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Violence Transformed Selected BiographiesMary R. HarveyMary Harvey is a Diploma student at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, where she received her Post-Baccalaureate Cerificate in Studio Arts in 2009. She is an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and founding director of the Victims of Violence (VOV) Program of the Cambridge Health Alliance. Upon retiring as VOV Director in September 2006, she initiated VOV's first Violence Transformed exhibit, and since has served as Executive Director and co-curator, Dr. Harvey is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and a Member and former Board Member of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) which, in 1996, honored her with the society's Sarah Haley Award for outstanding service to traumatized populations. In 2007, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance. Her work has taken her to Europe, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Africa. Jonathan ShirlandJonathan Shirland is currently Assistant Professor of Art at Bridgewater State College, Massachusetts and Visual Arts Director of Violence Transformed. He received his PhD in Art History from University College London in 2002, and has taught at University College London, the University of York, and Lasell College in Newton. He was also the Curator of Public Programs and Adult Learning at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. The author of a number of articles about the politics of representation, he is currently working on a book for Ashgate Press. Gail BosA prominent member of the Cambridge Art Association, the Jamaica Plain Arts Council and the Monotype Guild of New England, work by Gail Bos has been exhibited in solo and group shows in galleries and art spaces throughout Massachusetts including Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Lowell and Wellfleet. She is the recipient of numerous awards including Best in Show for her paintings and mixed media works. Her work is in the permanent collections of the DeCordova Museum Board of Trustees, and the Lowell Historic Preservation Commission. She has been involved with Violence Transformed since its inception and works closely with community artists and arts organizations throughout Boston. Barbara HammBarbara Hamm is a clinical psychologist in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Director of the Victims of Violence (VOV) Program of the Department of Psychiatry at the Cambridge Health Alliance, and an active participant in Violence Transformed since its inception. The Victims of Violence Program is the host organization for Violence Transformed. In 2008, Dr. Hamm organized the Wind Song Project in which young people throughout the Greater Boston area created peace flags that were displayed at the Massachusetts Statehouse during Violence Transformed. She also organized a series of performing arts events entitled “Transforming Violence” which introduced and concluded the Violence Transformed 2008 exhibits. In 2009, Dr. Hamm served as a Co-Director of Performing Arts. In 2010 she is serving as the Coordinator of Performing Arts Programs for Violence Transformed. Edmund Barry GaitherAs director and curator of The Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Edmund Barry Gaither has established a vital cultural presence for the black community of Boston and beyond. Through exhibits of African-American painting, photographs, pottery, fabrics, and sculpture, Gaither’s work encourages black Americans to understand and appreciate their contribution to national and international culture. He has also established a permanent collection of more than 4,000 artifacts and the country’s largest slide archives of African cultural art. An art historian, lecturer, consultant and writer, Gaither serves as special consultant and adjunct curator at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. Gaither formerly taught at Wellesley College, Harvard College and Boston University, and has served as a panel chairman for the National Endowment for the Arts and on President Bush’s Advisory Board on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. He also co-founded the African-American Museum Association. Marshall HughesMarshall Hughes, the Director of Visual, Performing, and Media Arts at Roxbury Community College is founder and director of Opera unmet, an urban opera company that has performed in major venues over the past decade including the Hatch Shell, Symphony Hall, and First Night ceremonies. Marshall conducted SANS, an International Choral Exchange Choir, for over fifteen years, leading tours to the former Soviet Union, Russia, The Balkans and China. He has performed extensively on the international stage, including Holland, Europe and the United States, and has directed major theater productions at several colleges, including Emerson College in Boston. Marshall has been on the faculties of Emerson College, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston Conservatory of Music, and Wheelock College, and is currently on the dance faculty of Emmanuel College. In 2008 and 2009, Marshall served as the Performing Arts Director of Violence Transformed. In 2010, he will serve as a Performing Arts Consultant. Brenda SteinbergBrenda Steinberg is an artist, clinical/developmental psychologist, and geriatric consultant. She is a long time member of the Cambridge Art Association where she has been a member of the Board and the Chair of the Show Committee. She is also a member of the Provincetown Art Association and has shown her work at the, Kendall, Blue Heron, and Swansborough galleries in Wellfleet and the Robin Watson gallery in Provincetown. In 2009 she curated the Violence Transformed show at the Cambridge Art Association together with Gail Bos. This year she and Vicky Steinitz are curating the VT show, "Poster Art: Standing for Peace and Justice" at Lesley University. She has been a member of Violence Transformed since its inception. Ann E. TobeyAnn Tobey is currently Associate Professor at Wheelock College in Boston, where she develops and directs the Juvenile Justice and Youth Advocacy Program. Her interests include delinquency, youth advocacy, positive youth development, and the arts. She is co-coordinator of Ubuntu in the Works, a dynamic collection of on going collaborative projects at Wheelock that are inspired by the spirit of Ubuntu. Through the undergraduate curriculum and the community based projects, Ann strives to have young people be involved, engaged, and connected; and for adults to work in productive, innovative, and respectful ways with youth. Ann received a doctorate in clinical psychology from SUNY Buffalo, and a post-doctoral specialization in child forensic psychology from Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School’s Children in the Law Program. She has been involved with Violence Transformed since 2006 as an organizer and curator. |
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