Education
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 1941; honorary BFA 1996
Art Student's League, New York, NY
Stanley William Hayter's Atelier 17, New York, NY
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Positions
Distinguished Professor of Art, Radford University, Radford, VA 1997-99
Board of Trustees, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD 1996-99
Board of Trustees, Maitland Art Center, Maitland, FL 1996-99
Art in Public Places Committee, Broward Cultural Affairs Council, June 1993-June 1994
Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow 1986-94
Visiting Committee, Fine Arts, Lehigh University, PA 1981-83
Visiting Artist, Radford University, Radford, VA 1981-83
Director, "Art and the Community" Institute, Human Relations Center, New School for Social Research, New York, NY 1977-83, "Art and the Community" Institute, Maryland Institute, College of Art 1980
Originator of the course "Functioning in the Art World", Human Relations Center, New School for Social Research, New York, NY 1975-82
Board member, Women's Caucus for Art 1975; Women in the Arts 1974-75; Artists Representing Environmental Art 1978; Clayworks 1978-79
Chairperson, Fine Arts Committee, International Women's Art Festival 1975
Co-coordinator, Women's Interart Center, New York, NY 1973-76
Artist in Residence, Women's Interart Center, New York, NY 1972; New School for Social Research, New York, NY 1977
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Honors
The Alice Baber Art Fund, Inc. Grant Award 1990
Doctor of Pedagogy, Niagara University, Niagara Falls, NY 1990
Doctor of Fine Arts (Honoris Causa) Caldwell College, Caldwell, NY 1976
Women of Distinction Award, Birmingham Southern College, Birmingham, AL 1987
Allied Professions Award, Virginia Society, The American Institute of Architects, Richmond, VA 1986
Distinguished Alumni Award, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD 1983
Outstanding Services Award, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, AR 1983
Governor's Arkansas Travelers Award 1983
Outstanding Woman of Virginia, Faculty Women's Caucus, James Madison University, VA 1981
City of Fort Wayne, IN, received the Mayor's Certificate of commendation and the key to the city, 1979
City of Roanoke, VA received the Mayor's Certificate of Recognition and the key to the city, 1977
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Solo Shows
Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC 2000
Arts On Douglas, New Smyrna Beach, FL 2000
Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston, MA 1999
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL 1999
Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA 1999
Monty Stabler Gallery, Birmingham, AL 1999
Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, Fl 1998
Broward Community College, Pembroke Pines, FL 1998
Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC 1997
Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach, FL 1995
Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1995
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 1995
Moore County Arts Council, Southern Pines, NC 1995
Corbino Galleries, Sarasota, FL 1995
Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC 1995
Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL 1994
Monty Stabler Gallery, Birmingham. AL 1994
St. John's Museum of Art, Wilmington, NC 1993
Zone One Contemporary, Asheville, NC 1993
Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA 1993
Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens, West Palm Beach, FL 1993
New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ 1993
Monty Stabler Gallery, Birmingham, AL 1992
Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ 1992
Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC 1992
University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR 1991
Fordham University, New York, NY 1991
Corbino Galleries, Sarasota, FL 1991
Wade Wilson Gallery, Chicago, IL 1991
Broward Community College, Pembroke Pines, FL 1991
Ann Jaffe Gallery, Bay Harbor Island, FL 1990
Monty Stabler Gallery, Birmingham, AL 1990
Jaffe-Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL 1990
