MARY BRIDGET STEWART
E-mail: [email protected]
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2013-Present: Adjunct Liaison and JCCC Department of Fine Art and Photography Acting Secretary
2013-Present: JCCC Portfolio Day Coordinating Committee
2018: Lecture “Seeing” Nerman Museum of Art
2016: Lecture: “Paper” Society for Contemporary Photography
2005-2010, 2017-2019: President, Hand Print Press, University of Missouri-Kansas City, KCMO
2007: Steering Committee: Southern Graphics Council Conference; “Points, Plots and Ploys”, KCMO
2006: Juror, Blue Valley School District Art Exhibit and Awards, Blue Valley, MO
2004: Truman Medical Center/KC Young Audiences Art Program Board, Kansas City, MO
Panel: Art & Communication, Central High School, Kansas City, MO
2003-2004: KC Young Audiences Teacher’s Advisory Board, Kansas City, MO
1999: Juror, Columbia Art League’s Art Fest ‘99 , Columbia, MO
Selection Committee: UMKC/Hand Print Press Scholarship Awards, Kansas City, MO
Lecture/Demonstration: Children’s Day at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
1998: Lecture: “Inked in Time”, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
1995-2002: Printmaking Workshops, MLK Day Festivities, Harmony Center, Kansas City, MO
1994-1998: Chair: Gallery Crawl for AIDS Awareness, Kansas City. MO
1994: Juror, Boone County National Bank’s 12th Annual Exhibition, Columbia, MO
1993: Juror, Scholastic Art Awards, Kansas City, MO
1992: Chair: 9th Annual Benefit Art Auction, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO 1986-1988: Juror, Fine Arts Council’s Thieves Market, Iowa City, IA
WORK HISTORY
2004-Present: Adjunct Professor of Art Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
2004: Art Faculty, University Of Missouri-Kansas City, KCMO
Art Faculty, Community School of the Arts, KCMO
1991-2011:Master Teacher-Printmaking, Kansas City Young Audiences, Kansas City, MO
1991-2002: Assistant Director, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO
1991-1993: Instructor-Printmaking, Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS
1991-1992: Instructor-Drawing, Johnson County Parks and Recreation, Overland Park, KS
1990-1999: Adjunct Faculty, Kansas City Kansas Community College, Kansas City KS
1988-1991: Substitute Teacher, Kansas City School District, Kansas City, MO
1986-1987: Instructor-Drawing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1985-1987: Instructor-Drawing and Printmaking, Arts and Crafts Center, Iowa City, IA
EDUCATION
1988: MFA University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1986: MA University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1982: BAE University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
1981: BFA University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
CONFERENCES and PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2012: Artist Inc. II: Professional Development Workshops for Artists, Kansas City, MO
2008: Creative Capital Professional Development for Artists, Kansas City, MO
2007: Southern Graphics Council Conference, Kansas City, MO
2004: Southern Graphics Council Conference, Lincoln, NE
1998: National Association Of Arts Organizations Annual Conference, South Beach Miami, FL
1997: National Association Of Arts Organizations Annual Conference, New York City, NY
AWARDS/GRANTS
2012: KC Inspiration Grant
1999: Charlotte Street Fund Award
1989: Kansas Arts Commission Technical Assistantship in Collaborative Lithography
Project, Lawrence Lithography Workshop, Lawrence, Kansas
SELECTED EXHIBITION PARTICIPATION
2023 FlatFile Project 2023: Block ArtSpace, Kansas City, MO; Invitational Group Exhibit
Faculty Exhibition 2023: JCCC FADS Exhibition, Overland Park, KS: Group Exhibition
2019 Women Artists at Work: Tomahawk Community Center, Overland Park, KS Invitational
RE:Prints-Hand Print Press at 25 UMKC Gallery of Art, Kansas City MO, Invitational
2018 FlatFile Project 2018: Block ArtSpace, Kansas City, MO; Invitational Group Exhibit
Bridget Stewart at the Healing Bridge: Truman Medical Center Gallery, Solo Exhibit
2016 INKED: Hand Print Press at ArtsKC Gallery, Kansas City, MO; Group Exhibit
2015 Bookends: Lewis Art Gallery, Jackson, MS; Juried Exhibit, Benjamin D. Rhinehart, Professor of Printmaking, Lawrence University, Juror
HPP New Portfolio Exhibition: UMKC Gallery of Art, Kansas City, MO; Group Exquisite Corpse: Wallace Engineering, Kansas City, MO; Group Exhibit Urban/Suburban: Epstein Gallery, Overland Park, KS; Invitational Exhibit,
April Watson, Curator of Photography, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Curator
2014 FlatFile Project 2014: Block ArtSpace, Kansas City, MO; Invitational Group Exhibit
2012 FlatFile Project 2012: Block ArtSpace, Kansas City, MO; Invitational Group Exhibit
2011 HandPrint Press at 15:KU Medical Library Gallery,Kansas City, MO; Group Exhibit
Images Au Natural: VALA Gallery, Mission, Kansas: Invitational Exhibit
