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Magdalen "Maggie" Abe
fine artist
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Exhibitions
2016 Off the Wall: a juried small works show. The Umbrella Arts Gallery, Concord, MA.
2015 Artifact. ArtSpace, Maynard, MA. Juried by Katherine French.
2014 Senior Show. Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME. Featuring the work of all Colby College senior art majors.
A Body of Work. Harlow Gallery, Kennebec Valley Art Association, Hallowell, ME. Juried by Joe Klofas, Tanya Fletcher, and Deborah Fahy.
New on the Scene. Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, New Hampshire Art Association, Portsmouth, NH. Juried by Brett X. Gamache and Brian Chu.
Student-Teacher Exhibition. Common Street Art Gallery, Waterville, ME.
Career-related Experience
Collections Intern for Vertebrate and Invertebrate Paleontology Departments
Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology
Cambridge, MA
September 2014-January 2015
Curatorial Intern
Colby College Museum of Art
Waterville, ME
February 2013-May 2014
Lunder Consortium for Whistler Studies Curatorial Intern
Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C.
Summer 2013
Publications
Whistler and the World: The Lunder Collection of James McNeill Whistler. Essay contribution. Colby College Museum of Art. November 2015.
Trevor Paglan's "Last Pictures." The Lantern, Colby College Museum of Art blog. October 2014. LINK.
Almost Perfect: Maud Franklin and Whistler's Wistful Impressions. Bento, Freer|Sackler Gallery blog, Smithsonian Institution. July 2013. LINK.
Education
May 2014. B.A. Studio Art. B.A. Biology. Cum Laude. Colby College, Waterville, ME.
Volunteering
Newsletter & Membership Chair
Friends of the Acton Arboretum, Inc.
Acton, MA
2015-present.
Testimonials
"Magdalen Abe’s beautifully painted Heirlooms not only portrays artistic skill, but also comments upon the underlying premise of the show itself—that artifacts are vitally important to us as a culture and worthy of being passed down."
-Katherine French, Artifact juror
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