EDUCATION
1986-88 Master of Fine Arts, Painting
Radford University
Radford, Virginia
1982-85 Bachelor of Fine Arts, General Fine Arts
The Maryland Institute, College of Art
Baltimore, Maryland
1976-80 Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy
Loyola College
Baltimore, Maryland
TEACHING
1996-Present Associate Professor, Loyola University Maryland
Department of Fine Arts
Dr. Janet Headley, Chair
1988-1996 Core Faculty, Adjunct Instructor, Loyola College
Undergraduate: Two-dimensional Design, Painting I and II,
Drawing I and II, Three-dimensional Design, Clay I and II, Life Drawing, Art for the Classroom Teacher, Mixed Media, Introduction to Art Media, Landscape I and II, Portraits
Graduate: Thinking About Art
1999 Instructor, Drawing II, Composition. The Maryland Institute, College of Art. Spring semester, 1999. Mr. Abby Sangiamo, chair, Drawing.
1990 Instructor, Elderhostel Program, Loyola College
Introduction to Modern Art
1989, 1986 Instructor, Baltimore County Public Schools
Program for the Gifted and Talented in conjunction with
The Maryland Institute, College of Art and Essex Community College. Mrs. Barbara Miller, Director. Life Drawing, Portraits, Still Life Painting
1988, 1987 Instructor, Virginia Governor’s School for the Arts, Gifted and Talented. Radford, Virginia. Dr. Bennett Lentczner, Director, Contemporary Art History, Gallery Director, Gallery Management. July.
EXHIBITIONS
2011 Mary Beth Akre: Landscapes. Gross McCleaf Gallery. May 5-27. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Laurel Art Guild’s Juried Exhibition. Montpelier Cultural Arts Center. March. Laurel, Maryland.
2010 Images from the Land: Akre, Tomezko, Wold. Gormley Gallery, College of Notre Dame Maryland. August 30-October 8. Baltimore, Maryland.
30th Anniversary Member Exhibition, Phase II. Gross McCleaf Gallery. August. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2009 Faculty Exhibition. Loyola University. Julio Fine Arts Gallery. November 2009. Baltimore, Maryland.
Open Art Juried Exhibition: The Lancaster Musuem of Art. June-July, 2009. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Honorable Mention. Victoria Donohoe, juror.
Mindfulness. Community College of Baltimore Catonsville. January/February 2009. Catonsville, Maryland.
2008 Open Art Juried Exhibition. The Lancaster Museum of Art. June-July 2008. Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
2007 Observations. The Ward Center for the Arts. St. Paul School for Girls. September/October, 2007. Stevenson, Maryland.
Little Secret Places. La Terra Gallery. August, 2007. Baltimore, Maryland.
Members Exhibition. The Lancaster Museum of Art. June/July 2007. Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
2006 Loyola College Faculty exhibition. Julio Fine Arts Gallery. Loyola College. January, 2006. Baltimore, Maryland.
Glimpses in Time, landscapes by Mary Beth Akre. Gross McCleaf Gallery. December 2006. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Laurel Art Guild’s Juried Exhibition. Montpelier Cultural Arts Center. April, 2006. Laurel, Maryland.
2005 Mary Beth Akre. Landscapes. La Terra Gallery. August, 2005. Baltimore, Maryland.
Mary Beth Akre, Landscapes. Ladew Topiary Gardens. September/October, 2005. Monkton, Maryland.
Cumberland Valley National Juried Exhibition.. The Washington County Museum of Art. June-August. Hagerstown, Maryland.
Summer Member Show. Gross McCleaf Gallery. July/August. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2004 4th Annual American Landscapes. Maryland Federation of Art. Juried exhibition Juror: Ross Merrill, Chief of Conservation, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. September 10- October 10, 2004. Annapolis, MD.
Mary Beth Akre, Landscapes. The Chesapeake Gallery. Harford Community College. August 30 – September 19. 2004. Bel Air, MD
Annual Summer Group Exhibition. Gross McCleaf Gallery. August 4 – 26, 2004. Philadelphia, PA.
72nd Annual Cumberland Valley Artists Exhibition. Washington County Museum of Fine Arts. Juried exhibition. Jurors: Jay Hall Carpenter, Carla Golembe, Ron Haynie. June 11 – August 15, 2004. Hagerstown, MD.
Juried Exhibition. Rockville Arts Place. April/May 2004. Rockville, MD.
2003 Mary Beth Akre, Landscapes. The Unicorn Gallery. Towson Unitarian Universalist Church. September, 2003. Towson, MD.
Annual Summer Group Exhibition. Gross McCleaaf Gallery. August, 2004. Philadelphia, PA.
Mary Beth Akre, Finding the Oasis. Solo exhibition. Gross McCleaf Gallery. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. May/June, 2003.
Loyola College Art Department. Group exhibition. The Towson Unitarian Universalist Church. Towson, Maryland. February/March 2003.
Loyola College Faculty Exhibition. Baltimore, Maryland. January 2003.
2002 Art2002. The Baltimore Choral Arts Society. Baltimore, Maryland. November 2002.
Members Summer Group Exhibition. Gross McCleaf Gallery. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. July/August, 2002.
Paintings by Mary Beth Akre. Solo exhibition. The Lancaster Museum of Art. April 2002.
Summer landscapes by Mary Beth Akre. Solo exhibition. Vespa Café. January/February.Baltimore, Maryland. |
