Past member of Shelby Artists on Main Gallery

Teacher: KCTCS College 2005-present

Community Scholar 2006-present

Volunteer with KEA Mentoring Program for beginning teachers KEA 2005 -present

Volunteer with Shelby Development Corporation 2003-present

Teacher: Spalding University2003-present

Studio Art/Humanities Teacher; 1978 –Retired 2005
Designing and teaching the curriculum for middle and high school art and humanities students.  Elected member of site council.   Member of KTIP (senior teachers assigned to help new teachers in our school).    Member of the committee that designed professional development for our school.  Worked with the Gifted Program. Coached boys’ basketball. Taught AP art.

Kentucky Arts and Humanities Content Advisory Committee
Kentucky State Department of Education
Committee member responsible for designing and evaluating arts and humanities questions for our state assessment test given to all Kentucky high school students.

Lindsey Wilson College
Shelbyville Branch
Taught Art Appreciation for a branch of Lindsey Wilson College.

Kentucky State Reformatory
Taught reading, math and English to prison inmates.

National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow  1994
J.S. Mill Institute
Rollins College
Department of Philosophy & Religion

National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow  1992
Dante Institute

Teacher Institute-National Gallery of Art 1991
Awarded by the State of Kentucky

The Kentucky Heritage Council-Historic Preservation Conference 1993,1989,1987
The State Historic Preservation Office

Kentucky Teaching Certification (Life)  1976
University of Louisville

Master of Arts  (Specialized-Drawing)  1974
Morehead State University

Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.)  1971
Murray State University

2006-Owensboro Museum show
Owensboro, KY

2006- Art Auction 2006 Louisville Visual Art Association
Louisville, KY

           
2006-Acepted to SouthernArtistry.  www. SouthernArtistry.org
Southern Arts Federation
Atlanta, GA

2006-Accepted to The Drawing Center www.Drawingcenter.org
New York City, NY

2006-One drawing accepted into:  Uncommon Wealth: Legacy of the Kentucky Arts Council
Visual Art Fellowships show
Lexington Art League
Lexington, KY

2005-One paining accepted in the Arts on Main Exhibition-Ms. Jenine Culligan-juror-curator at the
Hunington Museum of Art.

2003-One drawing accepted in the Arts on Main Exhibition-not Exhibited
Juror-Cal Kowal of The Art Academy of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Art Museum

2002 Two Drawings in the Arts on Main Exhibition
Shelbyville, KY
           
2001
Painting Accepted in 2001 Ohio Valley Annual
Juror: Adrian Swain, Curator of the Kentucky Folk Art Center
Received Award of Invitation to the Mary Anderson Center for the Arts
Carnegie Center for Art and History
New Albany, Indiana

2001
One drawing accepted in Galex 35 National juried Competition, Galesburg Civic Center.
Juror, Ronald A. Lease of Washington University

2000
One drawing accepted
Visions VI International Show
Jurors: Julie Aronson (Cincinnati Art Museum) and Julien Robson(Speed Art Museum,
Louisville, KY)
The Cathedral Foundation/Zahorec Hughes Gallery
Cincinnati, Ohio

2nd place, Abstract Art, Two Honorable Mentions,
Kentucky State Fair

1999
Four pieces in Actors’ Theater Gallery
Al Smith Fellowship
Actor’s Theater
Louisville, KY

One Painting in 27th annual Exhibition South ‘99
The Tennessee Valley Art Center
Tuscumbia, Al 
Juror: David A.  Moos, Curator of Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Arts, Birmingham Museum of
Art, Birmingham, Alabama

One Painting and One Drawing in Arts on Main
Shelbyville, Kentucky
Juror:  Alexander Lee Nyerges, Director and Chief Officer of The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton,
Ohio

1998
First Place-Abstract Painting: Second Place- Watercolor; Second Place-Pastel; Second Place
Realistic Painting; Third Place-Mixed Media  Kentucky State Fair Art Competition
Al Smith Grant
$5,000 Grant based on accomplishments in Art
Awarded by
Kentucky Arts Council
31 Fountain Place
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-3757

1997 
One painting in Arts on Main
Shelbyville, Ky.
Juror;  Rusty Freeman, Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN.
One drawing in the 1997 Water Tower Annual
Louisville, KY
Juror;  Leisa Rundquist, curator of the South Bend Regional Art Museum, Indiana.

