Robin McCarthy Artist Resume

Education	1992	M.S.W. University of New England, Biddeford, Maine
	1987	B.F.A. in Painting Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine
	1970-71	Graduate work in Child Psychology, Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts
	1969	B.A. in Philosophy, Cum Laude, Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts
Exhibitions	2009	Work from the Permanent Collection, University of New England, Portland, Maine
	2008	New Work by Peregrine Press Artists, Saco Museum, Saco, Maine
	2007	Prints from Peregrine Press, Saco Museum, Saco, Maine
	2006	Maine Print Project, Reed Fine Art Gallery, University of Maine, Presque Isle, Maine
	2005	The Art of the Print, George Marshall Store Gallery, York Harbor, Maine
	1989	Barn Gallery Juried Show, Ogunquit, Maine
	1987	Maine Coast Artists Juried Show, Rockport, Maine
Awards & Residencies	2009	Vermont Studio Center
Art Related Experience	1979-1982	Sunshine Weaving Works, Cape Elizabeth,Maine. Designed & made hand woven items.
	1975-1980	Sunshine Pottery Works, Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Made the clay and glazes for wheel thrown pieces fired @ SPW.
Additional Professional Experience	From 1990 through 2005, I worked full time as a clinical social worker. I founded a non-profit agency, “FamilyWorks”, whose mission was to make family therapy available to all children and families, regardless of their ability to pay. At FamilyWorks, I was CEO, clinician, and supervisor. It was wonderful and fulfilling to have the opportunity to make a profound difference in the lives of children and their families, but I longed for the time to do my art again. I closed FamilyWorks and cut my social work practice to a very small size. I learned a lot from the children and families and social work that I did for 15 years, and the creative aspects of that time continue to show up in my art work. I believe that art work is spiritual work and that it is my life’s work.