Curriculum Vitae
Matthew Brinton
EDUCATION
2022- BFA in Studio Art (in progress), Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA), North
Adams, MA
2020-2022 AFA in Fine Art, Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, MA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024 Art teacher, Roots and Dreams and Mustard Seeds Inc., Pittsfield, MA
2023 "Artistic Fellow" Intern, Berkshire Art Center, Pittsfield, MA
2023-2024 Teacher Mentorship, Berkshire Art Center (BAC), Pittsfield, MA
EVENTS AND VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
2022-2024 Event organizer, First Friday Art Walk at Redefine Community Center, Pittsfield,
MA
2021-2024 Exhibitor, Greater Grace International Convention, Baltimore, MD
2021-2022 Art teacher and youth mentor, Coorzanidos Community School, Pittsfield, MA
PUBLICATIONS
2023 Tales from a Bygone Era, Inklet Press (inkletpress.com)
2022 Poems from a Pandemic, Inklet Press (inkletpress.com)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Illustrations from a Bygone Era, John Kroll Headquarters, Pittsfield, MA
2022 Existentialists and their Heartbreakers, Redefine Community Center, Pittsfield, MA
2021-2022 A Visual Expression of Literary Personages and Themes, Redefine Community Center and
Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, MA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 BAA Fellowship Show, The Lichtenstein, Pittsfield, MA
2023 Landscapes Seascapes and Skyscapes, Berkshire Art Center, Pittsfield, MA
2023 First Friday Art Walk, Redefine Community Center, Pittsfield, MA
2022-2023 TRIO Student Art Display, Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, MA
2022 Student Art Show, Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, MA
2021 TRIO First Generation Art Show, Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, MA
MEMBERSHIPS
Lenox Writers Group, Lenox, MA
The Inklets, Baltimore, MD
Wordsmiths of the Light, Baltimore, MD
COMMISSIONS
Portrait of woman and her son done in pastels, Pittsfield, MA
Family portrait done in pastels, Pittsfield, MA
Portrait of a woman done in charcoal, Pittsfield, MA
Portrait of a woman done in pastels, Pittsfield, MA
Portrait of a man done in pastels, Pittsfield, MA
COLLECTIONS
2 prints of 19th century women, Sheffield, MA
Do not give in Give what is within (pastel drawing print), Pittsfield, MA
Print of 19th century woman, Middlefield, MA
Light from Above that Disquiets (pastel drawing print), Pittsfield, MA
Print of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Espoo, Finland
Print of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Baltimore, MD
Print of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Cheshire, MA
Print of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Middlefield, MA
Print of 19th century woman, Lee, MA