ROSEMARY CONNELLY ART

Solo and Joint Exhibitions
2023
• Solo Show Driven to Abstraction, Rehoboth Art League, Sept 29 - Oct 29, 2023
• Mispillion Art League member shows
2022 
• Solo Show, Nassau Valley Vineyards
• Featured Artist, Peninsula Gallery, Lewes, DE 
2015 • Pondside Artisans with Bob Connelly, Killens Pond State Park, Frederica, DE
2013 • A Painting a Day, Acrylics & Watercolors by Rosemary Connelly, Buzz Ware Village Center, Arden, DE
2012 • From Italy with Love with Bob Connelly, Dover Art League, Dover, DE
2011 • Travel Art: Italy & Beyond with Bob Connelly, Anne Lloyd Gallery, Decatur Arts Council, Decatur, IL

Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
• Mispillion Art League Holiday Exhibit, Not so Silent Night
• Small Jewels, Peninsula Gallery, Lewes, DE
• Mispillion Art League 19th Annual Judged Show, 1st and 2nd place, Watercolors
• April Group Show, Station Gallery, Greenville, DE
• Mispillion Art League, Milford, DE, Flowers Don't Tell…They Show! 
• Mispillion Art League, Letting in the Light 
• Mispillion Art League, 19th Annual Juried Show!
2021
• Mispillion Art League Member Shows, Milford, DE
• Mispillion Art League 18th Annual Juried Show, Milford, DE (2nd and 3rd Place, Watercolors)
• Rehoboth Art League 83rd Annual Juried Show, Rehoboth Beach, DE
• Summer Group Show, Station Gallery, Greenville, DE
2020
• Mispillion Art League Member Shows, Milford, DE
• Mispillion Art League 17th Annual Juried Show, Milford, DE (Honorable Mention)
2019 • Mispillion Art League Member Shows, Milford, DE
2017 • Mispillion Art League Member Shows, Milford, DE
2016
• Rehoboth Art League Member Show, Rehoboth Beach, DE
• Mispillion Art League Member Shows, Milford, DE,
2015
• The Summer Show, Station Gallery, Greenville, DE
• Mispillion Art League Show "A Winter's Tale, Milford, DE
• Milton Arts Guild Member Exhibit, Milton, DE
2014
• Brandywine Plein Air Competition, (juried) Winterthur, Wilmington, DE
• Mispillion Art League Fall Member Show (juried and judged), Milford, DE, (honorable mention)
• Amish Country Bike Tour Juried Exhibit, National League of American Pen Women, Dover, DE (1st Place w/c)
• Painting the Delaware History Trail, Plein Air Painters of the Mid Atlantic, The Gibby, Middletown, DE
• The Winter Group Show, Station Gallery, Greenville, DE
2013
• Brandywine Plein Air Competition, (juried), Winterthur, Wilmington, DE
• Holiday Group Show, Station Gallery Greenville, DE
• Plein Air Painters of the Mid-Atlantic, Dover Art League and the Agriculture Museum, Dover, DE
• The Summer Group Show, Station Gallery, Greenville, DE
2012 
• Brandywine Plein Air Competition, Children’s Beach House, Brandywine Valley, Winterthur, Wilmington, DE
• Cypress Trees Along the Mispillion, Gallery 37, (by invitation) Milford, DE
• Holiday/December Show, Station Gallery, Greenville, DE
• Fall Juried Show, Mispillion Art League, Milford, DE (2 honorable mentions)
• The Summer Group Show, The Station Gallery, Greenville, DE
• Plein Air Coastal DE Competition, Children’s Beach House, Rehoboth Beach, DE, (honorable mention)
• Delaware Watercolor Society (juried), Rehoboth Beach Yacht Club, Rehoboth Beach, DE
 
Teaching Experience / Workshops
2023 • Mispillion Art League, Milford, DE
2022
• Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth Beach, DE (2 workshops) 
• Mispillion Art League, Milford, DE 
• Art League of Ocean City, Ocean City, MD 
2021 (Covid continues)
• Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth Beach, DE (3 workshops)
• Mispillion Art League, Milford, DE
• Delaware Art Museum
2020 (Covid year)
• Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth Beach, DE (3 workshops)
• Mispillion Art League, MIlford, DE (2 workshops)
• Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover, DE
2019
• Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth Beach, DE (2 workshops)
• Mispillion Art League, Milford, DE (2 workshops)
• Longwood Gardens, Kennett Pike, PA
• Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
2018 (Dislocated my elbow in Portugal)
• Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth Beach, DE
• Mispillion Art League, Milford, DE (2 workshops) 
2017
• Bayside Institute, Fenwick Island, DE
• Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
• Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth Beach, DE (3 workshops)
• Mispillion Art League, Milford, DE (2 workshops
2016
• Mispillion Art League, Milford, DE
• Longwood Gardens, Kennet Pike, PA
• Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
• Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth Beach, DE
• Bayside Institute, Fenwick Island, DE
2015
• Bayside Institute, Fenwick Island, DE
• Lavender Fields at Warrington Manor, Milton, DE
• ArtHOPE Program, Cancer Support Community for cancer survivors, Rehoboth Beach, DE
2014
• Live Cheap and Make Art Studios, Milford, DE
• Mispillion Art League, (Spring and Fall) Milford, DE
• Gallery One, Ocean View, DE
• Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
2013
• Lavender Fields at Warrington Manor, Milton, DE
• Delaware Art Museum, (Spring and Fall) Wilmington, DE
• New York Open Center, New York, NY
• Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek, Wisconsin
• Mispillion Art League, Milford, DE
• Gallery One, Ocean View, DE
2012
• Los Gatos Company, Los Gatos, CA
• Mispillion Art League, Milford, DE (2 workshops)
• Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth Beach, DE
• The Shah Residence, Arden, DE
• The Sheaffer Residence, Milford, DE
• Waterview Gardens, Milton, DE
• Kalypso Pottery Studio, Milford, DE
• Dover Art League, Dover, DE 
• Dolce Bakery and Cafe, Milford, DE
 
Professional Affiliations:
Mispillion Art League, Board Member; Plein Air Painters of the Mid-Atlantic; Rehoboth Art League, Urban Sketchers; Urban Sketchers Delaware, founding member.

Related Work Experience
2022 • Author and publisher of Two Years in Italy, a memoir
2019 to the present • Chair, The Big Draw Festival Delaware
2007 to the present • Owner, Live Cheap & Make Art Studios, Milford DE
2005-2007 Lived and Painted in Italy
1985-2005 Professional Graphic Designer, Phoenix, AZ

Education
1982-1985 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, Graphic Design
1979-82 Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ, Fine Art, drawing, painting, graphic design