Carole Rabe

Photo of Carole

CAROLE FARNSWORTH RABE

Concord, Massachusetts
https://instagram.com/carole.rabe.painting

EXHIBITIONS (selected)

  • 2024 Parts & Wholes, George Marshall Store Gallery, York, ME
  • 2024 Danforth Annual Juried Exhibition, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
  • 2024 Chasing Color: Carole Rabe and Christiane Corcelle, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
  • 2023 MJ1: Painting and Sculpture. Juried Exhibition, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
  • 2022 23rd Annual Frances N. Roddy Juried Exhibition, Concord, MA
  • 2022 Robert Collins Fine Arts Gallery, Rockport, MA
  • 2022 Flights of Fancy, Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA
  • 2022 Illumination: a Holiday Show, Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA
  • 2021 Cool, Calm, and Collected, Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA
  • 2019 Real and Imagined, Two Person Exhibition, Five Points Annex Gallery, Torrington, CT
  • 2019 Legacy: Teachers and Their Students, Hess Gallery at Pine Manor College, Chestnut Hill, MA
  • 2018 A Woman’s Work, Brush Gallery, Lowell, MA
  • 2018 Connections: an Exhibition in partnership with Travis Roy Foundation, Edgewater Gallery, Stowe, VT
  • 2018 At Ease, George Marshall Store Gallery, York, ME
  • 2017 Diversity Works, Powers Gallery, Acton, MA
  • 2016 New Interiors, (solo) Bull Run Restaurant, Shirley, MA
  • 2015 Off the Wall, Juried Exhibition, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
  • 2014 New Work, New Year, Powers Gallery, Acton, MA
  • 2013 No Limit, Juried Exhibition, Fountain St. Fine Arts, Framingham, MA
  • 2013 Looking Around, (solo) Weston Public Library Main Gallery, Weston, MA
  • 2012 Two-Person Exhibit, Interior Life, Powers Gallery, Acton, MA
  • 2012 Two-person Exhibit, Cell Signal Technology Corporate Headquarters, Beverly, MA
  • 2012 Observations, (solo) Wellesley Free Library, Wellesley, MA

REVIEWS/PUBLICATIONS/INTERVIEWS, selected list

  • Finding a Likeness: How I Got Somewhat Better at Art by Nicholson Baker. Penguin Press, New York, 2024. Featured artist, pages 34, 35, 191.
  • Artists Magazine, November/December 2022 issue. Article about Collage Work. Painting with Paper: Artist Carole Rabe creates art with a little glue and a collection of color swatches. Pages 26 – 29.
  • Dynamic Still Life for Artists: A Modern Guide to Essential Concepts and Techniques (Volume 7) by Sarah Sedwick. Release date: November 15, 2022. Featured artist. Pages 55 – 56.
  • Artists Magazine, December 2019. Article about Paintings. Home is Where the Light Is. Pages 32 – 39.
  • Diogenes Publishing, Zurich. Front cover Art for book Herr Brechbuhl sucht eine Katze, 2018.
  • Paintings featured in The Encyclopedia of Oil Techniques by Jeremy Galton, Copyright 2017. Search Press. ISBN: 978-1-78221-595-0
  • Vein Magazine, Spain. Una publicacion de ABHFYA.com. Interview with artist. Text by Patricia Lostado. “Como Flores Salvajes” (Like wild flowers). Magazine is distributed to museums and cultural centers in Spain. Spring/Summer 2016, issue No. 7. https://vein.es/como-flores-salvajes/
  • Featured artist in Cape Cod Art Magazine. Pages 104-105. Summer 2014
  • Bergeron, Chris. “Exhibit: Natick’s Carole Rabe illuminates everyday life”. Metrowest Daily News, Sunday, September 15, 2013
  • Selected for inclusion in book 100 Boston Painters, by Chawky Frenn. Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (May 28, 2012). ISBN-10: 0764339761. ISBN-13: 978-0764339769

TEACHING EXPERIENCE / ARTIST'S TALK AND DEMOS

  • Artist's Talk, January 2023: The Power of Limits. Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
  • Pine Manor College, Chestnut Hill, MA • 1998- 2015 (retired)
    • Assistant Professor of Visual Arts (1998 - 2015)
    • Director, Hess Gallery (1998 - 2015)
    • Coordinator, Visual Arts Program (2005 - 2015)
  • Danforth Museum School, Framingham, MA • Fall 2015 – 2018
  • Instructor University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (1991, Spring Semester) Instructor—Introductory Drawing

EDUCATION

  • M.F.A., Painting, Boston University, School for the Arts, Boston, MA
  • B.F.A., Two-Dimensional Art, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford