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Artist's Message

Though this is a time of new threat to us all, we can create great beauty in the ways we care for each other.

I wish for you:

Beauty behind you

Beauty before you

Beauty below you

Beauty above you

Beauty beside you

Beauty again

again and again.

(Taken from a Navaho prayer.)

                                          Lucy Julia Hale

artist's Résumé and Message to viewers

Art Association Memberships:

• IAA-USA International UNESCO (United Nations affiliate) Jury Selected Artist Member
• Women's Caucus for Art, US (College Art Association affiliate)
• Eco-Art Caucus, Women's Caucus for Art, US
• Women’s Caucus for Art GA Art and Activism Task Force (Chapter on hiatus)
  
• ALWCA (Women’s Caucus for Art Alabama)
  
• ATHICA Athens Institute for Contemporary Art (Georgia)
• National Collage Association: Signature Member
• Atlanta Collage Society
  
• Collage Artists of America (https://collageartists.org/)
  
• Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts
  
• Anamchara Gallery, Georgia

Art Activism-Related Affiliations and Selected Service History (not including paid professional positions as director, consultant, and facilitator for educational and social service programs serving vulnerable populations especially dislocated workers, citizens returning from incarceration, and individuals with low incomes, and/or differing abilities)

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference (from age 19)
• Martin Luther King Commission (first annual week- long community celebration of Dr. King and his ideals in Georgia):  Founding and ongoing member from 1983
• Election Protection poll watcher- presidential elections
• NAACP, ongoing member and current appointee local non-partisan Political Action Committee. Projects including non-partisan voter registration and voting information, current Executive Board
• Mentone AL Women's March , 2017, 2018 
• Cerebral Palsy Center / Network Associates: local program providing life-enhancing services for citizens having intellectual challenges and their families. Board of Directors, 26 years service.
• Georgia Re-Entry Coalition (service and faith- based organizations advocating for  citizens returning to the community after incarceration
  
• Healing Hearts,  local, regional, and Georgia  suicide prevention and post-vention conferences and services

• Sexual Assault victim advocate 
• Darkness into Light, sexual abuse of children prevention, community educator  
  
• American Association of University Women board member, V.P., President, various projects including STEAM, Equity, Abolition of human slavery / sex trafficking 
• Coosa River Basin Initiative
• Co-founder of Georgians for Pure Water: Citizen-incorporated coalition that successfully advocated for mining practices protecting the local water supply. 
• Rome Floyd Humane Society, Board of Directors, seven years service
• Trail of Tears Association, Georgia chapter
• Bridges Out of Poverty trained community facilitator
• Community in the Schools volunteer
• Rome-Floyd County GA League of Women Voters. Recent President, previously Vice-President and Board of Directors
  
• One Community United, Rome GA. Local coalition of churches, non-profits, and individuals promoting harmony between citizens
• Tools for Life, Georgia legislated state-wide program connecting citizens with assistive technology and services. State Board of Directors.
• Tools for Life Board of Directors Rome GA public library.
• University of Georgia Kellogg multi-year community enhancement grant facilitator. Appointed to work with county extension agent providing self-efficacy workshops for residents of low-income areas.
• Turn Your Back on Hate, Rome GA. Citizens countering racist demonstrations
• Gallerist and co-sponsor for Rally for Ukraine and Ukrainian Artists, Anamchara Gallery, Cedartown GA, 2022.
• Vote Forward: Get Out the Vote campaign
• Fair Count, non-partisan national project to support better census reporting and other voter representation procedures

Education

• ​Ed. S. Counseling and Educational Psychology. State University of West Georgia
  
• M. Ed. Counseling and Educational Psychology. State University of West Georgia
• B. S. Ed. Art Education. University of Georgia.

National Juried Exhibitions, 2013-2024:

• Dolls in the City, 2 Rules Gallery, Juried by Women's Caucus for Art U.S. and Georgia chapter, Marietta GA, 2013
  
• Material Witness, Juried by Women’s Caucus for Art Georgia and Agnes Scott University art faculty, Dalton Gallery: Agnes Scott University, Atlanta, 2013
  
• Stories We Tell,  Women’s Caucus for Art U. S., 2013
  
• Women's Rights - An Artist’s Perspective, UniteWomen.org, 2013
  
• 10 x 10 x Tieton National Exhibition, Paper Hammer Studio, Juried by Tieton Arts and Humanities, Tieton WA, 2013
  