South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts, Greenville, SC 1990
Sound Shore Gallery, Stamford, CT 1989
Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1989
Gallery West, Los Angeles, CA 1989
Corbino Galleries, Sarasota, FL 1987
Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC 1988
Interart de St. Amand, New York, NY 1988
Corbino Galleries, Sarasota, FL 1987
Sheila Nussbaum Gallery, Millburn, NJ 1986
Gallery West, Los Angeles, CA 1986
Gallery Ninety-Nine, Bay Harbor Island, Fl 1986
Associated American Artists, New York, NY 1986
Dolly Fiterman Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 1986
Images Gallery, Toledo, OH 1986
Montpelier Cultural Art Center, Laurel, MD 1986
Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL 1985
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 1985
Reynolda House Museum, Winston-Salem, NC 1985
Meredith Contemporary Art, Baltimore, MD 1985
Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD 1985
Gallery 756, Flint, MI 1985
Gallery One, Fort Worth, TX 1984
Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC 1984
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 1984
Meredith College, Raleigh, NC 1984
Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX 1984
Fordham University, New York, NY 1984
Academy of the Arts, Easton, MD 1984
Gallery West, Los Angeles, CA 1983
Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY 1983
University of Tennessee, Knoxvile, TN 1983
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE 1983
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD 1983
Adelphi University, Garden City, NY 1983
Roanoke College, Salem, VA 1983
St. Mary's College, Winoa, MN 1983
Gallery One, Fort Worth, TX 1982
The Squibb Gallery, Princeton, NJ 1982
The Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL 1982
Fontana Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1982
Notre Dame College, Baltimore, MD 1982
Meredith Contemporary Art, Baltimore, MD 1981
Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC 1981
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 1981
Interart de St. Amand, New York, NY 1981
University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR 1981
Caldwell College, Caldwell, NJ 1980
Deacon Gallery, Wilmington, NC 1980
Virginia Miller Gallery, Coral Gables, FL 1980
Fordham University, New York, NY 1979
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 1979
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN 1979
New School for Social Research, New York, NY 1979
Maurice M. Pine Free Public Library, Fairlawn, NJ 1979
Sawhill Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 1978
Fells Point Gallery, Baltimore, MD 1978
E. P. Gurewitsch Works of Art, New York, NY 1978
University Art Gallery, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 1977
Miller and King Gallery, Coral Gables, FL 1977
Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ 1977
Aaron Berman Gallery, New York, NY 1977
ERPF Cultural Center, Arkville, NY 1977
Fordham University, New York, NY 1976
New School For Social Research, New York, NY 1976
Caldwell College, Caldwell, NJ 1976
Foote, Cone & Belding, New York, NY 1976
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA 1976
New York University, New York, NY 1976
Ames Gallery, New York, NY 1975
New York University, New York, NY 1975
Women's Interart Center, New York, NY 1973
New York University, New York, NY 1971
New York University, New York, NY 1970
Columbia University, New York, NY 1970
Juliette Gordon Gallery, New York, NY 1967
Gertrude Stein Gallery, New York, NY 1966
State Theatre of Virginia, Abingdon, VA 1965
Sullins College, Bristal, VA 1965
Museum of Contemporary Art, Lima, Peru 1963
St. Mary's College, Columbus, OH 1963
Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL 1963
Fine Arts Museum, Roanoke, VA 1963
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA 1962
Fenster Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany 1962
Schramm Art Galleries, Fort Lauderdale, FL 1962
Miami Museum of Modern Art, Miami, FL 1962
Battelle Institute, Columbus, OH 1962
Barzansky Gallery, New York, NY 1960
The Gallery, Miami, FL 1959
