lynn simmons cv
lynn simmons cv
Education
2007    MFA  Visual Art, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, Vermont
2001    BFA   Sculpture (Honors), Maine College of Art & Design, Portland, Maine
Exhibitions 
2025    Resist, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, Masschusetts
            89th Regional Exhibition of Art & Craft, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, Massachusetts 
            Transparency: Through the Looking Glass, Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts
            Inside & Out Sculpture Exhibition, Spaulding R. Aldrich Heritage Gallery, Whitinsville, Massachusetts
2024    Flora & Fauna, Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts
            2024 Mary Schein Fall Salon, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts 
            Fire & Water, Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts 
            Cape Cod Open Sculpture Invitational, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, Massachusetts
            88th Regional Exhibition of Art & Craft, Best in Craft Award, Fitchburg Art Museum, 
                  Fitchburg, Massachusetts 
            Second Time Around, Jamestown Arts Center, Jamestown, Rhode Island
            Members Prize Show 2024, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts 
            Glow Show, Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts 
            Inside & Out Sculpture Exhibition, Spaulding R. Aldrich Heritage Gallery, Whitinsville, Massachusetts
2023   Blue, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts 
           Open Doors, Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts 
           The National Open Juried Exhibition, Connecticut Women Artists, Farmington, Connecticut 
           Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, Assumption University, Worcester, MA 
           Undercurrents: Art that Reveals the Unseen, Gallery A3, Amherst, Massachusetts 
           Sculptural Elements, Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts
           Equinox: The Balance of Light, New England Sculptors Association, Massachusetts
           Members Prize Show 2023, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts 
           Interconnected: A Fiber Show, Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts 
2022   8 Visions, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, Massachusetts
           Healing Fibers: de.moc.ra.cy, a call to action, Worcester PopUp, Worcester, Massachusetts 
           Poetics of Process: 2022 Alumni Triennial, Maine College of Art & Design, Portland, Maine 
2021   Members’ Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, Massachusetts
           85th Regional Exhibition of Art & Craft, Honorable Mention in Sculpture, Fitchburg Art Museum, 
                  Fitchburg, Massachusetts
           Under the Same Flag Group Exhibit, Framingham, Massachusetts
2020   Buddhas Over Worcester Sculpture Exhibit, Boundless Way Temple, Worcester, Massachusetts 
           Transitions, ArtsWorcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
           Whisper (n), Davis Art Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts
2019   Stitched: Knot What It Seams, Davis Art Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts
           Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, Assumption University, Worcester, MA
           Roddy Juried Show Series, Concord Art Center for the Visual Arts, Concord, Massachusetts
           Signals, The Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, Massachusetts 
           Unconventional, Davis Art Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts
           UnWoven Journeys (Healing Fibers), Worcester PopUp, Worcester, Massachusetts 
           Natura: Wood Fiber Rope, The Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, Massachusetts          
           Around the Pond and Through the Woods Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Old Frog Pond, Harvard, MA
           Buddhas Over Worcester Sculpture Exhibit, Boundless Way Temple, Worcester, Massachusetts 
2018   Immigrate/Emigrate, Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, Assumption University, Worcester, Massachusetts 
           Healing Fibers: Picture Medical Justice, The Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, Massachusetts          
           83rd Regional Exhibition of Art & Craft, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, Massachusetts
           The Sixth Annual “One” Members’ Exhibition, ArtsWorcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
           Buddhas Over Worcester Sculpture Exhibit, Boundless Way Temple, Worcester, Massachusetts 
           Time Machines: Looking forward, Looking back, Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery,
                 Worcester, Massachusetts
2017   Healing Fibers: Indigenous Art & Activism, The Sprinkler Factory,, Massachusetts 
           Non-Objective NOW, Davis Art Gallery, Worcester, Massachusett Worcester s
           Continuum: 5 Years On, The Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, Massachusetts
