PAM KELLY SILLS
Painter
Resume
Pamela Sills
Pam Kelly Sills Art
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Abstract Art
original paintings drawings
landscape botanical subjects
Newcomb art school
contemporary impressionism lyrical abstraction
Oil paintings
Education
MFA 1986 University of New Orleans
BFA 1964 Newcomb College, Tulane University
Honors: Member Scholars and Fellows Honor Society
Mary L. Neil Prize in Art
1964 Yale University, Norfolk School of Music and Art
Professional Experience
2001-2013 Director of Development, Louisiana Art and Science Museum, Baton Rouge, LA
Recognized by the Dept of Culture, Recreation and Tourism as a Louisiana Ambassador
1995-2001 Member Board of Directors, Baton Rouge Gallery
1987-1989 Instructor in Drawing, Art Appreciation, and Children’s Art, Metropolitan College, University of New Orleans,
New Orleans, LA
1989 Guest Lecture and Participant in Panel Discussions, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
1987-1989 Teacher of Art and Art History, Crescent Academy and Louise S. McGehee School, New Orleans, LA
1985-1987 Instructor in Painting, Drawing and Art Appreciation, Delgado College, New Orleans, LA
1986 Guest Artist, Senior Visual Arts Projects, Loyola University of the South, New Orleans, LA
1985-1987 Gallery Coordinator, The Gallery at County Day, Metairie Park Country Day School, Metairie, LA
1984-1986 Teaching Assistantship, Instructor of Art Appreciation, Drawing, and Art History Research
1966-1968 Art Teacher, Belmar Elementary School, Belmar, New Jersey
1963-1966 Museum Shop Manager, Children’s Art Teacher, and Exhibitions Staff Assistant, New Orleans Museum
of Art, New Orleans, LA
Gallery Affiliations
2022 Studio Waveland Gallery, Waveland, MS
2021 Represented by The Degas Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1984-1989 Mario Villa Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1983 Graphic Editions, New Orleans, LA
1978-1982 Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Corporate/Public Collections
Baton Rouge Orthopedic Clinic, Baton Rouge, LA
New Orleans Arts Council, New Orleans, LA
Atlantic-Richfield Center for the Visual Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Children’s Hospital New Orleans, LA
City Club Incorporated, Miami, FL
Coopers & Lybrand Accountants, New Orleans, LA
Freeport-McMoran, New Orleans, LA
Howard Johnson’s Corporation, New Orleans, LA
Lykes Brothers Steamship Corp, New Orleans, LA
Marriott Hotel Corporation, Atlanta, GA
John Portman Associations, Atlanta, GA
Pan American Life, New Orleans, LA
Pan Pacific, Singapore
Stouffer Waverly Hotel Corporation, Atlanta, GA
Publications
1986 The New Orleans Art Review, November/December, Sills at Mario Villa, by David Rive
1989 Louisiana Artists’ Pages: Love in the Ruins, Lew Thomas Curator and Editor, Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans
Exhibitions
2022 One Person Exhibition, Degas Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Studio Waveland, Art Shop, Waveland, MS
2021 One Person Exhibition
Drawings and Collages, Frameworks Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2021 Group Exhibitions
Still Life, Degas Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Collages, Degas Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Expressions after Munch, Degas Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Trees, Degas Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2002 Two-Person Exhibition
The White Camelia, New Orleans, LA
1998 Group Exhibition
Studio 801, Baton Rouge, LA
1997 Group Exhibition
Studio 801, Baton Rouge, LA
1989 Group Exhibition
Louisiana Artists’ Pages: Love in The Ruins. Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
Two Person Exhibition
New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA
One Person Exhibition
New Orleans Opera Association, Theater of the Performing Arts, New Orleans, LA
1988 Group Exhibition
Artists’ Ornaments, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Group Exhibition
Annual Christmas Miniature Exhibition, New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA
1987 Group Exhibition
Art Against Aids, Mario Villa Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Group Exhibition
Art for Arts’ Sake, Major-Works and Mini-Works, J. David Farmer, Juror, Alexandra Monett, Curator,
Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
Group Exhibition
Annual Christmas Miniature Exhibition, New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA
One Person Exhibition
The Gallery at Country Day, Metairie Park Country Day Preparatory School, Metairie, LA
1986 Two Person Exhibition
Mario Villa Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Group Exhibition
Louisiana Now, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
Group Exhibition
22nd Juried St Tammany Exhibition, Covington, LA
One Person Exhibition
MFA Thesis, University of New Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1985 Group Exhibition
Mini-Works, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
Group Exhibition
Classical Rooms, Mario Villa Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1984 One Person Exhibition
Mario Villa Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Three Person Exhibition
Gallerie Melancon, Lake Charles, LA
Group Exhibition
Delta Regional Exhibition, Juror: Richard Koshalek, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Group Exhibition
Meadows Museum of Art, Shreveport, LA
1983 Group Exhibition
“Previews”, Mario Villa Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Group Exhibition
Louisiana Women Artists, University of New Orleans, LA
One Person Exhibition
Graphics Editions, New Orleans, LA
One Person Exhibition
Contemporary Art Gallery, Key Biscayne, FL
1982 Group Exhibition
Artists of AJAC Studio, Foster Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Group Exhibition
Artists of AJAC Studio, Louisiana Tech Art Gallery, Ruston, LA
Three Person Exhibition
Elmhurst Park Gallery, Lafayette, LA
Group Exhibition
Drawings and Prints Annual Exhibition, Award Recipient, Juror: Wayne Thiebaud,
Southeast Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Belleair, FL
Group Exhibition
Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1981 Group Exhibition
The New Louisiana Landscape, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
Group Exhibition
St. Tammany Annual Art Exhibition, Juror: Donald Kuspit, Covington, LA
Group Exhibition
Juannio – ‘81 Exhibition, Guatemala City, Guatemala
One Person Exhibition
Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1980 One Person Exhibition
Messing Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Group Exhibition
Women Artists, Hanson Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1976 One Person Exhibition
The Ethical Society, St. Louis, MO





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