Awards & Exhibits

Collection Highlights: Initiated and developed the monthly series of small exhibitions with published educational handout spotlighting a specific work from the collections.

Watercolor USA 1996, 1997, 1998: Annual national competitive exhibition initiated in 1962.

A Woman’s Touch: Exhibition from the permanent collections featuring purchase awards by women artists of the past twenty-five Watercolor USA exhibits.

American Art in the 19th Century: Permanent collection works indicating and identifying the evolution of American art during this period. Permanent installation with rotating selections on a regular basis.

Chromatic Abstractions: Paintings & Sculpture by Ida Kohlmeyer: Curated/organized the exhibition; authored/produced catalogue for this contemporary American sculptor before her recent death.

Contemporary Masterworks in Clay from the Permanent Collection of the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts: Curated/organized the exhibition; authored/produced catalogue. The exhibition was an exchange project between both museums.

MOAK 4 State Regional Exhibition 1996: 2nd biennial competitive exhibition.
Contemporary Sculpture from the Permanent Collection

Acquisitions 1971 to 1996: Spotlighting recent acquisitions with additional examples.

The Midwest Regionalists: The work of Benton, Curry, and Wood from the Permanent Collections.

Anders Zorn: Portraits: Etchings by this turn of the century Swedish immigrant from the Permanent Collections.

Old Master Prints from the Permanent Collection: 17th Century Dutch and German prints with extensive texts on history and artists’ biographies.

Principles of Art from the Permanent Collection: A Lesson in Art Appreciation. Selections demonstrating the various formal principles of art with extensive teaching texts.

Peter Holbrook: Paintings

Watercolor NOW! 1997 Watercolor U.S.A. Honor Society Biennial Exhibition

In Celebration of African American Artists from the Permanent Collection

Heroines from the Permanent Collection History, Heritage & the Homeland: Works from the Permanent Collection focusing on local Springfield, Missouri, and regional history.

Selections from the Gertrude Vanderveer Spratlen Collection: European Masters, 19th Century America, Treasures from the Early Southwest and Contemporary America. Four exhibits of works covering major historical categories from the collection.

Shades of Society: Early 20th Century Paintings from the Permanent Collection. Outlines the major American movements in art from the first half of the century with emphasis on lifestyle imagery.

Color Fields & Quiet Visions: Abstract paintings, prints, and drawings from the Permanent Collection by abstract and color field artists of the late 20th century.

Made from Stone: 150 Years of American Lithography: Prints from the Permanent Collection describing the history of lithography in American art including the first lithograph made in America to contemporary American lithographs.

Roots of American Modernism: Prints from 1900-1950: from the Jacque Vaughn Charitable Trust Collection of the WFMAC Permanent Collection. The first exhibit of acquisitions for the Jacque Vaughn Charitable Trust Collection describing the history, artists and styles from the early part of the 20th century which contributed to the evolution of American Modernism prior to Abstract Expressionism. Prepared for travel.

Texas Select: Invitational Exhibition of Texas Artists: purchased for the Jacque Vaughn Charitable Trust Collection. Collaborated with Guest Curator, Richard Ash, Chairman of Art, Midwestern University, Wichita Falls, TX.

Young at Art: The Caldecott Collection of Children’s Book Illustrations: From the Permanent Collection, venue focused on illustrations by Caldecott Award winning children’s book illustrators. Exhibit describes the history of the Caldecott Award and the development of reading skills through picture books. Prepared for travel.

Portrait of a Nation: Presidents of the United States 1789-1909: Special print collection purchased for the Permanent Collection which includes portraits of each president from George Washington to Theodore Roosevelt. Other works describe the founding of the nation with scenes of George Washington. Venue focuses on the historical content of the life, contributions and social or political atmosphere of each president while in office. Prepared for travel.

Our Town: Exhibition of historical photographs from the Permanent Collections of the cultural and social development of the area from 1870 to 1940. Awarded a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts to organize the project for the community.

The Advent of American Modernism: Abstract Expressionism & the Atelier 17 School of Printmaking. Prints from the Jacque Vaughn Charitable Trust Collection of the WFMAC Permanent Collection. The 2nd Biennial Exhibition from the Jacque Vaughn Charitable Trust which describes the second in a series of historical developments in American art. Venue focused on the period of Abstract Expressionism and the New York School with a special emphasis on Stanley William Hayter’s Atelier 17 school of printmaking as a major influence on experimentation in art. Organized with special events. Double exhibition also highlights the WFMAC Permanent Collection with work in painting, drawing, sculpture, and prints on the same subject.

The exhibition included a symposium following the opening weekend of the exhibition in September 1995. Activities include lecture by invited guest: Joann Moser, Chief Curator of Graphic Arts, The National Gallery of American Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. The symposium also included a Print Fair with 4 national dealers of fine art and a round table panel discussion open to the public on art, collecting, and open topics with Ms. Moser and 4 guest dealers. The symposium was formatted to highlight the JVCT and the Permanent Collection with encouragement for educational and public participation in art. Grant sponsorship was attained and video production of the symposium was aired on local PBS.

The Hudson River Portfolio: Over a fifteen year period the museum had been in the process of assembling the 1820 portfolio of prints by William Guy Wall and his views along the Hudson River. I located the last three prints and completed this important portfolio. Program and research was developed for a catalogue to be published on the history and importance of this first American school of art and highlighting William Guy Wall’s portfolio of 20 aquatints and engravings. The exhibition is expected to travel nationally.