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Education
| MFA 1976 |
BFA 1973 |
| Indiana University at
Bloomington |
University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign |
| Printmaking
and Painting |
Art History |
Teaching
Experience
August, 2001 to present
|
Grand View College,
Demoines, IA
Instructor of courses including: 19th Century Art History, Graphic Design,
Intro to Illustration, Studio Art for Non-Majors. |
April, 1998 to July, 2001
|
Robert Morris College,
Institute of Art & Design, Chicago, IL
Instructor of courses including: Typography I & II, Sign & Symbol,
Drawing, 2D Design, 3D Design, Computer Imaging, Computer Illustration,
Graphic Design I, II and III, Presentation Graphics and Humanities
through the Arts. |
| Chair of the Art and Design
Departments. Responsible for: designing syllabi and scope and seuqence
for all courses offered for Graphic Arts, Media Arts, and Web Design
majors, both associate and bachelors of applied science; devising
and implementing program assessment procedures in accordance with
institutional and North Central Accreditation guidelines; recruiting,
observing, and mentoring faculty in three of the four art departments
within the college's Institute of Art and Design; recruiting and
assessing design field related student internships. |
| Faculty coordinator for
the Bachelor of Applied Science Senior Exhibit. |
| Faculty advisor for the
student chapter of The American Center for Design. |
| Director of
the Visting Artist program. |
Professional
Experience
1986 to present
Mary Jones Illustration
and Design (sole proprietor)
Editorial Illustration in
both traditional and electronic media. Clients include: Chicago Tribune,
Playboy Magazine,
Cricket, Spider, Family Fun, The Utne Reader, BabyTalk, Ameritech,
Roche Laboratories, S.C. Johnson, Evangelical Health Systems, Albert
Whitman & Company, ScottForesman/Addison Wesley, Chicago Review Press. |
| Comprehensive design and
production of print media: catalogs, ads, brochures, point-of-purchase
and direct mail materials. Clients include: Expressions of Culture,
Inc.; The American Bar Association; Productancy, Inc.; Chicago Review
Press; Montgomery Place; Ann Nathan Gallery; Marx-Saunders Gallery;
Gallery 1021 Lill Street; Children's Home & Aid Society; American
Libraries. |
1982 to 1986
Playboy Enterprises,
Promotion Art Department
Assistant
Art Director (promoted from keyliner). Responsible for concept, design
and production of promotional
materials: posters, brochures, newsletters and point-of purchase materials;
also responsible for purchasing
services from outside vendors. |
1980 to 1982
Mary Jones Design and
Production Service
Freelance Graphic Artist
responsible for design, illustration and keyline for Chicago area
audio-visual houses,
studios and agencies. |
1978 to 1980
Arthur
Andersen & Co., Graphics Department
Production Coordinator responsible for scheduling work for staff of
14, establishing budgets, and buying outside type, illustration and
supplies. Processing billing and coordinating services with professional
staff. |
| Graphic Artist
responsible for design, illustration and keyline for audiovisual materials,
brochures, reportsand business forms. |
Technical
Expertise
Digital: QuarkXPress, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia
Freehand, Macromedia Fontographer
Traditional: Watercolor, Acrylic and Oil Painting, Intaglio, B&W Photography
Selected
Exhibitions
Small Celebrations, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI December,
2000
Small Celebrations, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI December,
1999
Mary Jones and Bill Reid, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL December,
1998
Sensibility & Wit, Wit & Sensibility; Bill Reid and Mary Jones
Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL December, 1996
Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL December, 1994
Objects/Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL December, 1992
Jack and Jill, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL June, 1994
20th Anniversary Exhibition: ARC Gallery, ARC Gallery, Chicago,
IL September, 1993
1992-2000 Seasons: Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek, WI
ART&MUSIC&ART, Contemporary Arts Workshop, Chicago, IL March, 1991
Members Show, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL July, 1988
