lynn simmons cv
lynn simmons cv
Education
2007 MFA Visual Art, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, Vermont
2001 BFA Sculpture (Honors), Maine College of Art & Design, Portland, Maine
Exhibitions
2024 2024 Mary Schein Fall Salon, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cape Cod Open Sculpture Invitational, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, Massachusetts
88th Regional Exhibition of Art & Craft, Best in Craft Award, Fitchburg Art Museum,
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Second Time Around, Jamestown Arts Center, Jamestown, Rhode Island
Members Prize Show 2024, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Glow Show, Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts
Inside & Out Sculpture Exhibition, Spaulding R. Aldrich Heritage Gallery, Whitinsville, Massachusetts
2023 Blue, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Open Doors, Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts
The National Open Juried Exhibition, Connecticut Women Artists, Farmington, Connecticut
Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, Assumption University, Worcester, MA
Undercurrents: Art that Reveals the Unseen, Gallery A3, Amherst, Massachusetts
Sculptural Elements, Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts
Equinox: The Balance of Light, New England Sculptors Association, Massachusetts
Members Prize Show 2023, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Interconnected: A Fiber Show, Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts
2022 8 Visions, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, Massachusetts
Healing Fibers: de.moc.ra.cy, a call to action, Worcester PopUp, Worcester, Massachusetts
Poetics of Process: 2022 Alumni Triennial, Maine College of Art & Design, Portland, Maine
2021 Members’ Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, Massachusetts
85th Regional Exhibition of Art & Craft, Honorable Mention in Sculpture, Fitchburg Art Museum,
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Under the Same Flag Group Exhibit, Framingham, Massachusetts
2020 Buddhas Over Worcester Sculpture Exhibit, Boundless Way Temple, Worcester, Massachusetts
Transitions, ArtsWorcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
Whisper (n), Davis Art Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts
2019 Stitched: Knot What It Seams, Davis Art Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts
Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, Assumption University, Worcester, MA
Roddy Juried Show Series, Concord Art Center for the Visual Arts, Concord, Massachusetts
Signals, The Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, Massachusetts
Unconventional, Davis Art Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts
UnWoven Journeys (Healing Fibers), Worcester PopUp, Worcester, Massachusetts
Natura: Wood Fiber Rope, The Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, Massachusetts
Around the Pond and Through the Woods Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Old Frog Pond, Harvard, MA
Buddhas Over Worcester Sculpture Exhibit, Boundless Way Temple, Worcester, Massachusetts
2018 Immigrate/Emigrate, Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, Assumption University, Worcester, Massachusetts
Healing Fibers: Picture Medical Justice, The Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, Massachusetts
83rd Regional Exhibition of Art & Craft, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, Massachusetts
The Sixth Annual “One” Members’ Exhibition, ArtsWorcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
Buddhas Over Worcester Sculpture Exhibit, Boundless Way Temple, Worcester, Massachusetts
Time Machines: Looking forward, Looking back, Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery,
Worcester, Massachusetts
2017 Healing Fibers: Indigenous Art & Activism, The Sprinkler Factory,, Massachusetts
Non-Objective NOW, Davis Art Gallery, Worcester, Massachusett Worcester s
Continuum: 5 Years On, The Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, Massachusetts
Connecticut Women’s Association National Open Juried Show,
Arts Center East, Vermon, Connecticut
The Fifth Annual “One” Members’ Exhibition, ArtsWorcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
Buddhas Over Worcester Sculpture Exhibit, Boundless Way Temple, Worcester, Massachusetts
2nd Floor Sculpture Park, The Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, Massachusetts
2016 Silk Road Art Guild, Worcester Pubic Library, Worcester, Massachusetts
Off The Grid, ArtsWorcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
Healing Fibers: Invisible Children, The Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, Massachusetts
Kaboom!, Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, Assumption University, Worcester, Massachusetts
Buddhas Over Worcester Sculpture Exhibit, Boundless Way Temple, Worcester, Massachusetts
2015 Healing Fibers: War and Peace, The Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, Massachusetts
Visual Arts Faculty Show, Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, Assumption University,
Worcester, Massachusetts
Buddhas Over Worcester Sculpture Exhibit, Boundless Way Temple, Worcester, Massachusetts
2014 Visual Arts Faculty Show, Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, Assumption University,
Worcester, Massachusetts
Buddhas Over Worcester Sculpture Exhibit, Boundless Way Temple, Worcester, Massachusetts
2013 other work, Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, Assumption University, Worcester, Massachusetts
Buddhas Over Worcester Sculpture Exhibit, Boundless Way Temple, Worcester, Massachusetts
2012 state of play, The Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, Massachusetts
the Eye is not a Camera, The Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, Massachusetts
2011 No Theme - No Limits 2011, The Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, Massachusetts
In Context: Art of Here and Now, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts
2010 No Theme - No Limits 2010, The Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, Massachusetts
Drawn to Life: Reformatted, Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, Assumption University
Worcester, Massachusetts
Drawn to Life: Concept and Craft in Contemporary Art, Aurora Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts
Inspired by the Wentworth-Gardner, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Symbiotic Relationships, The Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, Massachusetts
Sift, Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, Assumption University, Worcester, Massachusetts
2009 The Shape of Work, Davis Art Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts
Inspired Creations, Wentworth-Gardner House, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
2008 Art in the Park: An Exhibition of Sculptures by New England Artists, Best of Show,
Worcester, Massachusetts
2007 invitational small drawing show, Salmon Falls Village Gallery, Rollinsford, New Hampshire
Name that Subject, Montevideo, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Biennial 07, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
MFA Graduate Exhibition, T.W. Wood Gallery & Arts Center, Montpelier, Vermont
2006 a practice of art making, University of Massachusetts Medical School Library, Worcester, MA
2005 Celebrating the Art of Wood, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine
2003 Alumni/ae Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, Maine
Forum Financial Group, Seattle, Washington and Columbus, Indiana (Commission)
Collections & Permanent Installations
Assumption University, Worcester, Massachusetts
Lamar Soutter Library, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
Forum Financial Group, Seattle, Washington and Columbus, Indiana
Teaching Experience
2022 - present Associate Professor of Practice Art & Design, Assumption University, Worcester, MA
2012 - 2022 Visiting Assistant Professor of Art & Design, Assumption University, Worcester, MA
2008 - 2012 Lecturer, Assumption University, Worcester, MA
2008 - 2022 Lecturer, Clark University School of Professional Studies, Worcester, MA
2008 - 2015 Instructor, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Honors / Awards / Grants
2024 88th Regional Exhibition of Art & Craft, Best in Craft Award, Fitchburg Art Museum
2021 85th Regional Exhibition of Art & Craft, Honorable Mention in Sculpture, Fitchburg Art Museum
2018 Faculty Development Grant, Assumption University
2013 Faculty Development Grant, Assumption University
2008 Art in the Park, Worcester Juried Sculpture Exhibition, Best of Show
2001 Christine Woelfle Endowed Memorial Grant