The Cherry Lane Theater, New York, NY 1947
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Solo Happenings and Events
"Library Environment; A Visual Reference," George Bolge, curator, Mercer Community College, Trenton, NJ 1990
"Ritual '71," New York University's Special Events Series, New York, NY 1971
"Flag Show," Gertrude Stein Gallery, New York, NY 1966
"Light and Motion," Champagne Gallery, New York, NY 1965
"Made in the USA," Gertrude Stein Gallery/Champagne Gallery, New York, NY 1965
"American Way of Death, " (with Sam Goodman) Champagne Gallery, NY, NY 1964
"Children's Environments," The Third Room, Juliette Gordon Gallery, New York, NY 1963
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Theater Design
Sculptural set executed by the artist for "Fruhlingssymphonie," a ballet choreographed by Dennis Nahat to Schumann's "Spring Symphony," Cleveland Ballet. Cynthia Gregory's debut with the Cleveland Ballet, 1986
Sculptural set executed by the artist for "Summerscape," a ballet in three movements choreographed by Dennis Nahat to "Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major," Cleveland Ballet, 1982
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Group Shows
"Art in the Garden," Walt Disney World, Epcot Center, Orlando, FL 1998
"Shattering The Southern Stereotype," Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, Farmville, VA 1998
Wilton Library, Wilton, CT 1998
"In Three Dimensions: Women Sculptors of the ‘90s," Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY 1995
"Dreams," Monty Stabler Gallery, Birmingham, AL 1995
"A Sense of Place," Zone One Contemporary, Asheville, NC 1994
"Night and Day," Monty Stabler Gallery, Birmingham, AL 1994
"Methods and Materials in Contemporary Sculpture" Columbus Museum,Columbus, GA 1993
"Stars of Florida," Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL 1992
"Children in Crisis, A Benefit Exhibition," Lorence Monk Gallery, New York, NY 1991
"South Florida Invitational; George Bolge Selects," Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 1991
"Inaugural Awards to Women in the Fine arts," sponsored by the Alice Baber Art Fund, Inc., Helander Gallery, New York, NY 1991
"Direction and Diversity: Sanin/Gillespie," Lafayette Museum of Art, Lafayette, IN 1990
"Exhibition: En Plein Air," Baltimore, MD 1990
"American Women Artists, The Twentieth Century," Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN 1990
"ARTluminium," La Maison Alcan, Montreal, Canada 1989
"The Community as Planner," Municipal Art Society Gallery, New York, NY; Interart de St. Amand Gallery, New York, NY 1988
"Art Today," Penn State/Ogontz Campus, Abington, PA 1988
"Art in Fashion/Fashion in Art," Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, New York, NY. Curated by Richard Martin. Traveled for two years to museums in the USA and Canada 1987
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL 1986, 1991
"New Directions in Sculpture" Full House, Kingston, NJ 1986
"Paper Routes," Somerhill Gallery, Durham, NC 1986
"Prints by Women," Associated American Artists, New York, NY 1986
"Multiscale Sculpture," Interart de St. Amand Gallery, New York, NY 1985
"Artist's Christmas," First Texas Council of Campfire, Fort Worth, TX 1985, 1988
"Holiday Showcase" Sheila Nussbaum Gallery, Millburn, NJ 1985
Bradley University, Peoria, IL 1985
"Ordinary and Extradinary Uses" curated by Rose Slivka, catalogue, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY 1984
"Invitational" Meredith Contemporary Art, Baltimore, MD 1983
Meredith Contemporary Art, Baltimore, MD 1983
Gallery One, Fort Worth, TX 1983
Philadelphia College of Art Invitational, Philadelphia, PA 1983
Inaugural Permanent Collection Exhibition, Radford University, Radford, VA 1983
Eve Mannes Gallery, Atlanta, GA 1982
Greater Reston Art Center, Reston, VA 1982
First Women's Bank, New York, NY 1982
Boca Raton Art Center, Boca Raton, FL 1982
Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD 1980
Fordham University, New York, NY 1979
University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR 1979
"Thirteen Mini-Retros," Aaron Berman Gallery, New York, NY 1978
