Roots of Existence Photomontage 20" x 28"

Christell/Merge Gallery
Merge, grounded in social statement, is moving outside its gallery walls into other venues and cyberspace.

If you're an artist creating art activist pieces, please e-mail me about showing your work in a themed gallery space online.

Christell maintains a studio in the greater Milwaukee area.

Founder/Gallery Director/Artist of Merge Gallery: presents social statement, interactive, collaborative art installations.

Co-Founder of Art Against Genocide: creates genocide-oriented art installation at Alverno College and throughout southeastern Wisconsin. This activist art group’s mission is to educate and motivate viewers to take action against genocide.

As a Milwaukee area, social statement, visual artist, I continue to participate in installations and exhibitions nationally; create collaborative/interactive installations through Merge Gallery (which she founded) and elsewhere; and teach studio art and art history at Alverno College. She also is a 2011-12 M.A.R.N. (Milwaukee Artist Resource Network) Mentor and an Arts Feature Writer for Third Coast Digest.

My artwork expresses the energy inherent in and between everything and everyone and explores the results of humans interacting with each other and their environment. My social statement pieces are primarily created in photo collage where figures interact with and reflect what they uneasily exist with.

Valerie J. Christell, Artist, Arts Writer, Gallery Director
Contact: vjchristell@yahoo.com

Artist/Gallery Director/Curator

Background
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Beaux Arts Srghna, Kelatt Sraghna, Morocco
Bear Circle Creative Cooperative, Tucson, AZ
South Woods Boys and Girls Club, Richmond, VA
Anderson-Schumaker Forge, Chicago, IL
City of Milwaukee Art Collection, WI
Universal Medical Buildings, Milwaukee, WI
Kelley Williamson Company, Rockford, IL
Carroll University, Waukesha, WI
University of Wisconsin Union, Milwaukee, WI
David Barnett/David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Arrow Project (American/Russian Recovery Options at Work), Milwaukee, WI
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Oak Park, IL
Living Lord Lutheran Church, St. Louis, MO
Psychological Services, Milwaukee, WI

SOLO EXHIBITS AND COLLABORATIVE GALLERY INSTALLATIONS
Merge Gallery – Artist/Gallery Director/Owner
Creating Individual and Collaborative Social Statement Art Installations
Milwaukee, WI
Solo Installations:
Existential Angst, 2011
Collaborative Installations:
Roots of Mind: Thoughts and Memories, 2011
Humankind’s Footprints, 2010
War: Humanity in the Crosshairs, 2010
Artifacts, Environments and Residual Energy, 2010
Disintegration, 2010
Merging Concepts, 2009

Solo Exhibits:
Destruction of Innocence/Galleria Edge, Waukesha, WI, 2011
Expressions/Bay View Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, 1995
State of Wisconsin Building, Madison, WI, 1995
Art Gallery, UW-Waukesha, WI, 1988
The Force Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, 1987
Otteson Gallery, Carroll College, Waukesha, WI, 1982

ART INSTALLATIONS/COLLABORATIVE/ACTIVIST
Mound of Being – Disintegration (collaborative installation with Gary John Gresl), 2012
Lynden Sculpture Garden, Brown Deer, WI Award
The Machine Gun Concerto Sketches, 2011
Translator Lab, Milwaukee, WI
War Memorial/Afghanistan Dead to Date, Day of the Dead Installation 2010
Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Afghanistan War Memorial, Collaborative, Activist Installation, 2008
Wehr Hall/Alverno College, Milw., WI
Genocide Awareness Week Installation/Site Specific, Collaborative, Activist Installation, 2008
Alverno College, Milw., WI
Day of the Dead/Collaborative Installation, 2007
Walker’s Point Center for the Arts
Genocide Timeline/Site Specific, Collaborative Installation, 2007
Coordinated with Peace Studies Conference
Christopher Hall/Alverno College, Milw., WI
Save Darfur Activism Event/Activism Installation, 2006
Commons Lobby/Alverno College, Milw., WI
Sacred Ground: Reflections on Peace and Conflict, 2005
Collaborative, interactive, multi-disciplinary, multi-media art installation
Art and Cultures Gallery/Alverno College, Milw., WI
Katrina Hurricane/Activism Installation, 2005
Commons Alcove/Alverno College, Milw., WI
End Genocide in Darfur/Activism Installation, 2005
Commons Alcove/Alverno College, Milw., WI
Genocide Timeline/Coordinated with Sierra Leone Exhibition, 2004
Wehr Hall Lobby/Alverno College, Milw., WI
Set in Stone/Yom Hashoah, 2004
Beth Hillel Synagogue, Kenosha, WI
The Persistence of Memory, 2003
Milwaukee Jewish Community Center, WI
Memories/Memorials at Yom Hashoah, 2002
Kellogg Gallery/Alverno College, Milw., WI
Places of the Holocaust, 2002
Collaborative Installation including work by Travelship Program Participants
Art and Cultures Gallery/Alverno College, Milw., WI

