curriculum vitae
Education:
B.A., University of Florida, School of Art & Art History, Gainesville, Florida, 1976 (Professors included muralist and sculptor Hollis Holbrook, and the master of photomontage Jerry Uelsmann)
A.A., Daytona State College, Daytona Beach, Florida, 1973
Continuing Professional master style studies with notable painter and printmaker Harold Garde and painter
and author, Stephen Aimone at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
Grants and Awards:
Award of Merit, 100% Pure Florida, 5th Avenue Gallery, Melbourne, FL, 2022
County of Volusia Artist Enhancement Grant, County of Volusia, 2007
Florida Arts Council Artist Enhancement Grant, State of Florida Cultural Council, 2005
Third Place, New York Times “Parallels”, Artful Gardens Gallery, Zephyrhills, FL, 2006
First Place, Lake Mary Heathrow Festival of the Arts, Lake Mary, FL, 2006
First Place, Lake Mary Heathrow Festival of the Arts, Lake Mary, FL, 2005
Museum Purchase Award, Halifax Art Festival, Daytona Beach, FL, 2002
3 Gold, 1 Silver ADDY Awards, 4th District American Advertising Fed., Florida/Caribbean, 1992-99
11 ADDY Awards, 4th District American Advertising Federation, Florida/Caribbean, 1983-84
Art Scholarship, Daytona Beach Art League, 1971
Professional Experience:
Volusia County Environmental Activity Manager: Design/Marketing, 2015-Present
Volusia County Coastal Division Activity Manager: Design/Marketing, 2013-2015
Volusia County Special Project Manager: Environmental, Cultural, Historic/Heritage, and Outdoor Recreation
Grants Program, 2001-2013
Volusia County Community Information Art Director and editor 1986 –1990
Art Director, various marketing, advertising, and national publication agencies, 1976 – 1985
Owner, MSH Fine Arts, 1976 - Present
Other Professional Activities:
President, Florida Artists Group, 2021 to present
Judge, Granada Grand, Ormond Beach Main Street / Arts District 2022
Judge, Fall Arts Festival, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach, FL 2021
Vice President, Florida Artists Group, 2019-2021
Manager, NEA Big Read art exhibit, Volusia County Libraries, 2017, 2018, 2019
Judge, National League of American Pen Women Juried Art Show, Daytona Beach, FL, 2017
Author and editor, Blog: IN ART with Margaret Schnebly Hodge (InArtHodge.com), 2013-Present
Director and artist, Glyph project, web-based survey on symbolism in contemporary western culture to
result in multiple art works, 2009-2017
Curator, Daytona State College Alumni Exhibit, Daytona Beach, FL, 2016
Curator, Yvonne Scarlett Golden Cultural Center, Forms of Freedom, 2015
Judge, Daytona State College Graduates Exhibit, 2015
Judge, Winter Park Fall Festival of the Arts, Winter Park, FL, 2014
Member, Women At The Top Citrus Club Series: Celebrating the Arts, Orlando, FL, 2014-2015
Author/Presenter, Diversity AB EX 1940-2013, YSG Cultural Center, Daytona Beach, FL, 2014
Judge, Brush and Palette Club, Daytona Beach Art League, Daytona Beach, FL, 2013
Founding member 2009, President 2012-14, Florida Museum for Women Artists, DeLand, FL
Curatorial & Government Relations, Florida Museum for Women Artists, DeLand, FL, 2009-14
Curator, Eye of the Collector 2010, Annual Witness to Creativity 2009-13, and Applaud That Woman 2013,
Florida Museum for Women Artists, DeLand, FL, 2009-14
State Board Member, National Museum for Women in the Arts, Tallahassee, FL, 2005-08
Museum design & construction liaison, Florida Museum for Women Artist, DeLand, FL, 2007-08
Facilitator and moderator, Who Does She Think She Is, Museum of Florida Art, DeLand, FL, 2007
Appointed member for CEC Region, Florida Committee National Museum for Women Artists to Wakayama, Japan
and Florida, USA Sister States Exchange panel discussion, DeLand, FL, 2003
Developer / manager, Earthfest, Volusia County, FL, 1991-2000
Selected Writings and Publications:
Feature artist, Go 360, The Daytona Beach News Journal, March 6, 2022
Featured image, "Florida Palette", Museum of Arts and Sciences magazine and web, March, April 2022
AskArt.com listing as of 2020
L. Gale Lemerand Center Art Collection, Daytona State College Magazine, 2020
SA+AH alumna Margaret Schnebly Hodge explores the cosmos in new exhibition, Casey Wooster, University of
Florida, In the Loop publication, April 27, 2017
Adrift In Space, Kile Brewer, Clay Today News, April 26, 2017
Eclipse Exhibit Open at PHSC Gallery by Elizabeth Dentato, Hernando Sun, April 2017
Breaking Free: Dark Energy, Dark Matter, Gary R. Libby, Director Emeritus, Museum of Arts & Sciences,
Daytona Beach, FL, 2014
Margaret Schnebly Hodge brings Transitory Glory, Christine Cole, Orlando Sentinel, 2012
Best of America: Painting, curated catalog by Kennedy Publications, 2007 and 2009
Flux: As Subject, As Verb, Donald Dusinberre, EU Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, 2007
Margaret Hodge: Inside/Outside, Laura Stewart, arts educator and critic, 2007
Art in the Sunshine a 20 Mile Road Project, series of articles in Daytona Beach News-Journal, Palm Coast
Lifestyles Magazine, Home Town News; Series of interviews on Channel 13 and FOX News, 2007
Art sends message in women’s work, Christine Cole, Orlando Sentinel, 2007
Expressing thoughts with Margaret Schnebly Hodge, Blair Townley, Backstage Magazine, 2006
Abstracts on view, Sandi Carrol, The Observer, June 2006
Lake Mary-Heathrow Festival of the Arts Winners, Seminole Magazine, spring 2006
Women to Watch, National Museum of Women In The Arts, spring 2005
In Flux; Survey of works by Steve Aimone, artist and educator, January 2005
Look! Pockets of art are popping up, Terry Hummel, Orlando Sentinel, September 2005
Artists in Exhibit differ in their materials, tone, Christine Cole, Orlando Sentinel, June 2005
Exhibition will feature sculpture and abstract art by Debbie Mannis, Orlando Sentinel, May 2005
Gallery offers oasis of art, Christine Cole, Orlando Sentinel, July 2005
In Flux paintings show transformation, Laura Stewart, Daytona Beach News-Journal, 2005
FAM Gallery, FAM News, Florida Assoc. of Museums Foundation, 2004
In Flux by Gary R. Libby, Director, Museum of Arts and Sciences Magazine, Fall 2004
State of the Arts, Florida Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, summer 2004
Figures add up to artist’s latest genre, Orlando Sentinel, January 2003
Margaret Hodge’s art works will be on display in Edgewater, Sandi Carroll, The Observer,2003
Show provokes thought, Paul Marseglia, The Daytona Beach News-Journal, April 2002
Collections:
L. Gale Lemerand Collection at the Lemerand Student Center, Daytona State College, Daytona Beach, FL
Northwest Florida State College, Niceville, FL
Corporate Collection, County of Volusia, FL
Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach, FL
Public Art, City of Daytona Beach
Public Art, City of Lake Helen
Multiple private and corporate collections in Florida and Southeast United States
Select Exhibits -
Solo exhibits:
Museum of Florida Art and Culture, South Florida State College, Avon Park, FL, Feb-March 2020
Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts, St. Johns River State College, Orange Park, FL, April-June 2017
Rao Musunuru, M.D. Art Gallery, Pasco-Hernando State College, Newport Richey, FL, 2017
Mattie Kelly Fine & Performing Arts Center, Northwest Florida State College, Niceville, FL, 2015
Dr. Gene Prough Center for the Arts, Chipola State College, Marianna, FL, 2015
The News Journal Center at Daytona State College, Daytona Beach, FL, 2014
Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Jacksonville, FL, 2014 and 2007
Yvonne Scarlett-Golden Cultural and Educational Center, Daytona Beach, FL, 2013
Chamber of Commerce, DeLand, FL, 2013
