Background
Conant, Patricia Carol was born on October 8, 1939 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of George Bernard and Bernice Jessica (Smith) Madsen.
Conant, Patricia Carol was born on October 8, 1939 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of George Bernard and Bernice Jessica (Smith) Madsen.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Massachusetts College Art, 1961. Master of Fine Arts, Tufts U./Boston Museum School, 1962.
; 1 daughter, Tara. Art teacher Boston Public Schools, 1962-1964, Woburn (Massachusetts) High School, 1968-1969. Member faculty Westfield (Massachusetts) State College, since 1969, professor printmaking, since 1977.
Group shows include: Massachusetts Council Arts and Humanities, Boston, 1967, 12th-22d Annual Boston Printmakers Exhibitions, 1962-1970, 23d Annual Exhibition, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts (Purchase award), 1971, New York Public Library., 1972, Boston Center for Arts, 1972, 76, Connecticut Academy Fine Arts, Hartford, 1976, State University of New York, Potsdam, 1976, Silvermine (Connecticut) Guild Artists, 1976, Berkshire Art Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts (Graphics award.
Cain, Hibbard and Myers Purchase award), 1976, Worcester (Massachusetts) Art Museum, 1977, Connecticut Academy Fine Arts (prize for Graphics), 1978, Philadelphia Print Club, 1979, 32d Boston Printmakers National Exhibition, 1980, 4th Miami International Print Exhibition, Coral Gables, Florida, 1980, Silvermine Guild Artists, 1980, Walkey Gallery, Lincoln, Massachusetts, 1982, Wenniger Gallery, Boston, 1982, New England Print and Pot exhibition Newport Art Museum, 1985, Beth El 63d Exhibition, 1987, Printworks Exhibition, Greenfield, Massachusetts, 1988, Society of America Graphic Artists 63d National Print Exhibition, 1989, University Massachusetts, Worcester, 1990, Academy Artist Association, 1990, G.W.V.S. Museum, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1990, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, Connecticut, 1990, University Hartford, 1991, Museum Fine Arts, Springfield, 1991, Springfield Art League, 1992, Schenectady (New York ) Museum, 1992, Associate Artists Gallery, Winston Salem, North Carolina, 1992, Connecticut Academy Fine Arts (painting award 1992), Allied Artists of America, Incorporated, New York York City, 1992, Holyoke (Massachusetts) Heritage State Park Museum, 1992, Somerstown Gallery, Somers, New York, 1992, Academy Artists Association, Springfield, 1993, Albany Museum, 1993, Arts Alive Galleries, Springfield, 1993, Chadron State College, Central College, Pella, Iowa, 1994, Albany Print Club, 1995, Westfield State College, 1995, Art Institute Permian Basin, 1996, Day Six Gallery, North Adams, Massachusetts, 1997/98. One-woman shows include Westfield Atheneum, 1997.
Atlantic Center for the Arts (associate artist), 1994, Finalist 1% Arts Washington, District of Columbia and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, American Print Survey, Plainview, Texas, 1999, The Boston Printmakers Black and White Exhibition, Boston, Massachusetts, 1999, "Consanguinity", mother/daughter Exhibition (Tara Conant), Springfield, Massachusetts, 2000, "Small Works", Attleboro Museum, Massachusetts, 2000, "Women Printmakers", University Central Arkansas, 2001, New England Watercolor Society Exhibition, Marblehead, Massachusetts, 2001, Northeast Juried Exhibition, Springfield Art League, Massachusetts, 2000-2002, Massachusetts Mutual Finance, Springfield, 2004, Westfield State College Faculty Exhibition, Massachusetts, 2004, Center for Contemporary Printmaking International Print Exhibition, 2005, Albany Print Club, Cooperstown, New York, 2005, Danforth Museum Art, Massachusetts, 2006, Cape Cod Art Association, Barnstable, Massachusetts, 2006, Patrons Exhibition, Gloucester, Massachusetts, 2006, 10th Biennial North America New England Watercolor Society Exhibition, Gloucester, 2006. Association member exhibition Northshore Art Association Gloucester, 2007.
Mural commissioned for Charles A. Gallagher Terminal, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1983.
Mural Westfield District Courthouse, Massachusetts, 1985. Mural Baystate Medical Complex, Springfield, 1987, Bench Design "ButtStop ART" SBID & PVTA, Springfield, Massachusetts, 2003. Represented in permanent collections: New York Public Library, DeCordova Museum, Library of Congress, University Pittsburgh, Pine Manor Junior College, Newton, Massachusetts, State Saint Bank, Boston.
Author (book): Broadsides.
(poems) by Robert Doctorate"Amato, 1966, Shawmut Bank Baystate Medical Complex.
Member faculty Westfield (Massachusetts) State College, since 1969, professor printmaking, since 1977. Member Boston Printmakers, Springfield Art League, Atlantic Center for the Arts (associate 1990), Albany Print.
Married Ronald Conant, September 2, 1962 (divorced 1969).