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Education

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

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

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

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

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

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

Careers

2025 to present, Membership Committee member, Providence Art Club 

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

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

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

2008-2014, Rhode Island School of Design, psychotherapist  

Affiliations

Patron Member, Providence Art Club 

Artist Member, Art League Rhode Island  

Artist Member, Newport Art Collective 

Artist Member, Portsmouth Arts Guild 

General Artist Member, Wickford Art Association 

Member, Rhode Island Association of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapies 

Exhibitions

2026 Guarded Heart/Open Heart, solo show, Jennifer English Gallery, Barrington Public Library, Barrington, RI 

2026 Members' Show, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth, RI

2026 The Class and Instructor Exhibition, Maxwell Mays Gallery, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI

2025 Holiday Show, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth, RI

2025 Holiday Small Works, Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI

2025 An Ocean State of Mind, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth, RI

2025 Ocean State Small Works, Wickford Art Association, North Kingstown, RI

2025 Summer Show, Art League Rhode Island, Pawtucket, RI

2025 An Ocean State of Mind, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth, RI​

2024 The Class and Instructor Exhibition, Maxwell Mays Gallery, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI  

2024 Members’ Show, Art League Rhode Island, Pawtucket, RI 

2024 All Things Edible, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Members’ Show, Portsmouth, RI  

2023 The Class and Instructor Exhibition, Maxwell Mays Gallery, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI 

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

2022 to present, annual participation, June, Paint the Peninsula Exhibition and Auction, Blue Hill Public Library, Blue Hill, Maine 

Media/Press

Barrington Times. "April's Artist in the Jennifer English Gallery." March 25, 2026

© 2025 SAMANTHA C. BECKER

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

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