Education
Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD, MFA 2002
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, MFA candidate in Printmaking 1974-75
Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA. BA Art 1972
Exhibitions
2010 John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2009, Above the Neck, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2009 New England Impressions 3: The Unique Print, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
2009 Dual Action, Jewett Art Center Gallery, Welleslely College, Wellesley, MA
2008 John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2008 MindMatters, Laconia Gallery, Boston MA
2007 Convergence: Photo/Graphics, Gallery Artists Studio Projects, Brookline, MA
2007 Ink Wipe Roll Print, The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, MA
2006 Constance Jacobson:The Tome Series, HallSpace, Boston, MA
2006 EES Arts, Duxbury Art Complex, Duxbury, MA
2006 Dr. Harold Edgerton, Katherine Gulla, Constance Jacobson at Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA
2003 The New Renaissance, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
2003 Seeing is Believing, Hall Space, Boston, MA
2002 Open Season, Hall Space, Boston, MA
2002 Almost Biology, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2001 Workshop Traditions: Printmaking in Boston since 1960, Boston University
2001 Dualities, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
2000 Prints and Process, Hess Gallery, Pine Manor College, Newton, MA
1999 Monotypes, Pepper Gallery, Boston, MA
1998 Contemporary Print Invitational, Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
1997 Double Identities: Master Printmakers/Master Teachers, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
1996 Recent Acquisitions,Worcester Art Museum,Worcester, MA
1996 Printmakers ’96, Pittsburgh Print Group, Pittsburgh, PA
1996 National Print Biennial, The Silvermine Guild, New Canaan, CT
1996 10th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, University of Wisconsin, Kenosha WI
1995 45 North American Print Exhibit, The Boston Printmakers, Duxbury Art Complex, Duxbury, MA
1995 Visiting Faculty Exhibit, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1993 44th North American Print Exhibit, The Boston Printmakers, Boston University, Boston, MA
1993 Worse than Animals, The Artists Foundation, Boston, MA
1992 Experimental Etching Studio, Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
1992 Experimental Etching Studio, Estampe du Rhin, Strasbourg, France
1991 Penelope Jones, Constance Jacobson, Randall Beck Gallery, Boston, MA
1991 43rd North American Print Exhibit, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
1989 Image Reconsidered, Recycled, Pyramid Atlantic,Washington, DC
1989 Books, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
1989 Prints, Montserrat School of Art, Beverly, MA
1988 Within, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
1988 Visiting Artist Group Exhibit, Holy Cross College,Worcester, MA
1987 Bradley National Print and Drawing Show, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
1986 Works of Constance Jacobson, Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA
1986 Selected Works of Constance Jacobson and Mary Boone Wellington, Gallery 52, Boston MA
1986 Director’s Choice, EES Arts, Duxbury Arts Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
1986 Traveling Prints, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
1986 Contemporary Prints and Drawings, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
1985 61st Annual Print Show, The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA
1985 Bradley National Print and Drawing Show, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
1984 Views: Land, Sea, Air, Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, MA
1984 Fourth Annual Drawing Show, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
1984 40th Anniversary Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
1984 Local Color, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
1984 Prints by EES Arts, Mass College of Art, Boston, MA
1984Imprint of the Imagination, Newton Art Center, Newton, MA
1984 The Artists World, Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Somerville, NJ
1983 Elements of Landscape, Boston University, Boston, MA
1983 Print Invitational, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
1983 3rd Annual Drawing Show, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
1983 Drawing Invitational, Montserrat School of Art, Beverly, MA
1983 Small Impressions, Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Somerville, NJ
1983 Experimental Etching Studio,World Print Council, San Francisco, CA
Design and Production
1984-99 Turnstone Publishing Group, Boston, MA
WGBH Design, Boston, MA
Little, Brown and Co., Boston, MA
Lotus Publications, Cambridge, MA
1996-97 Main Street Design, Cambridge, MA
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site, (National Park Service), Greeneville,TN