"Selections from the Art Dealers Association of South Florida, Museumof Art, Fort Lauderdale, Fl 1978
Adelphi University, New York, NY 1978
Marymount College, New York, NY 1978
Michael C. Rockefeller Art Center, Fredonia, NY 1977
Iran American Society, Teheran, Iran 1977
"Refractions, Reflections," Fort Lauderdale Museum of the Arts, Fort Lauderdale, FL 1977
"Walk Through Art," Douglas College, New Brunswick, NJ 1976
Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC 1976
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY 1976
U.S.I.S. Cultural Center, Nairobi, Kenya 1975
"Walk Through Art," Battery Park, New York, NY 1974
"Walk Through Art," Central Park, New York, NY 1974
New York Cultural Center, New York, NY 1974
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 1974
"Unmanly Art," Suffolk Museum, Long Island, NY 1972
Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA 1963
"Critics Choice," International Design Centre, Miami, FL 1963
Fort Lauderdale Museum of the Arts, Fort Lauderdale, FL 1962
"Hort Memorial Exhibiton," Fort Lauderdale Art Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL 1962
` "Third Annual Purchase Award Show," The Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL 1962
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Group Happenings and Environments
"Artvance...An Evening of Events," Women's Interart Center, New York, NY 1974
"Artvance...An Evening of Events, New York University, New York, NY 1973
"Erotic Garden," Women's Interart Center, New York, NY 1973
"People Factory," C.W. Post College, Long Island, NY 1973
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Commissions on Public View
"Oval Garden," 15’ x 5’ x 8" wall sculpture, Mayo Clinic’s Albert Lea Medical Center, Albert Lea, MN 1999
"Sky Castles," 24’ tall, free-standing exterior sculptures, Epcot Center, Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL 1999
"Encircled Path to the Enchanted Castle," 62’ x 18’ x 18’, City Administration Parking Garage, Orlando, Fl 1998
"Color and Shadow III," 12’ x 9’ x 4’, Camp Venture, Sparkill, NY 1997
"The Golden Flames," 50" x 18" x 18", Camp Venture, Sparkill, NY 1997
"Wind Song," 15' 10 3/4" x 15' 1 3/4" wall sculpture, Norwest Bank, Rochester, MN 1995
"Wind Chimes," 8' x 11' x 1 1/2", wall sculpture, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 1994
"Aerial Concerto," 8'5" x 12'9" x 1 1/2", wall sculpture, Art Serve, Fort Lauderdale, FL 1994
"Forms in Space = Concerto," 15'9 1/2" x 14'3" x 1 1/2", Sprint, Inc., Wake Forest, NC 1994
"Mountain Ribbon," 15' x 8", Warren Wilson College, St. Clair guest house, Asheville, NC 1993
Created sculptural centerpiece for presentation of the USA Culinary Team in Luxembourg (headquartered at Walt Disney World) Orlando, FL 1990
"Colorfalls," 43' x 10' x2', installed in the lobby of the Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts, Wilmington, NC 1990
"Color and Forms in Flight," Fort Lauderdale Airport, Delta Terminal, 12'2" x 22'2"; 40 painted aluminum squares, Fort Lauderdale, FL 1989
Lincoln Center/List Art Posters, edition: handscreened posters, New York, NY 1989
Lincoln Center/List Art Posters, 72 free-standing sculptures, New York, NY 1989
The Boulders II, two-story interior wall sculptures, Richmond, VA 1988
"Through the Looking Glass," 23' x 23', exterior wall sculpture, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL 1988
"Joyful Noise, #5," 5' x 14', interior wall sculpture, St. Marks School, Dallas, TX 1988
"Rain Dancer's Dream," 73" x 60", interior wall sculpture, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL 1988
IBM, two-story interior wall sculpture, Thornhill, NY 1987
F. D. Rich, Stamford, CT 1987
"Launched Ribbon," 15' high, exterior free-standing sculpture, Lafayette Museum of Art, Lafayette, IN 1985
Rowe Development Corporation, 32' x 14' x 10', suspended sculpture, Research Triangle Park, NC 1985
Adaron Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC 1985
Fritz-Sessler Corporation, Dallas, TX 1985
Center-in-the-Square, five-story interior wall sculpture, Roanoke, VA 1985
Maryland Institute, College of Art, 36' x 22', interior facade, mixed media, Baltimore, MD 1985
