A portrait of University of Massachusetts Amherst English Professor Emeritus Arthur F. Kinney, painted by Artist & Suffolk University Art Professor Lydia Martin, was unveiled during the official opening of the Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies at UMass, Amherst, MA, on September 18, 2017. The portrait will hang in the center's reading room. Over 100 invited guests attended the ceremony.
Opening & Portrait Unveiling Ceremony: Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, University of Massachusetts,
September 18, 2017, Commissioned portrait of UMass English Professor Emeritus, Arthur F. Kinney, painted by Artist, Lydia Martin.
Visit Facebook, view Ceremony photos : https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10154927960313671.1073742040.53891078670&type=3
James McNeil Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, MA, Lydia Martin: Loteria II , solo exhibition, June 24th-July 25th, 2015.
http://www.whistlerhouse.org/index.php/exhibits/parker-gallery/94-lydia-martin-priscilla-levesque-exhibits
“Whistler House’s Shows Provide Fresh Perspectives” Lowell Sun-Nancye’s World, June 22, 2015- exhibition review:
http://blogs.lowellsun.com/nancyesworld/2015/06/22/whistler-houses-new-shows-provide-fresh-perspectives/
“ Lydia Martin: Loteria II” at Whistler House Museum of Art , ArtScope Magazine, July/ August 2015 Issue
Arts & Entertainment: The Nashua Telegraph 6/18/15
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/foodfun/artsentertainment/1065917-485/local-art-news.html
Local Art News: NH.com- Nashua, New Hampshire, http://www.nh.com/food-and-fun/local-art-news-46/
Whistler House Museum of Art Exhibition Catalog: "Lydia Martin: Loteria II”- solo exhibition, June 24-July 25, 2015:
http://www.lydiamartinstudio.com/lydia-martin-loteriacutea-series-catalog.htm
Lydia Martin: Lotería II- Research and Insights: Suffolk University web news- 6/ 110/15 issue:
https://www.suffolk.edu /news/59963.php#.Vawc2hkwVj
Lowell Events -AmericanTowns.com: http://www.americantowns.com/ma/lowell/events/lydia-martin-and-priscilla-levesque-exhibitions-
opening- reception-2015-06-27
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Bennington Center for the Arts, VT, Laumeister Fine Art Competition/ Exhibition, August 8 - December 20, 2015
http://www.thebennington.org/lfac
Colors of Humanity Art Gallery, Human Nature, international April exhibit/ benefit 'Your Safe Haven,' 2015
http://www.colorsofhumanityartgallery.com/Human-Nature-2015/Human-Nature-2015-Show/n-XN7h7p
Colors of Humanity Art Gallery,Red, international February exhibit/ benefit Red Cross, 2015
http://www.colorsofhumanityartgallery.com/Red-Feb-2015/Red-2015-Show/n-J83mN
NESAD Professor Awarded in Online Gallery’s Crusade for A Cause, Suffolk Journal, February 12, 2015
http://suffolkjournal.net/2015/02/nesad-professor-awarded-in-online-gallerys-crusade-for-a-cause/
Milton Art Museum at Massasoit Community College, Canton, MA- Milton Art Museum Exhibition/ Competition 2014
3 artists exhibit http://miltonartmuseum.org/events.htm - juror: Kaveh Mojtabai- Artscope Founder & Publisher.
Bennington Center for the Arts, VT, Portraying the Human Spirit, international exhibition, 2014
http://www.thebennington.org/portraying-the-human-spirit/
Chabot Gallery, Providence, RI, Loteria , October-November 2012 solo exhibition: http://www.chabotgallery.com/2012/10/loteria/
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15 Notable Art Professors in Boston 2014, Art Career Project On-Line Newsletter:
http://www.theartcareerproject.com/15-notable-art-professors-boston/9935
The Art of Teaching, Suffolk University Magazine Winter 2015 issue: http://www.suffolk.edu/magazine/245.php#.VKWWZBkwVj4
Lydia Martin Named to Top Art Professors in Boston”, Suffolk University Web News:
http://www.suffolk.edu/news/55487.php#.VSgu7xkwVj4
Wollaston Resident Recognized as Top Art Professor: Patriot Ledger, South Shore News, August 23, 2014
http://www.patriotledger.com/article/20140823/NEWS/140828316
Lydia Martin, Among Top Art Professors, Quincy Sun, September 3, 2014
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Exhibition News On Lydia Martin: & Then, NESAD Blog, CLWAC, NY National Gallery Exhibition and In The Pink Benefit CT Exhibition Oct. 2013
http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/andthen/2013/10/03/exhibition-news-from-lydia-martin/
Art Professor Wins Prestigious Whiting Fellowship: Suffolk University CAS online Newsletter, April 12, 2013
http://www.suffolk.edu/news/13886.php#.UXApPhlwB7M
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Lotería : New Paintings by Lydia Martin at Chabot Gallery, Artscope Magazine, exhibition announcement, October/ November issue 2012
Lotería by Lydia Martin, Art New England magazine, exhibition announcement, October-November 2012
Lotería : New Paintings by Lydia Martin Providence Magazine, exhibition announcement, October-November 2012
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2011 Outstanding NESAD Faculty of the Year Leadership Award -Suffolk University Student Government Association
Suffolk Journal- April 2011: http://suffolkjournal.net/2011/04/sga-leadership-awards/
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More Than 450 Women Have Been Murdered in Ciudad Juarez, Stony Brook, NY University’s on-line 2007 group exhibition catalogue:
http://www.keith-miller.com/curatorial/juarez/pages/about.html
Exhibition at SUNY: "Women of Juarez" -San Diego Tribune- exhibition review, October, 2007.
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Dimensions 2005, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, North Carolina’s exhibition catalogue, April-May 2000
Three South Shore Women Artists, by Valerie Russo, Patriot Ledger, Quincy, MA, July 22, 2003
Featured Artist: Lydia Martin, Pastelink, Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod, Chatham, MA, June 2002
Landscapes of Rome by Lydia Martin Provincetown Magazine, Lyman-Eyer Gallery’s summer solo exhibition 2002
Living on the Praire, Living on the Plain, Coutts Museum Exhibition Catalogue, El Dorado, KS, 2001
Martin Receives Award, Suffolk University Journal, Boston, MA, September 2001
New Works by Lydia Martin, Northeast Gallery Guide, Lyman-Eyer Gallery, West Newton, MA, November 2000
Artist from Quincy, Solo Exhibition by John Lerher, Patriot Ledger, October 14, 2000
3 Contemporary Realists, West Coast Gallery Guide, Powell Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA, January 2000
