Brenda J. Jones [email protected], instagram: @brendajonesart, Facebook: brendajonesart
Education: 1988, Master of Arts, Wichita State University, Emphasis Ceramics and Art History 1979, BAE, Wichita State University Career and Technical Education Certification Additional graduate hours in studio arts and art history: Friends University, School of the Chicago Art Institute (summer training), Columbia College, Chicago, IL, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA Employment: 2018-Present Self employed, studio artist Abbey Lane Art Gallery, Creede, CO Think 360 artist/Colorado 2008-2018 Chatfield Senior High School, Littleton, CO Courses taught include: Ceramics, Teacher Cadet, Advanced Placement Studio Art (3D), Art History, Drawing, Darkroom Photography. Ceramics 1998-2013 Visual Arts Examiner, International Baccalaureate Art (Trained at Cardiff, Wales) 1982-2007 Wichita High School East, Wichita, KS Courses taught include: Drawing, Painting, Darkroom Photography, Television production, International Baccalaureate Art, Advanced Placement Art History and Department Chair 1992-2007 Friends University, Wichita, KS; Adjunct Instructor, Art History and Appreciation 1988-1992 Butler County Community College, Wichita, KS; Adjunct Instructor, Drawing Recent works exhibited: 2024 Willowtail Springs Nature Preserve, Mancos, CO short term resident, May Galleria, Loveland, CO, juried exhibit, January-March Invitational exhibit, Next Gallery, Lakewood, CO, March 2023 Red Lodge Clay Center, Montana, September short term resident Midland Clay, Objects of Domesticity, Solo show, Hutchinson, KS, September Tenn Street Coffee, annual group exhibit, Denver, CO, October Valkarie Gallery, Two person show with Melinda Laz, Lakewood, CO, November Dairy Center, "Portrait Gallery" juried show, Boulder, CO, November Arvada Art Center, Fine Art Market, Arvada, CO, December Galleria, Juried exhibit, Loveland, CO, July 2022 EB White Gallery, Butler Community College, Wichita, KS Solo Exhibit, March “Who Was She” Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA, Juried exhibit, January Galleria, Solo exhibit, Loveland, CO, July Tenn Street Coffee, group exhibit, Denver, CO, October Curtis Center for the Arts, Colorado artists, juried exhibit. Greenwood Village, CO Accepted, Mother's Milk Residency, Newton, KS 2021 Artspace Gallery, Solo show, Loveland, CO Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA, Juried exhibit, January Galleria, Solo exhibit, Loveland, CO, July 2020 Mark Arts, Wichita, KS, Mark 100 Celebrating 100 years City Arts, Wichita, KS, Solo exhibit Niza Knoll Gallery, Group exhibit, Denver, CO Tennyson Street Coffee, Group exhibit, Denver, CO Georgia O'Keeffe sculpture garden at Abiqui Inn, NM Accepted: Galleria, Loveland, CO (group exhibit) 2019 Cloyd Snook Gallery, Adams State University, Alamosa, CO "Endendering Change", national show, People's Choice award Wichita Clay National, Mark Arts, Wichita, KS Greenwood Village Arts Center, All Colorado Art, Greenwood, CO 2018 Loveland library, CO Long beach NJ, Group exhibit, Plated Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, CO, faculty exhibit Rock Springs, KS, invited artist for teacher workshop in low fire clay 2017 Paper Fashion, Denver Art Directors Association, Denver, CO 2016 Tennyson Street, Group Exhibit, with Marie Gibbons, Denver, CO Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, CO, Teacher Exhibit Rock Springs, KS, invited artist for teacher workshop in low fire clay 2015 Carriage Factory, 3 person exhibit, Newton, KS Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, CO, Teacher Exhibit Tennyson Street, Group exhibit with Marie Gibbons, Denver, CO 2014 Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, CO, teacher exhibit Fiber Studio, Solo Exhibit, Wichita, Kansas Group exhibit, Loveland Library Tennyson Street, Group Exhibit with Marie Gibbons, Denver, CO 2013 Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, CO Center for the Arts, Evergreen, CO 2012 Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, CO Center for the Arts, Evergreen, CO 2011 Next Gallery, Denver, CO, Group exhibit Paper Fashion show (Denver Art Directors), Denver, CO 2010 Dairy Center for the Arts, solo show, Boulder, CO Newman University, Wichita, KS, two