bill Van Siclen, February 25, 2010, page D6. Artscope, BEYOND THE BORDERS, "Dora Atwater Millikin: Geometry of Place" by Meredith Cutler, July/August 2008. The Daily News, LOCAL EVENTS: At the Museum, "Museum has it's finger on pulse of area artists" page A12. June 6, 2008. The Providence Journal, ART, "Millikin Sheds Light on Familiar Territory", by Bill Van Siclen, July 24, 2008 page E1-5. Tides, Save the Bay feature page 13. Motif, ART SCENE, "Save the Bay Shows Art for a Cause" by Nicole Giambusso, June 10, 2008. Valley Courier, ON EXHIBIT "Creating Modern Nostalgia with the Painter's Trinity" by Leah Lopez Schmalz, November 8, 2007. The Providence Journal, ART, "Landscapes in many moods, from the surreal to the serene" by Bill Van Siclen, Thursday, March 15, 2007 page E3. Gallery & Studio, "Catching Up With the CLWAC Members' Exhibition 2007 at The Broome Street Gallery" by J. Sanders Eaton, April/May 2007 page 10. The Phoenix, "Land and Water-Striking images of Narragansett Bay at Save the Bay" by Bill Rodriguez, January 10, 2007. Mercury, Off the Lip, "Employing the View" by Christa Albrecht-Vegas, July 11th-17th, 2007 pages 12-13. The Providence Journal, LIVE, "Paintings talk amongst themselves" by Bill Van Siclen, January 26-29. 2006 page 15. The Providence Journal, LIVE, "Newport artists dazzle at museum's annual juried show" by Bill Van Siclen, February 3-6, 2005. The Providence Journal, LIVE, "In Newport Show, a tidal wave of water scenes" by Bill Van Siclen, February 26, 2004. Westport Shorelines, WESTPORT WATCH, Meet Dora Atwater Millikin "Westport, through an artist's eye", December 4, 2003 page 3. Westport Shorelines, "Mondays are for painting" October 2, 2003 pages 1,16. Cable TV The Devil's Pocket, interviewed by: Emery Robinson and Brenda Burke, August 2003. Westport Shorelines, "Devoted trio breathe life into'Devil's Pocket' " by Peggy Aulisio, August 28, 2003 pages 1,5. The Sakonnet Times, "Mondays are for painting" August 14, 2003 pages 1,4. The Providence Journal, LIVE, "At Virginia Lynch" by Bill Van Siclen, March 20-23, 2003 page 12. The Providence Journal, LIVE, "Stonington Vineyards Gallery" January 9-12, 2003 page 14. Mystic River Press, "Exhibit offers previews of upcoming artists" January 2, 2003, page 18. The Pictorial Gazette, "Lyme Academy shows off student projects" Tuesday, April 18, 2002. The Pictorial Gazette, "Academy students bring home national awards" by Peter Vigue. Tuesday, March 26, 2002 page 22. Teaching Experience 2010 The Providence Art Club, All Day Tuesday Model Sessions 2009 The Providence Art Club, "Painting with Dora Atwater Millikin", September- December. 2009 The Providence Art Club, "Three Approaches to Oil, Instructors: Harley Bartlett, James Kubiatowicz, Dora Atwater Millikin 2008 The Newport Art Museum, "Dora Atwater Millikin: Interpreting the Cityscape in Paint", Workshop, September 19-21