Biography

Richard P. Foa

1415 Lake Drive

Traverse City, MI 49685

email: rfoa70@gmail.com or r.f.c.woodturner@gmail.com

Education: BA - Harvard 1968

MD – University of Michigan 1972

Neurology Residency – Emory University 1976

Neuropathology Residency -- Tufts University 1977

MA (Philosophy/Bioethics) – Georgetown University 1988

Prior Professional Experience:

After completing training, I had a 34 year career in clinical neurology in multiple settings including private practice, multi-specialty group practice and in academic medicine which included the teaching and practice of clinical bioethics.

Woodworking and Art Training, Experience, and Associations:

    • Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding, Port Hadlock, WA -- certificate program

    • Workshops and other formal training at Snow Farm, John C. Campbell School, Appalachian Center for Craft, Arrowmont, Haystack Mountain School of Craft as well as local workshops in the Maryland and DC area.

    • Boatyard Volunteer, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels, MD 2011-2018

    • Member, American Association of Woodturners

    • Member, Chesapeake Woodturners (Former President - 2017-2020) -- Annapolis, MD

    • Member, Montgomery County Woodturners -- Rockville, MD

    • Member, NW Michigan Woodturners -- Traverse City, MI

    • Member Artist, Crooked Tree Arts Center of Petoskey and Traverse City, MI

    • Former Member, Maryland Federation of Art

    • Former Member Artist, James Renwick Alliance, Washington, DC

    • Former Member Artist, RiverArts Gallery, Chestertown, MD

    • Former Member, Artful Dimensions Gallery, Fredericksburg, VA

Juried Shows:

2013

    • Eye of the Beholder: The Art of the Found Object, MD Federation of Art, June 2013

    • AACO: Artists of Anne Arundel County and MFA, Quiet Waters Park, August 2013

2014

    • All that Art: Show and Auction, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, March, 2014

    • Dimensional Expressions, Artful Dimensions Gallery, Fredericksburg, VA, April 2014

    • 14th Annual American Landscapes:Scenes of the Americas, MD Federation of Art, August 2014

2015

    • "What's on Your Mind", Strathmore Member Artists Show 2015, January 2015

    • Dimensional Expressions II, Artful Dimensions Gallery, Fredericksburg, VA, April 2015

    • Woodworkers Showcase, A Judged Show, RiverArts Gallery, Chestertown, MD, February 2015

    • 45th Annual Labor Day Show at Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD, September 2015

    • "Women Chefs, Artists in the Kitchen", Strathmore Art Center, September 2015

    • MD Federation of Art Show at Gallery B, Bethesda, MD, November 2015

2016

    • "Turning the Page, Children's Book Illustrations", Strathmore Art Center, June/July 2016

    • MFA "Off the Wall", MD Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD, June/July 2016

    • 46th Annual Labor Day Show at Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD, September 2016

2017

    • MD Federation of Art Annual Winter Member Show, Annapolis, MD January 2017

    • "La Vie en Bleu", 26th Annual Strathmore Juried Exhibition, Jan/Feb 2017

    • MD Federation of Art Annual Spring Member Show, Annapolis, MD, May 2017

    • MFA "Off the Wall", Waverly Gallery, Bethesda, MD, July/August 2017

    • Woodworkers Showcase, RiverArts Gallery, Chestertown, MD, July 2017

    • 47th Annual Labor Day Show at Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD September 2017

    • "Wet", Strathmore Art Center, N.Bethesda, MD, Sept-November, 2017

2018

    • "Handcrafted, Fiber Art and Turned Wood", BlackRock Center for the Arts, Gaithersburg, MD Jan/Feb 2018

    • "Colorblind: The Art of Black and White", RiverArts Gallery, Chestertown, MD, Feb 2018

    • "12th Annual Juried Exhibition", Goggleworks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA, May 2018

    • "Art and Process: Juried Fine Art and Contemporary Craft", RiverArts Gallery, Chestertown, MD June 2018 (Judge's Honorable Mention)