person show Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO, three person show Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, CO, Jeffco juried art faculty show 2009 Las Vegas Art Center, one person show, Las Vegas, Nevada Black Rock Center for the Arts, invitational, Germantown, MD Suffolk Art Center, VA, invitational Arvada Art Center, Arvada, CO, Juried exhibit, Eron Johnson Award Karg Studio, Kechi, KS, invitational exhibit Kentucky State University, Solo Exhibit Minnesota Community College, Solo Exhibit Fiber Studio, Wichita, KS, Solo exhibit Newman University, Wichita, KS, Two person exhibit Central College, Pela, Iowa, Solo exhibit Ink Lounge, Lakewood, CO, group exhibit 2008 Susan’s, Wichita, Kansas, solo exhibit Wichita, Kansas, Fiber Studio, solo exhibit El Dorado, Kansas, Butler County Art Center, solo exhibit Kettering, Ohio, Rosewood Gallery, two person show Hutchinson, Kansas, Fine Art Center, two person show Lane Community College Gallery, Eugene, OR, Solo Exhibit, January 2007 Solo exhibit, Fiber Studio, Wichita, KS Group Exhibit, Paul Hudson studio, Wichita, KS Wichita National Exhibit, Wichita, KS, honorable mention cash award Wayne Art Center, Pennsylvania, Craftforms National juried exhibit Wichita City Arts, Arts Council Awards exhibit Wichita City Arts, Local Artists and teachers 2006 Susan G. Komen Foundation, commissioned art work to promote breast cancer awareness and cure. One of eight selected pieces for an exhibit in Wichita, KS Group exhibit, Wichita State University, Local printmakers Group exhibit: DeMattias Gallery, Kansas Newman University, Wichita, KS Group exhibit: El Dorado Gallery, Butler County College, El Dorado, KS Wayne Art Center, Pennsylvania. Craftforms National juried exhibit 2005 Exhibit of work at Wichita City Arts: Fibers Honorable mention piece at Wichita International Exhibit, Wichita Center for the Arts, juried exhibit Selected Professional Activities: Representation: 45 Degree Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO Abbey Lane, Creede, CO Gallery XII, Wichita, KS Strecker Nelson, Manhattan, KS 2021-2023 Think 360, Denver, Teaching artist: elementary schools, assisted living centers, public library residencies, Short Term resident at Red Lodge Clay Center, MT. , Short term resident artist, Willowtail Springs, Mancos, CO 2019 -2020 Residency at RedLodge Clay Center, Montana Member, Arts Council, Creede, CO Colorado Think 360 teaching artist Teacher, monthly community painting class, South Fork, CO 2016-2018 District mentor for all new art teachers to the district. Monthly training and instruction, Jeffco Public Schools Fall 2016 Workshop invited instructor, Kansas Art Education Association, Rock Springs KS teaching about clay construction of animals and various low fire finishes Fall 2015 Presenter Colorado Art Education Association, Intensive Needs art instruction, Course development Fall 2014 Presenter Colorado Art Education Association, Fibers and art in the high school classroom Summer, 2012 Crow Canyon Archeological Institute, Cortez, CO. Study of Pueblo artifacts and art. Summer 2009 Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, CO. Accepted via juried entries for summer studio institute Summer 2007 Fulbright Scholarship to study in Argentina, teaching and creating art Summer 2006 Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund participant, Tokyo and Mutsu City, teaching and study of educational system Summer 2005 Teacher Institute in Contemporary Art, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL, Facilitator for Instructors. Columbia College, Chicago, IL, Advanced Placement Art History Summer 2004 International Baccalaureate invited teacher, Cardiff, Wales. Teacher Institute in Contemporary Art, School of the Art Institute, Chicago; Figure painting and drawing 2003-2005 Whittier Fine Arts Gallery, Friends University, gallery curator 1998-2001 Gallery XII member, Wichita, KS 1996 Wichita, KS Public Arts Advisory Board April Good Neighbor National Award, State Farm, featured in Smithsonian Magazine, students designed and performed an arts piece in Kansas Flint Hills in cooperation with a music group from Wichita State University and dance group from Lawrence, KS
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