Curriculum Vitae 
Madeline Stenson (b. 1995, Torrington, CT) 

Education 
Hartford Art School, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture 2017 

Exhibitions 
2021 Painted Chair, Friendly Hands Food Bank A Seat at Our Table donation for fundraiser,

            Torrington, CT

2020 Featured Artist in Cross-Atlantic Quarantine Sessions, Cuatro Puntos, Hartford, CT/Cape
            Town, South Africa/virtual live video

2020  Auction for Action, painting donation for auction in support of Black Trans Lives Matter
            Youth Fund (GoFundMe), virtual program via Instagram

2020 Art Show & Sale, Social House, Torrington, CT

2019 Expanded Vocabularies, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT 

2018-2019 Insight, Five Points Annex Gallery, Torrington, CT

2018 FPG Holiday Sale, Five Points Annex Gallery, Torrington, CT 

2018 And By Necessity, Melanie Carr Gallery, Essex, CT 

2018 Deluge (solo), Souterrain Gallery at the Wish House, West Cornwall, CT 

2018 Silence Breakers, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT 

2017 Blood Work, Hartford Art School thesis show, Silpe Gallery, West Hartford, CT 

2017 In Grace We Trust, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT 

2017 Silverfarb, Stanley Sculpture Center at the Hartford Art School, West Hartford, CT 

2016 Blue Moon, 891 N Main (Artist Michael E. Smith’s Studio), Providence, RI 

2016 Small World, Stanley Sculpture Center at the Hartford Art School, West Hartford, CT 

2016 Alexander Goldfarb Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Joseloff Gallery, West Hartford, CT 

2015 Alexander Goldfarb Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Joseloff Gallery, West Hartford, CT 

2013 Annual Freshmen Foundations Show, Silpe Gallery, West Hartford, CT 

2013 New Members Show, Artwell Gallery, Torrington, CT

Curatorial Projects 
2021 1st Annual Litchfield Hills Creative Festival, Torrington, CT

2020-21 Art in the Windows, NWCT Arts Council Community Project, Torrington, CT

2020 Resiliency, digital art gallery and Facebook livestream, NWCT Arts Council

2019 & 21 Litchfield Hills Creative Awards (previously CultureMAX), NWCT Arts Council, Torrington, CT

2019 10th Annual Open Your Eyes Studio Tour, New Hartford & Winsted, CT 

2018 FPG Holiday Sale, Five Points Annex Gallery, Torrington, CT

2018 CultureMAX Awards, NWCT Arts Council, Torrington, CT 

2018 9th Annual Open Your Eyes Studio Tour, Cornwall, Goshen, & Warren, CT 

2018 Open Your Eyes Studio Tour Preview Party, Warren Town Center, Warren, CT 

2017 Silverfarb, Stanley Sculpture Center at the Hartford Art School, West Hartford, CT 

2016 Small World, Stanley Sculpture Center at the Hartford Art School, West Hartford, CT 

Awards/Scholarships/Grants 
2021 Leadership Northwest class, NWCT Chamber of Commerce

2013-17 University of Hartford Merit Scholarship, West Hartford, CT 

2013-17 University of Hartford University Grant, West Hartford, CT 

2011 Rochester Institute of Technology Award for Innovation and Creativity 

2011 After School Arts Program Grant Recipient for Summer Arts Program, Washington, CT 

Professional Experience/Volunteering 
2018-Present Program Director at the Northwest CT Arts Council, Torrington, CT

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2019-2020 Marketing Coordinator at the Five Points Center for Visual Arts, Torrington, CT 

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2019 Poster for Adventureland Boondocks Film Society event, Amenia, NY

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2018-2020 Five Points Gallery Launchpad Artist & Volunteer, Torrington, CT

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2017-18 Ely Center of Contemporary Arts Volunteer, New Haven, CT
 
2017 Co-designer, Sculpture Garden at the Mandell Jewish Community Center, West Hartford, CT 

2017 Koopman Chair, Jamie Isenstein, Hartford Art School, CT

 
2016-17 President of Sculpture Club, Hartford Art School, CT 

2015-16 Officer/Secretary of Sculpture Club, Hartford Art School, CT

 
2016 Koopman Chair, Michael E. Smith, Hartford Art School, CT

2014-18 Studio Assistant to Gilles Giuntini, Canton, CT 

2012 Volunteer Assistant to Danielle Mailer, Finished Horse Tale, Torrington, CT

 

2011 Young People’s Institute Summer Art Program, Suffield, CT