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"Streets Are For Nobody," Tucson Jewish Community Center Fine Art Gallery, Tucson, AZ. (A panel discussion, "Voices of Homeless Women was co-sponsored by Jewish Community Relations Council.)
"Aging," (photographs, text and video,) The Trustman Art Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA. (A panel discussion, "Perspectives on Aging: Perspectives on Dying," was sponsored by Simmons Institute for Leadership and Change and the Department of Art and Music.)
"Streets Are For Nobody: Photographs and Excerpted Interviews of Homeless Women In Boston, Cleveland and Tucson, Towne Art Gallery, Wheelock College, Boston, MA. (Presentation by Melissa Shook and members of Roofless Women Action Research Mobilization, March 8.)
"Streets Are For Nobody," Metroland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH (photographs and excerpted interview text;) Mandel School for Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH; Ohio University, Lancaster, OH ("Homeless Women Speak Symposium." May;) Hamilton Williams Campus Center, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH; The Ocasek Building Artium, Akron, OH; Lorain County Community College, Elyria OH ("Homeless Women Speak" symposium, March 29, 1993)
"Streets Are For Nobody," Mather Gallery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. (photographs and excerpted interviews. Sponsored by the Federation for Community Planning and the George Gund Foundation. "Homeless Women Speak" symposium, October 9,1992)
"Streets Are For Nobody, Homeless Women Speak," (photographs, excerpted wall-text interviews and video), Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA. 64 page catalogue of photographs and edited interviews)
"1701 James Street," Community Folk Art Gallery, Syracuse, NY
"Diversity in Chelsea," Bunker Hill Community College Campus in Chelsea, MA. (photographs and excerpted interviews)
"1701 James Street," Onondaga County Public Library, Syracuse, New York.
"1701 James Street," Mather Gallery, Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH. (seminar, "The Group Home in the Community," January 23, 1988)
"Krissy," Work Space Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
"Krissy," Yuen Lui Gallery, Seattle, WA.
"Healing and Restoration Services," First Baptist Church, Fall River, MA.
"Melissa Shook, (Krissy Photographs)", Silver Bullet Gallery, Providence, RI.
"Charismatic Healing and Restoration Servies," Shiller Hall, Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, MA.
"Krissy, A Photographic Essay," Port Washington Public Library, Port Washington, NY.
"Portraits," Portland School of Art Photo Gallery, Portland, ME.
"Krissy," Foto Gallery, New York, NY.
"Krissy," MIT Creative Photo Lab Gallery, Cambridge, MA.
"Daily Self-Portraits, Photographs and Drawings," MIT Creative Photo Lab Gallery, Cambridge, MA.
"Melissa Shook (daily self-portraits)," Foto Gallery, New York, NY.
“Reality Revisited: Photography from the Moderna Museet Collection,” Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden.
“Taking a Different Tack: Maggie Sherwood and the Floating Foundation of Photography,” Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, State University of New York, New Paltz.
“Essex Art Center Annual Juried Show,” Essex Center, Lawrence, MA. (Showed 80 clay small clay nude female figures from “Clay,” with a grid of digitally printed self-portraits.) Won one of six juror prizes judged by Howard Yeserski.
“Show: The Flag,” Armory Northwest Gallery, Pasadena, CA. (A grid of five digitally printed images from each of the eight members of www.umb.edu/flaggingspirits)
“6 months/a memorial,” Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA. (A web-based collective response to 9/11, a project started by Sally Stein and Melissa Shook, involving images from seven photographers around the country. www.umb.edu/flaggingspirits)
“Artists’ Writing Reading Room III,” Side Street Projects, L.A., CA. (A collection of Xerox books along with one hand-bound book of block prints with text.)
“Photography in Boston: 1955-1985,” DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA.
“Making Pictures:Women and Photography, 1975 - Now, In dialogue: New England Women and Photography,” Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA.
"Image After Image, Nine Photographers," The Gallery of South Orange, South Orange, N.J.
"Time Recorded: Reflections on Aging," Spaces, Cleveland, OH ("I'm a Day Older, Aging's Issues: Health, Family and Freedom, Panel Discussion.)
"Portrait of My Mother/Le Portrait de Ma Mere," Institut Francais d'Ecoss, Edinburgh; Institute du Royaume-Uni, London.
