October 2015
PHOTOPLAY in The Netherlands and Belgium:
PhotoPlay sub-rights sold to BBNC
September 2015
MAGAZINE COVER & PORTFOLIO:
Swimming in Circles paintings featured in After the Pause literary magazine
August 2015
WORKSHOP: PhotoPlay with M.J. Bronstein
Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport Maine
Part of the Exhibition Exploring the Magic of Photography
July 2015
CMCA: Art To Collect Now
photograph from the New England Biennial at auction
May 2015
Bird by Bird: A Travelogue
a personal project
January 2015
PHOTOPLAY Featured:
"Innovative PhotoPlay tool sparks creativity in children worldwide"
January 2015 - November 2015
WATERCOLOR WORKSHOPS with Celebrity Cruises:
Inspired by Travel: READ ABOUT IT HERE
• on The Eclipse in the Eastern Mediterranean
• on The Silhouette in the Caribbean and TransAtlantic
• on The Reflection in the Eastern Mediterranean
• on the Solstice, TransPacific and the South Seas
October 2014
WORKSHOPS with Celebrity Cruises:
Watercolor for Travelers: on the Celebrity Equinox in the eastern Mediterranean
August 2014
PHOTOPLAY FILM SELECTED: No Life Without Water was chosen
for the 9th Edition of Voices from the Waters International Traveling Film Festival in Bangalore, India.
August 2014
WORKSHOPS:
Three weeks of workshops @ the CMCA ArtLab ArtCamp
July 2014
AUCTION:
Photograph in 37th Annual CMCA benefit auction
July 2014
WORKSHOPS with Celebrity Cruises:
Watercolor for Travelers: on the Celebrity Eclipse in Iceland and the Fjords
May 2014
INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION:
Photographic Resource Center: Flash Forward Festival, Boston, MA
February 2014
JURIED EXHIBITION:
Slocumb Gallery: “Positive/Negative: Pages” Johnson City, TN
December 2013
PhotoPlay! : the first-of-its-kind photo-based prompt book: pre-order HERE now
December 2013
Catch and Release, the literary blog of the Columbia Journal of Literature and Art
Portfolio feature: Holding On, Letting Go: Mother and Child
November 2013
Photoplay-based film project: No Life Without Water
October 2013
New work: Holding On, Letting Go: Mother and Child
July 2013
EXHIBITION: Two photographs from the series Holding On, Letting Go, selected by curator Francine Weiss for the New England Photography Biennial 2013.
July 2013
BOOK DESIGN/PUBLICATION: Completed new PhotoPlay book for Chronicle Books. Available in early 2014.
May 2013
COLLABORATION: Fotoplay-style book project collaboration with the Early Stage School in Poland.
Summer 2013
WORKSHOPS:
ARTLAB ARTCAMP: Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine : 236-2875
August 5-9: Map Your World
August 12-16: Meet the Masters
August 19-23: Fotoplay and More
August 26-30: Castles in the Sky, Creatures Flying High
May 2013
EXHIBITION: Work from the Infinite Horizons series at Aarhus Gallery in Belfast, Maine
Sublime Monotony: May 2-June 2, 2013, Opening Friday May 3, 5-8pm
December 2012
EXHIBITION: Holding On, Letting Go #22, selected for Parallax, The Women’s Photography Exhibition,
Gormley Gallery at Notre Dame of Maryland University, February 4 - March 15
October 2012
BOOK PUBLICATION: Signed a contract with Chronicle Books for a new, expanded edition of the Fotoplay Book.
