| WORK HISTORY | |
| 1981-2011 | Sole proprietor: AE Grasso Spatial Design Consultants (AEG/SDC), Providence, RI
- specializing in residential architecture and specific commercial work
- staff ranges from three to eight depending on clients
- design: custom furniture, cabinetry, storage systems and millwork
- designed a line of wood burning stoves and KD cabinets with travel to Taiwan for implementation
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| 2011- | AEG/SDC continues in Cromwell, CT |
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| SELECTED EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2023 | Requested art: 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Contemplation Alcove, Clare Gallery, Hartford, CT |
| 2023 | Curated two person exhibition: Earth and Cosmos, ArtReach, Covenant Living, Cromwell, CT |
| 2019 | Curated multi-artist exhibition: Vision, ArtReach, Covenant Living, Cromwell, CT |
| 2019 | Solo exhibition, Begging Bowls and Offering Bowls, curator Nancy Wynn, Clare Gallery, Hartford, CT |
| 2018 | Created exhibition concept and curated 45 artists: TEA, Connecting Cultures, Mercy Center, Madison CT, including a 24 minute YouTube
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| 2017 | Juried exhibition: Line, juror Kelly Bennett, Better than Yesterday, Attleboro Arts Museum, MA |
| 2017 | Solo exhibition: Mandala Musings, Henry Carter Hull Library, Clinton, CT |
| 2017 | Juried exhibition: Paper Possibilities, curator Ben Parker, Farmington Valley Arts Center, Avon, CT |
| 2017 | Solo exhibition: Begging Bowls/Offering Bowls, curator Ann McGovern, Mercy Center, Madison, CT |
| 2017 | Solo exhibition: Mandala Musings, curator Cathy Bates, St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, CT |
| 2016 | Art provided as collaboration with writers, Russell Library, Middletown, CT |
| 2016 | Juried exhibition: Pattern, Attleboro Arts Museum, MA |
| 2015-2019 | Multiple - Brownstone Arts members exhibitions |
| 2014-2018 | Multiple - Art Guild of Middletown Exhibitions; some juried |
| 2010 | Juried exhibition: Board/Board, curator Ellen Wieske, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME |
| 2003 | Juried exhibition: Alive, curator Liliana Fijman, 401 Gallery, Providence, RI |
| 2001 | Juried exhibition: Book Arts, Rhode School of Design Library |
| 2000 | Invitational Exhibition, Donnell Library Center, NYC, NY |
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| HONORS | |
| 2016 | 1st Place, On the Backs of Others, Art Guild of Middletown, CT |
| 2015 | Honorable Mention, Art Guild of Middletown, CT |
| 2004-2013 | Board member: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME |
| 2002 | Pinnacle Award: Marble Institute of America |
| 1991-1998 | Board member: Women's Center of Rhode Island; final year, president. During this period, a shelter for women and their children was built with donations and in-kind gifts. AEG/SDC participated in the design.
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| During this period, a shelter for women and their children was built with donations and in-kind gifts. AEG/SDC participated in the design. |
| 1978 – 1981 | James H. Foster, JR., CKD Memorial Silver Bowl Award; multiple awards for kitchen and bathroom designs, AIKD/NKBA |
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| COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS | |
| 2020- | Planning and Zoning Commissioner, Cromwell, CT |
| 2019- | Founder of Cromwell Creative District (CCD), nonprofit |
| 2017-2022 | Town Liaison for Covenant Living, maximum term limit |
| 2016 | CCSU grant for Autism Spectrum students, Mindful Coloring Book; created 50 coloring pages used in Cromwell, CT School System |
| 2015-2016 | Community Paper Quilt Project: created idea and worked with many groups in Cromwell, CT to execute |
| 2015 | Tangle U 2015, Santa Fe, core presenter: Mindfulness through Mandala |
| 2014-2017 | Secretary for Resident Council, Covenant Living |
| 2014-2019 | TaTT, (Taste and Talk Together): created a program allowing intergenerational lunch between elders and high school freshman |
| 2011-2014 | Middlesex Community College, Board |
| 2003 | Providence Preservation Society Lecture: Living with History |
| 2003, 2006 | Lectures for RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) Artful Living, Providence, RI |
| 1996 | Mentor women entering business: one to one basis, Providence, RI |
| 1990's | Multiple fund raising benefits for Lincoln School, Providence, RI |
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| SELECTED PUBLICATIONS | |
| 2016 | Contributing artist: Inspiring Zentangle Projects, Jane Marbaix |
| 2015 | Contributing artist: Bouncing with Colour, Wendy Nelson |
| 1980 - 2009 | Shelter magazine coverage in House and Garden, House Beautiful, Decorating and Remodeling, American HomeStyle, Home, Interiors as well as local coverage in RI Monthly and Providence Journal |
| 1980 - 1990 | American HomeStyle contributing columnist |
| 1982 - 1984 | Professional Remodeler monthly columnist |
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| EDUCATION and QUALIFICATIONS | |
| BA, cum laude, Barrington College, philosophy/psychology, 1968 |
| Continuing education at RISD, Adelphi University, Johnson & Wales University |
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| WEBSITES and SOCIAL MEDIA | |
| Ann Grasso Fine Art |
| AE Grasso Spatial Design Consultants |