Designed all graphics for the Visitors Center, Museum and Early Home
1994-95 Krent Paffett Associates, Boston, MA
Museum of Science and Industry,Tampa, FLA
Designed graphics for exhibits in gallery devoted to Florida’s ecosystems
National Museum of the American Indian, (Smithsonian), NYC
Coordinated all graphics packages for final production of All Roads Are Good
Provided type and photomural elevations for fabricator
1985-90 Joseph Wetzel Associates, Boston, MA
Texas State Aquarium, Corpus Christi,TX
Responsible for all facets of species graphics in six exhibits. Panel design, art direction, illustration, elevations. Liaison with silk screen and photo fabricators
Norwalk Maritime Center, Norwalk, CT
Graphics production coordinator for all exhibits in maritime area.Type spec, photo research, copy development, art direction, illustration
Elephant and Rhino House, Bronx Zoo, NY
Assisted art director in all areas of design, comps, type spec, production
Membership Room, NY Zoological Society, NY. Production
1982-84 Houghton Mifflin, Children’s Trade Division, Boston, MA
Layout of picture and young adult books. Prepared book packages for final production
Teaching Experience
1998-current Assistant Professor, Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University
Currently teaching Intaglio, Lithography, Alternative Printmaking
1986-98 Visiting Printmaking Faculty, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Courses taught include Intaglio, Monoprint, Artist’s Books, Advanced Lithography. Undergraduate and graduate levels
1996-98 Printmaking Faculty, DeCordova Museum School, Lincoln, MA
1996 Adjunct Professor, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
Taught Intaglio, 2-D Design, Graphic Design
1980-84 Lithography Instructor, Experimental Etching Studio, Boston, MA
1981-82 Project Coordinator of Special Services, The Artists Foundation Inc., Boston, MA
Started an arts/cultural news service to hearing impaired people via computer assisted TDD and printed newsletter. Accessibility advocate for disabled artists
1978-80 Co-coordinator Special Services, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Produced audio tapes and written gallery guides abou
1976-78 Coordinator After School Day Care Program
Jackson-Mann Community School, Allston, MA
Started an after school program for low income, hearing, and deaf children
1972-74 Language Lab Teacher, Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, Pittsburgh, PA
Lectures and Workshops
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Lithographic Techniques, Lowell Institute Lecture series, 1996
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Printmaking Techniques of Emil Nolde, Lowell Institute Lecture series,1995
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI,Visiting Lecturer, l990
Pyramid Atlantic ,Washington DC, Bookmaking Workshop, l990
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Mummies and Magic, l989
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH,Visiting Artist, 1988
Holy Cross College,Worcester, MA,Visiting Artist, 1988
Art New England at Bennington College, Bennington,VT, printmaking 1984, 1985, 1991
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, One of a Kind:The Monotype, 1984
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA, Artists at Work series, 1983
Brockton Art Museum, Brockton, MA, Printmaking lecture 1981
Collections
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Philadelphia Museum of Art
DeCordova Museum
Worcester Art Museum
New York Public Library
Boston Public Library
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
Pittsburgh National Bank
Dean Witter
Dartmouth College
Gillette
Mobil
Kutak Rock and Campbell
Commercial Bank of Peoria
numerous private collections
Publications and Awards
Review by David Brickman of “Above the Neck” Constance Jacobson at John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY, Get Visual,http://dbgetvisual.blogspot.com
Interview by Lois Tarlow as the issue’s Profile Artist, Constance Jacobson: An Artist’s Microscope Interprets Science
Review by Christopher Millis at The Boston Phoenix, Fit to Print
Work reproduced in The Best of Printmaking, An International Collection, Quarry Books Edited by Lynne Allen and Phyllis McGibbon
Essay on Constance Jacobson by David Acton, curator of prints, Worcester Art Museum in Working Proof, Experimental Etching Studio, Boston Public Library
Review by Nancy Stapen at the Boston Globe, of Constance Jacobson, Monotypes at Randall BeckGallery entitled “Artists who Rediscover the Natural World”
Review by Victoria Donohoe,The Philadelphia,Annual International Competition of the Print Club
Review by Marc Mannheimer,Art New England, Books,Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, The Boston Printmakers Purchase Award, Boston, MA
Boston/Strasbourg Sister City Grant
Ann and Donald W. McPhail Award,The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA
Patron’s Purchase, Bradley National Print and Drawing Show, Peoria, IL
Andrews Nelson Whitehead Award, Printmaking Council of NJ, Somerville, NJ