           Connecticut Women’s Association National Open Juried Show, 
                  Arts Center East, Vermon, Connecticut
           The Fifth Annual “One” Members’ Exhibition, ArtsWorcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
           Buddhas Over Worcester Sculpture Exhibit, Boundless Way Temple, Worcester, Massachusetts
           2nd Floor Sculpture Park, The Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, Massachusetts 
2016   Silk Road Art Guild, Worcester Pubic Library, Worcester, Massachusetts
           Off The Grid, ArtsWorcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
           Healing Fibers: Invisible Children, The Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, Massachusetts 
           Kaboom!, Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, Assumption University, Worcester, Massachusetts
           Buddhas Over Worcester Sculpture Exhibit, Boundless Way Temple, Worcester, Massachusetts 
2015   Healing Fibers: War and Peace, The Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, Massachusetts
           Visual Arts Faculty Show, Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, Assumption University,
                  Worcester, Massachusetts
           Buddhas Over Worcester Sculpture Exhibit, Boundless Way Temple, Worcester, Massachusetts
2014   Visual Arts Faculty Show, Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, Assumption University,
                  Worcester, Massachusetts
           Buddhas Over Worcester Sculpture Exhibit, Boundless Way Temple, Worcester, Massachusetts
2013   other work, Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, Assumption University, Worcester, Massachusetts
           Buddhas Over Worcester Sculpture Exhibit, Boundless Way Temple, Worcester, Massachusetts
2012   state of play, The Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, Massachusetts
           the Eye is not a Camera, The Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, Massachusetts
2011   No Theme - No Limits 2011, The Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, Massachusetts
           In Context: Art of Here and Now, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts
2010   No Theme - No Limits 2010, The Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, Massachusetts
           Drawn to Life: Reformatted, Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, Assumption University
                   Worcester, Massachusetts
           Drawn to Life: Concept and Craft in Contemporary Art, Aurora Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts
           Inspired by the Wentworth-Gardner, Portsmouth, New Hampshire 
           Symbiotic Relationships, The Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, Massachusetts
           Sift, Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, Assumption University, Worcester, Massachusetts 
2009   The Shape of Work, Davis Art Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts
           Inspired Creations, Wentworth-Gardner House, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
2008   Art in the Park: An Exhibition of Sculptures by New England Artists, Best of Show,
                 Worcester, Massachusetts 
2007   invitational small drawing show, Salmon Falls Village Gallery, Rollinsford, New Hampshire
           Name that Subject, Montevideo, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
           Biennial 07, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
           MFA Graduate Exhibition, T.W. Wood Gallery & Arts Center, Montpelier, Vermont
2006   a practice of art making, University of Massachusetts Medical School Library, Worcester, MA
2005   Celebrating the Art of Wood, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine
2003   Alumni/ae Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, Maine
           Forum Financial Group, Seattle, Washington and Columbus, Indiana (Commission)
Collections & Permanent Installations
Assumption University, Worcester, Massachusetts 
Lamar Soutter Library, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
Forum Financial Group, Seattle, Washington and Columbus, Indiana
Teaching Experience
2022 - present  Associate Professor of Practice Art & Design, Assumption University, Worcester, MA
2012 - 2022       Visiting Assistant Professor of Art & Design, Assumption University, Worcester, MA
2008 - 2012       Lecturer, Assumption University, Worcester, MA
2008 - 2022       Lecturer, Clark University School of Professional Studies, Worcester, MA
2008 - 2015       Instructor, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Honors / Awards / Grants
2024   88th Regional Exhibition of Art & Craft, Best in Craft Award, Fitchburg Art Museum
2021   85th Regional Exhibition of Art & Craft, Honorable Mention in Sculpture, Fitchburg Art Museum
2018   Faculty Development Grant, Assumption University
2013   Faculty Development Grant, Assumption University
2008   Art in the Park, Worcester Juried Sculpture Exhibition, Best of Show
2001   Christine Woelfle Endowed Memorial Grant