2008 SOMA NewArt Gallery, Cape May, New Jersey, "Intimate Feasts." 2007 SOMA Gallery, Cape May, New Jersey, "Portraits and Tales from the NYC Subway." and "New York Icons." 2007 The Gallery at Blue Streak Wine & Spirits, Long Island City, New York, "Festa della Vita." 1992 New York Transit Museum, Brooklyn, New York, "Subway Stories." 1991 Dance Theater Workshop, DTW Gallery, New York, New York, "In Person." 1990 Riverside Church, The Cloister Gallery, New York, New York, "Reverence." 1988 Bronx Museum of the Arts, Beth Abraham Satellite Gallery, Bronx, New York. 1987 Port Authority Bus Terminal, Southwest Wing, New York, New York, "North By South." 1977 Genesis Gallery, Jackson, Mississippi. 1976 Upstairs Gallery, Jackson, Mississippi.
Group Exhibitions
2008 Art Now Fair, Miami 2007 Nicholas Rizzo Fine Art, Chatham, NJ, "Still Life." 2001 The New York Mercantile Exchange, Organization of Independent Artist, New York, NY. 1991 Paint Space 122, PS 122 Gallery, New York, NY, "Commission A Portrait." 1987 The University of Mississippi, Fine Art Gallery, Oxford, MS, Oxford Influnences. Invitational. 1987 Artist Space, New York, NY, "Artists from the Studio in a School Association." 1985 Radius Gallery, New York, NY, Selected works. 1984 State Capitol Building, Tallahassee, FL, "United States Fine Art Competition." 1983 The Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS, "The Competitive of Mississippi." 1982 Ephebi-Art for the 21st Century, Washington, DC Selected works. 1981 First Women"s Bank, New York, NY, "People, Figures and Faces." 1980 Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, "Artworks 13." 1978 Southern Watercolor Society"s 2nd Annual Exhibition, Columbus, GA. 13th Annual Central South Art Exhibit, The Parthenon, Nashville, TN.
Awards
2005 Sloan Public Service Award, Fund for the City of New York 2001 Municipal Art Society, Brendan Gill Prize, Honorable Mention (Arts for Transit Collaborative)
Teaching Experience
New York University, (Adjunct Professor) 2000-2001 New York, NY Graduate Program, Department of Art and Arts Professions Florida State University (Teaching Fellow) 1978-1980 Tallahassee, FL Mississippi Museum of Art 1977 Jackson, MS University of Mississippi 1975-1977 Jackson, MS Jefferson Davis State Junior College 1973-1975 Brewton, AL
Selected Presentations, Panels and Curated Exhibitions
Fordham University, "Art and the City," Lecture Series, October 4, 2007. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Along the Way: MTA Arts for Transit," Glasberg Lecture, April 2007 International Sculpture Center, Crossroads Cincinnati Conference, Art Slam, June 2006 American Institute of Architects (AIA), New York, Presentation, "The Art of Collaboration," January 2005 New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) Presentation, "A Museum Underground," April 2004 New York Transit Museum Centennial Celebration, "Tour of the Artwork," April 2004 College Art Association (CAA), Seattle, Washington, Presenter, "Designing for Security," February 2004 Guide Association of New York, New York, Presentation, "Arts for Transit" 2004 City College Honor Students, Presentation, "Arts for Transit" 2004 National Association for Corporate Art Management, Inc. (NACAM), Annual Conference, November 2004 Pfizer, Lunch and Learn," Presentation, May 21, 2003 International Association for Professional Art Advisors, "Reports From the Field", November 8, 2002 Christies Education's Public Art Panel, May 2002 Railvolution Conference, Denver, CO, Moderator, "Public Art: The Economic Engine That Could," 2000 American Planning Association Conference, New York, tour, Arts for Transit, 2000 Women's Transportation Seminar, New York, tour, Arts for Transit, 2000 Federation of Modern Painters & Sculptors, Panelist, "Subway in Metropolis," April 2000 Arts for Transit Poster Exhibition, Bank Street College Exhibition Space, April, 1999 DOT and Department of Parks and Recreation, Panelist, Artscape Project, September, 1998 Artists Talk On Art, Presenter, Panel Series.1998 Taiwanese Government officials, New York, "Public Art," Presentation, 1998 Railvolution Conference, Portland, OR, Presentation, September, 1998 Municipal Art Society, "Full Circle", Presentation, February, 1998 Federal Transit Administration, Regional III Conference, Presentation, Philadelphia, PA, 1998 American Public Transportation Association Annual Meeting, New York, 1998 Cooper Union, New York, "Public Art in the Subway," 1998 Long Island University, Westbury, New York, Presentation, C.W. Post, November, 1997 AIA, New York, "Arts for Transit," Presentation, October, 1997 FTA and MTA "Celebration of DOT's 30th Anniversary," New York, 1997 Women's City Club, Panelists, "Public Art - Process and Policy," 1997 Tweed Gallery, Exhibition, "The Official Image: Graphic Design in Government," July, 1997 University of Pennsylvania, Guest Critic, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Department of Architecture, 1997 General Services Administration, New York, Public Art Program, Juror, 1996 American Crafts Museum, New York, "Beaux-Arts and Crafts", 1994 Women's Transportation Seminar, Presentation, Los Angeles, CA, 1994 College Art Association, Annual Meeting, "Arts for Transit," tour, 1994 PaineWebber Gallery, New York, "Art en Route," exhibition, 1994
Publications
Along the Way, co-authored with William Ayres, November, 2006 Nineteenth Century Magazine, "Terra Cotta Incognita: Turn-of-the-Century Ceramic Art in the New York City Subway," Volume 11, Numbers 3 and 4. Art en Route: MTA Arts for Transit, exhibition catalogue, co-authored with William Ayres, July, 1994.
Professional Affiliations
International Association for Professional Art Advisors (IAPAA), ArtTable, Member Artist Talk on Art (ATOA), Advisory Board Member New York City Transit Museum, Advisory Board Member Berkshire School of Contemporary Art, Visiting Artist Fashion Institution of Technology, Advisor, Visual Arts
Education
M.F.A. Painting, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida (1980), Honors: Teaching Fellowship M.A. Art Education, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi (1973) B.S. Ed. Art Education, Mississippi College, Clinton, Mississippi (1972), Honors: President's List
Sandra Bloodworth is currently director of
the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Arts for Transit program.
In 2005, she was awarded the Sloan Public Service Award for her work in
bringing art and music to the New York subway. She is the co-author of
Along the Way: MTA Arts for Transit.