Bridget Stewart

MARY BRIDGET STEWART

1988 M.F.A. University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 1986 M.A. University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

1982 B.A.E. University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 1981 B.F.A. University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

EMPLOYMENT

2005-Present: Adjunct Professor of Art, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS

2004: Art Faculty, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri Art Faculty, Community School of the Arts, Kansas City, Missouri

1991-2013: Master Teacher in Printmaking, Young Audiences, Kansas City, Missouri 1991-2002: Assistant Director, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, Missouri 1991-1993: Instructor, Printmaking, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, Kansas

1990-1999: Adjunct Faculty, Kansas City Kansas Community College, Kansas City, Kansas 1991-1992: Instructor, Drawing, Johnson County Parks and Recreation, Overland Park, KS 1988-1991: Substitute Teacher, Kansas City Missouri School District, Kansas City, Missouri 1986-1987: Instructor, Drawing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

1985-1987: Instructor, Drawing/Printmaking, Arts and Crafts Center, Iowa City, Iowa

AWARDS/GRANTS

2012: KC Inspiration Grant

1999: Charlotte Street Fund Award

1989: Kansas Arts Commission Technical Assistantship in Collaborative Lithography Project, Lawrence Lithography Workshop, Lawrence, Kansas

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2009-Present: Adjunct Liaison: JCCC Art Department

2005-2010: President, Hand Print Press, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri 2007: Steering Committee: Southern Graphics Council Conference; “Points, Plots and Ploys”, Kansas

City, Missouri

2006: Juror, Blue Valley School District Art Exhibit and Awards, Blue Valley, Missouri

2004: Truman Medical Center/KC Young Audiences Art Program Board, Kansas City, Missouri Panel: Art & Communication, Central High School, Kansas City, Missouri

2003-2004: KC Young Audiences Teacher’s Advisory Board, Kansas City, Missouri 1999: Juror, Columbia Art League’s Art Fest ‘99, Columbia, Missouri

Selection Committee: UMKC/Hand Print Press Scholarship Awards, Kansas City, Missouri Lecture/Demonstration: Children’s Day at the Nelson, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

1998: Lecture: Inked in Time, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

1995-2002: Printmaking Workshops, MLK Day Festivities, Harmony Center, Kansas City, Missouri 1994-1998: Chair: Gallery Crawl for AIDS Awareness, Kansas City. Missouri

1994:    Juror, Boone County National Bank’s 12th Annual Exhibition, Columbia, Missouri 1993:    Juror, Scholastic Art Awards, Kansas City, Missouri

1992: Chair: 9th Annual Benefit Art Auction, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, Missouri 1986-1988: Juror, Fine Arts Council’s Thieves Market, Iowa City, Iowa

SELECTED EXHIBITION PARTICIPATION

2015 Bookends: Lewis Art Gallery, Jackson, MS; Juried Exhibit, Benjamin D. Rhinehart, Professor of Printmaking, Lawrence University, Juror

HPP New Portfolio Exhibition: UMKC Gallery of Art, Kansas City, MO; Group Exhibit Exquisite Corpse: Wallace Engineering, Kansas City, MO; Group Exhibit Urban/Suburban: Epstein Gallery, Overland Park, KS; Invitational Exhibit,

April Watson, Curator of Photography, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Curator

2014 FlatFile Project 2014: Block Art Space, Kansas City, MO; Invitational Group Exhibit 2012 FlatFile Project 2012: Block ArtSpace, Kansas City, MO; Invitational Group Exhibit 2011 Hand Print Press at 15:KU Medical Library Gallery, Kansas City, MO; Group Exhibit

Images Au Natural: VALA Gallery, Mission, Kansas: Invitational Exhibit

2010 What We’ve Sown, What We’ve Grown, What We’ve Gathered: VALA Gallery, Mission, Kansas: Solo Exhibit

FlatFile Project 2010: Block ArtSpace, Kansas City, MO; Invitational Group Exhibit

2009 (S) edition: Prints as Activism: Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids Michigan; Juried Group Exhibit

Hand Print Press at 15: Nerman Museum of Art, Overland Park, Kansas; Curated Group Exhibit, Bruce Hartman, Director Nerman Museum of Art, Curator

Garden of Earthly Delights: Billington Library, Overland Park, Kansas; Solo Exhibit

2008 Hand Print Press Selected Works: Kaw Valley Arts, Kansas City, Kansas; Group Exhibit

FlatFile Project 2008: Block ArtSpace, Kansas City, MO; Invitational Group Exhibit

2007 UMKC National Print Exhibit: UMKC Gallery of Art, Kansas City, Missouri; Juried Exhibit: Melissa Rountree, Curator, Hallmark Collection, Juror

Hand Print Press Portfolio Selections 1991-2006: KU Med Center Dykes Library, Kansas City, Missouri; Group Exhibit

Duets: a Collaboration of Artists and Writers: American Century Headquarters, Kansas City, Missouri; Group Exhibit

Hand Print Press Portfolio Selections 1991-2006: Central Exchange, Kansas City, Missouri; Group Exhibit

Here and Now: Kansas City Regional Prints: Michael Cross Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri; Group Exhibit

2006 Liberty and Security In a Post 9-11 World: Pool Art Center Gallery of Drury University, Springfield, Missouri; Juried Exhibit, Peter Clothier, Juror

Duets: a Collaboration of Artists and Writers: UMKC Gallery of Art, Kansas City, Missouri; Group Exhibit

Perilous Peridea : Billington Library at Johnson County Community College. Overland Park, Kansas; Solo Exhibit

2005 FlatFile Project 2005: Block ArtSpace, Kansas City, MO; Invitational Group Exhibit

American Prints in Troubled Times: Cairo, Egypt and Lincoln, Nebraska; Juried Exhibit, Karen Kunc, Prof of Printmaking, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Juror

Goodbye to Hollwood: Bellevue University Gallery, Bellevue, Nebraska; Invitational

2004 Abstract 8: Merriam Gallery, Merriam, Kansas; Invitational Group Exhibit

FlatFile Project 2004: Block ArtSpace, Kansas City, MO; Invitational Group Exhibit

2003 10 Years of Handprint Press, UMKC Gallery of Art, Kansas City, Missouri; Group Exhibit

Stewart/Thompson: Digital Arts Gallery, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas; Two-Person Exhibit

Civil Rights/Human Rights: Kim Kirk Arts, Richmond, Virginia; Group Exhibit

2002   Open Studios 2002: New Works Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri; Group Exhibit

2001 Flat File Project 2001: Block Artspace, Kansas City, Missouri; Invitational Group Exhibit

Road Show: St. Louis Art Guild, St. Louis, Missouri; Juried Exhibit: Jessica Rowe, Curator, Des Moines Art Center, Juror

2000   Open Studios 2000: New Works Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri; Group Exhibit

Collateral Damage: Massman Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri; Solo Exhibit

Working in Kansas City/Charlotte Street Award Winners: Block Artspace, Kansas City, Missouri; Group Exhibit; Rachell Smith, Director, Block Artspace, Curator

1999   Both are Naked: None are Safe: Joseph Nease Gallery, Kansas City, MO; Solo Exhibit

Designer ShowHouse: Kansas City, Missouri, Group Exhibit

Fourth Portfolio/Hand Print Press: Michael Cross Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri; Group Exhibit

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Raymond and Patsy Nasher Private Collection American Century Collection, Kansas City, MO

Kansas City Power and Light Collection, Kansas City, MO Kirkwood Community College, Kirkwood, IA

KU Medical Center Collection of Art, Kansas City, MO Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS

Sprint Corporation Collection, Overland Park, KS Stowers Institute Collection, Kansas City, MO Consulate of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand University of Iowa Collection, Iowa City, IA

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Hand Magazine Fall 2016 and Spring 2017

Handprint Press at 15 Nerman Museum Exhibit: UMKC Press, 2009

10 Years: Charlotte Street Foundation: Charlotte Street Foundation, 2007 Making Prints, Review Spring 2007

Handprint Press 10th Anniversary Portfolio: UMKC Press, 2003

Art Exposed: A Guide to Kansas City Open Studios: K C Artists Coalition, 2002 Show + Tell: Potpourri Publications, 2000                        

Charlotte Street Fund winners, get funds, encouragement: Kansas City Star, May 1999 Show shares angst, alienation, loss: Kansas City Star, July 1997

Remembers: Forum, November/December 1995

Bridget Stewart in the Jacqueline B. Charno Gallery: Forum, Nov/December, 1995 Muse’s War: Pitch Weekly, June 1994

Bridget Stewart at the Unity: Forum, June 1992 Bridget Stewart, Monoprints: Forum, January 1992 Sometimes Risk Pays Off: Forum, July/August, 1991 Seeking Inner Connections: Kansas City Star, 1990