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Home Galleries Artist Info Video Clips Synesthesia Calendar Contact Site Map Links Press Blog Exhibitions Researcher Reflections	Print Page MARCIA R. SMILACK, PhD, Reflectionist Photographer and Writer 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" ("Uncharted Territory"), The East Company, Tokyo, Japan 2007 "Vineyard View," Interview with Ann Bassett, 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 MAGAZINES: 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" by Kara Oehler and Ann Heppermann 2008 Blog Radio "Fashionista's Corner" 2009 NPR: "The Art in Synesthesia" by Sonoe Nakasone LECTURES AND 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 Bunch of Grapes Bookstore, Authors Series 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 BLOGS Palin's Sound-Bite Foreign Policy on FrumForum Making the Case for New START on FrumForum Brown Needs to Set the Record Straight on Maddow on FrumForum 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
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