WORK
Cape Cod Community College, Professor of Art, Art History, & Humanities: 1987 - present
President and Co-founder of New England Book Artists
Founder of the Higgins Art Gallery: 1989
Thames & Hudson, Publisher, Content Expert: 2018
EDUCATION
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, Master of Arts in Art History: 1985, Thesis topic: Frida Kahlo: Kaleidoscopic Visions of the Self, Major areas of study: 19/20c European & Mexican art
Florida International University, Miami, FL, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art with Honors: 1977, Major areas of study: painting, art history, anthropology
Private Figure Drawing Classes with Roberto Martinez, Miami, FL, 1977-79, 1985-87, 1996-98
Quality Matters Certificates: 2019, Designing Your Online Course, Creating Presence in Your Online Course, Evaluating Your Course Design
Origami Books, with Susa Porter, 2020, Boston, MA
Pop-Up Book Constructions, with Stephanie Stigliano, 2020, Malden, MA
Wire Edge Bookbinding, with Daniel Kelm, 2019, Easthampton, MA
Artist Books, with Sara Ringler, 2016, Cape Cod Community College, W. Barnstable, MA
The Perfect Pour, with Sherrie Posternack, 2016, International Encaustic Conference, Truro Center for the Arts of Castle Hill, Truro, MA
Mixed Media, Wax, & the Artist's Book with Corina S. Alvarez-Delugo, 2015, International Encaustic Conference, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
New England Book Artists
The Moveable Book Society
The Ticknor Society
GROUP EXHIBITS
2020 - Shoulder to Shoulder: Art Faculty & Guests, Higgins Art Gallery, Cape Cod Community College
In the Beginning, New England Book Artists virtual exhibit, https://newenglandbookartists.org/in-the-beginning/
Beyond the Book: An Exhibition of Book-Related Art, Boston Public Library, Faneuil Branch, Brighton, MA
2019 - Faculty Show, Higgins Art Gallery, Cape Cod Community College, W. Barnstable, MA
2016 - Faculty Show, Higgins Art Gallery, Cape Cod Community College, W. Barnstable, MA
2015 - Faculty Show, Higgins Art Gallery, Cape Cod Community College, W. Barnstable, MA
2014 - All About sEVEn, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
2013 - Faculty Show, Higgins Art Gallery, Cape Cod Community College, W. Barnstable, MA
By the Book, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA
2012 - Faculty Show, Higgins Art Gallery, Cape Cod Community College, W. Barnstable, MA
Mutual Muses VI: A Marriage of Visual Art and Poetry, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, So. Yarmouth, MA
2011 - Mutual Muses V: A Marriage of Visual Art and Poetry, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, So. Yarmouth, MA
Best Foot Forward, 4th International Encaustic Conference, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
2010 - Faculty Show, Higgins Art Gallery, Cape Cod Community College, W. Barnstable, MA
2009 - Faculty Show, Higgins Art Gallery, Cape Cod Community College, W. Barnstable, MA
SOLO EXHIBIT
2011 - Endless Impossibilities: Homage to a Remarkable Life, Studio on Slough Road, Brewster, MA
PAPERS
Venus, Cupid, and the Arrow, Provincetown Art Association and Museum
Latin American Women Image Makers, Society for Photographic Education, Washington, D.C.
Through the Looking Glass, Darkly: Frida Kahlo's Self-Portraits, Pine Manor College, Newton
Women Artists: From the Renaissance Through the Age of Romanticism, Provincetown Art Association and Museum
Creating an Arts Community at Community Colleges, F.A.T.E. (Foundation in Art, Theory, and Education), University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Nature Transformed: The Still-Lifes of Frida Kahlo, Southeastern College Art Conference, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Alternative Sources of Funding, C.W.A.O. (Coalition of Women in the Arts Organization, College Art Association, Boston
Goddess Visions: An Evocation of the Goddess in the Art of Contemporary Women, S.E.C.A.C. (Southeastern College of Art Conference, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Women Artists of the Pre-Raphaelite Era, Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach
Frida Kahlo: Kaleidoscopic Visions of the Self, Texas Conference of Art Historians, Amon Carter Museum, Ft. Worth
The Shadow of the Medusa: From Classical Antiquity Through the Age of Romanticism, Texas Conference of Art Historians, University of Texas, Austin
PUBLICATIONS/INTERVIEWS/VIDEOS
Shoulder to Shoulder: Art Faculty & Guests, December 11, 2020, youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql6umOAAmiQ
Where's the H? Where's the H?, by Marie Canaves, Movable Book Society Newsletter, Volume 25, No. 4, 2018
Discovering a Hidden Family Treasure Inspires an Artist's Vision, by Virginia Lora, March 6, 2017, https://www.capeandislands.org/post/discovering-hidden-family-treasure-inspires-artists-vision#stream/0
The Color of Love: From Broken Heart to Beautiful Art, by Nicola Burnell, capewomenonline, Holiday 2011
Marie Canaves at The Studio on Slough Road, by Kathleen Sidwell and Marie Canaves, 2011