"View From a Small Opening: An exhibition of contemporary pinhole photographs," Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
"Family Matters: An Exhibition of Works by Sally Mann, Vince Leo, Melissa Shook and Philip-Lorca diCorcia," Northlight Gallery, School of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (catalogue)
"Northeast Regional Society for Photographic Education Exhibition," Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY.
"Melissa Shook, Joseph Rodriguez," The Department of Photography, Tisch School of the Arts, New York Uni- versity, New York, NY.
"Anxious Art," Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA.
"Through the Pinhole," The Harbor Gallery, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA.
"Mirror Mirror, Artists' Self-Portraits," Artist Foundation Gallery, Boston, MA.
"Ways to See: New Art from Massachusetts," The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA. (with video tape documentation and artist book, Displacement)
"Naked, In a Time of Censorship: An Exhibition for the Whole Family," University Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA.
"Seven Photographers on Transportation," State Transportation Building, Boston, MA. (catalogue)
"Along the El," (The Orange Line Project), State Transportation Building, Boston, MA.
"Along the El," (The Orange Line Project), The Boston Public Library, Boston, MA.
"The Artist Lens: A focus on Relocation. Work in Progress," (The Orange Line Project). Dudley Public Library, Roxbury, MA.
"Personal Images," Nesto Gallery - Milton Academy, Milton, MA.
"A Human Portrait: Five Contemporary American Photographers," Shelby Lee Adams, Debbie Fleming Caffery, Mark Goodman, Ken Light and Melissa Shook. Zoller Gallery, Penn State School of Visual Arts, Penn State University, State College, PA.
"Twelve Contemporary Artists," The Catskill Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY.
"Family: tradition/transition", Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
"Twelve on 20x24," (Premier installation of touring exhibition of 20x24 Polaroid photographs, program coordinated by the Museum School Gallery), Boston, MA. (catalogue)
"Massachusetts Photographers: 1984," (Exhibition of 33 photographers sponsored by The Cambridge Arts Council), Federal Reserve Bank Gallery, Cambridge, MA.
"New Photographs from Members of the Old Voices Gallery," Project Arts Center, Cambridge, MA.
"Mothers," Hera Gallery, Kingston, RI.
"Between Twelve and Twenty, A Photographic Exploration of Young People Today," Barnes Gallery, Loomis Chafee School, Windswor, CT. (catalogue)
"Women on Women" (five photographers), Zenith Gallery, Pittsburg, PA.
"Se dig om i gladge," (six photographers), Fotografiska Museet, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden. (catalogue)
"Self as subject: Photographs," Scudder Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire, NH.
"A Photographic Exhibition by the Four Faculty members of the MIT Creative Photography Lab," MIT, Cambridge, MA.
"Tusen och en bild," Fotografiska Museet, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden.
"Group Show for Spring Lecture Series," New England School of Photographs, Boston, MA.
"Self Impressions", The Photographers Gallery, London, England.
"Photography: Recent Acquisitions 1974-1976," Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.
"Hollis Frampton, Nostalgia;" "Robert Hout, Diary Paintings;" :Melissa Shook, Daily Self-Portraits," Colgate University, Hamilton, NY.
"Three-Person Show," Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY.
Faculty Development Grant, University of Massachusetts, Harbor Campus, Boston, MA.
Faculty Scholarship Grant, University of Massachusetts, Harbor Campus, Boston, MA.
Educational Need Fund, University of Massachusetts, Harbor Campus, Boston, MA.
MassProductions Grant (To interview and photograph women who have been or are homeless for an exhibition at Boston Center for the Arts).
Massachusetts Council Community Grant, (To interview and photograph residents of Chelsea, MA for exhibition).
Massachusetts Lottery Grant, (To complete preparation of Chelsea, MA exhibition).
National Endowment of the Arts Visual Fellowship
The Museum School/Polaroid Foundation. (For two day use of the 20x24 color camera to culminate in group exhibition).
Arts in Action, NEA Grant for cross-discipline projects. Recipient Artist. (For performance piece with Jeanne Lee, concert and videotapes, Catskill Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY).
Faculty Development Grant, University of Massachusetts, Harbor Campus, Boston, MA
Swedish Government Travel Grant. (For lecture, "Mote med Fotografi," at Fotografiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden).
Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Cuyahoga County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, Cleveland, Ohio.
