{"id":26,"date":"2024-12-09T10:29:42","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T15:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/elli-crocker\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T05:39:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T09:39:54","slug":"elli-crocker","status":"publish","type":"cu_faculty","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/elli-crocker\/","title":{"rendered":"Elli Crocker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Professor Crocker received a B.A. from Smith College and an M.F.A from Tufts University. A full-time member of the Clark faculty since 1994 and director of the Studio Art program from 2002-2015, Prof. Crocker will serve as director of the Schiltkamp Gallery in Traina Center for the Arts commencing with the 2016\/2017 academic year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Professor Crocker is a representational painter whose work has focused on the human figure. Most recently, she has been exploring the human\/animal interface, an ancient preoccupation in art that assumes new dimensions as we are ever more able to manipulate and impact nature.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Crocker has also undertaken numerous commissions, both public and private. Significant among these are projects for the Allston Village Main Street Association\/City of Boston (21<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>trompe l\u2019oeil<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>panels), the Newton North Millennial Project (a 10&#8217;x20&#8242; painting), and a portrait of the headmistress at Chestnut Hill School (Brookline, MA). Professor Crocker is represented by Rice\/Polak Gallery in Provincetown, MA. She has received grants from the New England Foundation for the Arts\/Visible Republic Program, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the St. Botolph Foundation, the Higgins School of Humanities at Clark University, and Boston Sister City Travel, among others. Her work has been published in several books including<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Mammals in Contemporary Art<\/em>,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>The Art of Lovemaking<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>and<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Yellow Silk: Erotic Arts and Letters.<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>Crocker\u2019s art was also selected for inclusion in Volume #50 of<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>New American Paintings<\/em>. Artist residencies include Burren College of Art in Ireland, Nantucket School of Design &amp; the Arts, and the Vermont Studio Center.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Crocker\u2019s courses include all levels of Drawing and Painting, Studio Topics (a senior seminar), Senior Thesis, and Sense of Place (a drawing class using the city of Worcester as studio and subject).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"cu_faculty_f180_userid":"C05531357","cu_faculty_first_name":"Elli","cu_faculty_last_name":"Crocker","cu_faculty_employment_status":"Researcher","cu_faculty_rank":"","cu_faculty_position":"Senior Research Scholar<br \/>Professor Emerita","cu_faculty_phone":"","cu_faculty_email":"ecrocker@clarku.edu","cu_faculty_location":"","cu_faculty_about":"<p><span>Professor Crocker received a B.A. from Smith College and an M.F.A from Tufts University. A full-time member of the Clark faculty since 1994 and director of the Studio Art program from 2002-2015, Prof. Crocker will serve as director of the Schiltkamp Gallery in Traina Center for the Arts commencing with the 2016\/2017 academic year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Professor Crocker is a representational painter whose work has focused on the human figure. Most recently, she has been exploring the human\/animal interface, an ancient preoccupation in art that assumes new dimensions as we are ever more able to manipulate and impact nature.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Crocker has also undertaken numerous commissions, both public and private. Significant among these are projects for the Allston Village Main Street Association\/City of Boston (21<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>trompe l\u2019oeil<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>panels), the Newton North Millennial Project (a 10'x20' painting), and a portrait of the headmistress at Chestnut Hill School (Brookline, MA). Professor Crocker is represented by Rice\/Polak Gallery in Provincetown, MA. She has received grants from the New England Foundation for the Arts\/Visible Republic Program, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the St. Botolph Foundation, the Higgins School of Humanities at Clark University, and Boston Sister City Travel, among others. Her work has been published in several books including<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Mammals in Contemporary Art<\/em>,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>The Art of Lovemaking<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>and<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Yellow Silk: Erotic Arts and Letters.<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>Crocker\u2019s art was also selected for inclusion in Volume #50 of<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>New American Paintings<\/em>. Artist residencies include Burren College of Art in Ireland, Nantucket School of Design &amp; the Arts, and the Vermont Studio Center.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Crocker\u2019s courses include all levels of Drawing and Painting, Studio Topics (a senior seminar), Senior Thesis, and Sense of Place (a drawing class using the city of Worcester as studio and subject).<\/p>","cu_faculty_degrees":"<span>M.F.A. in ,<\/span> Tufts University, 1981\n<span>B.A. in Studio Art and Sociology,<\/span> Smith College, 1977","cu_faculty_cv":"https:\/\/faculty180.interfolio.com\/public\/download.php?key=SDRwNCtxSUpsamxBQ213WS9ucHFuNnMwT0hzQU11b2RPQkJ2cWc3amxyUmNRdVVXTkF4MU1saHhUd29KQkZ3SGNHTU5IcjA0UnVSRUhCaWMxV0x1YmJaaUVMWWpqMWlLcUZMcDdZbnZuaVRZakVmZTY1WXNGcUlFdUpMWXM5VlU%3D","cu_faculty_links":"[]","cu_faculty_scholarly_interests":"","cu_faculty_scholarly_works":"[{\"activityid\":1542,\"fields\":{\"Type\":\"Exhibits, Shows, Performances &amp; Readings\",\"Title\":\"In the Flesh\",\"Year\":2019,\"Date\":\"\",\"Medium (for artworks)\":\"Paintings, Drawings, and Prints\",\"Venue \\\/ Institution\":\" Clark University\",\"Location\":\"Higgins Lounge, Dana Commons,\",\"Status\":\"Completed\",\"Co-contributor\":null,\"URL\":\"\",\"Description\":\"This exhibition with ten pieces of artwork ran from September, 2019 through March, 2020.\",\"Include description in output citation\":0,\"Origin\":\"Manual\"},\"facultyid\":\"C05531357\",\"status\":[{\"id\":1542,\"status\":\"Completed\\\/Published\",\"term\":\"Fall\",\"year\":2019,\"termid\":\"2019\\\/01\",\"listingorder\":6,\"completionorder\":6}],\"userid\":\"C05531357\",\"attachments\":[],\"coauthors_list\":[\"Elli Crocker\"],\"sort_date\":\"2019-9-01\"},{\"activityid\":1543,\"fields\":{\"Type\":\"Exhibits, Shows, Performances &amp; Readings\",\"Title\":\"Art on Science: 26 Studies \\\/ Etudes: Science as a catalyst for Artistic Expression\\\/Art as a catalyst for Scientific Observation\",\"Year\":2019,\"Date\":\"\",\"Medium (for artworks)\":\"painting and prints\",\"Venue \\\/ Institution\":\"French Cultural Center (September - November)\",\"Location\":\"Boston, MA\",\"Status\":\"Completed\",\"Co-contributor\":null,\"URL\":\"\",\"Description\":\"This exhibition included 13 artists from Boston and 13 artists from Strasbourg, France.  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