September 2012
WORKSHOPS:
CMCA: Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine : 236-2875
October 16, 23, 30: ArtLab StoryLab
October 10, 17, 24: ArtLab for Adults: Portraits & Self-Portraits
October 3, 10, 17, 24: ArtLab Studio for Children
August 2012
COMMISSION: For the leading English language school in Warsaw, Poland: a unique collection of Fotoplay pages
July 2012
Holding On, Letting Go : catalog of works printed
Summer 2012
WORKSHOPS:
ARTLAB ARTCAMP: Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine : 236-2875
July 23 to July 27 : Fotoplay and More
August 6 to August 10 : Animals in Art
August 13 to August 17 : We're All Builders
June 2012
Fotoplay! : The book goes into its second printing
April 2012
BOOK SIGNING: Fotoplay! : The Book
April 28, 2012 • 1-4 pm: Center For Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine : 236-2875
March 2012
Fotoplay! : The Book: book trailer!
March 2012
ARTIST'S RESIDENCY: Camden Rockport Elementary School
Fotoplay: altered photographs and concrete poetry
March 2012
BOOK PUBLICATION: Fotoplay! : The Book
The first of its kind photo-based prompt book, Fotoplay! available in select bookstores, at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Amazon...
January 2012
PROJECTS: December Fotoplay; Fotoplay Invitational
January - December 2012
WORKSHOPS, ArtLab ArtCamp, ArtLab Studio:
Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine • 236-2875
October 2011
NEW BLOG: This Playground : www.inthisplayground.com
October - December 2011
WORKSHOPS: In the ArtLab: Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine • 236-2875
September 2011
INSTALLATION : City Drawers, Main Street, Belfast: collaboration with children at the Starrett Children's Center.
August 2011
COMMISSIONED / LICENSED: Photographs for 1,500 guest rooms; Atlantic City, The Borgata.
July 2011
NEW BOOK PROJECT COMPLETED: Fotoplay! : The first of its kind in its use of photographs and fragments of photographs as prompts for drawing.
July 2011
AUCTION: Center for Maine Contemporary Art
June 2011
WALL MURAL: 53" x 116"; hand-painted images: City Drawers, Belfast, Maine
Winter 2010 - Spring 2011
EXTENDED WORKSHOP : Starrett Children's Center
A grant to work with the children at the center, twice a week, 2010-2011
"Yes is a World: Drawing & Painting on photographs and more..."
November 2010
GRAPHIC DESIGN: package design for John Duffy's latest CD, booklet, label, and inlay
www.albanyrecords.com
October 2010
EXHIBITION: "Photographing Maine: Ten Years Later" Invitational exhibition curated by Bruce Brown
CMCA, 162 Russell Avenue, Rockport Maine, 207-236-2875
October 2 - December 2
August 2010
EXHIBITION: "Harold Hangs Ten" Mulford Collectors Gallery, Rockland Maine
April 2010
EXHIBITION: "CAPTURE : 50 PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS"
Maine Museum of Photographic Arts, hosted by Maine Home & Design Magazine
April 2 , 5:00-7 pm: Opening reception, Falmouth, Maine
WORKSHOP: Shake Up Your Art : April 3, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Waterfall Arts, Belfast, Maine 207-338-2222
November 2009
BOOK PUBLICATION: Illuminating the Negative: Nine Years of Photographs
46 images and a conversation with curator Suzette McAvoy.
October 2009
EXHIBITION : DUETTO: One-of-a-kind lamps created from vintage, salvaged lamps & shades.
A collaboration with ALAN FISHMAN
Mulford Gallery, Rockland, Maine
WORKSHOP : Shake Up Your Art : October 24, 9:30-12:30
Waterfall Arts, Belfast, Maine 207-338-2222
September 2009
FEATURED:
Percent-For-Art commission for the Captain Albert Stevens School here on this blog
September 2009
EXHIBITION: "DUETTO" One-of-a-kind lamps created from salvaged lamps & shades.
A collaboration with ALAN FISHMAN
Firehouse Gallery, Damariscotta, Maine, 207-563-7299
May 2009
EXHIBITION: "DUETTO" + a selection of MJB photographs
Carver Hill Gallery, 264 Meadow Street, Rockport, ME, 04856, 207-236-0745
April 2009
BOOK PUBLICATION : Best Seat in the House : Cats in Their Windows
May 2008
TELEVISION INTERVIEW : May 9
"207": NBC'S WCSH IN PORTLAND, ME
April 2008
BOOK PUBLICATION : I'll Wait in the Car : Dogs Along for the Ride
December 2007
EXHIBITION: BRANCHING OUT : Rivers and Streams
20 artists collaborate with 20 younger artists
"The Making of a River" : a photo collage/installation created in collaboration with Noah, 14 years old.
