Margaret Adams Parker
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Education

 
 

1984

M.F.A. The American University, Washington, DC

 
 

1970

B.A. Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts

 
 

 

 

 
 

Awards and Fellowships

 
 

1996

Coolidge Fellow, Association for Religion and Intellectual Life

 
 

1986-87

Virginia Commission for the Arts Fellowship in Painting

 
 

1984

Glassman Award, The American University, as Outstanding Woman Artist at The American University

 
 

1983

Wolpoff Prize, The American University, for Outstanding Achievement in Drawing and Works on Paper

 
 

1970

Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude, Wellesley College

 
 

 

 

 
 

Solo Shows

 
 

2004

WOMEN – Woodcuts and Sculpture by Margaret Adams Parker, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington, DC

 
 

2003

Drawn from Scripture – Woodcuts and Sculpture by Margaret Adams Parker, Erdman Gallery, Princeton Theological Seminary,
Princeton, NJ

 
 

2003

The Ruth Portfolio, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC

 
 

2002

Jerusalem – Woodcuts and Sculpture, Stimpson Center,
Washington DC

 
 

2002

The Ruth Portfolio – A Visual Commentary on the Book of Ruth, Merrimack College, Andover, MA

 
 

2002

Woodcuts Prints – Landscapes and Figures, Beverly Street Studio Gallery, Staunton, VA

 
 

2002

Jerusalem – Celebration and Lament, College of Southern Maryland, La Plata, MD

 
 

2002

Images for a Lenten Journey – Stations of the Cross and Other Woodcuts, CFAA, Littleton, CO

 
 

2001

If I forget you, O Jerusalem – Woodcuts and Sculpture, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington, DC

 
 

2001

‘‘Then they led him out to crucify him…" Stations of the Cross and Other Woodcuts, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC, Curator: Deborah Sokolove.

 
 

2000

Wounded for Us: Stations of the Cross and Other Woodcuts, Mary Cosby Gallery, Washington DC

 
 

1997

Recent Work – Sculpture, Prints, Drawings, Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, VA

 
 

1992

Recent Work – Painting and Sculpture, Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, DC

 
 

1990

Washington – Landscapes and Interiors, Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, DC

 
 

1988

Washington Seasons, Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, DC

 
 

1986-87

Alexandria – Impressions of an Urban Landscape, The Lyceum, Alexandria, VA

 
 

1986

Paintings and Prints, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA

 
 

 

 

 
 

Papers and Publications

 

2006

“Printing the Story – The Bible in Etchings, Engravings, and Woodcuts”, Scrolls of Love – Ruth and the Song of Songs,
ed. Peter Hawkins and  Lesleigh Cushing Stahlberg, Fordham
University Press. 

2006

“Where Pain and Sorrow Are No More,” Heaven, edited by Roger Ferlo, published by the Seabury imprint of Church Publishing.

2006

“O Prosper the Work of Our Hands!  ‘Preaching’ the Text Through the Visual Arts,” Virginia Seminary Journal, September, 2006.

2006

Participant in Panel Discussion, Artists in Conversation with Theology, Society for the Arts in Religious and Theological Studies, 2006 AAR/SBL meetings.

 

2005

“A Heavenly Craft” at the Library of Congress,” The Washington Print Club Quarterly, Summer 2005, Vol. 41, No. 2.

 
 

2004

The McCarthy Lecture on Theology and the Arts, Washington Theological Union, Washington DC.

 
 

2004

“Rosenwald Books at the Library of Congress,” The Washington
Print Club Quarterly
, Spring 2004, Vol. 40, No. 1.

 
 

2004

African Exodus (two-color woodcut, 1997). Frontispiece for Refugee Children, Refugee Survey Quarterly, Volume 23, Number 2,- 2004, Oxford University Press on behalf of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

 
 

2003

Who Are You, My Daughter? Reading Ruth Through Image and Text. Translation and notes by Ellen F. Davis, Woodcuts by Margaret Adams Parker. Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, KY, 2003.

 
 

2003

The Stuart C. Henry Lecture in Religion and the Arts, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC.

 
 

2002

"Ben Shahn at the Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery," The Washington Print Club Quarterly, Winter 2002-2003, Vol. 38, No. 4.

 
 

2002

"Fixing the Moment: Making the Leap from Sketch to Woodcut," American Artist, June 2002.

 
 

2002

"Washington Printmakers Gallery Noon Lecture Series Discusses Paper," The Washington Print Club Quarterly, Spring 2002, Vol. 38, No. 1.

 
 

2001

"Jack Boul’s Intimate Impressions at the Corcoran," Journal of the Print World, Winter 2001, and The Washington Print Club Quarterly, Winter 2000-2001, Vol. 36, No. 4.

 
 

2000

"Jerusalem, An Artist’s Reflection," Virginia Seminary Journal, August, 2000.

 
 

1999

"Rembrandt’s Visual Readings of Hebrew Scripture." Paper presented at the Sixth International Symposium on Jewish Art, Center for Jewish Art, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

 
 

1992

"Rembrandt, the Artist as Theologian", ARTS (The Arts in Religious and Theological Studies), Seven, One, and Virginia Seminary Journal, September 1992.

 
 

1994

Drawings for a Kairos winter, The Servant Leadership School, Washington DC, 1994.

 
 

1993

"Michelangelo, Reform Artist", The Evangelical Outlook, Summer and Fall, 1993.

 
 

1993

"The Journey of Discovery: One Artist’s Experience", ARTS, Five, Three, Summer 1993.

 
 

 

 

 
 

Reviews and Articles

 
   

“Margaret Adams Parker: Women”, by Judy Pomeranz, Journal of the Print World, Winter 2004.

