abby glassenberg
   
   
     
     
     
 
  Education
     
  2000 Masters of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
  1997 Bachelor of Arts, Dean’s List and Phi Beta Kappa, The Johns Hopkins University
     
     
     
  Honors and Awards
     
  2007 Librarians Choice Distinctive Merit Award
“Beyond the Book” show, Boston Public Library Honan-Allston Branch
  2007 Softie Award, “Best of the Animal Kingdom”
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  1997 Eugene Leake Homewood Art Studios Award
The Johns Hopkins University
     
     
     
  Bibliography
     
     
  Mar. 2008 Wellesley Community Access Television
  Mar. 2008 Somerset Studio Magazine - four page spread of mixed media work
  Mar. 2008 Artestprit Podcast Interview
  Feb. 2008 Design*Sponge - weekly wrap up feature
  Nov. 2007 Plush You, f+w publishing
  Sept. 2007 Softies, Penguin Australia
  Aug. 2007 The Portsmouth Herald, Arts Feature
  Mar. 2007 The Boston Globe Sidekick, Shopping Tip of the Day (March 6th)
  Mar. 2007 The Boston Globe West Edition, Arts Feature (March 1st)
  Mar. 2007 The Wellesley Townsman, Page 1 Feature (March 1st)
  Dec. 2006 The Weekly Dig, Style Section (Dec. 13th)
     
     
     
  Related Work Experience
     
     
  2002 - 2004 Sixth Grade Social Studies Teacher
Charles E. Brown Middle School, Newton MA
Founded after-school origami club.
  2000 - 2002 Education Director, New England SCORES, Boston, MA
Designed and created literary arts journal “Learning Kicks”.
     
  1997 - 1999 Teach For America corps member, Middle School Teacher, Greenwood, MS
Founded and directed after-school literary and arts magazine.
     
     
     
  Exhibitions
     
     
  Apr.l 2008 “Feather Your Nest” – two-person show with Amy Rice
Paper Boat Boutique and Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
  Mar. 2008 “Stories and Tales” – four-person show
Artstream, Rochester, NH
  Feb. 2008 “Kite” - group show
The Trunk Space, Phoenix, AZ
  Dec. 2007 “Etsy!” - a group show featuring artists from the handmade artworld
Pocket Utopia, Brooklyn, NY
  Dec. 2007 ArtWorks! New Bedford Holiday Exhibition and Sale
New Bedford, MA
  Nov. 2007 “Beyond the Book” book arts and collage juried show
Honan-Allston Branch, Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
  Oct. 2007 “Plush You III” – group show
Schmancy, Seattle, WA
  Sept. 2007 “Volume: On and Off the Wall” – group show juried by Kelley Bennett,
Massachusetts Cultural Council Exhibitions Curator
LynnArts, Lynn, MA
  Aug. 2007 "Ode to Cornell: What Would Joseph Do" - group show juried by Lynda Roscoe Hartigan, Chief Curator
of the Peabody Essex Museum and internationally recognized Cornell authority
Salem Art Association, Salem, MA
  Aug. 2007 “Things With Wings” – group show
Three Graces Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
  Mar. 2007 “While She Naps” – solo show
Wellesley Free Library, Wellesley, MA
  Oct. 2006 “Morphe II” – group show
Adelaide, Australia
  Sept. 2006 “I’m Stuffed” – group show
Baltimore, MD
  Sept. 2006 “Plush You II” – group show
Seattle, WA