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Valerie McCaffrey 6 Chubbs Brook Lane * Beverly Farms MA 01915 valeriemccaffrey@comcast.net 978-927-8458 978-869-1277 www.valeriemccaffrey.com Artist Biography I am a contemporary folk artist whose work has been exhibited and collected in the United States and abroad. My work is narrative with leit motifs, concentrating, but not exclusively, of family and community events. The landscape is always manipulated to tell a story as in the painting of Paris entitled Sacre Coeur. I take commissions, primarily of weddings which are received emotionally and gratefully and enjoy a focal point in the place where it is exhibited. I have been blessed with a career spanning almost sixty years. Galleries: GINA Gallery NYC www.gallerynyc.com ARA Gallery, So. Hamilton, MA 01982 www.ara-gallery.com Juror’s Commendation Artrageous!24 May, 2010 Publications America Magazine, January 1, 2006. Cover: Just Before Christ mas. Curated Exhibits May/June 2009 GINA GALLERY, New York, NY , A Summer Serenade Exhibit 1998-2010 Montserrat College of Art Auction (most years) 2008 Solo Exhibit, St. John’s, Beverly Farms 2007 Solo Exhibit, Cutler Gallery, Hamilton, Massachusetts 2005“An American Primitive in Monet’s Garden” Beverly Farms Library 2002 - 2004 Art for the Cure Solo exhibit, June,2003 Beverly Library, Beverly Massachusetts, Mingo Gallery, Beverly, Massachusetts Project Adventure Show, November, 2003 ARA Gallery, Hamilton, Ma, October, 2003 (With Ann Cady) 2004, Solo Exhibit, Cloister Gallery, Marblehead, Massachusetts 2004,Beverly Library, 2004 (With Garage School Students) Sovereign Bank, May, 2004 Annual Library Auction, December 2004, 2005 1996 - 2001 Open Studio, November 2001 Montserrat College of Art, Arts Noel 1996 - 2000 1999 Solo Exhibit, Bloomings by M Gallery, Beverly Massachusetts, Bloomings by M Gallery, Beverly Massachusetts, 1998 Workshops 2004 ArtStudy - Giverny, France April 2003 September 1992-Present Garage School of Art 2004 Shelburne Museum of Art, Shelburne, Vermont October 2003 Our Lady House of Hope Grants 1998 Jackson Family Grant 1999 Jackson Family Grant 2000 Friends of the Beverly Farms Library Grant Public Collections: Hastings House, Beverly Farms Beverly Library Private Collections (Partial List) Susan Adam Barbara Almy Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Barger Janet Barsanti Blair Brown Kitty Barrand Courtney and David Birnbaum Mr. and Mrs. William Cabrera Brook Collella Steve Cohen; Andrea MacLeod Drs. Randa and Mel Dubnic Rebecca Douglas Mr. and Mrs. Brenton Dickson Teresa Dickson Sr. and Sra. Antonio Dotto Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Driscoll Mr. and Mrs. Gerald DiNapoli Carol Ann Dumond Mr. and Mrs. Hilliard Ebling Polly Frothingham Beth Glass Mr. and Mrs. Larry Gallant Mr. and Mrs. Adolfo Garcia Louisa Gerry Laurie Graham Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Grant Anne Green Mr. and Mrs. Richard Harvey Deborah Mary Higgins Sharon Howard Wendy Kalas and Vernon Herzelle Kate Ingalls Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jones Dr. and Mrs. Mayo Johnson Mr. and Mrs.George Kaplan Dr. Mariska Koijmaans Donna Krohn Donna and Ronald Kramer Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lanzikos Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Mr. Francis Lehar Dr. Mary McCaffrey Mr. and Mrs. Walker Martin Mr. and Mrs. Curt Meldon Agatha Morrell Mr. and Mrs. Ledyard McFadden Mr. and Mrs. John McNear Bess Newman Mr. and Mrs. George Newman Mr. and Mrs. Edward Philbrick Mr. and Mrs. Chip Price Christine Sherrill Ruth Powers Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Powers Carol Powers Mr. and Mrs. Derek Rae Mr. and Mrs. Nicola Savignano Mr. and Mrs. Francis P. Sears III Mr. and Mrs. Martin Singer Robin Sacco Mr. and Mrs.John Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Bob Sherr Mr. and Mrs. Derek Smith Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Savy Catharine Simpson Cary Smallhorn Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Smallhorn Louise Thomas Mr. and Mrs. James Townsend Laura Tyler Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Wadsworth Lee Webster Mr. and Mrs. Peter Williams Mr. and Mrs. David Williams Sr. and Sra. Nando Zampiva Mr. and Mrs. John Updike Teaching Positions North Shore Community College Beverly Recreation Department Garage School Shelburne Museum Art Study/ Giverny Education Montserrat College of Art Museum of Fine Arts Endicott College Rockport Art Association, North Shore Community College Radcliffe Institute Seminars College of Saint Elizabeth Indiana University Biography Born, Valerie Weigand, Newark, New Jersey, 1940 Married Leo McCaffrey 1961 Six children Nine Grandchildren