Art Resume

TOVA SPETER
Vernon Street Studios, Somerville, MA
tovaspeter@gmail.com - http://www.tovaspeter.com

EDUCATION
2009 Certificate, Arts Management, UMASS Amherst
2002 Master of Arts, Art Therapy and Mental Health Counseling, Lesley University
1999 Bachelor of Arts, Psychology (Magna Cum Laude), Brandeis University

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 New Studio Retrospective, Vernon Street Open Studios, Somerville, MA
2009 A collection of works, Atomic Bean Café, Cambridge, MA
2009 Times Three, Somerville Open Studios, Somerville, MA
2008 Autumn and beyond – a collection of works, Vernon Street Open Studios, Somerville, MA
2008 Bold on Black II, MIT Window Space, Cambridge, MA
2008 Transitions, Somerville Open Studios, Somerville, MA
2007 Bold on Black, MIT Window Space, Cambridge, MA
2007 Vertical horizons, Somerville Open Studios, Someville, MA
2007 The air of Autumn, Essential Inc, Boston, MA
2007 Weather Wars, Francesca’s Case, Boston, MA
2007 Featured Artist: Tova Speter, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
2006 The 4 seasons, Somerville Open Studios, Somerville, MA
2006 A collection of works, Carberry’s Café, Cambridge, MA
2006 Epiphany Expanded, MIT Window Space, Cambridge, MA
2006 Featured Artist: Tova Speter, Market Street Health Center, Brighton, MA
2005 Autumn: A Retrospective, MIT Window Space, Cambridge, MA
2005 Recent work, Creative Resource Center Gallery, Portland, Maine
2005 The 4 ancient elements, Somerville Open Studios, Somerville, MA
2005 A collection of works, Maven Gallery, Somerville, MA
2004 1st public exhibit, Somerville Open Studios, Somerville, MA

GROUP SHOWS
2010 Lost and Found, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
2009 Iron Ranger Artists Celebration, Elm Bank Reservation, Wellesley, MA
2009 Featured Vernon Street Artists, CVS window display, Somerville, MA
2009 Artists’ Choice Exhibit, Somerville Museum, Somerville, MA
2009 Armory ART Start!, Arts at the Armory, Somerville, MA
2009 Waterfall, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
2008 Reused, Repurposed, Reinvented, Bunker Hill CC Art Gallery, Charlestown, MA
2008 ArtRocks!, Logan Airport, Boston, MA
2007 December Salon, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
2007 Driven to Abstraction, The Gallery @ The Piano Factory, Boston, MA
2007 Imagining Somerville, Somerville Museum, Somerville, MA
2007 Artists’ Choice Exhibit, Somerville Museum, Somerville, MA
2007 Reuse and Recycle, Feed Your Head Books, Salem, MA
2006 Windows Art Project, The Family Center, Somerville, MA
2006 Artists’ Choice Exhibit, Somerville Museum, Somerville, MA
2006 The Elements, Caladan Gallery, online
2006 Journeying within Mind and Matter, Gallery 181, Lawrence, MA
2006 City Women: Boston Community Artists, The Gallery @ The Piano Factory, Boston, MA
2005 Doin’ Lines with Scott and Tova, True Grounds Café, Somerville, MA
2005 Organic Expressions, Art Attack Gallery, Somerville, MA
2005 2nd Chance Show, Willoughby & Baltic Gallery, Somerville, MA
2005 Art Up Front, Cambridge River Festival, Cambridge, MA
2005 Artists’ Choice Exhibit, Somerville Museum, Somerville, MA
2004 December Salon, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
2004 Vernon Street Studios @ Diesel, Diesel Café in Davis Square, Somerville, MA

