Bob Connelly

Exhibitions, Art Fairs and Group Shows

2011
  • Group Show "Holiday Show" - Mispillion Art League, Milford, Delaware
  • Joint Exhibition with Rosemary Connelly: "Travel Art: Italy & Beyond," Decatur Area Arts Council, Anne Lloyd Gallery, Madden Center, Decatur, Illinois
  • Group Show "Milford Through Art," - Mispillion Art League, Milford, Delaware
  • Instructor 3-day Workshop, "Digital Photography" Mispillion Art League, Milford, Delaware
  • Instructor 3-day Workshop, "Digital Photography" Gallery One, Ocean View, Delaware
  • "Biggs Picture Landscapes by Regional Artists" juried exhibition, Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover, Delaware Mispillion Art League's Spring Show, Milford, Delaware
  • "Wine and Beer" event at Nage Restaurant, Rehoboth Beach, for the benefit of the Children's Beach House - we were invited to exhibit our work
  • "Arts in the Parlor" - Participated in this Black Tie fundraising event showcase Delaware artists to benefit Wesley College student scholarships
  • "Third Thursdays" talk on our Italy experience, Mispillion Art League
  • Mispillion Art League’s Winter Show, Milford, Delaware


  • 2010
    • Group Show "Wintertide" - Studios Upstairs, Milford, Delaware
    • Mispillion Art League’s Holiday Show, Milford, Delaware
    • Millsboro Art League’s November Artists of the Month, Milford, Delaware
    • Millsboro Art League’s November Artists of the Month, Milford, Delaware
    • Mispillion Art League's Fall Juried Show, Milford, Delaware
    • St. Peters Outdoor Art Show, Lewes, Delaware
    • Mispillion Art League's Summer Exhibit, Milford, Delaware
    • Instructor 4-week Workshop, "Exploring Digital Photography" Mispillion Art League, Milford, Delaware
    • Dover Air Force Base Fine Arts Show "Broadening the Arts", Dover, Delaware (2nd Place for Photography)
    • Los Gatos Company exhibit "Made in Italy", sponsored by the Italian Trade Commission, Los Gatos, California
    • Mispillion Art League's Spring Exhibit "Swing into Spring", Milford, Delaware
    • Mispillion Art League's Winter Exhibit "Welcome Home", Milford, Delaware


    • 2009
      • Coastal Frameshop and Gallery, Rehoboth Beach, group show "Small Works"
      • Mispillion Art League’s Gala, Milford, Delaware
      • Riverwalk Arts & Jazz, Milford, Delaware
      • Farmers Market Exhibition, Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
      • Newark Arts Alliance Member Show (juried)
      • St. Peters Outdoor Art Show
      • Mispillion Art League "Reflections" exhibit, Milford, Delaware
      • Instructor two-day Digital Photography Workshop, Mispillion Art League, Milford, Delaware
      • Mispillion Art League's Print, Photography and Student Member exhibit, Milford, Delaware
      • Joint Exhibition with Rosemary Connelly, The Buttery, Lewes, Delaware
      • Chiaro/Scuro, Joint Exhibition with Rosemary Connelly, Brew Ha Ha, Wilmington, Delaware
      • Creative Spirit Talk, Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware


      • 2008
        • Gordon Parks I/Eye Witness Exhibition (juried), Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware
        • Mispillion Art League Gala "Autumn Arts & Attire" (juried, 1st place, photography)
        • Millsboro Fall Art Exhibit (juried, 1st place, photography)
        • Rehoboth Art League Member Show, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
        • Mispillion Art League "Waterways" exhibit, Milford, Delaware
        • St. Peter's Art Show, Lewes, Delaware (juried)
        • Milton Arts Guild Sidewalk Show & Sale, Milton, Delaware
        • Cape Henlopen Senior Ceer Fine Art Show & Sale, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
        • Millsboro Photography Exhibit and Contest, Millsboro, Delaware
        • Bud & Bud Festival, Milford, Delaware
        • Millsboro Spring Art Exhibit and Contest, Millsboro, Delaware (recipient, honorable mention)
        • Children's Advocacy Center HeartWorks Art Auction, Phoenix, Arizona
        • Mispillion Art League's Print, Photography and Student Member exhibit, Milford, Delaware


        • 2007
        • Mispillion Art League Holiday Group Exhibition
        • Rehoboth Art League Member Show


        • 2007
        • Featured, along with my wife, Rosemary Connelly, on Delaware Tonight Arts & Culture Segment, "Travel Art"


        • 2005 - 2007
        • Lived in Italy - about six months each region: Umbria, Sicily, Verona, Amalfi Coast, where I photographed extensively


        • July 2003
        • Awarded a Fullbright-Hays Scholarship Grant for teachers and traveled to the Czech and Slovac Republics focusing on photography and the arts


        • Professional Affiliations
        • Mispillion Art League
        • Rehoboth Art League


        • Education
        • 1998 BA in Studio Art from Arizona State University, Education Degree 2000 Ottowa University, Phoenix, AZ


        • Work Experience
        • 2000 - 2004 Photography teacher at Mesa High School, Mesa Arizona
        • 1973 - 1998 Firefighter, Tempe Arizona, retired as a Captain in 1998 after 25 years
        • 1985 - 2000 Freelance photographer and photographer's assistant for several prominent Phoenix area photographers