Background
Basquin, Mary Smyth was born on July 3, 1941 in New York City. Daughter of Joseph Percy and Virginia Sandford (Gibbs) Smyth.
Basquin, Mary Smyth was born on July 3, 1941 in New York City. Daughter of Joseph Percy and Virginia Sandford (Gibbs) Smyth.
Bachelor, Goucher College, Baltimore, 1963. Master of Arts, Indiana University, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy, Union Institute and University, Cincinnati, 2009.
Assistant director public relations Indianapolis Museum Art, 1971-1972. Director Washington Gallery, Frankfort, Indiana, 1972-1979, Indianapolis, 1977-1979, Kit Basquin Gallery, Milwaukee, 1981-1983. Curator education Haggerty Museum Marquette University, 1988-1995.
Director outreach Milwaukee Wisconsin Humanities Council, 1995-1998. Curator Marvin Lowe Retrospective, Indiana University Art Museum, 1998. Marketing William Doyle Galleries, New York City, 1999.
Exhibition manager William Doyle New York Galleries, 2000. Research associate Brooklyn Museum Art, 2000. Associate print study room Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City, since 2000.
Instructor art history Concordia University, Mequon, Wisconsin, 1991, instructor Marquette University, Gaza, 1996. President contemporary art society Milwaukee Art Museum, 1986-1987, prints and drawings subcommittee, 1991-1999, president Print Forum, 1996-1997. Member program committee Midwest Museum conference, Milwaukee, 1992, guest curator Gallery of College States Island, City University of New York, 2009-2010.
Guest curator Wording The Image, Sherman Gallery, School Visual Arts, Boston University, 2010, member Uptown Sound.
Trustee Ten Chimneys Foundation, Genesee Depot, Wisconsin, 1997-1999. Member advisory board Ten Chimneys Foundation, 2000-2001. Member alumnae board The Spence School, New York, since 2005.
Member University Club New York, University Club Milwaukee, College Art Assn, James Joyce Society.
Married Maurice Hanson Basquin, February 4, 1967 (divorced February 1984). Children: Susan, Peter Lee, William.
