Mary-Louise            

              Biasotti Hooper                     

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  mlhooper@ycp.edu      717-659-0146
• http://www.hooperart.com
• "I paint what stirs my spirit and hope it is spiritually fulfilling to the viewer"

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• ART BUSINESS: 
• HooperArt - opened January 2003:  Art sales, commissions;
• Instruction for Children, teens, adults; Minor Restoration; Art
• Presentations.
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• JURIED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2002 to Present

  2009       Dec.: Biennale Internazionale Dell'Arte

                            Contemporanea,  Florence, Italy

 2007       Dec.: Biennale Internazionale Dell'Arte

                         Contemporanea,  Florence, Italy

 2006-2007   06-07:  Benjamine Art Gallery,

•                                                  Hagerstown,    MD.

 2006       Oct. 8-22:  York Art Association 36^th Open

•                                                        Juried Show
•          *Aug.-Sept.:  YorkFest Juried Exhibition.  Three
•                                                        Paintings. 

 2005       *Dec. 3-11:  Biennale Internazionale Dell'Arte

•                    Contemporanea.  Florence, Italy
•           *Sept. 23-24. Olivia's House Healing Hearts
•                                            Through Arts Show, York, PA
•            *Sept. 9-10, 2005:  Mathews Art Group Juried
•                                           Show, Mathews, VA
•             *Aug. 7-21: York Art Association "Emerging
•                                                   Artists" Show.

  2004       *Ju. 27-July 17:  Susquehanna Art Society. 14^th

•                                                   Biennial Northeast
•                         Regional Juried Exhibit. Selingsgrove, PA.

                    *Ju. 12-Sept. 12:  Art of the State Exhibition. 

                                                The State Museum of PA

 2002:     *Oct. 3-25:  The Art Center Gallery Juried Show.

•                                   Mechanicsburg, PA.
•         *Aug.:    Juried Art Auction. Lancaster, PA
•         *Aug. :   Juried Gallery of International
•                               FulbrightArtist   Scholars. 
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ART AWARDS

2008:      June 19-21 Juried York County Senior Art Show: 

•                           2^rd Place Oil Professional Category,
•                                Cloverly, England

 2007:      June 21-23 Juried York County Senior Art Show: 

•                            3^rd Place Oil Professional Category,
•                                   California Sunset

2006:      June 21-24 Juried York County Senior Art Show:

•                                 2^rd Place Oil Professional Category,
•                                          California Coast # 6

2005:     September 23-24. Olivia's House Healing Hearts

•                                    Through Arts Show,
•                                    York, PA
•                              2 ^rd Place, Non-professional category.
•                                   Love: Emerging Self
• *June 23-26 Juried York County Senior Art Show:
•                               2^nd Place Oil Amateur Category, Pear
•                                     and Apple

2004:      June 23-26 Juried York County Senior Art Show:

•                             3^rd Place Oil Amateur Category,
•                               Yellow Apples Among the Fruits

2003:      September 7-21 York Art Association Annual

•                             Student & Teacher Juried
•                             Exhibit
•                             Honorable Mention, Student:  Pears

 2000:      Fulbright Scholar: 6 month Professional

•                         Fulbright Senior Research Arts &
•                         Humanities Grant to Italy to study
•                         the use of the visual and
•                        performing arts in classrooms.

1977:      June Officer's Club Juried Art Show, McConnell,

•                          AFB, Kansas
•                        1^st Place:  19^th Century Library Table,
•                       Amateur
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ART MEMBERSHIPS

 [Since] 2007-:      Oil Painters of America, Associate member

   2001:      The York Art Association: Member of the Board

•                                  of Directors,

 2000:      International Fulbright Arts Task Force member

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•            Blog:  www.hooperart.blogspot.com
•          Websites:  On-Line studios of my work
•                           Artspan:  www.hooperart.com
•                          British on-line Gallery:  www.shatchi-
•                                         gallery.co.uk
•                         USA on-line gallery:  www.scuttlebut.com
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ARTICLES ON MY WORK

*News-Herald Sunday. (June 8, 2008). Who's Who in Arts &

      Crafts.  Arts &

      Entertainment Section.Hart County Kentucky.