Lincoln Center/List Art Posters, edition: handscreened posters, New York, NY 1984
Lincoln Center/List Art Posters edition: free-standing sculptures, New York, NY 1984
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Conference Center, Little Rock, AR 1983
United States Mission to the United Nations, fountain sculpture, New York, NY 1981
Miami Public Library, Miami, Fl 1978
HUD Project, 96' frieze, North Miami, FL 1979
Buchman Wall, 9' x 60' mural for tennis court, FL 1978
Ann Lee Associates, 50' x 50' mural, Court House Square, Roanoke, VA 1979
City Wall, Houston and Mercer Streets, New York, NY 1975
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Articles and Reviews
Jamie Beckett. "A Moment With Dorothy Gillespie." P’an Ku, Broward Community College, Fall 1998
Harriet Little. The Roanoke Times, Horizon, March 22, 1998
Kevin Kittredge. The Roanoke Times, March 27, 1998
Jeanne Johnson. RU, the magazine of Radford University, May 1997
Art Calendar, Westover, MD, February 1995
Karen Neustadt. Orlando Weekly, September 6, 1995
Frederick Kaimann. The Birmingham News, February 13, 1994
James R. Nelson. The Birmingham News, February 13, 1994
Dale Neal. Asheville Citizen-Times, December 19, 1993
"Artist Donates Sculpture." Wilmington Star-News, December 5, 1993
Mark Morrison. Roanoke Times & World News, December 4, 1993
Tamara Drew. This Week Magazine, December 1-7, 1993
Carole Currie. Asheville Citizen-Times, November 9, 1993
Helen L. Kohen. Miami Herald, July 18, 1993
Dale Neal. Asheville Citizen-Times, July 18, 1993
Joan Altabe. Sarasota Herald-Tribune, March 10, 1991
James R. Nelson. Birmingham News, October 7, 1990
Lynn Duvall. Birmingham News, October 14, 1990
Deb Richardson-Moore. Greenville News, July 4, 1990
Hunter Kome. Wilmington Star-News, March 3, 1990
Helen L. Kohen. Miami Herald, December 25, 1988
Blue Greenberg. Durham Morning Herald, April 22, 1988
Mike Allen. Richmond Times-Dispatch, June 5, 1988
S. C. White. Sarasota Independent, February 21, 1987
Joan Altabe. Sarasota Herald- Tribune, February 15, 1987
Kevin Dean and Kay Kipling. The Longboat Observer, 1987
Thyrza Jacobs. Pelican Press, February 12, 1987
Richard Martin. Arts Magazine, October, 1986
Boris Nelson. The Blade, March 6, 1986
Mary Harbough. The Instructor, August, 1986 (cover photo)
Helen L. Kohen. The Miami Herald, May 9, 1986
Leslie Judd Ahlander. The Miami News, May 23, 1986
Patricia Malarcher. New York Times, June 29, 1986
Eileen Watkins. Sunday Star Ledger, June 27, 1986
Tommy Harrison. The News Journal, July 16, 19886
Jeff Debell. Roanoke Times & World News, August 8, 1985
Jinny Apple. Triad Woman, February, 1985
"Centered Celebration," Roanoke Times & World News, October 13, 1985
Bill Veselik. The News Journal, May 3, 1984
David Shirley. New York Times, January 13, 1983
Phyllis Braff. New York Times, March 23, 1983
Eileen Watkins. Sunday Star Ledger, January 16, 1983
Sally Harris. Roanoke Times & World News, January 14, 1983
Ann Weinstein. Roanoke Times & World News, January 23, 1983
Alexandra de Lallier. Woman’s Art Journal, Fall 1982 / Winter 1983
George S. Bolge. Woman’s Art Journal, Fall 1982 / Winter 1983
Helen L. Kohen. Miami Herald, October 10, 1982
Roger Hurlburt. Fort Lauderdale News & Sun Sentinel, October 10, 1982
Heidi S. Tuby. Boca Raton News, April 2, 1982
Virginia Rembert. Arts Magazine, 1982
Theodore F. Wolff. Philadelphia Inquirer, January 10, 1982
Judy Linscott. New York Sunday News, 1982
Virginia Rembert. Society for the Fine Arts Review, Winter, 1982
Ann White. Sunrise Pine Bluff Commercial, December 12, 1981
James R. Nelson. Birmingham News, October 25, 1981
William C. Ennis. The Crimson White, October 16, 1981
Virginia Pitts Rembert. Arts Magazine, October, 1981
Ron Lowe. Fort Worth Star Telegram, August 21, 1981
Charles Horton. The Chapel Hill Newspaper, May 3, 1981
Charles Horton. The Chapel Hill Newspaper, April 26, 1981
Sandy Miller Hays. Arkansas Democrat, March, 1981
Elizabeth Stevens. The Sun, 1981
Helen Kohen. The Miami Herald, November 30, 1980
Robert Hetherington. The Star Ledger, October 12, 1980
Cathy Taylor. Wilmington Star-News, September 7, 1980
Gabrielle Wise. The Baltimore Sun, June 16, 1980
Sylvia Fishbach-Braden. Aura, 1980