EMPLOYMENT

2006-present Art Instructor, Prozdor-Hebrew College, Newton, MA
2005-present Program Manager, The Art Connection, Boston, MA
2010 Artist-in-Residence, Joshua Eaton Elementary School, Reading, MA
2008-2009 Art Instructor, Arlington Center for the Arts, Arlington, MA
2005 Art Instructor, Zumix, East Boston, MA
2005 Art Therapist, Arts Incentives Program, Boston, MA
2005 Art Therapist, Arbour Counseling Services, Malden, MA
2005 Artist-in-Residence/Grant Recipient, Somerville Arts Council, Somerville, MA
2005 Art Instructor, Teen Advantage, Brookline, MA
2005 Art Consultant, The Curriculum Initiative, Boston, MA
2002-2004 Art Therapist, Littleton Group Home, Littleton, MA

GRANT HISTORY

2010 PresenTense Fellow, CJP, Boston, MA
2009 Fund for the Arts Grant Recipient, New England Foundation for the Arts, Boston, MA
2009 Mural Grant Recipient, Tomfohrde Foundation, Boston, MA
2008 Target Grant Recipient, Boys and Girls Club, Somerville, MA
2008 Project Grant Recipient, Arlington Cultural Council, Arlington, MA
2007 Project Grant Recipient, Arlington Cultural Council, Arlington, MA
2006 Education Grant Recipient, Somerville Arts Council, Somerville, MA
2006 Fund for the Arts Grant Recipient, New England Foundation for the Arts, Boston, MA
2005 Project Grant Recipient, Somerville Arts Council, Somerville, MA

PUBLIC ART/MURALS

2010 "The Garden of Eaton," Joshua Eaton Elementary School, Reading, MA
2009 "El Espiritu del Compartir," Boquete, Panama
2009 Iron Ranger, Esplanade-Hatch Shell, Boston, MA
2009 Iron Ranger, Spectacle Island, Boston, MA
2009 Metamorphosis Mural, Shattuck Hospital, Jamaica Plain, Ma
2009 “Boston by Day and Night,” Somerville Transition Shelter, Somerville, MA
2009 Teen Mural Project, Arlington, MA
2009 Boys and Girls Club Mural, Somerville, MA
2008 Arlington: Past & Present, Arlington, MA
2008 “Under the Stairs,” Miami, FL
2008 Teen Mural Project, Arlington, MA
2008 “There’s a Garden in My House!”, Palo Alto, CA
2007 Lexington Park Mural, Somerville, MA
2007 Yangtze River Mural, Galaxy Ship, Yangtze River, China
2007 “Mural de la Vida,” Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2006 “A Tree Grows in Newton,” Newton Community Service Center, Newton, MA
2006 “The Rainforest Room,” Germaine Lawrence, Arlington, MA
2006 Diversity Mural, Boys and Girls Club, Somerville, MA
2006 “Still We Rise,” Roxbury Youthworks’ Female Focus Initiative, Dorchester, MA
2006 “Beantown Dreams,” Children’s Advocacy Center, Boston MA
2005 Recovery Mural, Friends of the Shattuck Shelter, Jamaica Plain, MA
2005 Outdoor Mural, East Boston Greenway, East Boston, MA
2005 Pool Mural, Brookline Aquatic Center, Brookline, MA
2005 “Windows to a Underground World,” Somerville Arts Council, Somerville, MA
2005 Community Mural, Congregation Eitz Chayim, Cambridge, MA
2004 Public Switchbox, Somerville Arts Council, Somerville, MA
2004 Office Mural, Littleton Group Home, Littleton, MA
2003 Office Mural, Learning Pathways, Colchester, CT
2002 Outdoor Mural, The Endicott Elementary School, Dorchester, MA
2002 Youth Mural at NCSY Youth Center, Brighton, MA
2002 Youth Mural at Temple Shalom, Newton, MA
2001 Locker Mural, Full Circle High School, Somerville, MA
2001 Set Design/Painting, Braintree Community Theatre, Braintree, MA
2000 Hallway Mural, Fitch Elementary School, Waltham, MA
1998-2000 Set Design, Undergraduate Theatre Collective, Waltham, MA
1998 Cafeteria Mural, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
1997 Residence Hall Mural, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA