MARY BETH ATKINSON
DESIGN AND FABRICATION

EXPERIENCE

• Museum Maintainer: Carpentry Shop 1988-1994
• Assistant Museum Maintainer: Carpentry Shop / Lamp Shop 1985-1988
• Lighting Designer: Group Exhibition, Special Exhibition Galleries, 1987.
• Associate Lighting Designer: Lila Acheson Wallace Wing, 1987.
• Associate Lighting Designer: New Japanese Galleries, 1986.
• Retail Sales: 1984-1985

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Designer / Fabricator : Archival storage system for oil paintings on paper, 1994
Exhibition Designer : Group Exhibition, St. Ignatus Loyola, Wallace Hall, New York, New York. 1993.
Exhibition Designer : Group Exhibition, St. Ignatus Loyola, Wallace Hall, New York, New York. 1991.
Set Designer / Carpenter : “Tickets Please” Studio Theater, New York, New York. 1990
Set Designer / Carpenter : “America the Beautiful” Love Creek Productions, Westbeth Theater. 1990.
Stage Designer : “Excerpts” Spaces Presentation, Lincoln Center, New York City, New York. 1990.
Designer / Fabricator : 10-foot diameter circular rigid support for artist Frank Stella, New York. 1989.
Lighting Designer : Group Exhibition, Lisa Musco Galleries, New York City, New York. 1987.

EDUCATION

BFA : Pratt Institute: Brooklyn, New York. Phi Beta Kappa. 1984
AA : Palm Beach Junior College: Palm Beach, Florida. Phi Beta Kappa. Fine arts. 1980.
Graduate coursework: Pratt Institute. 1984-1985.

CREATIVE ENDEAVORS

1975

• South Florida Fair and Exposition
  Palm Beach, Florida
  First Place : Drawing Category
  

• East Las Olas Blvd.
  Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
  Painting / Group Show
  

• South Florida Fair and Exposition
  Palm Beach, Florida
  Honorable Mention : Drawing Category

1980

• Palm Beach Community College
  Lake Worth, Florida
  One Woman Exhibition

1984

• Pratt Institute
  Brooklyn, New York
  One Woman Exhibition

1985

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  New York City, New York
  Special Exhibition Galleries
  Painting / Group Show

1986

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  New York City, New York
  The Cantor Galleries
  Painting / Group Show

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  New York City, New York
  New Japanese Galleries
  Associate Lighting Designer
  Principal Designer : Lamar Terry

1987

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  New York City, New York
  Special Exhibition Galleries
  Painting / Group Show

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  New York City, New York
  Special Exhibition Galleries
  Lighting Designer / Group Show

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  New York City, New York
  Lila Acheson Wallace Wing
  Associate Lighting Designer /LI>

• The Lisa Musco Galleries
  West 72nd Street
  New York City, New York
  Painting / Group Show
  Lighting Designer / Group Show

1989

• Spiegel-Horton Corporation
  New York City, New York
  Designer/ Fabricator
  Art Work by artist Frank Stella

1990

• Westbeth Theater
  New York City, New York
  “America the Beautiful”
  Love Creek Productions
  Set Designer / Carpenter

• Studio Theater
  New York City, New York
  “Tickets Please”
  Set Designer / Carpenter

• Lincoln Center
  New York City, New York
  Spaces Presentation
  “Excerpts”
  Stage Manager

• The Nat Horne Theater
  New York City, New York
  “The Hanging of Razor Brown”
  Love Creek Productions
  Designer / Carpenter

1991

• St. Ignatus Loyola : Wallace Hall
  Park Avenue, New York
  Painting / Group Show

• St. Ignatus Loyola : Wallace Hall
  Park Avenue, New York
  Painting / Group Show
  Exhibition Designer

1992

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  New York City, New York
  The Tisch Galleries
  Painting / Group Show

• Galleria El Bohio
  New York, New York
  Painting / Group Show

• St. Ignatus Loyola : Wallace Hall
  Park Avenue, New York
  Painting / Group Show

1993

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  New York City, New York
  The Tisch Galleries
  Painting / Group Show

• Galleria El Bohio
  New York, New York
  Painting / Group Show

• St. Ignatus Loyola : Wallace Hall
  Park Avenue, New York
  Painting / Group Show

1994

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  New York City, New York
  The Tisch Galleries
  Painting / Group Show

• Galleria El Bohio
  New York, New York
  Painting / Group Show

• St. Ignatus Loyola : Wallace Hall
  Park Avenue, New York
  Painting / Group Show
  Exhibition Designer

• The Roger Smith Gallery
  New York City, New York
  Painting / Group Show

• Palm Beach Community College
  Lake Worth, Florida
  Painting / Alumni Group Show