 
 

 

"Artist’s woodcuts carve out new biblical images," by Janet Purcell, Fine Arts, Trenton, NJ, Times, June 20, 2003

 
 

 

"Profound Studies," by Susan Van Dongen, Art, Lawrenceville, NJ, Ledger, May 15, 2003.

 
 

 

"The Ruth Portfolio" by Pamela Hoyle, Journal of the Print World, Spring, 2003.

 
 

 

" ‘Jerusalem, O Jerusalem!’ Intensity Carved in Wood", by Jerrold Hames, Episcopal Life, December 2001.

 
 

 

"Margaret Adams Parker: If I Forget You, O Jerusalem" by Rhoda Trooboff, Journal of the Print World, Fall, 2001.

 
 

 

"Margaret Adams Parker – Focus on Life", by Judy Pomeranz, élan, April, 2001.

 
 

 

"Virginia Artist’s Portrayal of Mary Installed by Archbishop of Canterbury", by Susan E. Pritchett Post, Virginia Episcopalian, May/June 2001.

 
 

 

"Stations of the Cross, Stations of Life," by Susan E. Pritchet Post, Virginia Episcopalian, May/June 2000.

 
 

 

 

 
 

Selected Group Shows

 

2006

Society of American Graphic Artists Prague Exhibition, juried exhibition, Hollar Society Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

2006

Visual Preludes, ECVA (Episcopal Church and Visual Arts) juried exhibition at 2006 General Convention of the Episcopal Church.

2006

Monmouth University Department of Art and Design National Juried Print Exhibition, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ,
Juror, Tanja Softic.

2006

6th National Print Competition & Exhibition, Janet Turner Print Museum, California State University, Chico, Juror, Deborah Cornell.

2006

Sixty Square Inches, 15th Biennial North American Small Print Competition, Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, IN and also to travel nationally under a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, Peter Olson.

 

2005

The Print Show, Maryland Federation of Art, Baltimore, MD, Curator, Eric Denker.

 
 

2004

Quest for Meaning through Meditations on the Sacred, Washington Theological Union, Washington, DC, Curator, Hija Yu.

 
 

2004

Quest for Meaning - Seeing with the Heart's and Mind's Eye, Washington Theological Union, Washington, DC, Curator, Hija Yu.

 
 

2004

Go Figure, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD, Curator, Wilford W. Scott.

 
 

2003

Womankind II DFI International, Washington, DC, Curator,
Pamela Hoyle.

 
 

2002

Archetypes and Heritage: the Stuff of Love and War – An exhibition of the work of Jenny Freestone and Margaret Adams Parker, The Gallery at DFI International, Washington, DC.

 
 

2002

Picturing the Holy, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA.

 
 

2001

In The Cross of Christ, ecva (The Episcopal Church and the Visual Arts) website exhibition.

 
 

2001

From Shame to Triumph, Interpretations of the Cross, Washington Theological Union, Washington DC, Curator, Leslie Curry.

 
 

2000

The Way of the Cross, Visions Gallery, Albany, NY, Curator,
Tanja Butler.

 
 

2000

Contemporary American Printmaking, Staunton Augusta Art Center, Curator: Frank Hobbs.

 
 

1999

A Painterly Print – Monotype, Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA, Curators: Anne Brown and Cora Rupp.

 
 

1998

Artist Equity, Annual Show, The Wilson Center, Washington D.C., Juror, Komei Wachi.

 
 

1993

Teacher/Student, Clinical Center Galleries, National Institutes of Health, Curator: Lillian Fitzgerald.

 
 

1991

My Vision, Sumner School Museum, Washington, DC, National Juried Show, Women's Caucus for Art, Jurors: Barbara Wolanin, Judith Zilczer.

 
 

1989

Still Life Group Show, Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, DC.

 
 

1988

International Prints I, International Monetary Fund Art Society Gallery, Washington, DC. Print competition sponsored by Washington Area Printmakers, Juror: Jane Haslem.

 
 

1987

Paintings and Drawings, Two-person show, 20th Century Gallery, Williamsburg, VA.

 
 

1987

Landscape, Cityscape, Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, DC.

 
 

1986

Nine Painters, The Circle Gallery, Washington, DC, Curator:
Jack Boul.

 
 

1985

Shelter '85, Mortgage Banker's Association National Juried Exhibition, Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, Jurors: Sarah Hollander, Harry Rand, David Tannous.

 
 

1985

Virginia Women Artists, Blacksburg, Virginia, Juried State wide Traveling Exhibition. Jurors: Maryann Harman, Mary Miss,
Ellen Lanyon.

 
 

 

 

 
 

Commissions

 
 

 

Bronze sculpture for new addition, Duke Divinity School

 
 

 

 

 
 

Collections

 
 

 

The American University

 
 

 

Bell Atlantic Headquarters, Arlington, VA

 
 

 

College of Preachers, Washington National Cathedral,
Washington, DC

 
   

District of Columbia City Government, Washington, DC

 
 

 

Duke Divinity School, Duke University, Durham, NC

 
   

Episcopal Church of St. Mary the Virgin, San Francisco, CA

 
   

Library of Congress, Washington, DC

 
 

 

National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

 
 

 

St. Mary’s Church, Arlington, VA

 
 

 

St. John’s Church, West Hartford, CT

 
 

 

Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, VA (sculptures on permanent loan)

 
 

 

 

 
  Boards  
   

Board member, The Washington Print Club

 
   

Art Editor, The Washington Print Club Quarterly

 
       
 

Teaching Experience

 
 

1992-


Adjunct Instructor, The Virginia Theological Seminary,
Alexandria, VA

 
 

1985-
2001

Instructor in Painting & Drawing, Art League School, The Art League, Alexandria, VA

 
 

1985

Adjunct Instructor, Art Department, The American University, Washington, DC