Resume Vitae
Laurie Sproul
Floral Sculpture and Design
Brownville, ME 04414 207-725-5389 lauriesproul65@gmail.com lauriesproul.com
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Juried Exhibitions
2022-23 “Climate Action: Inspiring Change” Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
2016 “Alumni Show” Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Rockport, ME
2005 “A Celebration of the Art of Wood” Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
2004 “Contemporary Maine Carving” Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Rockport, ME
Two-Person Exhibitions
2023 “Earth: Love it or Lose it”, Central Hall Commons, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine
2019 “Earth: Love it or Lose it”, Sugarwood Gallery, Farmington, Maine
2016 “Earth: Love it or Lose it”, Maine Coastal Islands Art Gallery, Rockland, ME
2016 Maine Open Juried Art Show, Waterville Library, Waterville, ME
2015 “Earth: Love it or Lose it”, Art in the Lobby, RR Square Cinema, Waterville, ME
2015 “Earth: Love it or Lose it”, Spinnaker Trust, Portland, ME
2014 “Wall Flowers” , Gallery Framing, Brunswick, ME
Group exhibitions
2018/2019 CCL NE Regional Conference, Troy, NY
2018 John Edwards Gallery, Ellsworth, ME
2017 Citizens’ Climate Lobby North East Regional Conference, UMass, Amherst, MA
2017 “Earth: Love it or Lose it”, Public Library, Waterville, ME
2016 Climate Change Solutions with Senator King, Alfond Ctr, UNE, Biddeford, ME
2015 “Earth: Love it or Lose it”, Framemakers, Waterville, ME
2015 “Earth: Love it or Lose it”, Blum Gallery, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME
2014 “Winds of Change, Seeds of Possibility”
Harlow Gallery & Viles Arboretum, Augusta, ME
2013 “Global Impact” The Gallery at Harmon’s and Barton’s, Portland, ME
2012 “Maine Wood” The Gallery at Harmon’s and Barton’s, Portland, ME
2009 “Casco Bay Woodsculptors at the Dan Kany Gallery”, Portland, ME
2008 “Maine Craft Association at the Dan Kany Gallery”, Portland, ME
2006 “Maine Sculptors” Tidemark Gallery, Waldeboro, ME
2005/6 Rising Tide Gallery, Located in the Messa Verde Restaurant, Portland, ME
2004 “Maine Sculptors at the Maine Art Gallery”, Warren Street, Wiscasset, ME
2003/4 “Maine Sculptors”, Lewis Gallery, Portland Public Library, Portland, ME
1987 “Student Exhibition”, Jaffe-Friedd and Strauss Gallery, Dartmouth College, NH
Fine Craft Exhibitions
2002/8/9 Thos. Moser Furniture Gallery, Freeport, ME
2004 Philadelphia Furniture and Furnishings Show, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Nantucket Folk Art and Artisan Show, Nantucket, MA
2003/4 Providence Fine Furnishings Show, Providence, R.I.
2002/3/4 National Folk Festival, Bangor, ME
2003 Thos. Moser Furniture Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Best of Both Worlds Gallery, St. John, VI
Grants/Residencies/Awards
2023 “Climate Action: Inspiring Change”, Artist in Residency, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
2019 Best of Show, Milo Art Show, Milo, ME
2016 Featured Artist, LA Arts Art Walk, Lewiston, ME
2016 Honorable mention in category, Maine Open Juried Art Show,
Waterville Library, Waterville, ME
2003 People’s Choice, Downeast Woodcarving and Wildlife Art Show, Wells, ME
2000 Best of Category , Spirit of Wood, Bedford, MA
1999 Best of Category, Downeast Woodcarving and Wildlife Art Show, Wells, ME
Bibliography
May 5, 2016 Nov 6, 2015 Nov 1, 2015 May 2015 July 8, 2013 March 2008
“How a Flower Changed a Life”, Bangor Daily News, Micky Bodell, Bangor, ME “207”, WCSH6 Portland, ME
“Artists make Climate Change Personal”, Portland Press Herald, Portland, ME “Wood is Good”, Women’s Quarterly, JeanAnne Pollard, Waterville, ME
“Sproul Carves for Nature”, Bill Green’s Maine, Brunswick, ME “Freeing the Form”, Maine Home and Design Magazine, Portland, ME
In the Collection of
Liv Tyler, New York, NY
Dorothea Johnson, International School of Protocol Founder, Falmouth, ME
Family of Richard Rockefeller, Falmouth, ME
Education
2008 “Wood Sculpture”, Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Rockport, ME Taught by British master carver and sculptor Chris Pye
1996 University of Maine, Masters work, Biological Oceanography, Orono, ME
1990 University of Massachusetts Amherst, BA Art Education, Amherst, MA, Art Teaching Certification grades 5-12
1987 Dartmouth College, Undergraduate work, Hanover, NH, Studied wood sculpture with Master Sculptor Fumio Yoshimura