Artists Registry
Hastings-on-Hudson NY United States
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Statement of Work
The circle and square grid format is something I have been experimenting with since college. Ten years ago this format came back to me as a means of expressing a contemplative repetition which was spiritual in nature. The grid and the circles provide a built in tension, of form, as well as a structure within which to organize found bits of ephemera. The artist’s job is to see the possibility of organization and structure with chaotic, perhaps unrelated elements; to create harmony or dissonance that leads to a new way of seeing. Creating harmony from unrelated, cast-off objects is a spiritual practice for me. To bring the color and shapes in a work to a point where they resonate is deeply satisfying. I once heard a Chinese proverb which referred to the placement of a circle within a square as creating heaven on earth – or balancing opposite elements.
The 9/11 collages were made at the time of the World Trade Center collapse. They were way of organizing myself and the difficult, traumatic emotions I felt during the days, weeks, and months after. It was my response to the overwhelming deluge of unbelievable imagery that we were bombarded with by the newspapers, television and radio.
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MIA de BETHUNE, MA, ATR-BC, LCAT
196 Warburton Avenue, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706, (914)584-1820
2nd Annual Pastel Competition, La Fond Galleries, Pittsburgh
Annual Open Studio, Hastings Creative Arts Council, Hastings, NY
Visions of Hope, College of St. Vincent, Riverdale, NY
1997 479 NY International Contemporary Art,NYC
Juried Group Show, Gang Gallery, 539 Broadway, NYC
1998 Memory & Childhood, Solo Exhibit, Donald Gallery, Dobbs Ferry NY
Stephen Gang Gallery Group Show, NYC
Windows on Main Art Exhibit, Yonkers, NY
Armonk Outdoor Art Show, Armonk, NY
SAI Gallery Landscape Competition, NYC
Art on Main Street Plate Exhibition, Yonkers NY
1999 Small Works Show, Upstream Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, NY
Solo Landscape Exhibit, SAI Gallery, NYC
The Hudson at Yonkers, Art on Main Street, Yonkers, NY
2000 Beyond Drawing/Works on Paper, Art on Main, Yonkers
Winter Wonders, Cabrini Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, NY
New Art Annual, Stamford Museum & Nature Center, Stamford, CT
Artists’ Books, Hastings Public Library, Hastings, NY
Westchester Arts Council Open Studio, White Plains, NY
2001 Annual Open Studio, Rivertowns Arts Council, Hastings, NY
Window Exhibition, Westchester Arts Council, White Plains, NY
2002 Annual Open Studio, Rivertowns Arts Council, Hastings, NY
9/11 - Hastings Artists Respond, Municipal Building, Hastings, NY
2003 Annual Open Studio, Rivertowns Arts Council, Hastings, NY
Mixed Media/Collage Group Show, The Pen & Brush, Inc., NYC
Artist's Evolution/Members' Group Show, The Pen & Brush,NYC
2004 Small Works Show, Upstream Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, NY
2005 Naked Singularities, NIX Gallery, RISD Alumnae Show, NYC
The Grid: Expressions of Pattern, The Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers, NY
Colors of Water, Sounds of Light, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
2006 RAC Annual Open Studio, Hastings, NY
Sisters’ Show Three,Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers, NY
Dana Hall Gallery Alumnae Art Show, Wellesley, Mass
2007 RAC Annual Open Studio, Dobbs Ferry, NY
Artist’s Choice: National Juried Exhibit of Art Therapists’ Work,
The College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY
Small Works Juried Exhibit, Greenwich Workshop Gallery,
Fairfield, CT.
Wrap It Up: Small Works Show,Westchester Arts Council,
White Plains, NY
2008 Irving Sandler Selects: 2nd Annual Juried Exhibition,
Prince Street Gallery, NYC
The Circle in the Square: Ten Years of Collage Work,
Donald Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, NY
Small Works Invitational, Prince Street Gallery, NYC
2008 International Juried Exhibition, Viridian Artists,NYC
Members Exhibition The Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers, NY
Education
1978-79 Connecticut College, New London, CT
1980-83 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, BFA Film/Video
1988 New York State Writer's Workshop, Saratoga Springs, NY
1989 The Writer's Voice, NY, NY
1991 Life Drawing - New York Studio School, NY, NY
1993 Life Drawing - The Gallery at Hastings-on-Hudson, Hastings, NY
1994-95 Painting - SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY
1995-99 The Writing Institute, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
1999-00 Psychology - SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY
2002-08 Second Degree Reiki Practitioner
2000-03 New York University, NY, NY, Masters of Art in Art Therapy
Work and related experience
1983-92 Film and video editor on documentaries, features, and television.
Retired Member of Local 771 IATSE MPVT Editors
1991 Substitute Instructor - New York University, Undergraduate Film
1992 Alumnae consultant on panel to evaluate RISD film/video dept.
1993 Writing Assistant - The Coachman Hotel Writing Project
1993-98 Board Member - Hastings Cooperative Nursery School, Hastings, NY
1999 Freelance writer for Homesteader Newspaper, Framingham, MA
1999-02 Coordinator for The Rivertowns Arts Council Music Lesson Program
1999 Volunteer Art Mentor, Children's Village, Dobbs Ferry, NY
2000-01 Art Therapy Intern, North Central Bronx Hospital Bronx, NY
2001-02 Art Therapy Intern, Ittleson Center/Child Research, Riverdale, NY
2002-03 Art Teacher Special Unit Cottages at Children's Village, Dobbs Ferry, NY
Board Member, Rivertowns Arts Council
Curator for the Hastings Municipal Building- 9/11-Hastings Artists Respond, Dometic Icons, and The RAC Annual Open Studio Exhibition.
Art Therapist for Project Liberty working with students at High School of Economics and Finance, World Trade Center site,NYC.
2003-06 Art Therapist, Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services-
Linden Hill RTF Unit, Hawthorne, NY.
2006-09 Arts Enrichment Coordinator/Art Therapy Intern Supervisor,
The Children’s Village, Dobbs Ferry, NY
2007-09 Private art therapy practice
Affiliations
1984-1992: Local 771-IATSE Motion Picture Editors Union-retired member
2002-03 Rivertowns Arts Council Board Member
2003-04 Member of the Pen & Brush, Inc., NY, NY
2003-08 Member of the New York Art Therapy Association
2003-05 Member Local DC1707 AFSCME-AFL/CIO JBFCS Mental Health Workers
2005-08 Registered with the American Art Therapy Association
2006-08 Certified by the Art Therapy Certification Board,
Licensed by the NY State Board of Education
2007-08 Member of The Blue Door Gallery Association