E. Linda Poras

Brush Art Gallery & Studios · 1996–2009

Pictures of Faith: Contemporary Orthodox Iconography (1996). Significant Others: Paintings by Randall Deihl and Nancy Hill (1997). Beyond Tradition: Women in Photography (1997). Allen Ginsberg and Friends: A Photographic Tribute, co-curated with Charles Guiliano (1997). Close Observations of Landscape, Architecture and Canine Companions: Jane Sutherland (1997–98). SELF-aMUSEd II, co-curated with Wendy Tarlow Kaplan (1998). Inspired Visions: Anthony James (1998). The New York Years: Sigmund Abeles (1998). Reflections: A Celebration of the Cambodian / American Experience (1999). Vassilios Giavis: Paintings of a Copley Master (1999). Perspectiva Latina: Contemporary Latin American Artists From New England (2000). Home?: Crosscurrents in Contemporary South Asian/American Art (2001). A Continent Away: Multiple Identities in Contemporary African Art (2002). Emerging Voices/Healing Souls: Contemporary Cambodian Artists in the Aftermath of War (2003). AAMARP The Legacy: African American Artists in Boston (2004). Floating Worlds: Hyang Sook Park (2005). Wax: Encaustic Techniques in Contemporary Art (2005). Art Quilts: New England/New York (2006).

Independent Curator · 1995–present

Cloth, Metal, and Wood: Paul Matisse and Linda Hoffman — Fitchburg Art Museum (1996). Sigmund Abeles survey — Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell (1998). Andrew Stevovich retrospective — Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham (1999). Molding Minds: Propaganda Art Relating to the Vietnam War Era — William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut (2004). New Faces/New Visions — Danforth Museum of Art (2005).

Fitchburg Art Museum · Curator of Contemporary Art · 1983–1995

Selected curated exhibitions: Photographs by Frank Noelker (1995); Survivors: The Trees of Bergen-Belsen, Jonathan Sharlin (1994); New England/New Talent (1994, 1992); The Maine Connection from the Farnsworth Museum (1993); SELF-aMUSEd (1993); Installation Art: Cantor, Creamer, Hachey, Thompson (1992); The Mind’s Eye (1991); Carl Pickhardt retrospective (1991); Robert Cronin: The Tin Years (1991); Transformation of Tradition: Contemporary Asian American Artists (1991); Arthur Polonsky: Selected Works 1944–1990; 19 On Paper: Women Artists from Rhode Island (1990); Karl Baden (1990); Olivia McCullough (1990); Jay Dunitz (1989); Copley Masters (1989); Ota Richter (1989); Sally Hall Dillon (1988); Feridun Ozgoren and Nan Freeman (1988); Museum School Faculty 1980–1988 (1988); Boston Colorists: Ablow and Berger, with Dorothy Thompson (1987). Also organized exhibitions including Robin Schwartz, Olivia Parker, Sigmund Abeles, Jonathan Imber, Ron Rosenstock, Anna Strickland, Luke Powell, Aida Laleian; African Tribal Art (Tim Hamill); Haiti: Flesh of Politics/Spirit of Vodun; Getting Real: 19th Century Realism (Philip Desind); and Monocular Vision (Fred Walkey).

Lectures

Society of Art Quilters; Association Critique, Chelmsford Art Association; New England Museum Association Annual Conference; Graduate Seminar lectures, Boston Museum School of Fine Arts; A Cultural Odyssey in Lowell, UMass Lowell; Massachusetts College of Art; USS Constitution Museum, Boston; Fitchburg State College.

Advisory Boards

Danforth Art Museum, Collections Committee; ArtsWorcester Exhibitions Committee; Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards; Danforth Museum of Art, Board of Overseers; The Museum of American Textile History.

Juror

Digital Images, Whistler House Museum of Art; Traveling Scholar Student and Alumni Awards, Boston Museum School of Fine Arts; DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park; Danforth Museum of Art Juried Show; Newport Art Museum 7th Annual Juried Exhibition; Worcester State College Faculty Award; Homage to Whistler, Whistler House Museum of Art; Public Art for Boston MBTA Silverline World Trade Center Stop; Cambridge Arts Council / public art; Women’s Center Gallery, Brandeis University; Public Art Garden Project, Fitchburg Art Museum; Mood Indigo: Contemporary Art Quilts, New England Quilt Museum; ArtsWorcester Biennial; Fitchburg Art Museum Regional Show; Sharon Art Center, Sharon, NH; Art in Architecture Project for General Services Administration, Washington, D.C.

Panelist & Panel Organizer

Panelist: Massachusetts Cultural Council grant review; Getty Foundation; Massachusetts College of Art senior review; Boston Museum School of Fine Arts graduate student critique. Panel organizer: Cambodian Arts; Thoughts on the Last 25 Years of African American Art; Africa is Not a Country; South Asian Artists from the Diaspora; Perspectiva Latina; Influences on Contemporary Asian/American Artists.

Publications / Exhibition Essays

Cloth, Metal, and Wood: Paul Matisse and Linda Hoffman. Emerging Voices/Healing Souls: Contemporary Cambodian Artists. A Continent Away: Multiple Identities in Contemporary African Art. Home?: Crosscurrents in Contemporary South Asian/American Art. SELF-aMUSEd II. Beyond Tradition: Women in Photography. Alluring Realities: Jane Sutherland. Significant Others: Deihl and Hill. Pictures of Faith. SELF-aMUSEd. New England/New Talent. Arthur Polonsky: A Survey. Installation Art: Cantor, Creamer, Hachey, Thompson. The Mind’s Eye. Robert Cronin: The Tin Years. Carl Pickhardt: A Retrospective View. Sheldon Goldstein: The Italian Paintings (Reproduzioni Scanner, Italy). Copley Masters, Fitchburg Art Museum.