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MARCIA R. SMILACK, PhD,
Reflectionist




PO Box 63
Menemsha, MA 02552
USA
508-693-8253


EDUCATION

                             
PhD With Distinction, English Literature
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1979


BA With Distinction In Major (English)
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 1971


SPECIAL RECOGNITION IN PHOTOGRAPHY
(A PARTIAL LIST)

IN BOOKS:


2009    Wednesday Is Indigo Blue by Dr. Richard Cytowic and Dr. David Eagleman, MIT Press

2008    Synaesthesia: A “Golden Thread” Through Life? Edited by Alexandra Dittmar

2008    Synästhetisches Design by  Michael Havercamp, Hanswer Publisher

2007    The Hidden Sense by Dr. Cretien van Campen, MIT Press

2006    The Neurobiology of Painting: Essay, “Neurology, Synaesthesia & Painting” Amy Ione

2002    Blue Cats and Chartreuse Kittens by Patricia Lynn Duffy, Times Books

1990    Dreams: 1900 – 2000: Science, Art and the Unconscious Mind, Ed. Lynn Gamwell,

                   Cornell University Press


IN DOCUMENTARY FILMS:


1994         "The Meaning of Dreams," Produced by Linda Harrar, Discovery Channel

2002         "Chroma," by Carrie Schultz

2002          "I Hear With My Eyes," by Richard Skidmore

2007          "Mirai No Hosoku" (translation "Uncharted Territory"), The East Company, Tokyo, Japan

2007          "Vineyard View," Interview With Ann Bassett,  for MVTV Television
 


IN MAGAZINE ARTICLES:


2008      Julliard Journal, "The Making of an Art Exhibition: A Curator's View," by Greta Berman

2008      Leonardo On-Line Reviews, "Synesthesia: Art and the Mind," by Amy Ione

2006      Vineyard Style, "Wondrous Water works: The Mindful Music of Photographer  Marcia Smilack,"

              by John Budris

2006      Seed Magazine, "The Most Beautiful Painting You've Ever Heard,” by Virginia Hughes

2003      Daily Camera, "Seeing Red," by Lisa Marshall

1999      Vineyard Home & Garden, "Double-Takes: The Dancing Light of Marcia Smilack’s Photo

              Surrealism," By Jib Ellis       

1996      Art & Antiques Magazine, Summer Issue


IN NEWSPAPERS:


2008    Vineyard Gazette, "Hockney, Van Gogh, Meet Marcia Smilack," by Holly Nadler

2007    Connecticut Post (and Associated Press), "The Sound of Photos," by Brandie Jefferson

2007    The Tampa Tribune, "Picture A World Where Senses Collide," by Michael Winter

2006    Vineyard Gazette, "Reflectionist Marcia Smilack Pictures The Sounds of the Sea," by

          Rachel
Nava Rohr

2003    Colorado Camera, "Hearing Red," by Lisa Marshall

1997    The Martha’s Vineyard Times, "Marcia Smilack’s Camera Sees Double," by Jacqueline

                  Sexton



IN RADIO INTERVIEWS:

2007   "Weekend America," A Different Sense of Things Produced by Kara Oehler & Ann Heppermann    

2008    "Fashionista's Corner," Blog Radio


LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS:


McMaster University
Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behavior
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
7th Annual Conference
American Synesthesia Association
September 26-28, 2008
Lecture: "What Does A Metaphor Look Like?"


Wellesley College
Vision and Art
Professor Bevil Conway's Class
2008


University of South Florida
St. Petersburg, Florida
6th Annual National Conference,
American Synesthesia Association
Lecture: "The Language of Synesthesia"
2007


The School for Visual Arts
ATOA: Artists Talk About Art Series
Lecture: "Synesthesia & Perception"
New York City, NY
2006


Department of Clinical Psychiatry & Psychotherapy
Hanover Medical School
Hanover, Germany
2nd International Conference on Synaesthesia
Lecture: "Synesthesia in My Photography"
December, 2006


University of Texas
Houston Medical School
Houston, Texas
  5th Annual National Conference
American Synesthesia Association
Lecture:  "When A Window Is Also A Mirror"
2005


College Art Association
Annual Meeting
Atlanta, Georgia
Lecture: "Synesthetic Sonar Between Artist and Archetype:
                Photographic Proof That The Universe Is Dreaming"
2005


Institute of Cognitive and Brain Sciences
University of California
Berkeley, CA
  4th Annual National Meeting
American Synesthesia Association
Lecture: "The Singing Arches"
2004


The Rockefeller Institute
Neurogenetics Laboratory
New York City, New York
3rd Annual National Conference
American Synesthesia Association
Lecture: "Weekends are Taller than Weekdays"
2003


Synergy Design Center
Vineyard Haven, MA
With Readings By Poet Rose Styron
  & Author Patricia Duffy
Lecture: "Synesthesia Afternoon"
2003


Authors Series,
Bunch of Grapes Bookstore
Vineyard Haven, MA
Lecture: "How Synesthetes Color Their World"
with A Reading by Author, Patricia Lynn Duffy
from her book Blue Cats and Chartreuse Kittens
2002