• The Fl3tch3r Exhibit, Slocumb Museum , East Tennessee State University, Johnson City TN, 2013
  
• Myths and Legends, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center-Smithsonian affiliate Gallery, Dowell MD, 2014
  
• Equilibrium, Women’s Caucus for Art US, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, 2014
  
• Identity, GalleryNine5.com, New York City, 2014
  
• Voices: An Artist’s Perspective, UniteWomen.org, 2014
  
• Force of Nature: Exploring the Power of the Feminine, Women’s Caucus for Art NH, Karl Drerup Art Gallery, Plymouth NH, 2015​
  
• Who’s Afraid of Feminism, Women’s Caucus for Art US, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2015
• 10 x 10 x Tieton National Exhibition, Paper Hammer Studio, Juried by Tieton Arts and Humanities, Tieton WA, 2015
  
• Secret, ARC Gallery San Francisco, Online Gallery. 2015
• National Collage Society, 31 Annual Juried Exhibit. 2015.
• Featured artist, What Is Seen, Georgia State University Gallery, Juried by Georgia State University Art faculty, Clarkston, GA, 2016. Three artists invitational exhibit.
  
• Faith [In]Action?, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. New Brighton MN, 2016 
  
• Dada Lives! University of Cincinnati Blue Ash Art Gallery, Juried by University of Cincinnati Art faculty, Blue Ash, OH, 2016
• CHAOS, ARC Gallery Online Gallery, San Francisco, 2016
• Peep Show, Black Earth Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA, 2016
• National Collage Society, 32nd Annual Juried Exhibit. 2016.
• The Valdosta National 2017. Juried by Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta State University, 2017
• Domestic Interiors, Grosse Pointe Artists Association, The War Memorial, Grosse Pointe, MI, 2017
• Duality of Feminine and Feminist, Gallery 66 NY, Cold Spring, NY, 2017
• ATHICA Juried Exhibition, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, GA, 2017

• Fl3tch3r International Exhibition of Social and Politically Engaged Art, the Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City TN, 2017.
  "Reece MuseumAward," presented annually to an artist whose work in the exhibit is selected as the museum staff's favorite.
  

• Unnatural Symmetry, The Yards Collective Gallery, Rochester, NY 2018. Rochester Collage Society.
  

• Guns: Artists Respond, Swords into Plowshares Gallery, Detroit, MI 2018. Sponsored and juried by the Women's Caucus for Art, Michigan.
  

• Invited artist and presenter, "Quick and Dirty Collage," Kolaj Fest mult-site New Orleans venues, July 12-15, 2018.
  

• 10x10x10xTieton, Mighty Tieton Exhibition, Tieton Arts and Humanities, Tieton WA, 2018 (5 works accepted)
  

• Jurors' Award for "Southern Girls' Initiation," 10x10x10xTieton, 2018
  

• Art of Armistice, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2018
  

• Merged: A National Exhibition of Self Expressive Collage and Assemblage, The d'Art Center, Norfolk, VA, 2018
  

• National Collage Society, 34th Annual Juried Exhibit. 2018.
  

• Atlanta Collage Society, Digital Arts Studio, 2019.

• Recycle 2019. Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition. 2019.
  

• Shame. Hera Gallery, Wakefield RI, 2019.
  

• Reality Is Highly Overrated, Collage Artists of America, Burbank CA, 2019.
  

• Just Your Imagination, Collage Artists of America, Burbank CA, 2019.
  

• Mood, Atlanta Celebrates Photography, TULA Galleries, Atlanta GA 2019. Juror: V. Elizabeth Turk.
  

• When Darkness Falls: Night Explorations, Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center-Smithsonian affiliate gallery, Solomons MD, 2019
  

•  Emerging, ARC Gallery, Chicago, 2019. Juror: Laura Rudolph Cloud.
  

• "Collectively Shifting, Intersectionality," Bridgeport Art Gallery, 2020. Women's Caucus for Art U.S. annual national conference. Juror: Cecilia Vargas. (two works accepted)
  Featured national conference exhibition artist  on WCA national conference website.
  

• "One Earth, One Chance: 100 Artists Standing for an End to Global Warming," Georgia State University Gallery exhibition and multi-day symposium, Clarkston GA 2020. (three works accepted)

• 2020 Juried Exhibition, Blue Mountain Gallery, NYC. Juror: Martica Sawin.