Michael E. Kampen. Charlotte Observer, March 23, 1980
Joan Kleinman. The Metropolitan, February, 1980
Clayworks, Clayworks Studio Workshop, New York, January, 1980
John Krushenick. Fort Wayne News Sentinel, May 10, 1979
Roxanne Mueller. Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, April 27, 1979
Terry Rubenstein. The Baltimore Sun, July13, 1979
Richard Huntington. Buffalo Courrier Express, November 4, 1979
Bill Branche. Niagara Gazette, October 28, 1979
Argil Schock. Fort Wayne Sentinel, April 25, 1979
Connie Trexler, Fort Wayne News Sentinel, April 14, April 30, May 4, 1979
Natalie Edgar. Art World, January, February, 1978
Natalie Edgar. Arts Magazine, February, 1978
Lawrence Alloway. The Nation, September 23, 1978
Grace Clueck. New York Times, July 14, 1978
Shubert Jonas. Fort Lauderdale News, March 13, 1977; February 12, 1978; August 20, 1978
John Perrault. Soho Weekly News, August 31, 1978
Jerry Tallmer. New York Post, January 28, 1978
Margaret Pomphret. Arts Magazine, January 1978
John Lewis. New York Daily News, July 16, 1978
David Shirey. Arts Magazine, November, 1977
David Shirey. New York Times, January 21, 1979; January 30, 1977
Ann Weinstein. Roanoke Times, April 10, 1977; November 14, 1976
Ellen Edwards. Miami Herald, March 11, 1977; March 25, 1977; April 30, 1978; January 29, 1978
Mary Vaugh. Arts Magazine, January, 1977
Sandra Langer. WQA Newsletter, FL, May/June 1977
Rachel Koff. Fort Lauderdale News, May 18, 1977
Trudy Wills. Roanoke Times, March 19, 1977
Eileen Watkins. Star Ledger, January 19, 1977; April 9, 1976
Phyllis Derfner. Art International, March/April, 1976
Eric Frye. Review, Fordham University, March, 1976
Diana Lercher. Christian Science Monitor, April 12, 1976
Vera Goodman. New Directions for Women, Summer 1976
Janet Culbertson. Women in the Arts Newsletter, February, 1976
Steve Panny. The Paper, Fordham University, April 29, 1976
Henry Marx. Die Kunst, Germany, 1975
Mona Davince. Soho Weekly News, October 23, 1975
Natalie Edgar. Dorothy Gillespie, catalogue, 1975
Ricki Fellman. New York Daily News, November 14, 1975
Jane Bell. Arts Magazine, May, 1975
Anna Quindlen. New York Post, August, 1974
Doris Bingham. Bethlehem Globe, November 15, 1974
Harriet Lyons. Ms. Magazine, July, 1973
Alfred E. Clark. New York Times, October 2, 1966
Pricilla Young. Roanoke Times, October 2, 1963
Stan Tupler. Miami Hurricane, University of Miami, 1962
Margaret Breuning. Arts Magazine, October, 1960
Doris Reno. Miami Herald, December 13, 1959; May 28, 1961; May 6, 1962; April 29, 1962
Nellie Bower. Miami News, September 14, 1958
Nancy Taylor. Miami News, February 8, 1956
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Articles by Dorothy Gillespie
"Professionalism and the Woman Artist," Women's Studies and the Arts, senior editor, Elsa Honig Fine 1979
"Overcoming Barriers: Special Problems of the Woman Artist in the South," The Southern Quarterly, Spring, 1979
"Professionalism and the Woman Artist," Feminist Collage, editor, Judy Loeb, 1979
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Catalogues
Dorothy Gillespie, Paintings and Sculpture, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 1995
Dorothy Gillespie, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR 1991
Dorothy Gillespie, Corbino Galleries, Sarasota, FL 1991
ARTluminum, Alcan, Montreal, Canada, 1989
Dorothy Gillespie, Corbino Galleries, Sarasota, Fl 1988
Dorothy Gillespie, Sculptured Paintings, Musuem of Art, Fort lauderdale, FL 1982
Modern and Contemporary Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, NY 1981
Ten Years of Public Art, Public Art Fund, Inc. New York, NY 1982
Dorothy Gillespie, Ferguson Gallery, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 1981
Dorothy Gillespie, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR 1981
Dade County Art Tour, Art in Public Places, Fl 1979
Energy, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR 1980
Dorothy Gillespie, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN 1979
Sculpture in Color, AREA, New York, NY 1978
Art Dealers Association of South Florida, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, 1978
Papier, Summit Art Center, Summit, NJ 1977
