Louise Minks – Artist’s Resume
SELECTED JURIED NATIONAL SHOWS since 1992:
Illuminations, National Association of Women Artists Juried Show, New York, NY Hand-Pulled XI, Interntl. Juried Printmaking Show, Joan Grona Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Richard Black, Juror
Best of Taos, Taos Art Association, Taos, NM
Rachel Brown, Virginia Baich, Theresa Ebie, Jurorrs
Cheyenne Artists Guild, 29th National Competition, Cheyenne, WY
Carolyn Hoyle, Juror; Honorable Mention
Nightwalker National Exhibition, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO
Ramon Kelly, Juror
Women’s Works on Paper, Shoestring Gallery, Rochester, NY
Marilyn Symmes, Cooper-Heweitt Museum, Juror
32nd Annual Poudre Valley National Juried Art Exhibition, Fort Collins, CO
Richard Schmid, juror
Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Elizabeth Prince Gallery, Prescott, AZ
2nd award, Artistic Excellence
AAUW Expo National Juried Show, Greeley, CO
Stephen Quiller, Juror
North Valley Art League National Juried Show, Redding, CA
Jessica Zemsky, Jack Hines, Jurors
National Small Oil Painting Exhibition, Wichita, KS
John Fincher, Juror
Knickerbocker Artists 39th National Open Competition, New York, NY
Joan Heston, Fay Moore, Joan Rothermel, Jurors
National Small Oil Painting Exhibition, Wichita, KS
Mike Desatnick, Juror
National Art Competition, Klamath Falls, OR
Katheryn Davis, Lloyd Cogley, Jurors
Marine Art Exhibition, Stamford Art Association, Stamford, Ct
Judith Bacal, Juror
The Great River, Connecticut River Watershed Council, Canal Gallery, Holyoke, MA
Life Along the River, Pioneer Valley Institute, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA
Marion Miller, Professor of Art, Mount Holyoke College, Juror
AWARDS, RESIDENCIES, MEMBERSHIPS:
2002: Artist-in-Residence, one month, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, VA, MD & WV 2001: election to National Association of Women Artists
1998: One month painting residency , Helene Wurlitzer Foundation , Taos, NM 1997: Two month painting residency, Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Taos, NM
1994: Artist-in-Residence, one year, Memorial Hall Museum, Deerfield, MA
REPRESENTATION:
Wilder Nightingale Gallery, Taos, NM Galerie Luna, Salem, MA
Cousen Rose Gallery, Oak Bluffs, MA Port Maia, Salem, MA
Kaos Gallery, Wilmington, VT Envision Gallery, Taos NM
Artful Moon, W. Boylston, MA Galery 267, Greenfield, MA
COLLECTIONS:
Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Taos, NM Riso Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Dr. Katherine Sloan, President, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Dr. Janis Wertz, President, Housatonic Community College, Bridgeport, CT
Dr. Robert Pura, President, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield MA 01301
Greenfield Community College, Greenfield MA Franklin Medical Center, Greenfield, MA
ART PUBLICATIONS:
THE HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL. Crescent Books. New York, 1989.
THE GREAT RIVER. Limited edition handmade book of 50, 1993.
AFRICAN ALBUM 1991. Limited edition of 100, 10 original prints, four stories, by the artist/author.
TEACHING:
Taos Institute of Arts, Taos, NM; ARTSPACE, Greenfield, MA
Louise Minks – Artist’s Resume (page 2)
SPECIAL PROJECTS:
Coordinator, VALLEY ARTISTS SERIES, since 1991, Greenfield Comm.College, Greenfield, MA Coordinator, photodocumentary project, Indian Images: What Do They Tell Us?, 1995-1998 Project Administrator, THE OPEN STUDIO: The Arts Online; Benton Foundation Grant, 1997/98
SPECIAL COMMISSIONS:
Silkscreen illustrations, guidebook, Museum of the Underground Railroad, Cincinnati, OH
The “Friendship” in Historic Salem Harbor, Salem, MA, painting for the 350th anniversary of Salem Gallery portrait for Cousen Rose Gallery, Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
Griswold Inn painting for Portabella Fine Furnishings, Essex, CT
SPECIAL EXHIBITS:
OPEN SPACES, one person show
2004: Nacul Architecture Center, Amherst, MA
THE MASSACHUSETTS FOUR, four person show
2003: Mill Atelier Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
RECENT WORK, One and two person shows
2001-2003: Cousen Rose Gallery, Oak Bluffs, MA
Iris Gallery, Brattleboro, VT; Kaos Gallery, Wilmington, VT AFRICAN AMERICAN PORTRAIT SERIES, One person show
2001: Vermont Law School, S. Royalton, VT(also 2003); Greenfield High School,
Greenfield, MA; Smith Academy, Hatfield, MA; Amherst Reg.High School, Amherst, MA TRES EN TAOS: Painting the Southwest, Three person show
2000: Diamond T Gallery, Baldwinville, MA: Univ. of Mass. Medical Ctr., Worcester, MA 1999: Burnett Gallery, Amherst, MA
THE FIRST AMERICAN REVOLUTION: The Pueblo Revolt of 1680, One person show 2002: Mohawk Regional High School, Buckland, MA; Amherst Regional High School, Amherst, MA
2001: Vermont Law School, S. Royalton, VT
1999: Navajo Preparatory School, Farmington, NM
1998: Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA
1997: Wurlitzer Foundation, Taos, NM
RAINFOREST SERIES, One person show
1997: McConnell Gallery, Smith College, Northampton, MA; Church Street Gallery,
Keene, NH; Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA
REFLECTION: Portraits & Mirrors; Two person educational exhibition & arts residency
2000: Breor Elementary School, Hatfield, MA; Mohawk Reg. High School, Buckland, MA
1999: Whately Elementary School, Whately, MA
1998: Conway Elementary School, Conway, MA
1997: University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA Leverett Elementary School, Leverett, MA
1996: Groton School, Groton, MA
Channing L. Bete Corporation, South Deerfield, MA 1995: Hartford Seminary, Hartford, CT
Springfield College, Springfield, MA
Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke, MA
1994: Memorial Hall Museum, Deerfield, MA
Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA
TRANSPORTATION BLUES
1994: series created through local cultural council grant funding AFRICAN ALBUM, One person show
2002: Mohawk Regional High School, Buckland, MA
1997: University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA Springfield College, Springfield, MA
1994: Springfield Technical Community College, Springfield, MA Cambridge College, Springfield, MA
1993: American International College, Springfield, MA
Arts Alive, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA Digital Equipment Corporation, Marlboro, MA
The Elms College, Chicopee, MA
OTHER:
“The Business of Art” Workshops for artists and artisans