EDUCATION
Degrees
Master of Arts in Education, Curriculum and Instructional Leadership, College of Santa Fe, Albuquerque campus, New Mexico
Awards:
· Excellence in Reading and Learning in the Content Area, May 2004.
· Academic Excellence Master’s Project, May 2005. Thesis title: Pueblo Pottery, Native American Educational and Fine Art Curriculum: A Historical, Cultural, and Art Production Community Based Curriculum.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston Louisiana
Additional Academic Studies;
Studio Art and Graphic Design Studies, University of Missouri at Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri
Studio Art and Architecture Studies, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Studio Art and Drafting Technology Studies, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri
MILITARY SERVICE
United States Air Force, Honorable Discharge, January 1977
ART SERVICE GROUP
New Mexico Veteran’s Art, Albuquerque, New Mexico, January 2011 to 2016
Board Member
Responsibilities:
Work with the president of New Mexico Veteran’s Art and other members to plan and execute art show opportunities for the organization.
ARTIST GROUP MEMBERSHIP
• Juried Member of the Society for Art of Imagination, United States Branch, New York, NY 2017
• Juried Member of the Canadian Society for Art of Imagination, Montreal, Canada, 2015
• New Mexico Veteran’s Art, member 2010 to present, Board Member 2011 to 2014, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• New Mexico Art League, 2008 to present, figure drawing and painting workshop, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Studio 520, 2003-2009, figure drawing and painting workshop in Corrales, New Mexico
• Bernalillo Art Group, 1998-2003, figure painting workshop in Bernalillo, New Mexico
JUDGED & JURIED GROUP ART EXHIBITIONS and Awards
• The Society for Art of Imagination, Representational Fantastic, Kirkland Arts Center, Washington, March 16 - May 1, 2021
• Jones Gallery July Art Show, Kansas City Crossroads Arts District, December 2020
• Jones Gallery July Art Show, Kansas City Crossroads Arts District, November 2020
• Jones Gallery July Art Show, Kansas City Crossroads Arts District, October 2020
• Jones Gallery July Art Show, Kansas City Crossroads Arts District, September 2020
• Jones Gallery July Art Show, Kansas City Crossroads Arts District, August 2020
• Jones Gallery July Art Show, Kansas City Crossroads Arts District, July 2020
• Jones Gallery June Art Show, Kansas City Crossroads Arts District, June 2020
• 10th Figurative Art Exhibition, Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, April 2020
Special Merit Award, “Angel of Avalon”
• Visionary Art Trip Exhibition, The Moscow House of Artist, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 18 – June 23, 2019
• Visionary Art Trip Exhibition, The Moscow House of Artist, Moscow, Russia, Mar 26 - Mar 31, 2019
• Contemporary Abstraction, Paper Birch Landing Gallery, North Kansas City, MO, January 2019
• Shades of Red, Paper Birch Landing Gallery, North Kansas City, MO, December 2018
• Visionary Art Award Exhibition, The Moscow House of Artist, Moscow, Russia, Mar 27 - April 1, 2018
3rd Place Painting; Fantastic Realism Category “The Anointing”
• Visionary Alchemy Exhibition, New York City, 2017, An exhibition of imaginative art, presented by the Society
for Art of Imagination, at One Art Space, 23 Warren Street, New York City, April 29 - May 13, 2017.
• Montreal exhibition of the Canadian Society for Art of Imagination at the Écomusée du Fier Monde, Oct 2015
• New Mexico Veteran's Art Show, Albuquerque NM, Nov. 2015
1st Place Award in Drawing; “Top of the Cumbres Pass”, 1st Place Award in Oil Painting; “Chama Depot”
• Veteran's Art Show, New Mexico State Land Office, Commissioner's Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Nov 2014
• New Mexico Veteran's Art Show, Albuquerque NM, Nov. 2014
1st Place Award in Drawing; “Crossing the Cumbres Pass”
• New Mexico Veteran's Art Show, Albuquerque NM, Nov. 2013
Best of Show Award and 1st Place Award in Oil Painting, both awards; “Reading from the Book of Life”,
1st Place Award in Drawing; “Chama No. 488”
• MasterWorks of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, April 2013, “Body, Mind & Soul 4, The Alignment”
• New Mexico Veteran's Art Show, Albuquerque NM, Nov. 2012
• New Mexico Veteran's Art Show, Albuquerque NM, Nov. 2011
1st Place Award in Drawing; “Portrait of Jackie”, Kirtland Gallery Award in Painting; “Angel Portal”
• International Balloon Fiesta, Artist of New Mexico Art Show, Albuquerque NM, Oct. 2011
• 50th Annual New Mexico Arts & Crafts Fair, Albuquerque NM, June 2011
• Town Art Show, Leawood, KS, June. 2011
• Artfest, Dallas, TX, May. 2011
• Rio Grande Arts and Crafts Festival, Spring Art Show, Albuquerque NM, Mar. 2011
• Rio Grande Arts and Crafts Festival, Holiday Art Show, Albuquerque NM, Nov. 2010
• New Mexico Veteran's Art Show, Albuquerque NM, Nov. 2010
2nd Place Award in Drawing; “Kelsey Profile”, 2nd Place Award in Oil Painting; “Body, Mind & Soul 2”
• International Balloon Fiesta, Artist of New Mexico Art Show, Albuquerque NM, Oct. 2010
• New Mexico Arts & Crafts Fair, Albuquerque NM, June 2010
• Corrales Artist Studio Tour, group exhibition at Studio 520, May 2006 -2009
• MasterWorks of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, April 2007
• Art Teachers Fine Art Show, University of New Mexico, Art Education Department, Albuquerque NM , March 2005
• Bernalillo Arts Trail, Bernalillo NM, Oct. 2002 - 2005
• Art is OK, Albuquerque NM, Sept. 2003
• Rio Grande Art Association Members Show, Park Square, Albuquerque, NM - Oct. 2000
• The San Ysidro Carnival of the Arts Corrales, NM – June 2000
• Corrales Artist Studio Tour, Corrales NM, May 2000
• The San Ysidro Carnival of the Arts Corrales NM, June 1999
• Corrales Artist Studio Tour, Corrales NM, May 1999
• 6th Annual Bernalillo Arts Trail, Bernalillo NM, Dec. 1998
• Tenth Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, Corrales NM, Oct. 1998
• The San Ysidro Carnival of the Arts Corrales NM, June 1998
• 5th Annual Bernalillo Arts Trail, Bernalillo NM, Dec. 1998
• Ninth Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, Corrales NM, Oct. 1997
• Eighth Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, Corrales NM, Oct. 1996
• MOSAICS – Missouri’s Festival for the Arts, St. Charles MO, June 1994
• Mid-Winter Art Fair, Kansas City MO, Feb. 1994
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
• “Color of the Spirit”, Solo Art Exhibition, June 2015 at the Jones Gallery, 1717 Walnut, Kansas City, MO,
in the Crossroads Arts District, Opening “First Friday”, June 5, 2015
• “The Art of Michael Coleman” Solo Art Exhibition, January 2018, North Kansas City’s Second Saturday at the Art
Gallery of Gloria Heifner, 2030 Swift, North Kansas City, MO
