The Art and Science of Barbara Page

Biography

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

EDUCATION

• Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Master of Fine Arts, 1975
• Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA

SELECTED LECTURES/TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Guest speaker/critic, Rochester Institute of Technology. January 2010
• Guest speaker, Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Annual Conference, Ithaca College. July 2008
• Guest speaker, Saltonstall Foundation Art Salon, Ithaca, NY. January 2006
• Guest lecturer in "Art, Archaeology, and Analysis" at Cornell University, Spring 2003
• Guest lecturer in "Mind and Memory: Explorations of Creativity in the Arts and Sciences," at Cornell University, Spring 1999 and 2002
• Visiting Critic, Art Department, Cornell University, Spring 1994
• Instructor, Art Department, Cornell University, 1977-1980

PUBLICATIONS

• Page, Barbara. Review of Rapture of the Deep by Ray Troll. American Paleontologist. Vol. 13. 2. Spring 2005.
• Page, Barbara and Warren Allmon. " Rock of Ages, Sands of Time:" The University of Chicago Press, 2001

MAJOR COMMISSION

• Rock of Ages, Sands of Time, a permanent installation of 544 painted panels at the Museum of the Earth, Ithaca, NY, completed in 2003

EXHIBITIONS

• 2009 "Missing the Forest for the Trees," Museum of the Earth, Ithaca, NY
• 2009 "After the Origin," Olin Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
• 2005 "Ancient History," Kendal at Ithaca, Ithaca, NY
• 2004 "Vantage Point," The Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
• 2004 "Natural History," Upstairs Gallery, Ithaca, NY
• 2002 "Rock of Ages, Sands of Time," Carleton College,Northfield, MN
• 2001 Pioneer Gallery, Cooperstown, NY
• 1999 "Rock and Rill," Museum of the Earth, Ithaca,NY
• 1997 Lamoreaux Landing, Lodi, NY
• 1996 Massoni Sommer Gallery, Chestertown, MD
• 1995 Upstairs Gallery, Ithaca, NY
• 1995 Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
• 1994 Conservatory of Fine Arts, Trumansburg, NY
• 1993 "Natural Disasters," Pioneer Gallery, Cooperstown, NY
• 1992 Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
• 1990 New Visions Gallery, Ithaca, NY (also 1988)
  
• 1988 "The Art of Assemblage," Gallery 53, Cooperstown, NY
• 1987 Chenango County Arts Council, Norwich, NY
• 1985 New Acquisitions Gallery, Syracuse, NY
• 1985 "Waterworks," Upstairs Gallery, Ithaca, NY
• 1984 "The Io Suite," Gallery 53, Cooperstown, NY
• 1984 "Changes in Latitude," Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY
• 1983 Noel Butcher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
• 1981 "Jungles and Other Gardens," Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
• 1980 Wells College, Aurora, NY
• 1980 Suzette Schochet Gallery, Newport, Rhode Island (also 1978)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• 2009 Regional Juried Exhibit, State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY
• 2009 "beyondWORDS," Long Island Beach Foundation, Loveladies, NJ
• 2009 "6x6x2009," Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
• 2009 "Wish You Were Here 8," A.I.R Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
• 2009 "Night," Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
• 2008 "Made in New York," Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY
• 2008 The Working Relationship, TempSpace, Ithaca, NY
• 2008 "If There Were No Clouds," Gallery at Leidenfrost, Hector, NY
• 2008 "Awakenings," Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
• 2008 "6x6x2008," Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
• 2007 "Color," Syracuse Technology Garden, Syracuse, NY
• 2007 Ink Shop Artists, 171 Cedar Arts Center, Corning, NY
• 2006 "Watercolor USA: 2006," Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
• 2006 "Print Matters," Johnson Art Museum, Ithaca, NY
• 2005 "Altered Books," curated by Buzz Spector. Tompkins County Public Library, Ithaca, NY
• 2005 Invitational, State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY (also 1994-2004)
• 2004 Art Bar Artists, Gallery at 110 Cayuga, Ithaca, NY
• 2003 “Annual Holiday Exhibit,” Oxford Gallery
• 2003 The Ink Shop Associates Exhibit, Elmira College
• 2002 "In the Present Tense," Oxford Gallery, Rochester (1995-2001)
• 1996 Watercolor USA: 1996, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
• 1995 "Flora and Fauna," Pioneer Gallery, Cooperstown, NY
• 1995 "Inside---Outside," Upstairs Gallery, Ithaca, NY
• 1994 "Esperienze in devenire," Palinuro, Italy
• 1992 "The Sketchbook: Keeper of Ideas," Sibley Library, Cornell University
• 1991 "Representations," Helio Gallery, 588 Broadway, NYC
• 1991 Rochester Finger Lakes Juried Exhibition, Rochester, NY (also 1988)
• 1991 "Nature Morte," Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
• 1990 "Three Painters," George Waters Gallery, Elmira College, Elmira,NY
• 1990 Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY (also 1989)
• 1988 Everson Biennial, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
• 1987 "Art on Campus," Amerika Haus in Cologne, Hamburg, Munich,and Stuttgart, Germany
• 1987 New Acquisitions Gallery, Syracuse, NY
• 1986 "Corporations Collect," Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware
• 1983 43rd Annual Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
• 1982 "Nature Transformed," Anderson Gallery, VCU, Richmond, VA
• 1980 National Watercolor Society Traveling Exhibition
• 1979 National Watercolor Society Exhibition, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California
• 1979 Cornell Art Faculty, Johnson Museum, Ithaca, NY (also 1978)
• 1978 Harcus Krakow Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
• 1976 "Four Painters," Middendorf Gallery, Washington, DC
• 1975 MFA Drawings, Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

