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

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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

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Gallery Affiliations

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

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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

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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

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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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