GROUP EXHIBITS
Blurring Reality (two-person show with Philip Krecjarek), 2012
Delafield Art Center, Delafield, WI
M.A.R.N. Mentor/Protégé Exhibition, 2012
(Milwaukee Artist Resource Network/Mentor) Milwaukee, WI
Photo Expression, 2012
Blutstein Brondino Fine Art, Milwaukee, WI
Madonna and Child, 2011
Gallery H2O, Milwaukee, WI
50 Women, 2009
Uihlein Peters Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Exposure: Urban Photography Challenge, 2009
Milwaukee Art Museum, WI
Art Department Faculty Exhibition, 2004
Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI
Black and White Worlds: Drawings by Christell and Larson, 2003
Vanguard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Art Department Faculty Exhibition, 2002
Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI
12th Anniversary Exhibition/Gallery 218, 2002
Gallery 218, Milwaukee, WI
Group Show, 2001
Gallery 218, Milwaukee, WI
Big Blue Shirt Show, 2001
Gallery 218, Milwaukee, WI
Color of Research, 2001
Golda Meier Library/Special Collections Traveling Exhibition
Art Department Faculty Exhibition, 2000
Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI
WPCA Membership Show, 2000
Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Behind the Walls, 1999
Lawton Gallery, UW-Green Bay, Green Bay, WI
Artcentric (Four-person), 1998
Valenti Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Two-person Shows
Vito Valenti Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, 1997
Metropolitan Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, 1989
Group Show, 1996
The Blue Moon Gallery, Skokie, IL
Group Show, 1995
The Blatz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

