NWBRV is proud to announce a new addition to its Community Builder-in-Residence team – Ellie Brown! Ellie brings a wealth of artistic talents to our youth programs and into the neighborhood and begins her journey this Fall.
About Ellie
Ellie Brown is a native of Boston, MA where she attended Massachusetts College of Art. She received her B.F.A. in Media Arts in 1997 and her M.F.A. in Pictorial Arts from San Jose State University in 2002.
Her numerous awards include: a 2008 Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant, a Leeway Foundation grant, first prize from the Fraser Gallery’s International photo competition, a featured artist from women in photography international, the Calumet Award from the Print Center’s 2006 and 2008 International Photography Competition. In addition, Ellie has attended artist in residencies in Iceland at the NES Artist Residency, at the Santa Fe Art Institute on a full fellowship, Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, FL with acclaimed photographer Graciela Iturbide and a residency in Costa Rica at the David and Julia White Artist Colony.
Both her book work and photographs have been exhibited extensively nationally and internationally including Mexico, England, Switzerland, Romania, Greece, with a solo exhibition at the Galeria Nacional in Costa Rica. The Center for the Book Arts in NYC exhibited a solo show entitled A Chronicle of Lovers in 2009.
From 2000 to the present, Ellie has taught as a part-time and full-time lecturer in photography, digital media and 2D at many colleges and universities. She also served as a Visiting Professor of Digital Information at the University of Ulsan, South Korea in 2008. She has been photographing girls’ issues since 1996 and making altered bookwork since 2002 and has curated and coordinated exhibitions such as Family Ties at UPenn and “Body, Soul and Hair” at Rowan University. The BAG project was funded through USA Projects, an initiative of United States Artists, with numerous solo exhibitions of the work in PA, IL, ID, MT and MI.
Ellie is the founder and president of POP!sicle Artist Marketing. Currently she is the playwright and producer for Dear Diary, Bye, which had its world premiere at Plays and Players Theater, Philadelphia in April 2014 and is working on the photographic project, Dad is Dizzy.
In-Residence Program
Our In-Residence program offers a unique opportunity for entrepreneurs, teachers, and artists to serve in the Woonsocket community. It’s simple. We offer a very few, highly-qualified professionals – entrepreneurs, businesspeople, artists, educators, etc. – a deeply discounted apartment in exchange for 16 hours per week of community service with eligible NWBRV community programs. Residents are expected to live, work, serve, and enjoy the City of Woonsocket for a year-to-year rental agreement