WQA, Cuny Graduate Center, NJ 1977
Refractions/Reflections, Fort Lauderdale Museum, FL 1977
Paper, Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center, Fredonia, NY 1977
Women Painters and Poets, VAC, New York University, New York, NY 1977
Art Today, USA, Iran American Society, Teheran 1977
Four Artists, Fenderick Gallery, Washington, DC 1976
Visual Artists Coalition, New York Univesity, New York, NY 1976
Dorothy Gillespie, Women's Interart Center, New York, NY 1975
Works on Paper, Brooklyn, Women in the Arts, New York, NY 1975
Works in Progress, Women's Interart Center, New York, NY 1974
Women Choose Women, New York Cultural Center, New York, NY 1974
Catalogue, Instituto De Arte Contemporaneo, Lima, Peru 1963
Dorothy Gillespie, Fort Luderdale Museum of the Arts, Fort Lauderdale, FL 1963
Dorothy Gillespie, Miami Museum of Modern Art, Miami, FL 1962
Six South Florida Abstract Artists, Lowe Museum, University of Miami, Miami, FL 1960
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Films and Tapes
Gerald McCarthy. "Color, Form, and Space," 30-minute video documentary, Radford University Foundation 1999
Gerald McCarthy. "Sculptured Paintings," 30-minute video documentary 1990
Gerald McCarthy. "First of May," 30-minute video documentary, WBRA Public Television, Roanoke, VA 1984
"Much More Than Meets the Eye," video tape interview by Curry at the Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL 1982
"A Holiday Festival," video tape of exhibition at the Squibb Gallery, Princeton, NJ
Rikki Ripp. "Dorothy Gillespie in Her Studiio," 1/2" b/w video tape, 17 minutes
Dorothy Beskind. "Dorothy Gillespie," 16mm. film, color
"Woman in Her own Right," 1/2" b/w video tape, Africa 1976
"Womanland," 1/2" video tape of Dorothy Gillespie exhibition, b/w
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Films, Tapes and Interviews by Dorothy Gillespie
Founder, Women Artists Historical Archives of the Women's Interart Center, New York, NY 1973. Films and taped interviews include: Audrey Flack, Buffie Johnson, Marcia Marcus, Betty Parsons, Howardina Pindell, Faith Ringold, Alice Neel, Alma Thomas, Jeanne Reynal, Helen Aylon, Nell Blaine, Minna Citron, Lila Katzen, Lynda Benglis, Alice Baber, Lilly Brody, Sari Dienes and Jan Gelb.
"Dorothy Gillespie Show" Radio Station WHBI, New York, NY 1967-73
"The Pope" 16mm. film 1966
"The Flag" 16mm. film 1965
"Made in the U.S." 16mm. film 1965
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Group Shows Conceived and Curated by Dorothy Gillespie
"Games," Women's Interart Center, New York, NY 1974 included: Howardina Pindell,Marcia Marcus, Lil Picard, Betty Parsons, Regina Bogat, Susan Weil, Vivian Wechter, Elsie Asher, Alice Baber, Pat Mainardi, Julie Lomoe, Barbara Zucker, Nina Yankowitz, Minna Citron, Rikki Ripp, Helen Soreff, Ann Gillen, Sylvia Sleigh, Nancy Spero, Ruth Chai Vodicka, Ce Rosner, Seena Donneson, Alice Neel, Natalie Edgar, Dorothy Gillespie, and Anita Steckel.
"Women Artist' Sketch Books," Women's Interart Center, New York, NY 1978 Included: Helen Aylon, Alice Baber, Isabel Bishop, Nell Blaine, Lilly Brody, Mina Citron, Sari Dienes, Lilly Ente, Audrey Flack, Mary Frank, Jan Gelb, Dorothy Gillespie, Anita Steckel, Buffie Johnson, Yvonne Jacquette, Lila Katzen, Elaine De Kooning, Marcia Marcus, Betty Parsons, Howardina Pindell, and Joyce Wienstein.
"Women Artists Paint Women Artists," Virginia Miller Gallery, Miami, FL 1978; Living Gallery, North Cross School, Roanoke, VA included: Elaine de Kooning, Marcia Marcus, Dorothy Gillespie, Alice Neel, Lilly Brody Selina Trieff, Pat Mainardi, Rosalyn Drexler.
"Artist Choice," Clayworks Gallery, New York, NY 1979, included: Alice Neel, Nancy Selvage, Richard Buncamper, Marisol, Joyce Weinstein, Ron Gallas, Marlyn Dinenfass, Clinton Hill, Joe Stallone, Joellen Hall, Mike Aschenbrenner, Addie Herder, Barbara Schwartz, Dorothy Gillespie, Ken Leveson, Peter Voulkos, Cathy Billian, George Mason, Joe Upham, Susan Kay, Susan Peterson, Jim Stephenson, Yiannes, Betty Klavun, David Hare, Richard Yelle, Susan Weil, Philip Pavia, Richard Shaw, Ka Kwong Hui, Jack Beal, Jolyn Hofsted, Terry Rosenberg, Bernie Kirschenbaum.