• We Are All Contagious, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 2020. Juror: Nato Thompson. (two works accepted)

• 10x10x10xTieton, Mighty Tieton Warehouse, Tieton Arts and Humanities, Tieton WA, 2020. Jurors: Marina Pacini and Timothy J. Standring
  

• Space. 2020 ATHICA Juried Exhibition, Athens Institute of Contemporary Art, Athens GA. Juror: Hannah Israel.

• What Are You Voting For? Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, 2020. Jurors: Sherri Cornett and Karen Gutfreund.

• See My Color. Women's Caucus for Art Washington D.C., 2020. Juror: Zsudayka Nzinga. 

• Right to Vote. Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI 2020. Juror, Lauren Szumita.

• Force. IncuArts Gallery, Honolulu, HI 2021. Curator / Juror:  Sharon Heitzenroder.
  

• Parallel Dimensions. Collage Artists of America, Burbank CA 2021. Juror: John Greco.

• Call and Response: Collaboration at a Distance Round 12, Shoebox Gallery, Los Angeles, 2021. Online exhibition, collaboration with Ann Storc. Curator / Juror: Kristine Schomaker.
  

• Finding Sanctuary. Visionary Arts Collective, 2021. Victoria J. Fry founder. Online Exhibit. Curator: Ekaterina Popova.

• Light. 2021 juried exhibition. Athica Gallery, Athens GA. 2021. Juror: Matt Porter
  Curator, the Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia.

• The Fl3tch3r Exhibit: Social and Politically Engaged Art, the Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City TN, 2021. 
  The Appalachian Artist Award for 2021, Reece Museum.
  ​Exhibition Juror: Michael Ray Charles, artist and University of Houston Distinguished Professor of Painting

• Go Make a Thing. ARC Gallery, Chicago, 2021. Juror: Jessica Gondek, Associate Professor of Fine Arts, Loyola University Chicago

• Picking Up the Pieces. Collage Artists of America, Studio City CA, 2021. Online exhibition. Juror: La Monte Westmoreland.

• Best of Women. Chicago Women's Caucus for Art, Stola Contemporary Art Gallery,  2022. Curated by WCA Chicago.

• What Is Love. ARC Gallery, Chicago. 2022. Juror: Chantala Kommanivanh, award-winning Lao American artist, educator and musician.

• Mixed Metaphors. Collage Artists of America, Burbank CA 2022. Juror: Robert Burridge.
  Honorary Mention for “Mid Century Men Playing With Matches Made a Double Standard Endgame.”

• Face to Face. ARC Gallery, San Francisco, 2022. One work in online and and one work in Face to Face exhibition. Juror: TaVee Lee.

• Internal Dialogues, Collage Artists of America, Burbank CA 2022. Juror: Artist Jim Morphesis.

• Tell It Slant: Art with Wit, Cade Center Gallery, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold MD 2022. Juror: Sarah Jesse, Director of the Academy Art Museum Easton, Maryland.

• Seeds of Change / Resilience, WCA at North Gallery Ypsilanti, Michigan, 2023. Juror Srimoyee Mitra, gallery director of  University of Michigan Stamps School of Art and Design.
  

• Pushing Boundaries, Collage Artists of America,  Betsy Lueke Creative Arts Center, Burbank CA, May 5-25, 2023. Juror: Katherine Chang Liu, mixed media collage artist.

• 2023 Eleventh Annual FL3TCH3R International Exhibition of Socially and Politically Engaged Art. Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University. Juror: Adam DelMarcelle, artist, curator, art activist, with works and projects archived at the Library of Congress and major universities.

• Absurdity: In Dada We Trust. Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, 2023. Juried by Illinois artists and Woman Made Gallery co-founders Kelly Hensen and Beate Minkovski. 

• Connections, Collage Artists of America International Online Exhibit, 2023. Juror: Kristine Schomaker, artist, curator, art practice consultant, founder of Shoebox Arts creating numerous significant art exhibitions and projects.

• 39th annual "Positive Negative" National Juried Exhibition, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, 2024. Juror: Michelle Fisher, Curator at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

• Interplay. Collage Artists of America Online Exhibit, 2024. Juror: Nancy Kay Turner, widely exhibited visual artist and critic for many respected art publications, including Artweek and Artscene.