Feather  Stone Center For The Arts
Oak Bluffs, MA
Lecture: "Dreams, Synesthesia and Photography"
2000


Feather Stone Center For the Arts  
Oak Bluffs, MA
Lecture: "How I Write"
1999


Yale University
The Pierce Laboratory
New Haven, Connecticut
Lecture: "How I Used Synesthesia
To Teach Myself Photography"
1999


Martha’s Vineyard Hospital
Oak Bluffs, MA
  Lecture:
  "Synesthesia: What Is It?"
1999


Harvard University
Graduate School of Landscape Design
Cambridge, MA
Lecture: "How I See In Reflection"   
1999


Martha’s Vineyard Garden Club
West Tisbury, MA
Lecture: "Reflections by Marcia Smilack"
1998


IN PERMANENT COLLECTIONS:


JFK University
Santa Cruz, CA

Martha's Vineyard Historical Society
Edgartown, MA


IN GALLERIES AND EXHIBITIONS

(A Partial List)


The Yard, Chilmark, MA
The X-Gallery, Nantucket, MA
The Starr Gallery, Newton, MA
Chilmark Library, Chilmark, MA
Field Gallery, West Tisbury, MA
Gay Head Gallery, Aquinnah, MA
Cobalt Gallery, West Tisbury, MA
Gallerie Oceanna, Edgartown, MA
Firehouse Gallery, Oak Bluffs, MA
Dragonfly Gallery, Oak Bluffs, MA
Wooden Tent, Vineyard Haven, MA
Granary Gallery, West Tisbury, MA
The Garden Club, West Tisbury, MA
Chicamoo Gallery, West Tisbury, MA
Hebrew Center, Vineyard Haven, MA
Synergy Design, Vineyard Haven, MA
Thaw Malin Gallery, West Tisbury, MA
Luce House Gallery, Vineyard Haven, MA
IMPACT Safety Programs, Columbus, Ohio
Ottens Sargent Gallery, Vineyard Haven, MA
Martha's Vineyard Film Festival, Aquinnah, MA
Kelly House, A New Leaf Exhibit, Edgartown, MA
Annual Family Planning Exhibition, West Tisbury, MA
Association for Dreaming Conference, Santa Cruz, CA
Philadelphia Art Show Children’s Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
The Feather Stone Meeting house For The Arts, Oak Bluffs, MA


RELATED EXPERIENCE
Member of the Chilmark Cultural Council, Chilmark, MA


RECENT EXHIBITS

McMaster University Art Museum
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Synesthesia: Art and the Mind
Curated by Greta Berman and Carol Steen
September 18 - December 15, 2008

This exhibition examines the impact of Synesthesia on visual art. It features the art of the known synesthetes David Hockney, Joan Mitchell, Marcia Smilack and Carol Steen; and the works by artists thought to be Synesthetic, Charles Burchfield, Tom Thomson, Wassily Kandinsky and Vincent Van Gogh.


James Schot Gallery Photo Studio
Sublime Distractions
2800 N Federal Highway, Suite A
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33306, USA
April 18 -June 14, 2008


Installation of Mural-size Images
Normandy Realty
281 Summer Street
Boston, MA
September 2007


Sail Martha's Vineyard Holiday Artwork
Sail MV Office
Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts
2006-07


Solo Exhibition:
 Curated by Suzanne Ryan

 "Synesthetic Art by Marcia Smilack"
Enchanted Garden Conservatory of Ar
Ridgefield, Connecticut
September 28 - October 9, 2006


"Water-Inspired Images by Marcia Smilack"
Dragonfly Gallery
91 Dukes County Avenue
Oak Bluffs, Masschusetts
September 1 - 9, 2006


Solo Exhibition:
 "Reflections by Marcia Smilack"
Featherstone for the Arts at the Pebble Building
Oak Bluffs, Masschusetts
July 30 - August 1, 2006


"Artists Share Their Visions"
Special Guest Moderator, Marcia Smilack
A Stone's Poem by Margi Gillis & Paola Styron
The Yard Performing Artist Dance Colony
State Road, Chilmark, Massachusetts
Summer, 2006


WRITING & PUBLISHING EXPERIENCE


LITERARY CRITICISM

The Luso-Brazilian Review
"Opposition and Interchange: Resolution Through Persona In Tabacaria By Fernando Pessoa"
By Marcia Smilack
1973

 

  JOURNALISM

    Metro/View Section, The Los Angeles Times
    Magazine Cover Stories, Sunday Boston Herald
    Magazine Cover Story, Sunday Boston Globe

 MAGAZINE FEATURE STORIES


    On Cable Magazine
    Vineyard Magazine
    Martha’s Vineyard Life
    Cape Cod Life Magazine
    Boston Globe Newspaper


BOOK REVIEWS

Boston Globe, Sunday Book Section
Boston Herald American, Sunday Book Section


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Creative Writing, Boston Center for Adult Education, Boston, MA
Visiting Professor of Journalism, Brown University, Providence, RI
Teaching Assistant, Brown University, Department of English, Providence, RI
English Literature and Writing, Boston College Evening College, Chestnut Hill, MA
English Literature and Writing, Boston College, Department of English, Chestnut Hill, MA