• 2008 New York Foundation for the Arts MARK Program
• 2006 Samuel O. King Award, Watercolor USA:2006, Springfield Art Museum, MO
• 2003 NYSCA Museum Education Grant for “Rock of Ages” CD
• 2002 Arts in Education Grant from Community Arts Partnership, Tompkins County, NY for "Fossil Prints," Enfield Elementary School
• 2001 NY Foundation for the Arts/ Empire State Program—Artists in the Schools
• 1999 Special Opportunity Stipend, NYFA and Upper Catskill CCA (and 1993)
• 1997 Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County Artist Fellowship
• 1985 Fellowship at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (also 1986)
  
• 1983 Allison Memorial Prize, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
• 1979 Gallery de Silva Award from the National Watercolor Society

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

• AETNA
• Barnes and Noble
• Borg Warner
• Burlington Northern
• CIGNA
• Cornell University
• Domine Co., Rochester, NY
• Patrick Gallagher, Washington, DC
• Family Medicine of Trumansburg
• Hospital Corp. of America
• IBM, Albany, NY and Endicott, NY
• InterFirst Banks
• Ithaca Tompkins Transit Center
• Medical Center of Delaware
• Mobil, NYC and Rochester, NY
• NYNEX
• Northern Telecom
• Philadephia Life Insurance Co.
• Property Capital Trust, Boston, MA
• Readers Digest
• University of Rochester
• Southeast Banks
• Tampax
• Texas Commerce Bank
• Tompkins Trust Company
• Towers Perrin, NYC

SELECTED REVIEWS AND ARTICLES

• New York Times, "A Family Gallery, Claws and All." Photo essay on Rock of Ages, Sands of Time project, June 6, 2000
• Chronicle Review, "Boneyards of Conception." Endpaper with artwork and excerpts from Rock of Ages, Sands of Time , p. B18-19. July 6, 2001
• Ithaca Times,"Time Frames." Review of Rock of Ages, Sands of Time by Pamela Goddard. August 1, 2001
• New Scientist, "Friezing Time." Review of Rock of Ages, Sands of Time by Roy Herbert. p. 49. August 11, 2001
• Cornell Magazine, "Time Flies: 544 Million Years, 1 Big Picture," p. 29. September 2001
• Nature,Vol. 413, p. 18, September 6, 2001
• American Scientist, Review of Rock of Ages, Sands of Time by Philip and Phylis Morrison, p. 556-557, November-December 2001.
• Scientific American, Editor’s Favorites, January 2002
• Ithaca Times, "Visions of the Past." Interview by Pamela Goddard. September 2003
• Architectural Record, Article on the Museum of the Earth with photos of Rock of Ages, Sands of Time by James. S Russell, p. 112-117, January 2004
• Ithaca Times, "Aerial Wonders." Review by Jamie Saine. June 2006
• Ithaca Times, "Organic Abstractions." Review by Arthur Whitman. October 29, 2008
• The Sandpaper, "An Art That Binds Comes to LIBF." Review by Pat Johnson. June 19, 2009

INTERVIEWS

• The University of Chicago Press. Written interview with visual sequences from Rock of Ages, Sands of Time: Interview with Barbara Page
• Interview with Dorian Devins, The Greenroom. WFMU, New York City. July 16, 2001.
• WSKG-TV, Binghamton, NY. "Our Rocks and Rolling Hills." December 2001
• Interview with Tish Pearlman, Out of Bounds. WEOS, Geneva, NY. 2008.

ARTIST AFFILIATIONS

• The Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY since 1988
• The Drawing Center, New York, NY. Viewing Program since 2007
• The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY. Artist member since 2007

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Tompkins County Public Library, Board of Trustees, 2004-2009
  • Long Range Planning Committee, co-chair, 2006-2008
  • Library Services and Public Policy Committee, 2004-2009
  • Art Acquisitions Committee, chair, 2004-2009
• Artist Associate, The Ink Shop/Olive Branch Press, 2002-2006
• Cornell Plantations, Advisory Board, 2000-2006
• Ulysses Philomathic Library, Board of Trustees 1998-2002
  
• Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins Co., Board of Trustees 1998-2000
• Trustee and Fire Commissioner, Village of Trumansburg, NY 1994-1996
• Tompkins County Environmental Management Council, 1990-1994
• SCUBA certification, 1980
• Glider rating, 1973
• Private pilot's license 1970
• Member of the Cascadilla Boat Club 1978-