First Place-Mixed Media
Second Place-Transparent Watercolor
1997 Kentucky State Fair Art Contest
Louisville, KY
Juror, Martin Rollins

Two Drawings in the Murray State University Alumni Exhibition,
Murray State University
Murray, KY
Juror; Peter Morrin, Director, J.B.Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY

1996
First Place Drawing
Three Drawings Accepted in Cathedral Visions,
The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption
Covington, KY
Juror, Brian Clinkingbeard, Curator of the Kentucky Art and Craft Gallery

One Drawing in the Alumni Show
Floyd County Museum
Floyd County, Indiana

1995
Two Drawings Accepted
Louisville Visual Art Association/Pegasus Gallery Show” “Weather Detectives
Louisville Science Museum

1994
Grant to attend the National Endowment For The Humanities Summer Seminar on The Life And
Work Of John Stuart Mill: Rollins College, Winter Park, Fl

1993
Two Paintings Accepted in the Kentucky Horse Park Art Museum
Second Place
Lexington, KY

1992
Grant to attend the National Endowment for the Humanities Dante Institute
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky 42101

1991
Grant to attend the National Gallery Of Art Institute
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C. 20565

Fourth Place Drawing
Kentucky State Fair
Louisville, KY

1989
Third Place and Honorable Mention
Kentucky State Fair
Louisville, KY

Channel 15  Judge’s Citation
Televised Art Show
Louisville, KY

Two Paintings in the July Juried Show
Floyd County Museum
Floyd County, Indiana

1988
One Painting Accepted in the July Juried Show
Floyd County Museum
Floyd County, Indiana
Juror, Brian Byrn, Curator of Exhibitions and Education at the Midwest Museum of American Art

1987-1988
Two Paintings Accepted in Brand XVII
Brand Library Art Galleries
Glendale, California
Juror, William Hemmerdinger, Professor Emeritus at California State University and Otis Art
Institute

 

1987
One Painting Accepted
Water Tower Annual
Louisville, KY
Juror, Robert Reed, Yale University

One Screen Generated Image Accepted
Mid-South Monotypes
Capitol Art Center, Bowling Green, KY

One Drawing Accepted
5Th Annual Realism Today Show (295 entries-51 chosen)
Evansville Museum of Arts and Science
Evansville, Indiana
Juror, George Deem

1986
One Drawing Accepted
39th Mid-States Art Exhibition(517 entries-55 exhibitors)
Evansville Museum of Arts and Science
Evansville, Indiana
Juror, Theodore F. Wolff, Art Critic, Christian Science Monitor

One Watercolor Accepted
July Juried Exhibit
Floyd County Museum
Floyd County, Indiana
Juror, Mark Huff, Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, University of Maine

Two Paintings Accepted
Courtesy Cadillac Juried Show
Louisville, KY
Juror, Cynthia Thorp

One Painting Accepted
Water Tower Annual(750 entries-66 chosen)
Louisville, Ky.
Juror, Janet Flint, Hirsch and Adler Galleries, New York, New York

One Drawing Accepted
Kentucky Art Exhibition sponsored by Kentucky Fried Chicken Corporation, Kentucky Department
of The Arts and The J.B.Speed Art Museum
J.B.Speed Art Museum(1300 entries-100 accepted)
Louisville, Ky.
Juror, Abram Lerner, founding director Emeritus of The Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture,
Washing, D.C.

1985
One Painting Accepted
38th Mid-State Art Exhibition(519 entries-60 chosen)
This painting won fifth place and the “Junta Woods Aiken Memorial Purchase Award” and went on
Evansville Museum’s Mid-State Show to six states.
Evansville Museum of Arts and Science
Evansville, Indiana
Juror, Perry Townsend Rathbone. Director, Christie’s International

One Drawing Accepted
J.B.Speed Museum’s Eight State Show(245 entries-71 Chosen)
J.B.Speed Museum
Louisville, Ky. - Juror, Brooke Alexnader