Carolyn M. Abrams

 EXHIBITIONS

 Solo

2012      RPI Cultural Center, Burdett Avenue, Troy, NY, "Divine Vessels"

2012     Visions Gallery, North Main Avenue, Albany, NY,  "Divine Vessels"

2011     Visions Gallery Member Show, North Main Avenue, Albany, NY "Divine Vessels"

2010     The Art of Reiki, 262 River Street Troy, NY, "Divine Vessels

2009     Emack & Bolio Café, Albany, NY, "Contemporary Collages"

2009     Daily Grind Coffee Shop, Troy, NY, "Coffee Collages"

2008     Mochablend Café, Brunswick, NY "Coffee Collages"

2008     Sand Lake, Center for the Arts, Sand Lake, NY, "Fragments"

Juried

2008     Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY, Fence Show Select, "Oh Buoy"

2007     Visions Gallery, Albany, NY, "Making a Place at Table" National     Juried Traveling Exhibition

2002     Schoharie County National Small Works Exhibit, Schoharie, NY

           "Winter Dreamin"

Invitational

2007      Visions Gallery, Albany, NY, "Visual Memoirs of the Heart&Soul"

Group

2009     The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY,  Student/Faculty  Exhibit

2008     Albany Center Galleries, Albany, NY, Member Exhibit

2008     Visions Gallery, Albany, NY, Member Exhibit

2007     Annual International Collage Exhibition & Exchange, New Zealand

2001- 06   Various works of art included in community arts centers and venues

 PUBLIC ART EXHIBITS

2007      Horses-Saratoga Style, Saratoga, NY, life-size fiberglass horse

2006      Ballston Spa Rocks, Ballston Spa, NY, Adirondack chair

 PUBLICATIONS

2005    Legacy Magazine, Dec/Jan 2006, "Visual Memoirs" by Carolyn Abrams

2004    Times Union, Albany, NY, December 12, 2004, "Personal Greetings: Original art on Holiday Cards Delivers a Unique Message" by Joseph Dalton.

2004     Stamp Collector, Mary 24, 2004, "Stamps capture culture, are a medium for artistry"; Philatelic Ephemera by Robert Dalton Harris & Diane Deblois

2003     The Record, Troy, NY, September 7, 2003. "The State of the World Today, Artists express their feelings surrounding 9/11 tragedy" by Robert Cristo

TEACHING EXPERIENCES

2006-present          Brunswick Center Services, Rensselaer County ARC, Art Facilitator

2009-present          Stratton VA Medical Center, Albany, Art Facilitator

2009-present          Van Rensselaer Manor, Troy, Art Facilitator

2009/10                 Roarke Center, Troy, NY, Guest Artist, Intro to Journaling

2008                      Sand Lake Center for the Arts, Sand Lake, NY

                             Intro to Art Journaling

2008                     Sand Lake Center for the Arts, Sand Lake, NY, Arts in Ed program

2007                     Sand Lake Center for the Arts, Sand Lake, NY, mixed media collage demo

2006                     Tamarac High School, Brunswick, NY, Artist in Residence

2006-09                Community Inclusion Program of ARC at Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy

2005                     New Visions BOCES, Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY Guest Artist

ARTS ADMINISTRATION

2002-08               Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY, Grants Coordinator

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCES

2010                  Visions Gallery, Group Show including works from Van Rennselaer Manor, ARC of           Rensselaer County and Stratton VA Medical Center honoring the artwork of persons with extraordinary "capabilities" in creating art.

2009                  Stratton VA Medical Center at Mochablend Café, Brunswick, NY

2008                  Brunswick Center Services at Sand Lake Center for the Arts, Sand Lake, NY, Flavor Café, Troy, NY and The Paper Sparrow, Troy, NY

2005-07             The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY, Community Inclusion Program

                         of ARC, Annual Exhibition

MEMBERSHIPS

• The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY
• Visions Gallery, Albany, NY