FORMAL EDUCATION:
May 2010-Master of Fine Arts / Museum Studies Certificate Tufts University, Medford, MA, in affiliation with School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA
May 2007-Post-Baccalaureate Certificate: School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA
Dec 2005-Bachelor of Fine Arts / Photography Concentration: The Art Institute of Boston, Boston MA
Dec 200-Associate of Arts, General Studies Landmark College, Putney VT
AWARDS:
2018 LCC Grant- Local Cultural Council of Somerville Arts Council/ fellowship
2017 Massachusetts House of Representatives award
2017 Governor Charles Baker, Lieutenant Governor Karyne award citation
2016 Somerville Artist certification.
2015 Somerville Arts Council Grant for the Switchbox Project 2015. Installed at the corner of Walnut and Medford Streets, Somerville, MA.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
2020-Present Art Editor for Divergents Magazine
2019-2020 Timeline Manager for Somerville Open Studios, Somerville, MA
2014 -Present Museum Attendant, Harvard Art Museums Cambridge, MA
2006-2014 Visitor Assistant – Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
2012-2014 Understanding Disabilities in the Public Schools of Brookline, Brookline MA
2009-2010 Researcher, Library and Archives, Historic New England, Boston, MA
2009-2010 Teacher Assistant, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2006- Summer-Arts Administration, Folk Arts Heritage Archive, MCC, Boston MA
EXHBITIONS:
SOLO SHOWS:
2017 Featured Artist, Somerville Commission for Persons with Disabilities, Somerville MA
2006 Heel-Toe – Heel-Toe – Heel-Toe: Massachusetts Cultural Council Boston, MA
SELECT GROUP SHOWS:
2018 Beer show, Cutter Gallery, Arlington MA
2018 Outside: Art About Nature, Washington Street Art Center, Somerville MA
2017 Breaking Barriers Massachusetts State House, Boston MA
2017 Postcard Show, Maud Morgan Arts-Chandler Gallery, Cambridge MA
2016 Out of the Woods Fairy Tales Re-Imagined, Nave Gallery Annex, Somerville MA
2016 Down the Hall and to the Right, 737 Cambridge St., Cambridge MA
2016 Sketchbook Show, Nave Gallery Annex, Somerville MA
2015 Who Might I Be?, Nave Gallery Annex, Somerville MA
2014 Art for the View, Sunny View Rehabilitation Hospital, Schenectady, NY
2014 State of being, A collection of figurative and portrait art. Piano Craft Gallery, Boston MA
2014 Transform, Washington Street Art Center, Somerville MA
2013 The Artist’s Voice Violence Transformed, Massachusetts State house, Boston MA
2012 10th Annual Surrealist, Visionary, and Art of the Spirit, Caladan Gallery, Online
2013 Ask ME, Howard Art Project, Dorchester Ave, Boston MA
2011 The Chain Letter, Samson Gallery, Boston MA
2010 MFA Thesis, The Aidekman Art Center at Tufts University, Medford, MA
2008 Boston Young Contemporaries Annual, Boston University, Boston, MA
2007 Connections 3: “Exposed” Joseph D. Carrier Gallery, Toronto, Canada “Abilities Arts Festival” …A Celebration of Disability Arts and Culture
REVIEWS:
2016 “Somerville Open Studios volunteers rise to the occasion” by Haley ED Houseman, The Somerville Times, April 20 2016
2013 “OFF The Shelf” by Doug Helder, Somerville News July 31, 2013
Website/Social Media
INSTAGRAM: christinamtedesco
FACEBOOK: Christina M Tedesco Visual Artist
YouTube: Somerville Open Studios Channel, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT–BVI0lE8&t=14s
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
Board Member of Somerville Open Studios, Somerville MA: Fall 2015 – 2020
Volunteer Coordinator, Somerville Open Studios, Somerville MA: 2015, 2016, 2019
Website Designer, Outside the Lines Studio, Medford MA: Fall 2010 – Fall 2014