JURIED EXHIBITIONS
Forward 2012: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now
Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Wisconsin Photography 2012
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
Wisconsin Artists’ Biennial, 2011
Anderson Art Center, Kenosha, WI
Wisconsin Visual Artists SE Exhibition, 2011
Art and Cultures Gallery/Milwaukee, WI
Beloit & Vicinity Exhibition, 2010
Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, WI
Wisconsin Visual Artists SE Exhibition, 2009
Ploch Art Gallery/Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, Brookfield, WI
Beloit & Vicinity Exhibition, 2009
Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, WI
Wisconsin Visual Artists SE Exhibition, 2009
Bradley Gallery/Lakeland College, Plymouth, WI
Print and Drawing Exhibition, 2009
Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Winter Juried Exhibition, 2008
Anderson Art Center, Kenosha, WI
“Issues” Print and Drawing Exhibition/WVA, 2008
Ozaukee Art Center, Cedarburg, WI
Wisconsin Visual Artists SE Exhibition, 2008
Anderson Art Center, Kenosha, WI
Photography: An Exhibition of Visual Images, 2008
Anderson Art Center, Kenosha, WI Award: Third Place
Symmetry, 2006
Steenbock Gallery/Wisconsin Academy, Madison, WI
WP&S/WAAM Chapter Exhibition, 2006
Reuss Federal Plaza, Milwaukee, WI
Art With Attitude, 2006
Steenbock Gallery/Wisconsin Academy, Madison, WI
48th Annual Beloit & Vicinity Exhibition, 2004
Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
Non-Traditional Self Portraits, 2004
Wisconsin Academy Gallery, Madison, WI
44th Annual Beloit & Vicinity Exhibition, 2001
Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
Riverwest Artist Association Member Show, 2000
Riverwest Artist Association, Milwaukee, WI
Behind The Walls: Artwork by Museum, Gallery and Arts Administrators, 2000
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, WI
Postcard Exhibition, 1999
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Masque: Myth & Magic, 1997
Riverwest Artist Association, Milwaukee, WI
Twenty-First Annual A.&A. Baer Competition & Exhibition, 1997
Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL
Twentieth Annual Alice & Arthur Baer Competition and Exhibition, 1996
Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL
Past, Present and Future, 1996
Frederick Layton Gallery/MIAD, Milwaukee, WI
Spirituality Show, 1995
Walker's Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Ghosts, Images and Other Things, 1994
Anderson Art Center, Kenosha, WI
2nd Annual Wisconsin Artists Juried Exhibition, 1993
Art Works Gallery, Green Bay, WI
36th Annual Beloit & Vicinity Exhibition, 1993
Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, WI
35th Annual Beloit & Vicinity Exhibition, 1992
Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, WI
Wisconsin '91: A Juried Exhibition of Wisconsin Art, 1991
Edna Carlsten Gallery, Stevens Point, WI
Privileged Access, 1991
Cudahy Gallery/Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Spiritual Visions: A Liturgical Exhibition, 1990
Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN
4th Annual Regional Art Exhibition, 1990
Gallery 10, Rockford, IL
Mirror, Mirror, 1990
Gallery 124, Kenosha, WI
Regional Juried Exhibition, 1989
Gallery 10, Rockford, IL
Relativity Show, 1989
Metropolitan Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Kansas Fifth National Small Painting, Drawing, and Print Exhibition, 1987
Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS
Museum of Sexuality, 1987
Theatre X, Milwaukee, WI
19th Annual Beloit & Vicinity Exhibition, 1986
Wright Art Center, Beloit, WI
16th Annual Rockford & Vicinity Exhibition, 1986
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
The Fourth Biennial Exhibition/UW Center Art Departments, 1986
Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI
16th National Works on Paper Exhibition, 1985
Minot State College, Minot, ND
Fourth Wisconsin Biennial Exhibition, 1984
Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
Third Biennial Faculty Art Exhibition/UW Center System, 1984
Elvehjem Museum, Madison, WI
Exhibition 62 - Wisconsin Biennial, 1983
UWM Fine Arts Galleries, UW Milwaukee, WI
25th Annual Beloit & Vicinity Exhibition, 1983
Wright Art Center, Beloit, WI
58th Annual Rockford & Vicinity Juried Exhibition, 1983
Burpee Art Museum, Rockford, IL
Wisconsin '81, 1981
Edna Carlsten Gallery, UW Stevens Point, WI
23rd Annual Beloit & Vicinity Exhibition, 1981
Wright Art Center, Beloit, WI
Second Annual Paper & Clay Exhibition, 1980
E. H. Little Gallery, Memphis, TN
Wisconsin Biennial, 1979
Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
15th Joslyn Biennial, 1978
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
Paper/Fiber, 1977
Iowa City, Johnson County Arts Council, Iowa City, IA
Cape Coral Annual Art Exhibit #12, 1977
Cape Coral, FL
Illinois Regional Print Show, 1976
The North Shore Art League, Chicago, IL
New Horizons in Art, 1976
Mid-Continental Plaza, Chicago, IL
1976 Western Annual Juried Exhibition of Works of Art on Paper, 1976
Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL
58th Annual Rockford & Vicinity Juried Exhibition, 1983
Burpee Art Museum, Rockford, IL
Wisconsin '81, 1981
Edna Carlsten Gallery, UW Stevens Point, WI
23rd Annual Beloit & Vicinity Exhibition, 1981
Wright Art Center, Beloit, WI
Second Annual Paper & Clay Exhibition, 1980
E. H. Little Gallery, Memphis, TN
Wisconsin Biennial, 1979
Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
15th Joslyn Biennial, 1978
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
Paper/Fiber, 1977
Iowa City, Johnson County Arts Council, Iowa City, IA
Cape Coral Annual Art Exhibit #12, 1977
Cape Coral, FL
Illinois Regional Print Show, 1976
The North Shore Art League, Chicago, IL
New Horizons in Art, 1976
Mid-Continental Plaza, Chicago, IL
1976 Western Annual Juried Exhibition of Works of Art on Paper, 1976
Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL

INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
Continuum 2012 Art & Design Exhibition
UWM Union Art Gallery & Arts Center Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Director’s Invitational: Alverno & Friends, 2012
Art and cultures Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Walker’s Point Center for the Arts Member Show, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Walker’s Point, WI
For Women Only, 2001
Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI
Neckties: Tying Us Together, 2001
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Walker’s Point Center for the Arts Member Show, 2000
Walker’s Point, WI
The Order of Things, 2000
Riverwest Art Works/RAW, Milwaukee, WI
Walker’s Point Center for the Arts Member Show, 1998
Walker’s Point, WI
No Limits, 1995
Nicolet College, Green Bay, WI
Ars Interruptis, 1994
Frederick Layton Gallery/MIAD, Milwaukee, WI
Visions, 1992
Village Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
The Nude in Art, 1990
Appleton Gallery of Arts, Appleton, WI
Art Forms/3rd Annual Invitational Group Show, 1989
Gallery 124, Kenosha, WI
Drawing 1989: An Invitational Exhibition, 1989
Lawton Gallery, UWGreen Bay, WI
Wisconsin Artists Invitational, 1989
Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL
License to Create/Cape Townsend Invitational, 1989
Lawton Gallery, UW Green Bay, WI
The Wright Experiment, 1987
Wright Street Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Wisconsin Artists, Invitational Exhibition, 1986
David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
12 Milwaukee Artists, 1981
University of Wisconsin Center, Medford, WI
Wisconsin Invitational, 1981
Rahr-West Museum, Manitowoc, WI
UWCenter Invitational Exhibition Aaron Bohrod Gallery, 1987
UW-Fox Valley, Menasha, WI
New Art/New Artists, 1987
Invitational Exhibition, David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

COLLABORATIVE INSTALLATIONS/LEADER (WITH STUDENTS)
Global Women’s Issues, Collaborative Installation, 2010, 2011, 2012 (spring/fall)
Liberal Arts Building/Alverno College, Milw., WI
Project Girl, Postmodern Feminist Installation, 2008
Contemporary Topics/Art Majors
Art and Cultures Gallery/Alverno College, Milw., WI
Postmodern Feminism and the Media, Murals, 2008
Postmodern Feminist Art and the Media/Art and Non-art majors
Alphonse Space/Alverno College, Milw., WI
Body Image, Installation, 2008
Coordinated with Student Services “Love Your Body Week”
Liberal Arts Bldg. Athletics Corridor/Alverno College, WI
Recycling, Site Specific Installation, 2008
Sr. Joel Read Rotunda/Alverno College, Milw., WI
Day of the Dead, Altars/Site Specific Installations, 2007
Alphonse and Clare Corridors/Alverno College, Milw., WI

GRANTS/AWARDS
Artist in Residence/M.A.T.A.
(Milwaukee Access Telecommunications Authority) through the Milwaukee Arts Board
for $1,000 plus training, to create art work in the video medium. 1996
Philo T. Farnsworth Community Programming Award
First Video Category 1997
Artist in Residence/Trowbridge Street School - Very Special Arts Grant
Teaching research and leading art creation related to coursework.
David Barnett Gallery/First Annual Award Exhibition, 1981

VIDEOS ON ARTIST
Cable T.V. Broadcast - Where the Waters Meet/Christina Zawadiwsky,
1998, 1997 (2 programs), 1996, 1995, 1992.
Articles on Artist
Art in Wisconsin; 1992, 1996
Wisconsin Magazine, The Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee, WI; December, 1991
The Bay Viewer, Bay View, WI; April, 1990
Published Written Work
“Twins” article written for Art Muscle Magazine, February/March Issue; Milwaukee, WI 1996
Video Interview-Robert Parrish
Videotaped critique by Christell about artist’s work for documentary aired September 1998
Video by Marx Communications