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Visiting Artist
Radford University, Radford, VA 1995
Dominican College of San Rafael (Visiting Woodrow Wilson Fellow) San Rafael, CA 1993
Warren Wilson College (Visiting Woodrow Wilson Fellow) Asheville, NC 1992
New England College (Visiting Woodrow Wilson Fellow) Henniker, New Hampshire 1990
Beaver College (Visiting Woodrow Wilson Fellow) Glenside, PA 1990
Davis and Elkins College (Visiting Woodrow Wilson Fellow) Elkins, WV 1989
Susquehanna Univeristy (Visiting Woodrow Wilson Fellow) Selinsgrove, PA 1988
St. Catherine College (Visiting Woodrow Wilson Fellow) St. Paul, MN 1987
The Governor's School, Radford University, Radford, VA 1986
Birmingham-Southern College (Visiting Woodrow Wilson Fellow) Birmingham, AL 1985
Reynolda House Museum, Winston-Salem, NC 1985
Radford University, Radford, VA 1985
Asheville Museum of Art, Asheville, NC 1984
Meredith College, Raleigh, NC 1984
Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Tx 1984
Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD 1983
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Lectures
"The Art of Dorothy Gillespie," The Fine Arts Society of Sarasota, Fl 1996
"The Art of Dorothy Gillespie," The Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL 1996
"The Art of Dorothy Gillespie," Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL 1996
The Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach, FL 1995
"Looking Back for the Future," Artist Equity, New York, NY 1994
"Issues in Focus: Artists Thinking Critically About Society," New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ 1993
Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN 1993
Washington & Lee University, Lexington, VA 1993
Flossie Martin Gallery, Radford University, Radford, VA 1991
Broward Community College, Pembroke Pines, FL 1991
Women's Caucus for Art, national conference, panelist, Washington, DC 1991
South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts, Greenville, SC 1990-
Gibbes Art Museum, Charleston, SC 1990
Tri-State Sculpture's Guild Conference, keynote speech, Radford University, Radford, VA 1990
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC 1989
"Women's Issues in the Arts," University of Montevalto, AL 1988
John Hopkins University, panelist, career symposium, Baltimore, MD 1987
"Women and Art," The College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN 1987
"Women in Art:Accomplishment and Opportunities," Thomas Center Gallery, Gainsville,FL1987
Montepelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, MD 1986
"What's Happening to Women in the Visual Arts?," Reynolda House, Winston-Salem, NC 1985
University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 1985
College of St. Teresa, Winona, MN 1985
Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL 1985
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL 1985
Adelphi University, Garden City, NY 1985
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 1985
"Vassarely," panel moderator, New School for Social Research, New York, NY 1984
Woodstock Art Association, Woodstock, NY 1984
92nd Street YMHA, New York, NY 1984
Meredith College, Raleigh, NC 1984
Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC 1984
University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 1983
Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX 1983
Abilene Fine Arts Museum, Abilene, TX 1983
The Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL 1982
Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX 1982
Broward College, Hollywood, Fl 1982
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 1982
"Three Artists-Three Dimensions," College of Notre Dame, Baltimore, MD 1982
Fine Arts Festival, Wilmington, NC 1982
"Professionalism," SEWCA, Gainesville, FL 1980
University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR 1981
"Arts Administration: Issues and Problems," Salem College, Winston-Salem, NC 1980
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 1979
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 1979
Artemis Festival, Roanoke, VA 1977, 1978, 1979
Niagara University, Niagara Falls, NY 1979
Fort Wayne Museum, Fort Wayne, IN 1979
Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
Maurice M. Pine Library, Fairlawn, NJ 1978
Women's Caucus for Art, Los Angeles, CA 1977
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA 1976
Fordham University, New York, NY 1976
New York University, New York, NY 1975
"Women and Art," Eisenhower Hall, U. S. Military Academy, West Point, NY 1975
Sullins College, Bristol, VA 1965
Fort lauderdale Museum, Fort Lauderdale, FL 1963
Ohio Dominican College, Columbus, OH 1963
Lowe Museum, University of Miami, Miami, FL 1962
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