*Showcase Magazine. (January 2007). Mechanicsburg reception

      to open

     new show. Vol. 4, Issue 1. Harrisburg, PA.

* Randy.Flume. (June 6, 2006). Art is spiritual fulfillment. 

     York Dispatch. p D8.

* Vogelsong, J. (March 11, 2005). Artist, educator, healer.

     The York Daily

     Record. p2&3D.  Living Section. York, PA.

* York College Magazine. (July 2005). Retired faculty: 

     Continuing scholarly

      activities after retirement.  Vol 3, (3). Public Relations:

     Publications Office & Alumni Relations

     Office.  York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA.  

PROJECTS

2005.  UNICEF, Argento Ensemble & Fulbright Alumni Aid to Children

                                           Tsunami Project:

•    As part of a project to regenerate a positive frame of mind for school learning with traumatized tsunami children, I was asked to volunteer & paint pieces to the music performed & recorded in New York City February 24^th by Argento Chamber Ensemble of Columbia Univ. NYC for distribution to children in Indonesia, Sri Lanka & India.  Prints of the art accompanied each free music CD. 
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ONE PERSON or GROUP non-juried EXHIBITIONS  2004-Present

2008                         9 shows

2007                       11 shows

2006:                     11 shows

2005                          8 shows

2004:                     7 Shows

EDUCATION

2007 Art Restoration Workshop-6 hour

2002 Bachelors of Arts.in Fine Art York College of PA. York, PA

1999 Associate of Arts. in Fine Art. York College of PA. York, PA.

 1991 Doctorate [Ed.D] Curriculum & Instruction. Univ. North Carolina-

      Greensboro

 1973 Masters of Arts Clinical Counseling [Minor Communicative

      Disorders]: Northern Michigan University

 1962 Bachelors of Arts in Elementary Education. Kean College, NJ

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 

  Art Jurer :   2008 & 2006: March 14/15. Student Wildlife Art 

                      contest. York County Parks.   Grades 1-12. 

 Teaching           2004- Present:  Adult, teen & children art

                                        classes at the York Art Assoc,

•                                 York Suburban School District, York
•                                 College  of PA, Penn State Univ, &
•                                  private lessons. 

Presentations

Hooper, M-L (March 25, 2007).  Experiencing art: What are they

      saying? 

     Interactive presentation at The Sunday Speaker Series. York Art

     Association, York, PA.

Hooper, M-L. (May 27, 2006), Art and your experience.  Interactive

     presentation  at River Bank Studio Art Gallery, Wrightsville, PA.

Hooper, M-L. (December 10, 2005). My art: Myself and others.  Paper

     presentation to the International Arts Task Force: 28^th Annual

     Fulbright Assn.  Conference. November 10-13. Baltimore, MD.

Hooper, M-L. (October 18, 2005).  Experiencing art. Interactive 

     presentation to grade 7 & 8 students. Southern Middle School.

     York  County, PA. 

 Sales: Gallery, Corporate and Private Collections

 2008                       2 Gallery                 Pear & Apple, 2004, River

                                                                     Docking, 2007

•                           5 Private                 The Pinon Tree, 2007;
•                                                           Far Mesa,2007; Grand
•                                                           Canyon Sunset, 2006;
•                                                           Desert Road, 2006:
•                                                            Dancing Pears, 2008.          

 2007:                     13 Gallery Sales   

•                             8 Private                              

 2006:                     22 Gallery Sales

•                            2 Private Sales   

 2005:                       9 Gallery Sales

•                          9 Private Sales   

2004:                     16 Private Sales   

•                       2 Corporate Sales             

2003-1970:           24 Private Sales