ELIZABETHSPOTSWOODALEXANDER

  Education

  • 2001 - 2004 University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Masters of Fine Arts in Artisanry; Woodworking / Interdisciplinary focus. Graduate with Honor of Distinction Award
  • 1998 - 2000 Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky. Bachelors of Fine Arts with a Functional Design (Woodworking) concentration.
  • 1997 - 1998 Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, North Carolina Concentration: Functional Art/ Painting
  • 1994 - 1997 Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia. Concentration: Painting/ Drawing/ Furniture Design

  Selected Exhibitions

  • 2008 Honoring Paul Sasso, Invitational, Clara M. Eagle Gallery,
  • Murray, KY. Sponsored by Murray State University
  • 2008 Arrowmont Spring Faculty Exhibition, Loggia Gallery, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN.
  • 2007 Faculty Exhibition, Pease Gallery, Charlotte, NC. Dec. 12th- Jan. 30th
  • 2007 *Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA. March 3rd- April 1st
  • 2007 Speaking In Species, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI. Curator- Brent Skidmore
  • 2006 Group Show of Regional Talent, Beet Gallery, Charlotte, NC. December
  • 2006 *Winfrey Blackburn Fine Arts Gallery, Mary Anderson Center, Mount St Francis, IN. October 28th 2006 – January 13th 2007
  • 2006 Faculty Exhibition 2006, Ross Gallery, Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC
  • 2006 Life InSight, Invitational, Kentucky Museum of Arts and Craft, Louisville, KY. Curator- Gail Brown
  • 2006 Spotlight 2006, Hosted by the Kentucky Museum of Arts and Crafts, Mary and Al Shands Gallery. Louisville, KY. Juried by Bruce Pepich
  • 2006 Arrowmont “Artists In Residence 2005-2006”, GRCC Collins Art Gallery, Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • 2006 Affiliate Artist Exhibit Spring 2006, The Dickson Gallery, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC
  • 2006 The Narrative Thread in Art, Invitational. Ross Gallery, Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC
  • 2005 House/ Hearth/ Home, PostPicasso on-line gallery. www.postpicasso.com, Juried by Gail Brown
  • 2005 Artist in Residence Exhibition, Loggia Gallery, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
  • 2005 Journeys Of The Mind, St. Louis Artist’s Guild, St. Louis, Missouri Juried by William Hawk, Horstman Award for Studio Sculpture
  • 2005 Honoring Elizabeth Ross, Invitational. Pease Gallery, Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC.
  • 2004 52nd Mid- States Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts, History, and Science, Evansville, IN. Juried by Michael Bergt
  • 2004 Craft Forms, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA. Juried by Melissa G. Post
  • 2004 Fusion- Form- Function, Union Street Gallery, Chicago, IL. Juried by Nancy Roach, Awarded First Place
  • 2004 Artist In Resident Group Show, Loggia Gallery, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN.
  • 2004 Masters of Fine Arts Thesis Show, Crapo Gallery, UMass Dartmouth.
  • 2003 The Great Swap Show, Gallery 244, UMass Dartmouth. Curator and creator, Organized over fifty participants including students and faculty.
  • 2003 Artists as Authors, Meridian Gallery, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY. Juried by Robert Baker and Heather Lindquist.
  • 2003 Time The Revelator: New Works. Gallery 244, UMass Dartmouth.
  • 2003 The Next Level: Work from the Basement, Gallery 244, UMass Dartmouth.
  • 2002 Twenty-Five Years of Functional Design, Invitational, Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray, KY. Sponsored by Paul Sasso and Murray State University
    (* Indicates solo show)

