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Employment

May 2007-Current                  Self-supported artist and art instructor
Current                                   Looking at Art Tour Director and Curator for Culture Candy
Jan 2007-Current                   Baton Rouge Arts Council - Artist‘s Roster - Taught children’s workshops at the Shaw Center
                                               and through the community fund for the arts at River Oaks Elementary, McKinley Middle Magnet, Highland       Elementary
Feb 2008-May 2009               Big Buddy Program art instructor for Polk Elementary, T-steps
Fall 2006-2008                       Élan Vital Montessori Art Instructor

Education

2010 Karl Hecksher Woodblock Print Workshop Teton Art Lab WY 
2006 Elemore Morgan Jr. at the AbbeyWorkshop LA 
2005 B.S. in Psychology, Minor in Painting, Louisiana State University 
2003 London Study Abroad


Selected Exhibitions

2011
September-September LSU Museum of Art MOA
Presently Ann Connelly Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA

2010    
Presently Ann Connelly Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
Presently Dutch Physical Therapy Satellite Gallery, Baton Rouge LA
Presently MAAC Satelitte Space, Baton Rouge, LA
October, Quid Pro Quo, Mind's Eye Studios, Baton Rouge, LA
September Teton Art Lab, Jackson, WY
April- June, Make Believe: Elise Toups and her Students, Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, LA
June Through Ann Connelly Gallery Art Show at Alys Beach,FL
July Space, Glassell Gallery at the Shaw Center, Baton Rouge, LA

2009     
Presently Ann Connelly Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
Presently Dutch Physical Therapy Satellite Gallery, Baton Rouge LA
July, American Dream Shaw Center Glassell Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA

April, Facing Forward Arts Council, Baton Rouge, LA                 

April Surrealist Ball Ephemeral Gallery, Baton Rouge,  LA

2008    
January-Present, Ann Connelly Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
September, St. Tammany Art Association, Covington, LA
July 11-August 10, Hot Tamales, Shaw Center Glassell Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
July 10-21, Art Melt, Brunner Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
July Art Melt Past Winners, Shaw Center Museum, Baton Rouge, LA
May 10, REVO, Baton Rouge, LA

2007     
November 4 - January 1 , Caffery Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
October 5 - November 2, Arts Council of Baton Rouge (Solo Show)
May 11 - June 16, Caffery Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA      (Solo Show - Landscapes)
March 6, Looking at Art Tour, Baton Rouge, LA


2006    
November, Lillie Leake 6th Annual Art Show, Baton Rouge, LA
October Chelsea's (with David Smith), Baton Rouge, LA
September, Backyard Gallery Open Show, Baton Rouge, LA
July, The Brunner Gallery, Art Melt, Baton Rouge, LA
June, Baton Rouge Gallery CURRENT, Baton Rouge, LA        
                                                                                         

April, Baton Rouge Gallery Venus Envy, Baton Rouge, LA
March, Backyard Gallery The Red Show, Baton Rouge, LA
Lover’s Lane Valentine Show, Baton Rouge, LA


2005     
Art Melt in Brunner Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
Backyard Gallery 4th of July Show, Baton Rouge, LA
LSU BFA Show Foster Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA

2004     
Mission Utopia Garden Opening, New Orleans, LA

2001     
Three Rivers Festival, Covington, LA

 

Honors & Awards

 

2008                   Honorable Mention Art Melt

2005                   Baton Rouge Art League Scholarship

2005                   1st Place Winner at Art Melt


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