Resume

EDUCATION:

- BFA, University of Rhode Island, 1974
- Boston Museum School, painting, 89, 90
- Rhode Island School of Design
    Mary Ann Santos, 90, 91, 92
    Abstract Expressionism, Lenny Long, 91
    Victor Lara, 92, 93
- Vermont Studio Center, 91, 93, Fellowship recipient
- Private instruction, Victor Lara, 93, 94, 95
- Bennington College, Katherine Porter, 95
- Encaustic, R&F Paints, Kingston, NY, 1997
- Golden Foundation, Mediums, New Berlin, NY, 2012
- Working Artist Residencies, ACA, New Symerna, FL, 2015
- Brenda Zappitell, Santa Fe NM, 2013, Delray Beach, FL 2016
- Aimone Art Residencies, Rockland, ME, 2017, 2018, 2019; Montreat NC 2020
- Art2Life, Nicholas Wilton, Mexico residency, 2020

CAREER:
- Painting instructor:
Private Instructor, Summer 2011-present
Providence Art Club, 2009-2018
South County Art Association, 2006-2011
- Freelance prop stylist for advertising photographers, Boston and Southern New England, 1999-2010
- Photo stylist and co-owner, studio manager, Leeming Studios, Advertising photography studio in Providence, R.I., 1977-2005
- Women’s Advertising Club of R.I., Board of Directors, 89-91

ArtProv Gallery Talk

WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR:
- Nature Conservancy, “Abstract Landscape”, 2012
- Providence Art Club, “Abstracting the Still Life”, 2 day Intensive, 2012
- South County Art Association, Painting, 2006 - 2012
- DeCordova Museum, encaustic workshop, 1994
- Hera Women’s Cooperative Gallery, Fine Art Photography, 1975
- Johnson and Wales, Weekend College, photography, 1973
- Freelance Photographer, 1970-77. Clients: Artists International, R.I. State Ballet
- Hera Women’s Cooperative Gallery, member, 1975-78

AWARDS:
- Charlton Goff Award, Providence Art Club, 2014, Juried by Peter Geisser, National Arts Education Association, Eastern Region Vice-President Elect.
- First Place, Providence Art Club, 2010. Juried by Andrew Raftery, Associate Professor and Former Department Head of Printmaking at RISD.
- Vermont Studio Center, Fellowship recipient, 1986, 1993
- Melissa Barbeau Grant, intensive study at Center for Creative Imaging, Camden, Maine, 1993.

Mixing colors instruction

Mixing colors instruction

PUBLICATIONS:
- Best of Worldwide Abstract Artists, Kennedy Publications, 2012
- Boston Design Center Magazine, “Diana Levine Fine Art”, Cybele,  2011
- “Bit of Inspiration”, by Patricia Ann Chaffee, Charlestown Press, Sept. 2010
- “Matunuck: Not Just A Place But A State Of Mind, A Collection of Interviews With Artists”, by Sandy McCaw June, 2009
- “Painter Linnea Leeming Mixes Life and Nature to Create Her Vision”, Smithfield Magazine, by Douglas Hadden, January 2009
- “Drawing in Charcoal: A Conversation Apart”, and Arts and Culture Review, The Good 5 Cent Cigar, Nov.7, 1997
- “The Time Is Now For Contemporary”, by Bill Van Siclen, Providence Journal, Oct. 4, 1996
- Art Spotlight, by Bill Van Siclen, Providence Journal, Jan.20, 1993

Copley Society Workshop

Copley Society Workshop for Young Professionals