  Grants, Honors and Awards

  • 2008 Emma Lake Collaboration sponsored by the Saskatchewan Craft Council, Big River, Cnanda. July24th-August 4th.
  • 2007 Resident Artist, New Pacific Studios, Mt. Bruce, New Zealand. May-July
  • 2007 CollaboratioNZ by the New Zealand Arts Council, McGregor’s Bay, Whangarei, New Zealand. April 14th- 24th
  • 2006 Regional Artist Grant, North Carolina Arts and Science Council
  • 2006 Public Art Commission, North West School of the Arts, Charlotte, NC
  • 2006 ArtsTeach Grant recipient in cooperation with the McColl Center for Visual Art.
  • 2006 Emma Lake International Collaboration, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. July 24th- July 30th Hosted by the Saskatchewan Craft Council
  • 2006 Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Kendall College of Art, Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • 2006 Part time teacher of the year award, Visual Arts Department, Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, N.C.
  • 2006 – 2007 Affiliate Resident Artist, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC Eleven-month residency
  • 2005 Emerging Artists Grant, 46th Winter Park Arts Festival, Winter Park, FL
  • 2005 Horstman Studio Sculpture Award, Journeys of the Mind, St. Louis Artists Guild, St. Louis, Missouri
  • 2004 First Place Award, Fusion- Form-Function, Union Street Gallery, Chicago, ILL
  • 2004 Trabue Schloarship Award, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tenn.
  • 2004 - 2005 Resident Artist at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tenn. Eleven-month residency.
  • 2004 Assistant Teaching Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, N.C. Assisted Cheryl Riley in mixed media class.
  • 2004 Honor of Distinction, UMass Dartmouth
  • 2003 - 2004 Teaching Assistantship Award, UMass Dartmouth, for Life Drawing. Teacher of Record
  • 2003 Full Scholarship, Peter’s Valley Arts and Craft Center, Layton NJ. Built a 17ft. Chesapeake Bay Kayak with Jeff Connelly
  • 2003 Full Scholarship, Peter’s Valley Arts and Craft Center. Studied Hand Cut Joinery with Stephen Proctor.
  • 2003 Assistant Teaching Scholarship, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME. Assisted Cheryl Riley in mixed media class
  • 2002- 2003 Teaching Assistantship Award, UMass Dartmouth, for Beginning and Intermediate Woodworking, Teacher of record
  • 2001- 2002 Teaching Assistantship Award, UMass Dartmouth, for 3-D workshop and 3-D.Concepts. Teacher of record
  • 2000 Sam Maloof Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.
  • 2000 Rude Osolnik Scholarship, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN.
  • 1999 Work Study Scholarship, Penland School of Arts and Crafts, Penland, NC.

   Permanent Collections

  • 2007 Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA Related Experience
  • 2006 Panel Discussion, The Narrative Thread in Art, Invitational, Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, N.C.
  • 2006 -2007 Eleven-month residency at the McColl center for Visual Arts
  • 2005 Summer job at Haystack Mountain School of Arts and Crafts, Deer Isle, ME Overseeing work-study and studio assistance, installing shows, and anything else that needed to be done.
  • 2004 - 2005 Resident Artist at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tenn. Eleven-month residency.

  Teaching Experience

  • 2008 Guest Artist/ Visiting Artist, The University of North Carolina- Charlotte, N.C. February.
  • 2006 Guest Artist/ Visiting Artist, The Farm, Middlebrook, Virginia. Sponsored by Airy Knoll and Elizabeth and Bill Ross. Taught woodcarving, constructed totem poles. May 22cd- 25th & June 12th- 17th.
  • 2005- 2008 Adjunct Professor, Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, N.C. Design I, Drawing I, 3D Design, Painting 1 & Art Appreciation
  • 2005 Guest demonstrator for the East Tennessee Woodworkers Guild
  • 2005 Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts Art Reach Taught third through twelfth graders woodworking and design.
  • 2005 Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts Children’s Community Class, Wood Turning
  • 2004 – 2005 Demonstrator, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Artists in Schools Traveled to different schools demonstrating wood turning and design
  • 2004 Assistant Teaching Scholarship, Penland School of Craft, Penland, N.C. Seventh Session, Mixed Media Surface Decoration on Wood with Cheryl R. Riley
  • 2004 Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts Adult Community Class, Self Portrait Class
  • 2003 - 2004 Life Drawing and Structural Drawing, UMass Dartmouth. Dartmouth, MA
  • 2003 Teaching Assistant, Haystack Mountain School of Arts and Crafts, Deer Isle, ME. Third Session, Mixed Media and Symbolism with Cheryl R. Riley
  • 2002 - 2003 Introduction to Woodworking and Intermediate Woodworking UMass Dartmouth.
  • 2001 - 2002 3-D Workshop: Wood and 3-D Foundations, UMass Dartmouth.

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