Federation for Community Planning, Cleveland, Ohio.
The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, New York.
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Fotografiska Museet, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France.
Light Work, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.
Visual Studies Workshop, Buffalo, NY.
"Bleeding Heart and Three Stones," 8x10 pinhole photograph, 1992. (with text), Pinhole Journal, Contemporary Images, Vol. 10 #1, Pinhole Resource, San Lorenzo, New Mexico. pages 6-7.
Ameriskanskt, Bild, Nr. 2/83, Fotograficentrum, Stockholm, Sweden. (Work of four American photographers), pages 24-29.
"A Special Bond," Documentary Photography (Revised Edition), Life Library of Photography, Alexandria, VA. 1983, pages 216-219.
"Krissy Portraits," Creative Camera, January 1980, No.187. London, England, cover & pages 20-25.
"Port Washington Series," The Role of the Brain, Time-Life Books, Human Behavior, New York, NY, 1975.
"Melissa Shook," Creative Camera, London, England, Nov 1974.
"In Search of Melissa," Camera 35 Personal Pictures Annual, 1974, New York, NY, pages 140-159.
(Excerpted Interviews from "Streets Are For Nobody"), Special Issue Homelessness: New England and Beyond, New England Journal of Public Policy, McCormack Institute of Public Affairs, University of Massachusetts at Boston, Spring/Summer, 1992.
"On Photographing the Homeless, II," Art and Artists, Volume 17, Number 6, Dec. 1988/Jan. 1989. The Foundation for the Community of Artist, N.Y., NY, 1975, pages 101-104.
"Notes on Teaching Photography," CENTER Quarterly, A Journal of Photography and Related Arts, Volume 6, Number 4, Summer 1985. The Catskill Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY, pages 3-5.
We Need a Change! Portraits of Five Activist Women, interviewed and edited by Jean Humez and Melissa Shook, (photographs by Melissa Shook) for the Conference on women and Poverty, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Harbor Campus, Boston, MA, April 14, 1984.
"Musing on Our Lives," (text and photographs by Melissa Shook), Center Quarterly, A journal of Photography and Related Arts, Volume 5, Number 3, Woodstock, NY, pages 2-6.
"A Conversation with Roy DeCarava," Views: A Journal of Photography in New England, Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA, volume 4, Number 2, 1983, pages 9-13.
"Disturbances: Callahan in black-and-white and color," Camera Arts, New York, NY, May/June, 1981.
"Krissy's Christmas Present, Developments. Text and Photographs by Melissa Shook." Camera Arts, New York, NY, Jan/Feb, 1981, pages 22-25 and 118.
"The Workshop Experience," Fall Newsletter, Essex Workshop, Essex, MA, 1980.
"Harry Callahan, Interviewed by Melissa Shook," Picture Magazine, Los Angeles, CA, Issue #12.
"Polavision and the Arts," Close-Up, Polaroid, Cambridge, MA, Spring 1971.
"B & W Slides" photographs by the author), How-To-Guide, Popular Photography, New York, NY, Winter 1978.
"Interview with Steve Szabo," Photograph, New York, NY. Volume 1, No. 4, 1977, pages 7-9, 31 and 32.
"Callahan, Interviewed by Melissa Shook," Photograph, New York, NY, Volume 1, No. 4, 1977, pages 1-4, 37.
"Legally-Blind Photographer" (with Sandy Kaye), Photograph, New York, NY, Volume 1, No. 3, 1977, pages 4-8.
"Applying for a Grant?," Photograph, New York, NY, Volume 1, No. 2, 1976, pages 4-6.
"Consciousness Rising", Camera 35, New York, NY, 1975.
"Personal Politics", Camera 35, New York, NY, January 1974.
Lecture/Class Guest Lecture Series: Authorship, NYU Tish School of the Arts, Photography Department, New York, NY.
Lecture, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
Lecture/The Advanced Portfolio Class; The Advanced Documentary Class, NYU Tish School of the Arts, Photography Department, New York, NY.
Lecture, The University of New Hampshire, NH.
Art Talk, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA.
"Art and Conscience," New York University, New York, NY.
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY.
Noon Forum, "20x24" Polaroid," The Institute of Contemporary Arts, Boston, MA.
The Catskill Center for Photography summer Lecture Series, Woodstock, NY.