December 5, 6:30-9 pm: Opening reception
Waterfall Arts, 256 High Street, Belfast, Maine 207-338-2222
EXHIBITION: recent works • ELAN FINE ARTS, 86 Pascal Ave, Rockport, Maine
April 2007
EXHIBITION:
April 28- July 21: "ALTERED NATURE"
invitational photography exhibition curated by Britta Konau
CENTER FOR MAINE CONTEMPORARY ART, Rockport, Maine
January 2007
LECTURE:
January 22 , 7 pm: "AN ARTIST'S JOURNEY":
Waterfall Arts, 256 High Street, Belfast, Maine, 207-338-2222
A visual autobiography, photographs, paintings, sketchbook pages, and ephemera. A presentation focusing on the forces - family, teachers, friends, other artists - that have inspired, informed, the drive to create. A long and winding journey inward, propelled, in part, by a long and winding journey outward...
December 2006
EXHIBITION: BRANCHING OUT : TREES
10 artists collaborate with 10 younger artists
{the Branching Out program was created by MJB in collaboration with Meredith Alex}
"Winter Lights": a sculptural/electrical work created in collaboration with Emma, 12 years old.
December 9, 2-4 pm: Opening reception Waterfall Arts, 256 High Street, Belfast, Maine 207-338-2222
EXHIBITION:
December 1, 5-7 pm: Opening reception
ELAN FINE ARTS, 86 Pascal Ave, Rockport, Maine
a selection of nine current and past works
exhibition through December 22
July 2006
EXHIBITION:
Solo Online Exhibition : PHOTOMEDIA CENTER
December 2005
EXHIBITION:
PEACE : group exhibition
December 9-23, 2005. Reception: Friday, December 9, 6-8pm. ELAN FINE ARTS, Rockland, Maine
September 2005
COMPLETED PORTFOLIO:
Completed and printed a portfolio of 20 exhibition prints, 25" x 25", from the series "Illuminating the Negative," with the support of a grant from the Maine Arts Commission
February - April 2005
EXHIBITIONS:
LEARNING TO ICESKATE photograph selected for 2 group exhibitions:
Surviving Winter in Maine, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine
JANUARY - MARCH, 2005
Group exhibition, State House, Augusta, Maine, MARCH - APRIL, 2005
January - February 2005
AWARDED:
Maine Arts Commission's Good Idea Grant:
To print a complete portfolio of 20 exhibition prints, 25" x 25", from the series "Illuminating the Negative".
COMMISSION:
Completed commission of 250 12" x 18" photographs for the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation.
EXHIBITIONS:
SELF PORTRAIT/PORTRAIT group exhibition
FEBRUARY 5 - MARCH 5, 2005
Blum Gallery, College of the Atlantic 105 Eden Street
Bar Harbor, Maine
PUBLICATION:
Exploring Color Photography: Fourth Edition - From the Darkroom to the Digital Studio
by Robert M. Hirsch
McGraw Hill, Publishers: 2004
page 172: Photograph chosen for inclusion in this college-level textbook.
June 2004
PUBLICATION: PICTUREQUEST.COM
Photograph licensed to launch new website
Photo District News Magazine March 2004 • Graphics Magazine April/May 2004
March 2004
EXHIBITION: University of New England Gallery, 716 Stevens Ave, Portland, ME
March 31- May 2 (opening reception April 4th, 2-4 pm)
FINALIST:
Captain Albert W. Stevens Elementary School, Belfast, Maine
One of 8 finalists for Percent-For-Art competition
PUBLICATION:
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE, Sunday, March 21, 2004
Photograph licensed for article.