    • 48th Annual Labor Day Show at Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD

    • "Vessels From Our Trees", Popcorn Gallery, Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD, September 2018

2019

    • "Night", Strathmore Art Center, N. Bethesda, MD, January-February, 2019

    • Regional Spring Juried Exhibition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA, March-April 2019

    • "Freedom, Art as the Messenger", Cato Institute, Washington, DC, April-June 2019

    • Creative Crafts Council 32nd Biennial, Strathmore Art Center, N. Bethesda, MD June-July 2019

    • Woodworkers Showcase, RiverArts Gallery, Chestertown, MD, July 2019 (Judge's Honorable Mention)

    • MFA "Off the Wall", Waverly Gallery, Bethesda, MD, July/August 2019 (Judge's Honorable Mention)

    • 49th Annual Labor Day Art Show at Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD,

    • "Timber", Strathmore Art Center, N. Bethesda, MD, September-October, 2019

    • "Connections, Works in a Series", RiverArts Gallery, Chestertown, MD, September 2019

2020

    • "Home", 29th Annual Juried Show, Strathmore Art Center, N. Bethesda, MD, January-February 2020

    • "Handcrafted: Fiber Art + Turned Wood", BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD, February-April 2020 (Judge's Award)

2021

"re/ART", Charlevoix Circle of Arts, Charlevoix, Mi, February 2021 (Judge's First Place Award)

"Food is Art/Art is Food", Glen Arbor Arts Center, Glen Arbor, MI, May-August 2021

2022

"This is Home", Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI, January-March, 2022


Other Shows and Exhibits:

2012

JRA Day, James Renwick Alliance Show and Sale, Chevy Chase, MD, December 2012

Chesapeake Woodturners Exhibit, MD Federation of Art Circle Gallery, Annapolis, February 2012

2013

Chesapeake Woodturners Exhibit at Patuxent National Wildlife Center, April 2013

Chesapeake Woodturners Exhibit at Montpelier Mansion, March 2014

2014

JRA Day, James Renwick Alliance Show and Sale, Chevy Chase, MD, December 2014

2015

JRA Day, James Renwick Alliance Show and Sale, Chevy Chase, MD, December 2015

Form and Fabric VII, Show and Sale, Quiet Waters Park, Annapolis, MD, Nov/Dec 2015

Chesapeake Woodturners Exhibit, MD Federation of Art Circle Gallery, Annapolis, Feb/Mar 2015

2016

Chesapeake Woodturners Exhibit, MD Federation of Art Circle Gallery, Annapolis, Feb 2016 (Judge's Honorable Mention)

Chesapeake Woodturners Exhibit at Montpelier Mansion, March/April 2016

JRA Day, James Renwick Alliance Show and Sale, Chevy Chase, MD, December 2016

2017

"Drawing for Art", Strathmore Art Center, N. Bethesda, MD, May-June 2017

JRA Day, James Renwick Alliance Show and Sale, Chevy Chase, MD, December 2017

2018

Chesapeake Woodturners Exhibit at Montpelier Mansion, March-April 2018

50th Anniversary Show, MD Federation of Art Circle Gallery, Annapolis, July 2018

JRA Day, James Renwick Alliance Show and Sale, Chevy Chase, MD, December 2018

2019

RiverArts Annual Members' Show, RiverArts Gallery, Chestertown, MD. January 2019

"Turned Forms", Chesapeake Woodturners Exhibit, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, Nov 2019 (Judge's Honorable Mention)

JRA Day, James Renwick Alliance Show and Sale, Chevy Chase, MD, December 2019

2020

Chesapeake Woodturners Exhibit at Montpelier Mansion, March-September 2020

2021

Crooked Tree Arts Center Artist Guild Salon Show, Petoskey/Traverse City, MI, January-February (Virtual)

2022

Crooked Tree Arts Center Artist Guild Salon Show, Traverse City, MI, January-February

Feature Article: Member's Gallery, The American Woodturner, February 2017, Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 56