Photojournalism Class, Empire State College, New York, NY.
"Image Makers," The Society for Photographic Education, Northeast Regional Conference, Albany, NY.
Photography Lecture Series, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA.
Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Sarah Lawrence, Bronxville, NY.
Mote med Fotografi, Fotografiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Floating Foundation Lecture Series, New York, NY.
The Workshop, Concordia, Montreal, Canada.
Gallery Talk, Port Washington Public Library, Port Washington, NY.
New England School of Photography, Spring Lecture Series, Essex Workshop, Essex, MA.
Essex Workshop, Essex, MA.
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI.
Portland School of Art, Portland, ME.
"Personal Photographs: Adal, Nathan Lyons, Melissa Shook," International Center for Photography, New York, NY.
Sexual Politics, (four day seminar), Conducted by Professor Delores Hayden, Department of Architecture, MIT, Cambridge, MA.
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
Board Member and President of the Homeless Empowerment Project, Chair, Editorial Committee.
Writer,Photographer for SpareChange, a street newspaper, 1997-2002.
Homeless Women Speak. Forum with formerly homeless women as primary speakers, organized in conjunction with "Streets Are For Nobody, Homeless Women Speak" exhibit. Boston Center for the Arts, May 4, 1991. To encourage women who have had the experience of being homeless to help define the content of the roundtable discussions and become the experts who would speak from experience. Extensively funded.
1701 James Street. Exhibition traveled to branches of the Cuyahoga County Library, sponsored by the Cuyahoga County Board of Mental Retardation and the Federation for Community Planning (January 1988 - July 1988) toured through Ohio sponsored by Ohio Public Images and the George Gund Foundation, 1988 - 1989.
The Artist's Lens: A Focus on Relocation. A two year project sponsored by UrbanArts documenting the elevated Orange Line subway in the southwest corridor of Boston. Five photographers worked with students at the Humphrey Occupational Center to improve their skills and document the elevated structure, and the effects on the surrounding neighborhood of its removal. September 1985 - June 1987.
Musing On Our Lives. Performance piece with videotape, Melissa Shook and Jeanne Lee, March 31, 1984. Sponsored by the Catskill Center for Photography, Arts-In-Action Coalition and grants from NEA, The New York State Council on the Arts and the IMB Corporation.
Printed Matter, New York, N.Y. (1993 - )
William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio. (1993)
The Catskill Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY. "The Nude"
Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY. "An Approach to Personal Work"
Light Work, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.
Essex Workshop, Essex, MA. "The Nude"
University of New Brunswick, Extension and Summer Session, Fredericton, Canada.
Maine Photographic Workshop, Rockport, MA. Weeklong Master Class, "Personal Photographs"
Art Department, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
The Workshop, Concordia, Montreal, Canada. May 1979.
Art Department, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Maine Photographic Workshop, Rockport, MA. "Introduction to Seeing"
International Center for Photography, New York, NY. Advanced weekend workshop, "The Nude"
Maine Photographic Workshop, Rockport, MA. Weeklong Master Class, "The Nude"
International Center for Photography, New York, NY. "Dialogues: Judy Dater/Jack Welpott and Melissa Shook, Private Visions"
Women's Studies Quarterly, (Teaching about Women, Race, and Culture), The Feminist Press at The City University of New York, Spring/Summer 1986.
Invitation to Psychology, Academic Press, Orlando, FL; Women's World Magazine, Englewood, NJ.
Social Psychology, Scott, Foreman & Co., Glenview, IL.
Understanding Psychology, 4th ed., Random House, Inc., NY; The Boston Globe, "Friends and Neighbors."
Photographing Children, (Revised Edition), Life Library of Photography, 1983.
Photographs in Modern English in Action, Grade 11, D.C. Heath American Heritage College Dictionary, Houghton Mifflin, Co. Human Sexuality, Saunders College Publishing.
Creative Camera, Tenth Anniversary Issue, London, England, 1978
The Decade of Women, a MS History of The Seventies in Words and Pictures; Eclipse, Halvard Johnson with photographs by Melissa Shook, New Rivers Press, 1974
numerous New York Times Book Review and Magazine Sections; ArtNews; Ms. Magazine; Metropolitan Museum of Art Annual Reports; Malden Hospital Calendar and Report.