2010 What We’ve Sown,What We’ve Grown, What We’ve Gathered: VALA Gallery, Mission, Kansas: Solo Exhibit
FlatFile Project 2010: Block ArtSpace, Kansas City, MO; Invitational Group Exhibit
2009 (S)edition:Prints as Activism: Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids Michigan; Juried Group Exhibit
HandPrint Press at 15: Nerman Museum of Art, Overland Park, Kansas; Curated Group Exhibit, Bruce Hartman, Director Nerman Museum of Art, Curator
Garden of Earthly Delights: Billington Library, Overland Park, Kansas; Solo Exhibit
2008 HandPrint Press Selected Works: Kaw Valley Arts,Kansas City,Kansas; Group
Exhibit
FlatFile Project 2008: Block ArtSpace, Kansas City, MO; Invitational Group Exhibit
2007 UMKC National Print Exhibit: UMKC Gallery of Art, Kansas City, Missouri; Juried Exhibit: Melissa Rountree, Curator, Hallmark Collection, Juror
HandPrint Press Portfolio Selections 1991-2006: KU Med Center Dykes Library, Kansas City, Missouri; Group Exhibit
Duets: a Collaboration of Artists and Writers: American Century Headquarters, Kansas City, Missouri; Group Exhibit
HandPrint Press Portfolio Selections 1991-2006: Central Exchange, Kansas City, Missouri; Group Exhibit
Here and Now: Kansas City Regional Prints: Michael Cross Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri; Group Exhibit
2006 Liberty and Security In a Post 9-11 World: Pool Art Center Gallery of Drury University, Springfield, Missouri; Juried Exhibit, Peter Clothier, Juror
Duets: a Collaboration of Artists and Writers: UMKC Gallery of Art, Kansas City, Missouri; Group Exhibit
Perilous Peridea: Billington Library at Johnson County Community College. Overland Park, Kansas; Solo Exhibit
2005 FlatFile Project 2005: Block ArtSpace, Kansas City, MO; Invitational Group Exhibit
American Prints in Troubled Times: Cairo, Egypt and Lincoln, Nebraska; Juried Exhibit, Karen Kunc, Prof of Printmaking, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Juror
Goodbye to Hollwood: Bellevue University Gallery, Bellevue, Nebraska; Invitational
2004 Abstract 8: Merriam Gallery, Merriam, Kansas; Invitational Group Exhibit
FlatFile Project 2004: Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO; Invitational Group Exhibit
2003 10 Years of Handprint Press, UMKC Gallery of Art, Kansas City, Missouri; Group Exhibit
Stewart/Thompson: Digital Arts Gallery, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas; Two-Person Exhibit
Civil Rights/Human Rights: Kim Kirk Arts, Richmond, Virginia; Group Exhibit
2002 Open Studios 2002: New Works Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri; Group Exhibit
2001 Flat File Project 2001: Block Artspace, Kansas City, Missouri; Invitational
Group Exhibit
Road Show: St. Louis Art Guild, St. Louis, Missouri; Juried Exhibit: Jessica Rowe, Curator, Des Moines Art Center, Juror
2000 Open Studios 2000: New Works Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri; Group Exhibit
Collateral Damage: Massman Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri; Solo Exhibit
Working in Kansas City/Charlotte Street Award Winners: Block Artspace, Kansas City, Missouri; Group Exhibit; Rachell Smith, Director, Block Artspace, Curator
1999 Both are Naked: None are Safe: Joseph Nease Gallery, Kansas City, MO;Solo Exhibit
Designer ShowHouse: Kansas City, Missouri, Group Exhibit
Fourth Portfolio/HandPrint Press: Michael Cross Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri; Group Exhibit
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Raymond and Patsy Nasher Private Collection
American Century Collection, Kansas City, MO
Kansas City Power and Light Collection, Kansas City, MO
Kirkwood Community College, Kirkwood, IA
KU Medical Center Collection of Art, Kansas City, MO
Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS
Sprint Corporation Collection, Overland Park, KS Stowers Institute Collection, Kansas City, MO Consulate of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand University of Iowa Collection, Iowa City, IA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Re:Prints: Hand Print Press at 25 Fall 2019
Hand Magazine Fall 2016 and Spring 2017
Hand Print Press at 15 Nerman Museum Exhibit: UMKC Press, 2009
10 Years: Charlotte Street Foundation: Charlotte Street Foundation, 2007 Making Prints Review Spring 2007
Handprint Press 10th Anniversary Portfolio: UMKC Press, 2003
Art Exposed: A Guide to Kansas City Open Studios: K C Artists Coalition, 2002
Show + Tell: Potpourri Publications, 2000
Charlotte Street Fund winners, get funds, encouragement: Kansas City Star, May 1999
Show shares angst, alienation, loss: Kansas City Star, July 1997
Re:Members: Forum, November/December 1995
Bridget Stewart in the Jacqueline B. Charno Gallery: Forum, Nov/December, 1995 Muse’s War: Pitch Weekly, June 1994
Bridget Stewart at the Unity: Forum, June 1992
Bridget Stewart, Monoprints: Forum, January 1992
Sometimes Risk Pays Off: Forum, July/August, 1991 Seeking Inner Connections: Kansas City Star, 1990