Art in the Square, City of Tavares, FL, 2012 and 2007
The Casements, Ormond Beach, FL, 2009
Artisan Gallery, DeLand, FL – installation “The Package”, 2009
Main Street DeLand, exhibit hall, DeLand, FL, 2005
Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach, FL, 2005
African American Museum of Art, DeLand, FL, 2005
Founding Artist - initiated and managed collaborative events:
Art in the Sunshine, a 20-mile road project: 300 art works out of repurposed plastic were created by 100
artists and installed along a 20-mile route in Volusia County for 3 months, FL, 2007
COVART: 20 art works by 5 artists from found objects installed along trails in a local park for 1 month,
Daytona Beach, FL, 2006
Freedom Field: 50 art works on the theme of Freedom created by 30 artists were displayed at a major retail
venue Memorial Day weekend, then donated to a Veterans Home, Daytona Beach, FL, 2009
Group shows – juried competitions and invitationals:
Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach, FL 2022
All Florida, Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL 2022
100% Pure Florida, 5th Avenue Gallery, Melbourne, FL 2022
Florida Artists Group Annual Exhibit, virtual exhibit, 2022
"New Art New Start", Beach Art Center, Indian Rock Beach, FL 2022
The FL3TCH3R Exhibit, Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City,TN 2021
Dunedin Center for the Arts, Dunedin, FL 2021
Foosaner Museum at Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL 2020
ARTFIELDS, Lake City, SC 2019
Naples Art Gallery, Naples, FL 2019
Ringling College of Art + Design, Sarasota, FL 2019
Influence of Sound, Ormond Museum of Art, Ormond Beach, FL 2018/2019
Off the Beaten Path Florida Arts Tour, Ormond Beach, FL 2018
Webber Gallery, College of Central Florida, Ocala, FL 2018
Harris House Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL 2018
Annual Juried Show, Florida Museum for Women Artists, DeLand, FL, 2013
Peabody Auditorium Performing Arts Center, Daytona Beach, FL (3 artists), 2009
Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens, Winter Park, FL, 2007
Bethune Cookman University Performing Art Center Gallery, Daytona Beach, FL, 2007
DeLand Museum of Art, “Florida Biennial”, DeLand, FL, 2006
New York Times “Parallels”, Artful Gardens Gallery, Zephyrhills, FL, 2006
Ormond Memorial Museum, “Figurative”, Ormond Beach, FL, (3 artists), 2006
Lyssa Morgan Gallery, International Exhibit, Tampa, FL, 2006
News Journal Performing Arts Center, Daytona Beach, FL, 2006
City of Tavares, City Hall, Tavares, FL, 2005
Mount Dora Center for the Arts, “Metaphor”, Mount Dora, FL (2 artists), 2005
Art League of Daytona Beach, FL (3 artists), 2005
Park Avenue Fine Art Gallery, Winter Park, FL, 2005
Thomas Kelly Administration Center, Florida Committee, National Museum of Women in the Arts, DeLand, FL,
2004 and 2005
International Show, Brad Cooper Gallery, Tampa, FL, 2004
Artscape Naples, Gallery Victoria, Naples, FL, 2004
DeLand Museum of Art, “Florida Biennial”, DeLand, FL, 2004
Orlando Museum of Art, 1st Thursday event (Sept), Orlando, FL, 2003
Ormond Memorial Museum, “Pro Art”, Ormond Beach, FL, 2003
Orlando Museum of Art, 1st Thursday event (Oct/Sept), Orlando, FL, 2003
Gallery Representation:
Art Gallery on Park, Winter Park, FL
MSH Fine Art Studio, Ormond Beach, FL
Professional Affiliations:
Member, Florida Artists Group, State of Florida
Member, National Women's Caucus for Art, New York, NY
Member, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.
Member, Florida Associations of Museums
Member, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach, FL
Member, Museum of Art, DeLand, FL
Member, Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL
Member, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
Member, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
Member, Cornell Museum, Winter Park, FL