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Education

2015 to present, coursework at Rhode Island School of Design; enrolled and nearly completed the Painting Studies Certificate program 

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2017 to present, coursework and workshops at the Providence Art Club, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Farnsworth Art Museum 

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2002 MSW, Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, Mass. 

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1994 BA in Comparative Religion, Cum Laude, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 

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1993 Semester Abroad, Antioch College, Buddhist Studies program in Bodh Gaya, India 

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1990 High School Diploma Saint George’s School, Middletown, Rhode Island 

Careers

2025 to present, Membership Committee member, Providence Art Club 

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2025 to present, Advisory Committee member, Morgan Bay Zendo, Surry, Maine 

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2012 to present, President, Compass Psychotherapy, LLC and private practice psychotherapist 

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2010-2016, Board Member, Rhode Island Association of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy 

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2008-2014, Rhode Island School of Design, psychotherapist  

Affiliations

Patron Member, Providence Art Club 

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Artist Member, Art League Rhode Island  

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General Artist Member, Wickford Art Association 

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Artist Member, Newport Art Collective 

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Artist Member, Portsmouth Arts Guild 

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Member, Rhode Island Association of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapies 

Exhibitions

2025 Members' Show, Art League Rhode Island, Summer Show

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2025 Members’ Show, Portsmouth Arts Guild, An Ocean State of Mind 

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2024 Student Teacher Exhibition, Maxwell Mays Gallery, Providence Art Club, Providence, Rhode Island 

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2024, Members’ Show, Art League Rhode Island 

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2024 Members’ Show, Portsmouth Arts Guild All Things Edible 

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2023 Student Teacher Exhibition, Maxwell Mays Gallery, Providence Art Club, Providence, Rhode Island 

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2023 Members’ Show, Bunny Fain Gallery, Temple Habonim, Barrington, Rhode Island 

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2022 to present, July, Paint the Peninsula Exhibition and Auction, Blue Hill Public Library, Blue Hill, Maine 

© 2025 SAMANTHA C. BECKER

All images are those of the artist and not to be reproduced without explicit consent. 

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