PHOTOPLAY in The Netherlands and Belgium:
PhotoPlay sub-rights sold to BBNC
September 2015
MAGAZINE COVER & PORTFOLIO:
Swimming in Circles paintings featured in After the Pause literary magazine
August 2015
WORKSHOP: PhotoPlay with M.J. Bronstein
Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport Maine
Part of the Exhibition Exploring the Magic of Photography
July 2015
CMCA: Art To Collect Now
photograph from the New England Biennial at auction
May 2015
Bird by Bird: A Travelogue
a personal project
January 2015
PHOTOPLAY Featured:
"Innovative PhotoPlay tool sparks creativity in children worldwide"
January 2015 - November 2015
WATERCOLOR WORKSHOPS with Celebrity Cruises:
Inspired by Travel: READ ABOUT IT HERE
• on The Eclipse in the Eastern Mediterranean
• on The Silhouette in the Caribbean and TransAtlantic
• on The Reflection in the Eastern Mediterranean
• on the Solstice, TransPacific and the South Seas
October 2014
WORKSHOPS with Celebrity Cruises:
Watercolor for Travelers: on the Celebrity Equinox in the eastern Mediterranean
August 2014
PHOTOPLAY FILM SELECTED: No Life Without Water was chosen
for the 9th Edition of Voices from the Waters International Traveling Film Festival in Bangalore, India.
August 2014
WORKSHOPS:
Three weeks of workshops @ the CMCA ArtLab ArtCamp
July 2014
AUCTION:
Photograph in 37th Annual CMCA benefit auction
July 2014
WORKSHOPS with Celebrity Cruises:
Watercolor for Travelers: on the Celebrity Eclipse in Iceland and the Fjords
May 2014
INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION:
Photographic Resource Center: Flash Forward Festival, Boston, MA
February 2014
JURIED EXHIBITION:
Slocumb Gallery: “Positive/Negative: Pages” Johnson City, TN
December 2013
PhotoPlay! : the first-of-its-kind photo-based prompt book: pre-order HERE now
December 2013
Catch and Release, the literary blog of the Columbia Journal of Literature and Art
Portfolio feature: Holding On, Letting Go: Mother and Child
November 2013
Photoplay-based film project: No Life Without Water
October 2013
New work: Holding On, Letting Go: Mother and Child
July 2013
EXHIBITION: Two photographs from the series Holding On, Letting Go, selected by curator Francine Weiss for the New England Photography Biennial 2013.
July 2013
BOOK DESIGN/PUBLICATION: Completed new PhotoPlay book for Chronicle Books. Available in early 2014.
May 2013
COLLABORATION: Fotoplay-style book project collaboration with the Early Stage School in Poland.
Summer 2013
WORKSHOPS:
ARTLAB ARTCAMP: Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine : 236-2875
August 5-9: Map Your World
August 12-16: Meet the Masters
August 19-23: Fotoplay and More
August 26-30: Castles in the Sky, Creatures Flying High
May 2013
EXHIBITION: Work from the Infinite Horizons series at Aarhus Gallery in Belfast, Maine
Sublime Monotony: May 2-June 2, 2013, Opening Friday May 3, 5-8pm
December 2012
EXHIBITION: Holding On, Letting Go #22, selected for Parallax, The Women’s Photography Exhibition,
Gormley Gallery at Notre Dame of Maryland University, February 4 - March 15
October 2012
BOOK PUBLICATION: Signed a contract with Chronicle Books for a new, expanded edition of the Fotoplay Book.
