Brenda L. Ferro, Fine Artist
Home  Artwork Shows Biography Resume e-mail	Current Local Gallery Affiliations: Becky's Frame Studio, Bedford, NH Creative Ventures, Milford, NH Selected Awards: E.W. Poores First Place in Pastels for “At Pulpit Rock” at Poore’s First Annual Juried Art Show 2005 Keyes Art Group First Place in Pastels for "Great Grandma's Legacy" at 2012 Milford Keyes Art Festival Third Place in Acrylics for "If They Could Talk..." at 2012 Milford Keyes Art Festival First Place in Pastels for "Story Time" at 2011 Keyes Art Group Show Second Place in Pastels for “Making the Grade” at 2009 Keyes Art Group Show. First Place in Pastels for “Great Grandma’s Washstand” at 2007 Keyes Art Group Show. Second Place in Pastels for “New Boston Spring” at 2007 Keyes Art Group Show. First Place in Pastels for "Rose Mt. Revisited" at 2006 Keyes Art Group Annual Show Second Place in graphite for "Chickadee I" at 2006 Keyes Art Group Annual Show First Place in colored pencil for “Red Tail Hawk” at 2005 Keyes Art Group Annual Show
	Manchester Artist’s Association 3rd Place Overall 2016 MAA Art in the Park Best in Show and First Place for "Great Grandma's Washstand" at 2007 MAA Art in the Park Second Place for “The Falls” a pastel, at 2005 MAA Art Affair in the Country, Bedford, NH First Place in Colored Pencil for collected works at An Art Affair in the Country, 2003. Second place for colored pencil, “The Nest,” in the graphics/pen and ink/colored pencil division at 2002 Art in the Park Fine Arts Festival. Nashua Area Artist's Association Second Place for "Cemetery Hill-Spring View" a pastel, at 2005 NAAA Greeley Park Art Show. Shows: Juried Exhibits: Pastel Society of NH Regional Juried Show 2007 E.W. Poore’s Annual Juried Shows, Manchester, NH, March, 2005 & 2006 Wild Salamander Art Gallery, Hollis, NH, Annual Regional Show, 2017-2018 Creative Ventures Art Gallery, Milford, NH, various small works shows, 2017-2018 Group Exhibits: Andover Art in the Park Show, Andover, MA, 2005- 2007 Art on Bartlett Mall, Newburyport, MA, 2006, 2007 New Boston Center for the Arts & Applejacks & Co. Group Shows 2005-2006 E.W. Poore's Annual Miniatures Art Show, Manchester, NH, 2006 Beaver Brook Fall Festival Art Show, Hollis, NH 2006, 2016-2018 Keyes Art Group’s Annual Art Show, Milford, 2004-2007, 2009, 2011-2012 McIninch Family Gallery, Spring 2004, Juried MAA Art Exhibit Manchester Artists’ Association 2002-2007, 2009 Art in the Park Shows Manchester Artist’s Association Spring Art Show and Sale 2003-2006 at Bedford Mall An Art Affair in the Country in Bedford, Summer 2003-2010 Fourth of July Art Show in Amherst, 2003-2018 Greeley Park Art Show 2003-2005, Nashua Area Artists’ Association One Person Exhibits: MAA Artist of the Month for November, 2002, January, 2003, June 2003 and March 2004 Solo Show at Becky’s Frame Studio ~ September, 2003 Solo Show at Amherst Library ~ February 2004 Solo Show at The Frame Depot - May 2008 Solo Show at EW Poores - June - July 2008 Art Education: E.W. Poore Art School, Manchester, NH Pastel Painting classes with Linda Obremski and Sue Zylak. Acrylic with Kim Roth. SUNY Institute of Technology, Utica-Rome, Marcy, NY BA - Liberal Arts – Humanities - Course work included Art History and off campus art courses in advanced drawing techniques at Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute School of Art. Madrid-Waddington Jr.-Sr. High School, Madrid, NY Art instruction classes utilizing the “Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain” technique with Sandra Hildreth.