Education
Parsons School of Design, NYC. 1955 1957
West Virginia State College, WV, Ceramics. 1967
Watercolor workshop with Fred Messersmith, Charleston Art Gallery, WV. 1965
Watercolor workshop with Elliot OHara, Charleston Art Gallery, WV. 1968
University of Charleston, WV. Principals of Management. 1980
Art New England, Monoprint Workshop, Bennington College, VT. 1989
Painting Workshop with Wolf Kahn, Huntington Museum of Art, WV. 1994
Painting workshop with Janet Fish, Huntington Museum of Art, WV. 1998
Installation workshop with Sandy Skogland, Huntington Museum of Art, WV. 1995
Painting workshop with Christopher Brown, Hunting Museum of Art, WV. 1998
Figure Drawing workshop with Selina Trieff, Castle Hill, Truro, MA. 2003
Solo Exhibitions
The Art Store, WV. 2010, 2005, 1996, 1993, 1989, 1973
West Virginia Institute of Technology. WV 1987
University of Charleston, WV. 1980
Morris Harvey College, WV. 1976
West Virginia State College,10 Year Retrospective. 1970
Invitational Exhibitions
Small Works, The Art Store, Charleston, WV 2011
Welcome Spring!, The Art Store, Charleston, WV 2011
Small Wonders, The Art Store, Charleston, WV, 2009
The Clay Center/ Juliet Museum of Art, WV SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION.
2003
West Virginia University, 24th Annual Southern Graphics Council, WV REMOTE SENSING. 1996
West Virginia State College, exhibition of prints by WV printmakers, REMOTE SENSING: From Holler
to Holler. 1996
West Virginia University, Creative Arts Center, CHARLESTON UPDATE. 1993
West Virginia Governors Mansion, ARTS & LETTERS WITH FIRST LADY RACHAEL WORBY.
1993, 1991
Marietta College, Hermans Fine Art Center, OH, BY WOMENS HANDS. 1990
Sunrise Museums, WV, UP AGAINST THE WALL. 1987
National Bank of Commerce (Huntington Banks), WV. 1987
West Virginia University, WV, WOMEN AND CREATIVITY. 1994, !985
The Art Store, WV. 2007, 2001, 1998, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1990, 1989, 1988
Parkersburg Art Center. WV. 1977, 1975
State Capitol, WV. JOHN D ROCKEFELLER IV: INAUGURAL EXHIBITION. 1977
West Virginia Department of Culture & history. WV State Museum. 1976
Morris Harvey College (University of Charleston), WV, WOMEN ARTISTS. 1972
West Virginia University, Creative Arts Center, WV INAUGURAL EXHIBITION. 1969
Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC. 1968
American Embassy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ART IN THE EMBASSIES PROGRAM. Work selected by Nancy
Kefauver,
Washington, DC. 1968 1970
Juried Exhibitions
Huntington Museum of Art, WV, 280 EXIBITION. 2007
Stifel Fine Arts Center, WV, CROSSCURRENTS. 2001
Three Rivers Arts Festival/ Juried Visual Arts Exhibition, PA. 1997
State of West Virginia Juried Exhibition, State Museum. 2001, 1997, 1989, 1987
Tampa Museum of Art, FL, TRIENNIAL. 1988
Erie Art Museum, PA, ANNUAL EXHIBITIONS. 1987, 1986
Huntington Museum of Art, WV, 280 ON THE WALLS. 1986, 1984
Huntington Museum of Art, WV, 280 OFF THE WALLS. 1985
ALLIED ARTISTS OF WEST VIRGINIA JURIED EXHIBITIONS. 1998, 1990, 1985, 1984, 1975, 1972, 1971,
1970, 1969,
1968, 1967
Charleston Art Gallery (Sunrise Museums), WV, APPALACHIAN CORRIDORS EXHIBITIONS. 1975, 1972,
1968
Juried Exhibitions continued
Charleston Art Gallery Annuals ( Sunrise Museums). WV. 1971, 1970, 1969, 1967, 1966
Butler Institute of American Art, OH MID-YEAR SHOW. 1969
Huntington Galleries , WV, EXHIBITION 1980. 1969, 1968, 1967, 1966
Mountain States Arts and Crafts Fair, WV. 1964
Collections
The Clay Center/Juliet Museum of Art, The Clay Center, WV. Ric Ambrose, art curator. 2007
Bank One (Charleston National Bank), WV
DiTrapano & Jackson, WV
Edgewood Country Club, WV
Huntington Banks 9 National Bank of Commerce), WV
Huntington Museum of Art (Huntington Galleries), WV. John Kerr, director. 1966
MacDonald & Rodecker, WV
McJunkin Corporation, WV
State of West Virginia Permanent Collection ( seven works)
Avampato Discovery Museum/Juliet Museum of Art, Clay Center, WV (Sunrise Museums). Isabelle
Umpleby, art
curator. 1986
Avampato Discovery Museum/Juliet Museum of Art, Clay Center, WV (Sunrise Museums). J.
Frederick Cain, art
curator. 1976
Tampa Museum of Art, FL
United Bank ( Kanawha Banking & Trust)
Private Collections
Honors
Charleston Daily Mail Newspaper, WV. Selected one of Charlestons WOMEN OF INFLUENCE. 1993
City of Charleston Mayors Awards for the Arts. ARTS VOLUNTER. 1991
THE SOURCE BOOK FOR WOMEN WHO CREATE. Published by the center for Womens Studies, West
Virginia
University. 1986
State of West Virginia GOVERNORS AWARD. West Virginia Juried Exhibition. 1985
National Council of Jewish Women, HANNAH G. SLOMON AWARD: For services to improve the
quality of life in the
community. 1994
Charleston Daily Mail Newspaper. CHARLIE WEST SALUTES AWARD: For opening the door to art
in the Appalachian
Corridor. 1972
Various Awards, Juried Exhibitions. 1967 2001
Commissions and Experiences
Garden Club of America, District Convention. Designed Exhibition space. The Clay Center
WV. 2004
Curator and project director. ARTS FOR SCHOOLS EXHIBITION. Sponsored by The Art Store, WV. 1994
Curator, JOEL PHILIP MYERS EXHIBITION. Arts & Letters, Governors Mansion. WV. 1994
Designer NICKS SPACE for West Virginia Symphony Show House. 1994
Designer and Director of stage presentation. CHARLESTON FUND FOR THE ARTS MAYORS AWARDS.
University of
Charleston. 1992
Coordinator, SCULPTURE IN PUBLIC PLACES SEMINA. Sponsored by the City of Charleston Beautification
Commission.
Sunrise Museums. Speakers: sculptors Rockney Krebs, Jim Sanborn, and Bob Wade, 1980
Coordinator, THE TREASURY: BREASTPLATES, POINTER AND RIMONIMS. Silver torah ornaments. Temple
Israel,
Charleston, WV. Gary Noffke, master metalsmith.
Designer of JACOBSON and RAY MEMORIAL BOOKPLATES. Kanawha County Public Library. 1977, 1976
ART IN PUBLIC PLACES. Designed and executed a mural on Charleston riverfront wall. Sponsored
by the City of
Charleston Beautification Commission. 1976
ARTISTS VISIT SCHOOLS PROJECT. Sponsored by the Charleston Junior League. 1976
Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation Report Cover. 1997, 1976, 1975
Instructor, concentrated two day workshop. Summerville Art Group. Funded by the West Virginia
Arts and Humanities
Commission. 1973
Coordinator, BREATH OF LIFE TAPESTRY. Temple Israel, Charleston, WV. Artist: Mural Nezhnie Helfman,
designer and
weaver. 1973
Instructor, VISITING ARTITS PROGRAM Sponsored by West Virginia Arts and Humanities Commission,
Logan County Elementary Schools. 1973
Curator of MOUNTAIN ARTISANS EXHIBITION and Traveling Exhibition. Charleston Art Gallery (Sunrise
Museums), WV.
1972 1973
Commissions and Experiences continued
Charleston Job Corp. for Women. Memorial painting and drawing of building. 1972, 1970
Designer of celebration and program. KANAWHA PLAYERES 50th GALA ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.
1971
Early Childhood Development, State of WV. Designed and executed display booth. 1970
Designed and executed three mural plagues for Frankenbergers, Charleston, WV. 1966
West Virginia Centennial SHOWBOAT RHODODENDRON. Co-designer of interior/exterior. 1962
1963
Set designer for Kanawha Players, Charleston Light Opera Guild, Charleston Ballet and SHOWBOAT
RHODODENDRON.
1958 - 1985
Administrative
Gallery Director, The At Store, Charleston. WV. 1982
Acting executive director, Sunrise Museums, WV. January March 2000
Co-Chair, Gala Opening of Town Center Mall, Charleston, WV. Raised $100,000. for the arts. 1993
Co-founder and board member, CHARLESTON FUND FOR THE ARTS. A fund raising organization that
raises money
from business and industry to support operating budgets for major arts organizations in the Kanawha
Valley. 1980
1992
Chair, Kanawha Arts Alliance. An arts advocacy organization. 1979
Charleston Art in Public Places. Committee member. Commissioned works by Jim Sanborn and Charles
Ginnever.
Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. 1977 1980
Acting executive director, Sunrise Museums. 1977 1978
Chairperson of ad-hoc committee for Charleston, WV, CITY SPIRIT. A National Endowment
for the Arts program. 1976
Co-founder and co-director of APPALACHIAN CORRIDORS EXHIBITION I, II, III, Charleston Art Gallery
(Sunrise
Museums), WV. A thirteen state juries exhibition awarding $25,000 in cash and purchase awards. Sponsored
by the
Charleston Section of the Nation Council of Jewish Women and funded in part by the National Endowment
for the Arts.
Secured and worked with jurors: Katherine Kuh and Joel Philip Myers, 1972; Daniel Robbins and
Franz Wildenhein,
1970; Lloyd Goodrich and Paul Smith, 1968
Director, APPALACHIAN CORRIDORS traveling exhibition. 1968-69, 1970-71
Chair, ALLIED ARTISTS OF WEST VIRGINIA ANNUAL juried exhibition, Charleston Art Gallery
(Sunrise Museums).
Secured and worked with juror Brian ODoherty. 1966
Community
Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences for West Virginia, Advisory Board Member 2006 -
Avampato Discovery Museum board member and advisory board member. 2000 2006
Sunrise Museum Board Member. 1997 2000
Chair, ARTS IN EDUCATION, Kanawha County 2000. 1992 94
Charleston Renaissance Art Center project, committee member. 1985 1986
West Virginia Artists and Craftsmen Guild, advisory council. 1980
Mountain State Arts and Crafts Fair, board member. 1980
West Virginia Bicentennial Visual and Performing Arts Review Committee. 1975
Sunrise Foundation board member. 1975 1977, 1996
Charleston Art Gallery, board president. One of a committee of three that planned the
consolidation of f five user
groups into Sunrise Museums
Charleston Beautification Commission member, appointed by Mayor John Hutchinson. 1972
1973
Artists in Residence Program. West Virginia Arts and Humanities project for Kanawha County Schools,
visual artist
representative. 1970 1972
Charleston Arty Gallery of Sunrise, board member. 1974 1969
Kanawha Players board member. Community theater. 1959 - 1962
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