Contemporary Prints and Drawings, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
March-June, 1986
A Sense of Crisis, MoMing Dance and Arts Center, Chicago, IL October,
1985
American Annual Works on Paper, Zaner Gallery, Rochester, NY June-July,
1984
80th Exhibit by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, Art Institute
of Chicago, Chicago, IL
March-April, 1984
National Watermedia Biennial, Zaner Gallery, Rochester, NY March-April,
1984
Juror's Special Recognition
Small Works National, Zaner Gallery, Rochester, NY December, 1982
Mary Jones and Donna Hapac, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL May, 1982
35th Illinois Invitational, Illinois State Museum, Springfield,
IL June-September, 1983
Selections from the CAC Slide Registry, Wustum Museum, Racine,
WI June-July, 1983
Women-Paper-Art, Reicher Gallery, Barat College, Lake Forest, IL
February, 1982
ARC at Dittmar, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL February,
1982
Humor in Art, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL January, 1982
Bullish on Women, Boulder Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO January,
1981
Mary Jones and Sue Gertz, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL September, 1980
New Horizons in Art, Chicago Public Library Cultural Center, Chicago,
IL May, 1978
Award of Excellence
Union League Show, Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL March,
1978
Third Midwestern Printmaking Annual, Tulsa, OK December,1975
Eight-State Painting Exhibit, J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, KY
May 1974
Purchase Award
Solo Exhibitions
Mary Jones: Paintings,
ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL June, 1992
Mary Jones, Edgewood Orchard Gallery, Fish Creek, WI July, 1995
Mary Jones: Paintings and Drawings, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL December, 1989
Mary Jones: Paintings and Drawings, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL April, 1986
The Mary Jones Show, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL June, 1983
Illustrated Books
Schulson, Rachel Ellenberg.
Guns: What You Should Know. Albert Whitman & Co.
Morton Grove, IL, 1997. ISBN 0-8075-3093-x
Peacock, Carol Antoinette, with Adair Gregory and Kyle Carney Gregory.
Sugar Was My Best Food. Albert
Whitman & Co. Morton Grove, IL. 1998.
ISBN 80757646-8
Weeks, Sarah. Shoes. Celebration Press. Glenview, IL. 1997. ISBN
0-673-77676-x
Braham, Clare Bonfanti, with
Maria Bonfanti Esche. Happy Birthday Grandma Moses.
Chicago Review Press. Chicago, IL. 1996.
ISBN 1-55652-226-6
Permanent Collections:
The Bench Project, Chicago
Children's Museum, Chicago, IL
Chicago Public Library, Uptown
Branch, Chicago, IL
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
The Illinois Collection for the State of Illinois Center, Chicago, IL
Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, NJ
Awards
Parents' Choice Approved Winner 2000: Sugar Was My Best Food. Mary Jones, illus.
Certificate of Excellence,
PRINT Regional Design Annual, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999
Outstanding Service Award,
Robert Morris College, May 2000
C.A.A.P. Grant, Dept. of Cultural
Affairs, City of Chicago, 1992
Residency, The Ragdale Foundation,
Lake Forest, IL, 1992
Graduate Fellowship, Indiana
University, 1974
Bibliography (Reviews,
Articles, Catalogs)
Mark Rozzo, "Book Currents,"
The New Yorker, June 12, 2000, 20.
The Bench Project: Chicago Children's Museum, show catalog,
June, 1996
Sophronia Scott Gregory, "Sweetness and Fight," People, August
24, 1998, 111.
Chicago Reader, exhibition announcement with photograph, November
18, 1991, 25
Deanna Isaacs, "Art People: Mary Jones is Looking for a Special Place,"
Chicago Reader, June 18, 1991,
12.
Graduate Printmaking/Indiana University, show catalog, September,
1983.
ARC Gallery: 10 Years, show catalog, April, 1983.
Humor in Art, show catalog, January 1982.
35th Illinois Invitational, show catalog, June 1982.
David Elliott, "Laughing with art, not at it, can be very serious business,"
Chicago Sun-Times, January 17,
1982, 10-12.
Simon Zalkind, "Chicago Works on Display in Boulder," Art Review,
January 1981,1.
Professional Affiliations
American Center for Design
College Art Association
Society of Children's Book
Writers and Illustrators
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