• Rooted in Story. Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts. Curated for Friends General Conference 2024, Haverford College, by Jonathan Talbot, collage artist whose works have been exhibited at The National Academy and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and in overseas exhibitions sponsored by the State Department and the Smithsonian Institution,

• Nature's Palette. Women's Caucus for Art, Eco-Art Caucus, 2024. Online exhibition, curated by Lisa Stavinoha, environmental artist, author, educator.

• Invisibility: Existing on the Periphery, Woman Made Gallery, 2024. Juried by Anne-Marie Kovac, business strategy and project consultant, Board of Directors Woman Made Gallery.

• Beneath the Surface. ARC Gallery, Chicago, 2024. Curator: Indira Johnson, nationally recognized curator, especially for peace and spirituality-focused exhibits and projects with works collected by prestigious institutions, including the Library of Congress.

• What Lies Beneath. Collage Artists of America, virtual online juried show, 2024. Two works selected by juror Kim Abeles, acclaimed feminist artist and professor emeritus, California State University.
  Honorable Mention for Little Mermaid Brides Beware: Dangers Beneath Chilling Honeymoon Fixtures.

• 40th annual Positive Negative exhibition, Slocumb Gallery, East Tennessee State University, 2025. Juror: Nandini Makrandi, Chief Curator, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga TN

• The Future and the Past, The New York Boyer Foundation, 2025. International virtual art exhibition.

Additional Juried National Exhibitions, including Invited Artist Talks, 2013-2024:

• Roots, Blue Mark Studios, Atlanta GA, 2014
  
• Mark, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens GA, 2015
• 46/21 "46 Million Slaves, 21st Century Slavery," Mammal Gallery, Atlanta, GA 2016
• Art from My Perspective, Georgia Perimeter College Gallery, Atlanta GA 2016
  Our Nature, Georgia State University Gallery, Clarkston, GA 2017
  
• The Art of Protest, Sycamore Place Gallery, Decatur, GA, 2017
• Tell Me About It, Decatur Art Walk Open Gallery and Studios, Decatur GA, 2018.
  
• Human Trafficking: The Battle Continues, Shambala Center for Meditation Gallery, Decatur GA, 2019.
  
• Pushed, Georgia State University Gallery, Clarkston, GA 2019.
  
• Bearing Witness: Art of Protest, WCAGA Art and Activism, Sycamore Place Gallery, Decatur, GA 2019.
  
• See My Color. Women's Caucus for Art Washington D.C., 2020.
  
• Created in COVID, Women's Caucus for Art Georgia online gallery, 2020.
  
• Online Artist's Talk, Shoebox Collective, 2021.
  Online Artist's Talk, Picking Up the Pieces, Collage Artists of America, 2021.
  Online Artist's Talk, ATHICA Gallery, Atlanta, 2021.
  Online Artist's Talk, Visionary Arts Collective, 2021.
  Online Artist's Talk, ARC Gallery San Francisco, Face to Face Exhibition, May 25, 2022
  
• See Me, Alabama Women's Caucus for Art, selected by ALWCA Exhibition Committee, 2023.
• Call and Response, Alabama and North Carolina Women's Caucus for Art, juried by ALWCA Exhibition Committee, 2023
• Anamchara Gallery, Cedartown GA. "Before We Had Faces" Exhibit and community presentations, 2023.
• Rooted in Story, artist videos collected and posted by Jonathan Talbot, 2024.
• Invisibility: Existing on the Periphery, artist talk, 2024.

Other Exhibitions

• Women Do It! Traveling Postcard Exhibit, 2015
  
• Seeing Red, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2017
• Reinvention II, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2018
  
• The Show Must Go On, Collage Artists of America  online exhibition, 2020.

Published Works Other Than Exhibit Catalogues

• ​​“Another Time Machines Were Going to Save Us” featured in article “Collage” in Metadada: The International Journal of Dada Mining, Volume 1, 2016.
  
• “Women Still Climbing Old Walls for a Place to Practice” collage in What Is Seen in Atlanta Celebrates Photography Festival Guide, 2016.
  
• Selected work in The Hand magazine, Volume 14, 2016.
  

• Selected as featured visual artist for cover (collage: “War Bonnets Never Out of Style for Long”) and other art, December 2016, Chattahoochee Review.
  

• Selected work in The Hand magazine, Volume 14, 2016; Volume 15, 2017; Volume 19, 2018.
  

• Five works published on Create! Magazine's online Instagram blog, curated by Ekaterina Popova, 2021.

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