September 2012
WORKSHOPS:
CMCA: Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine : 236-2875
October 16, 23, 30: ArtLab StoryLab
October 10, 17, 24: ArtLab for Adults: Portraits & Self-Portraits
October 3, 10, 17, 24: ArtLab Studio for Children
August 2012
COMMISSION: For the leading English language school in Warsaw, Poland: a unique collection of Fotoplay pages
July 2012
Holding On, Letting Go : catalog of works printed
Summer 2012
WORKSHOPS:
ARTLAB ARTCAMP: Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine : 236-2875
July 23 to July 27 : Fotoplay and More
August 6 to August 10 : Animals in Art
August 13 to August 17 : We're All Builders
June 2012
Fotoplay! : The book goes into its second printing
April 2012
BOOK SIGNING: Fotoplay! : The Book
April 28, 2012 • 1-4 pm: Center For Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine : 236-2875
March 2012
Fotoplay! : The Book: book trailer!
March 2012
ARTIST'S RESIDENCY: Camden Rockport Elementary School
Fotoplay: altered photographs and concrete poetry
March 2012
BOOK PUBLICATION: Fotoplay! : The Book
The first of its kind photo-based prompt book, Fotoplay! available in select bookstores, at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Amazon...
January 2012
PROJECTS: December Fotoplay; Fotoplay Invitational
January - December 2012
WORKSHOPS, ArtLab ArtCamp, ArtLab Studio:
Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine • 236-2875
October 2011
NEW BLOG: This Playground : www.inthisplayground.com
October - December 2011
WORKSHOPS: In the ArtLab: Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine • 236-2875
September 2011
INSTALLATION : City Drawers, Main Street, Belfast: collaboration with children at the Starrett Children's Center.
August 2011
COMMISSIONED / LICENSED: Photographs for 1,500 guest rooms; Atlantic City, The Borgata.
July 2011
NEW BOOK PROJECT COMPLETED: Fotoplay! : The first of its kind in its use of photographs and fragments of photographs as prompts for drawing.
July 2011
AUCTION: Center for Maine Contemporary Art
June 2011
WALL MURAL: 53" x 116"; hand-painted images: City Drawers, Belfast, Maine
Winter 2010 - Spring 2011
EXTENDED WORKSHOP : Starrett Children's Center
A grant to work with the children at the center, twice a week, 2010-2011
"Yes is a World: Drawing & Painting on photographs and more..."
November 2010
GRAPHIC DESIGN: package design for John Duffy's latest CD, booklet, label, and inlay
www.albanyrecords.com
October 2010
EXHIBITION: "Photographing Maine: Ten Years Later" Invitational exhibition curated by Bruce Brown
CMCA, 162 Russell Avenue, Rockport Maine, 207-236-2875
October 2 - December 2
August 2010
EXHIBITION: "Harold Hangs Ten" Mulford Collectors Gallery, Rockland Maine
April 2010
EXHIBITION: "CAPTURE : 50 PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS"
Maine Museum of Photographic Arts, hosted by Maine Home & Design Magazine
April 2 , 5:00-7 pm: Opening reception, Falmouth, Maine
WORKSHOP: Shake Up Your Art : April 3, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Waterfall Arts, Belfast, Maine 207-338-2222
November 2009
BOOK PUBLICATION: Illuminating the Negative: Nine Years of Photographs
46 images and a conversation with curator Suzette McAvoy.
October 2009
EXHIBITION : DUETTO: One-of-a-kind lamps created from vintage, salvaged lamps & shades.
A collaboration with ALAN FISHMAN
Mulford Gallery, Rockland, Maine
WORKSHOP : Shake Up Your Art : October 24, 9:30-12:30
Waterfall Arts, Belfast, Maine 207-338-2222
September 2009
FEATURED:
Percent-For-Art commission for the Captain Albert Stevens School here on this blog
September 2009
EXHIBITION: "DUETTO" One-of-a-kind lamps created from salvaged lamps & shades.
A collaboration with ALAN FISHMAN
Firehouse Gallery, Damariscotta, Maine, 207-563-7299
May 2009
EXHIBITION: "DUETTO" + a selection of MJB photographs
Carver Hill Gallery, 264 Meadow Street, Rockport, ME, 04856, 207-236-0745
April 2009
BOOK PUBLICATION : Best Seat in the House : Cats in Their Windows
May 2008
TELEVISION INTERVIEW : May 9
"207": NBC'S WCSH IN PORTLAND, ME
April 2008
BOOK PUBLICATION : I'll Wait in the Car : Dogs Along for the Ride
December 2007
EXHIBITION: BRANCHING OUT : Rivers and Streams
20 artists collaborate with 20 younger artists
"The Making of a River" : a photo collage/installation created in collaboration with Noah, 14 years old.
