MARY FORST CV
EDUCATION
2016
BFA Recipient, Metalsmithing and Jewelry, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME.
EXHIBITIONS
2018
Charmed, Blue, Portland, ME.
2017
Retail Show, Casco Bay Artisans, Portland, ME.
2017
The Metals Collective ‘Retrospective’, Maine College of Art’s Artist’s at Work, Portland, ME.
Cocktail Accoutrements, The Bearded Lady’s Jewel Box, Portland, ME.
2016
Resonance, Blue, Portland, ME.
In Sensorium, BFA Thesis Exhibition, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME.
Where We Are Going, Where We Have Been, MINT Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
2015
BFA Show, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME.
Form, Forge, Fabricate, Juried Exhibition, University Museum, University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale, IL.
Niche Awards Finalist Exhibition at the American Made Show, Washington DC.
2014
Starting Point, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME.
BFA Show, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME.
Peters Valley Faculty and Studio Assistant Exhibition, Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ.
Nothing Major, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME.
2013
BFA Show, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME.
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2017
Penland Work Study Scholarship, Summer Session 1, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC.
2016
Professional Development and Entrepreneurship Student Grant Recipient, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME.
Windgate Fellowship Nominee.
Niche Awards Finalist, Washington DC.
SNAG Student Work Exchange Scholarship, Asheville, NC.
2015
Honorable Mention, BFA Show, Maine College of Art, Portland ME.
SNAG Student Work Exchange Scholarship, Boston MA.
Niche Awards Finalist, Washington DC.
2012
Maine College of Art Dean’s Scholarship.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2017
Workshop Attendee - Jewelry Talks: Thought to Form, Sondra Sherman, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC.
Studio Technician - Open Bench Continuing Studies Course, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME.
Marketing Director & Sales associate - Folia, Portland, ME.
Volunteer at Society of North American Goldsmiths, Asheville, NC.
Studio Assistant - Martha Sullivan, South Portland, ME.
2016
Studio Technician - Open Bench Continuing Studies Course, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME.
Marketing Director & Sales associate - Folia, Portland, ME.
Volunteer at Society of North American Goldsmiths, Asheville, NC.
Studio Assistant - Martha Sullivan, South Portland, ME.
2015
Studio Assistant - Martha Sullivan, South Portland, ME.
Workshop Attendee - Pattern Development on Metal, Thomas Madden, Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ.
Volunteer at Society of North American Goldsmiths, Boston, MA.
2014
Teaching Assistant - Sharon Portelance, Metalsmithing 101, Maine College of Art, Portland ME.
Studio Assistant - Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ.
Workshop Assistant - Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ.
Heidi Lowe, Rings, Rings, Rings.
Kristal Romano, Working With Metal and Found Objects.
Raychel Wengenroth, Forging and Forming.
Missy Graff, Introduction to Filigree.
Lynn Batchelder, Steel Fabrication.
Nans Aalund, Lockets and Boxes.
Harlan Butt, Enameling in the Round.
PUBLICATIONS
2017
"To The Point" book written by, Daniela Malev, page 214.
2016
“The Art of Craft” Milford Journal, Sussex County Journal, Orange Sullivan Journal, September, page 18.
2015
“Professional Development” MECA Magazine. Winter + Spring 2015, page 13.
“2015 NICHE Awards” NICHE Magazine. Spring/Summer 2015, page 37.