Background
Adams, Pat was born on July 8, 1928 in Stockton, California, United States. Daughter of Roy Alanson and Minerva Matilda (Smith) Adams.
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Great exhibition catalog / pamphlet featuring the Modern art collection of Mary E. Johnston. 8 black and white illustrations of works of art from the collection - Surrealism, Cubism, Fauves. Illustrated artists include: Picasso, Mattise, van Gogh, Modigliani, Chagall, Arp and other artists. Includes exhibit checklist. Softcover catalog / pamphlet.
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Adams, Pat was born on July 8, 1928 in Stockton, California, United States. Daughter of Roy Alanson and Minerva Matilda (Smith) Adams.
Bachelor, University California, Berkeley, 1949. Student, California College Arts and Crafts, 1945. Student, Chicago Art Institute, 1947.
Student, Brooklyn Museum Art School, 1951.
Member art faculty Bennington College, Vermont, 1964-1993. Visiting critic of painting School Art Yale University, New Haven, 1971-1972, 76, 79, 82-83, Yale-Norfolk, Connecticut, 1987, visiting professor painting fall semesters 1990-1995. Visiting lecturer Queens College, New York City, 1972.
Member visiting faculty Rhode Island School of Design, 1980. Visiting artist University Iowa, 1976, University New Mexico, 1978, University Western Kentucky, 1978, Columbia University, 1979, Cornell University, 1984, Mills College, California, 1987, Rhode Island School of Design, 1989, University Massachusetts, Amherst, 1989, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1992, Vermont Studio Center, 1986, 94, 97, 98, 99, 00. Artist-in-residence Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1994.
Visiting critic Vermont College, 1995. Lecturer Marlboro College, Vermont, 1995. Colloquium Douglas College, Rutgers University, 1995.
Member College Art Association Panel, 1996, Silvermine Guild Institute for Visual Artists, 1997, Massachusetts College of Art, 1997, 99, National Academy of Design panel, 2000.
(Great exhibition catalog / pamphlet featuring the Modern ...)
One-woman shows Zabriskie Gallery, New York City, biannually since 1954, Williams College Museum of Art, 1972, Rutgers University Art Museum, 1978, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, 1979, Columbia Museum Art and Science, South Carolina, 1982, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1982, Haggin Museum, Stockton, California, 1986, University Virginia, 1986, New York Academy of Sciences, 1988, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, 1988, Addison-Ripley Galleries, Washington, 1988, Pat Adams Paintings 1968-1988, Berkshire Museum, 1988-1989, Jaffe Friede Strauss Galleries Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1994, Tarrant Gallery Flynn Performing Arts Center, Burlington, Vermont, 2001. Exhibited in group travelling show New England Art Now. Group shows at Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey, Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1981, Boston Museum Fine Arts, 1982, Museum Fine Arts, Houston, 1982, University Hawaii-Hilo, 1983, Lehigh University, 1983, Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia, 1983, Hassam Purchase Fund of America Academy and Institute Arts and Letters, 1983, 85, 89, Maryland Institute College Art Meyerhoff Gallery, 1986, Yale School Art Faculty, 1950-1990, Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York City, 1990, Brattleboro Art Center, 1991, 99, Webb-Parsons Gallery, Burlington, Vermont, 1991, Williams College Art Museum, Massachusetts, 1991, Bennington College Usdan Gallery, Vermont, 1993, Zabriskie, Paris, 1992, National Academy Museum, New York City, 1992, 93, 94, 95, Associated American Artists Gallery, New York City, 1993, Art in Embassies Program, Mexico City, 1994-1997, Berne, Switzerland, since 1996, Jane Vorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Jersey, 1994-1995, A&A Gallery, Yale School of Art, 1995, American Academy Arts and Sciences Invitational Exhibition, 1996, Beth Urdang Gallery, Boston, 1997, Rider University Art Gallery Lawrenceville, New Jersey, 1997, Silvermine Guild of Art Center, 1998.Middlebury College Art Museum, 1999, University Rhode Island, Kingston, 2000, Decordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts, 2000.
Member Yaddo Foundation, since 1972, board directors, 1980-1996, vice chairman, 1985-1988. Trustee Vermont Council for Arts, 1977-1981, Williamstown Regional Art Conservation Laboratory, 1985-1986. Fellow Vermont Academy Arts and Sciences.
Member College Art Association (board directors 1986-1990, Distinguished Teaching of Art award 1984), National Association Women Artists (honorary vice chairman 1992), National Academy (associate 1992, academician 1993, 170th annual exhibition 1995 Andrew Carnegie prize for painting), Vermont Council on the Arts (Governor's award for Excellence in the Arts 1995), Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Epsilon.
Married Vincent John Longo, April 21, 1951 (divorced 1969). Children: Matthew Adams, Jason Rice. Married R. Arnold Ricks III, June 24, 1972.