ALISON SAFFORD received a BFA in sculpture from Carnegie Mellon University in 1988. She went on to earn her MFA in Sculpture from Alfred University in 1996. Alison has shown regionally and nationally, in both traditional galleries, alternative spaces, and in site specific community based projects. Safford has worked as an arts educator, recently in a one-year position at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Her past residencies include the Atlantic Center for the Arts in Florida, The Vermont Studio Center, The Jay County Arts Center in Indiana, and Sculpture Space in Utica, NY. Currently, she is teaching metal shop to special needs student in the Boston area.

Education
1996 Master of Fine Arts, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
1988 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2000 Windows Art Project, Davis Square, Somerville, MA
1999 Little White Box Gallery, Boston, MA

Selected Group Exhibitions
2000 ARC Gallery/Rawspace, Chicago, IL
1999 Memorial Hall Center for the Arts, Wilmington, VT
1999 Whistler Museum, Lowell, MA

Awards
1998 The Artist’s Valentine Grant, Groton, MA
1997 Jay County Arts Council Residency Scholarship, Indiana
1997 The Vermont Studio Center Residency