Colette Odya Smith |
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| VITAE | |
Born: Milwaukee, WI Residing in Wauwatosa, WI| 1952 | |
Education: Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, BA in Fine Arts, Humanities, Education| 1974 | |
Employment: Elementary and Middle School Art Specialist 9 years between| 1974-1987 | |
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| PUBLICATION AWARDS | |
Award Winner and Artist of the Month The Artist’s Magazine| 2008, 2007 | |
Award Winner “70th Anniversary” competition American Artist| 2007 | |
Award Winner “Pastel 100” competition The Pastel Journal| 2005, 2003, 2001, 2000, 1999 | |
Grand Prize “Pastel Challenge” competition Pastel Artist International (now International Artist)| 2002 | |
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| PUBLICATIONS | |
American Artist July/August 2005 feature article| 2005 | |
Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission 2005 Art Calendar “Wisconsin Waters”| 2005 | |
Badi’ Publishing Corporation 2004 Bahá’í Wall Calendar “Art and Artists”| 2004 | |
GUILD Sourcebook The Artful Home #1, #2| 2004, 2003 | |
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| PRESS | |
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “Crafting the Right Space” feature article| 2008 | |
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “75 Women of Influence in the Visual Arts” article| 2006 | |
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “Drawn to White” feature article| 2006 | |
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “Worth a Second Look” article| 2006 | |
Kenosha News “The Art of Diversity” feature article| 2006 | |
WUWM Public Radio At 10 (now Lake Effect) interview| 2006 | |
City Lifestyle “Roundtabling Art” article| 2001 | |
Kenosha News “A Reason for Art” feature article| 1998 | |
Wauwatosa News-Times “Personality Wauwatosa” column| 1997 | |
The Post Crescent Appleton, WI “Talking to the Creator” article| 1996 | |
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| SOLO SHOWS | |
Coquette Café Milwaukee, WI| 2008, 2005 | |
Schauer Arts and Activities Center Hartford, WI| 2005 | |
Boerner Botanical Gardens Hales Corners, WI| 2001 | |
Katie Gingrass Fine Arts Milwaukee, WI| 2001 | |
Wauwatosa Public Library Gallery Wauwatosa, WI| 2000 | |
Anderson Art Center Kenosha, WI| 1998 | |
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| NATIONAL JURIED SHOWS | |
Arkansas Pastel Society Arkansas Arts Center Little Rock, AK| Award 2007 | |
Landscape Show Jack Richeson Art School and Gallery Kimberly, WI| 2007 | |
Pastel Society of America National Arts Club New York, NY| Award 2006, 2003, 2002, 2000 | |
Northwest Pastel Society Harbor Gallery Gig Harbor, WA| (twice) Award 2006, 2002 | |
Pastel Society of New Mexico State Fairgrounds Albuquerque, NM| (twice) Award 2007, 2005, 2002 | |
Pastel Society of North Florida Gulfview Hotel Fort Walton Beach, FL| 2004 | |
Pastel Society of the West Coast Sacramento Fine Arts Center Carmichael, CA| 2003 | |
The Pastel National 2002 Wichita Center for the Arts Wichita, KS Purchased for the permanent collection| Award 2002 | |
Sierra Pastel Society Golden Center Medical Center Gallery Placerville, CA| Award 2000 | |
St. Louis Artists’ Guild St. Louis, MO| 2000 | |
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| REGIONAL JURIED SHOWS | |
Forward: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Charles Allis Art Museum Milwaukee, WI| 2007 | |
(LMA) League of Milwaukee Artists Cedarburg Cultural Center Cedarburg, WI| 2005, 2006 | |
LMA Mount Mary College Milwaukee, WI| Award 2005 | |
(WP&S) Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors Mt. Mary College Milwaukee, WI| 2005 | |
WP&S Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters Madison, WI| 2004 | |
LMA Charles Allis Art Museum Milwaukee, WI| (twice) Award 2004, 2002, 2001 | |
WP&S UWM Union Gallery Milwaukee, WI| 2004 | |
Anderson Art Center Kenosha, WI| 2002, 1999, 1996 | |
WP&S Wausau Center for the Arts Wausau, WI Beloit College Beloit, WI| Award 2002 | |
Midwest Winters Center for the Visual Arts Wausau, WI| 2002, 1999 | |
LMA Anderson Art Center Kenosha, WI| 2001 | |
Art Garden Too The Paine Art Center and Gardens Oshkosh, WI| 2001 | |
WP&S Centennial Exhibition West Bend Art Museum West Bend, WI| Award 2000 | |
LMA West Bend Art Museum West Bend, WI| Award 2000 | |
Wisconsin Artists Biennial Haggerty Museum, Marquette University Milwaukee, WI| 1999 | |
WP&S University of Wisconsin Green Bay, WI| Award 1999 | |
WP&S Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Charles Allis Art Museum Milwaukee, WI| 1998 | |
WP&S Blatz Gallery Milwaukee, WI| 1998 | |
WP&S Virtually the 1st, 2nd, 3rd WP&S website exhibitions| 1998, 1997, 1996 | |
WP&S Anderson Art Center Kenosha, WI| Award 1997 | |
Juried Show Gallery 218 Milwaukee, WI| Award 1997 | |
Metamorphosis Constance Lindholm Fine Arts Milwaukee, WI| 1997 | |
The Land ArtCentric Gallery Milwaukee, WI| 1997 | |
Talking to the Creator Appleton Art Center Appleton, WI| 1996 | |
WP&S Metropolitan Art Dodgeville, WI| Award 1996 | |
WP&S and MIAD Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design Milwaukee, WI| 1996 | |
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| INVITATIONAL GROUP SHOWS | |
Faculty Exhibition Peninsula Art School and Gallery Fish Creek, WI| 2007, 2006 | |
Katie Gingrass Fine Arts Milwaukee, WI| 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 1999 | |
Uihlein Peters Gallery Milwaukee, WI| 2000 | |
Macalester College St. Paul, MN| 2001 | |
Anderson Art Center Kenosha, WI| 2001, 2000 | |
Duo Show Constance Lindholm Fine Arts Milwaukee, WI| 1997 | |
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| JUROR / JUDGE | |
Wauwatosa Artists Workshop Show Uihlein-Peters Gallery Milwaukee, WI| 2007 | |
Pastel Society of New Mexico Annual National Juried Show Albuquerque, NM| 2006 | |
Anderson Art Center Winter Juried Show Kenosha, WI| 2006 | |
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| WORKSHOPS | |
Landscape Painting: from Photo to Pastel Peninsula Art School Fish Creek, WI| 2007, 2006 | |
Pastel Artists of Hawaii Academy Art Center Honolulu, Hawaii| 2003 | |
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| PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS | |
Pastel Society of America (PSA) Signature Member| since 2002 | |
Pastel Society of New Mexico (PSNM)| since 2006 | |
Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)| since 2006 | |
Milwaukee Visual Artists Roundtable (MVAR) founding member / chair| 2000 - 2005 | |
League of Milwaukee Artists (LMA)| since 1999 | |
Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors (WP&S)| since 1998 | |
Landscape Artists International (LAI)| since 2007 | |
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| GALLERIES | |
Katie Gingrass Fine Arts Milwaukee, WI| since 1997 | |
Woodwalk Gallery Egg Harbor, Door County, WI| since 1998 | |
Richeson School of Art and Gallery Kimberly, WI| since 2007 | |