Marjorie Meyers Graham, M.A.

5040 Arbor Lane, #301
Northfield, IL 60093

Tel: 847.446.3522
Fax: 847.446.7554
Email: womanplace@aol.com
www.marjoriegraham.com

Professional Career:

Author and Illustrator:

• The Archetypal Myth of Demeter & Persephone: A Story for Mother & Daughter Celebrations, A Woman's Place Production, 2007

Watercolor Basics and Watercolor Creativity instructor:

• Peninsula Art School, Fish Creek, WI
• North Shore Senior Center, Northfield, IL
• Ludington Area Center for the Arts, Ludington, MI
• Women's Exchange, Winnetka, IL
• The Scarlet Macaw Arts Center, Sawyer, MI
• Temple Judea Mizpah, Skokie, IL

Women's Studies Lifelong Learning seminar leader:

• West Shore Community College, Ludington, MI 2010
• Women's Exchange, Winnetka, IL
• Lawrence University's Bjorklunden Seminars, Baileys Harbor, WI
• A Woman's Place Seminars, New Buffalo, MI

Sample course titles: Women and Creativity, A Scholarly Look at the Female Divine, A History of Second Wave Feminism, The Creation of Patriarchy

Owner/Director - A Woman's Place retreat center, New Buffalo, MI, 1995-2000

College Instructor in English, Humanities and Women's Studies, 1972-1995

• Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL, 1979-1996
• Northwestern University College guest instructor, Evanston, IL, 1995
• William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, IL, 1989-1995
• Barat College, Lake Forest, IL, 1990-1991
• Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA, 1978-1979
• Middlesex Community College, Bedford, MA, 1973-1977
• Massasoit Community College, Brockton, MA, 1972-1973

Education:

• M.A., 1972 (English and American Literature), Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
• B.A., 1968 (English), University of Texas, Austin, TX
• 1964-1966, Duke University, Durham, NC
• Certificate, 1965 (French), Duke Study Abroad, Univ. of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Fine Arts Education

• University of Texas at Austin – design and art history
• Aegean School of Fine Arts, Paros, Greece – drawing, painting, photo & weaving
• Art School of the Aegean, Samos, Greece – landscape painting
• Palette & Chisel, Chicago, IL – watercolor

Honors:

• 2007 Judge for Friends of Wilmette Library Art Exhibition, Wilmette, IL
• 2007 Judge for Chicago Senior Artists Exhibition, Northfield, IL
• 2004 Artist in Residence, The Women’s Exchange, Winnetka, IL
• 2003 Scholarship recipient, The Palette and Chisel Art Academy, Chicago, IL
• 1999 Appearance on CNN’s “All About Women”
• 1973 Green Key Award for best faculty, Massasoit Community College, Brockton, MA

Volunteer Work:

• Board of Directors, Artistic Circles, Wilmette, IL, 1994-present
• Board of Directors, Wilmette Arts Guild, Wilmette, IL, 2000-present
• Board of Directors, The Women’s Exchange, Winnetka, IL, 1983-1991; 2000-2006
• Member, Duke University Council on Women’s Studies, Durham, NC, 1994-2000
• Docent, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1992-1998

Gallery Representation:

• The Red Door, Ludington, Michigan
• The Scarlet Macaw, Sawyer, Michigan
• Rosie’s Restaurant, New Buffalo, Michigan
• H. Marion Gallery, Glenview, IL

Selected Exhibition Participation:

• “SASI,” Senior Action Services Inc., Evanston, IL
• Gallery 107, Acorn Theater, Three Oaks, MI
• Galerie Z’Art, Les Cerqueux sous Passavant, France
• OMMA Gallery, Chania, Crete, Greece
• WomanMade Gallery, Chicago, IL
• Palette and Chisel Gallery, Chicago, IL
• Friends of Wilmette Library Juried Exhibition, Wilmette, IL

Current Membership in Artists’ Organizations:

• Transparent Watercolor Society of America, North Shore Art League, Wilmette Arts Guild and Ludington Area Center for the Arts