December 5, 6:30-9 pm: Opening reception
Waterfall Arts, 256 High Street, Belfast, Maine 207-338-2222
EXHIBITION: recent works • ELAN FINE ARTS, 86 Pascal Ave, Rockport, Maine
April 2007
EXHIBITION:
April 28- July 21: "ALTERED NATURE"
invitational photography exhibition curated by Britta Konau
CENTER FOR MAINE CONTEMPORARY ART, Rockport, Maine
January 2007
LECTURE:
January 22 , 7 pm: "AN ARTIST'S JOURNEY":
Waterfall Arts, 256 High Street, Belfast, Maine, 207-338-2222
A visual autobiography, photographs, paintings, sketchbook pages, and ephemera. A presentation focusing on the forces - family, teachers, friends, other artists - that have inspired, informed, the drive to create. A long and winding journey inward, propelled, in part, by a long and winding journey outward...
December 2006
EXHIBITION: BRANCHING OUT : TREES
10 artists collaborate with 10 younger artists
{the Branching Out program was created by MJB in collaboration with Meredith Alex}
"Winter Lights": a sculptural/electrical work created in collaboration with Emma, 12 years old.
December 9, 2-4 pm: Opening reception Waterfall Arts, 256 High Street, Belfast, Maine 207-338-2222
EXHIBITION:
December 1, 5-7 pm: Opening reception
ELAN FINE ARTS, 86 Pascal Ave, Rockport, Maine
a selection of nine current and past works
exhibition through December 22
July 2006
EXHIBITION:
Solo Online Exhibition : PHOTOMEDIA CENTER
December 2005
EXHIBITION:
PEACE : group exhibition
December 9-23, 2005. Reception: Friday, December 9, 6-8pm. ELAN FINE ARTS, Rockland, Maine
September 2005
COMPLETED PORTFOLIO:
Completed and printed a portfolio of 20 exhibition prints, 25" x 25", from the series "Illuminating the Negative," with the support of a grant from the Maine Arts Commission
February - April 2005
EXHIBITIONS:
LEARNING TO ICESKATE photograph selected for 2 group exhibitions:
Surviving Winter in Maine, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine
JANUARY - MARCH, 2005
Group exhibition, State House, Augusta, Maine, MARCH - APRIL, 2005
January - February 2005
AWARDED:
Maine Arts Commission's Good Idea Grant:
To print a complete portfolio of 20 exhibition prints, 25" x 25", from the series "Illuminating the Negative".
COMMISSION:
Completed commission of 250 12" x 18" photographs for the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation.
EXHIBITIONS:
SELF PORTRAIT/PORTRAIT group exhibition
FEBRUARY 5 - MARCH 5, 2005
Blum Gallery, College of the Atlantic 105 Eden Street
Bar Harbor, Maine
PUBLICATION:
Exploring Color Photography: Fourth Edition - From the Darkroom to the Digital Studio
by Robert M. Hirsch
McGraw Hill, Publishers: 2004
page 172: Photograph chosen for inclusion in this college-level textbook.
June 2004
PUBLICATION: PICTUREQUEST.COM
Photograph licensed to launch new website
Photo District News Magazine March 2004 • Graphics Magazine April/May 2004
March 2004
EXHIBITION: University of New England Gallery, 716 Stevens Ave, Portland, ME
March 31- May 2 (opening reception April 4th, 2-4 pm)
FINALIST:
Captain Albert W. Stevens Elementary School, Belfast, Maine
One of 8 finalists for Percent-For-Art competition
PUBLICATION:
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE, Sunday, March 21, 2004
Photograph licensed for article.