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS, BOARD AND COMMITTEE WORK
Milwaukee Artist Resource Network, Milw., WI – Current Member
Alfons Gallery Advisory Board, Milw., WI – Past Member
Coalition of Photographic Arts, Milw., WI – Past Member
Aesthetic Engagement Committee/Alverno College, Milw., WI – Current Member
Explore implications of the Aesthetic Engagement Ability for the college-wide curriculum
with an emphasis on cross-curricular work which is then presented to entire college.
Art and Environment Committee/Alverno College, Milw., WI – Former Comte. Member
Charged with reviewing the College’s visual environment and implementing appropriate
changes to it in terms of artwork placement in hallways, classrooms and offices.
Beyond Our Borders/Alverno College, Milw., WI - Current Member
Activist group made up of students, faculty and staff that brings awareness to the
community and encourages collaborative involvement.
Art Against Genocide, WI - Current Activist/Co-Founder
Activist group I co-founded that aims to raise awareness of genocide past and current with
the goal to end genocide worldwide.
Milwaukee Artist Resource Network, WI – Current Member
Wisconsin Visual Artists, WI - Current Member, Team Leader: Membership
Current Board work: Membership Team Leader; Installation Director
Past Board work: PR Chair, President's Advisor, President, Vice President, Exhibition
Chair., Membership Chair. Area Chapter Boards run this statewide professional arts
organization that provides exhibition and educational opportunities throughout Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters Committee, Madison, WI – Former
Committee Member. Committee juries for one-person exhibition opportunities.
Wisconsin Visual Arts Guild/UW-Milwaukee, WI – Former Board Member
University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee-based organization that supports area Visual Arts.
Milwaukee Youth Theatre, Bay View, WI - Board Member
Small, community group created to support area students through acting experiences.
Artist Advisory Board/Milwaukee Art Museum,WI – Former Board Member
Liaison group created to provide information to the Museum from individual artists and art
organizations.
Gallery 124/Kemper Center, Kenosha, WI – Former Board Member
Exhibition arm of the larger Kemper Center. Gallery Board was created to oversee art
exhibitions while the gallery shifted directorship.
Art Advocate/Milwaukee Art Museum, WI (Former)
Liaison role to provide arts community information to Museum.
Walker's Point Center for the Arts, Milw., WI
Current Member
Former President (Three terms)
Board members’ efforts sustain this multi-disciplinary arts organization. Also former
Administrator who assisted with creation of this art center.

LECTURES/CRITIQUES/JURIES/WORKSHOPS
These formats provide opportunities to support student, semi-professional and amateur artists. (All workshops/demonstrations created by artist.)
West Allis Art Association: critique, 2013
Milwaukee Area Teachers Association: show juror, 2013
Blutstein Brondino Fine Art: Artist Talk with Exhibition, 2012
Carroll College/Photography Students: lecture, 2011
League of Milwaukee Artists: lecture, 2011
Wisconsin Museum of Art/WisconsinVisual Artists: lecture, 2009
Introduction to Digital Photography: workshop (Alverno College) 2009
Introduction to Illustrator: workshop (Alverno College) 2009
Digital Imaged: Redefined: workshop (Alverno College) 2008, 2009
You Call That ART!?!: workshop (Alverno College) 2007, 2008, 2009
Drawing from the Masters: workshop (Milw. Art Museum/Haggerty Museum of Art),
September, 2006
Drawing Self/Portraits: workshop, October, 2006
Celebrating Women’s Creative Hands and Spirit/Betty LaDuke Conference:
workshop, September, 2006
Celebrating Spirit Through the Arts/Milwaukee Archdiocese Curriculum Day:
workshop, March, 2006
Sacred Ground: Reflections on Peace and Conflict: lecture, October, 2006
Lakefront Festival of the Arts Alverno Students: juror, March, 2005
AC Art Association: critique, February, 2005
Genocide Timeline: lecture, October, 2004
West Allis Art Association: critique, March 2004
AC Art Association: critique, October, 2002
AC Art Association: critique, February, 2002
28th Annual Juried Student Art Competition, UWMilwaukee: juror, 2001
AC Art Association: presentation on business of art, March, 2001
Anderson Art Center Exhibition/For Men Only: juror, Jan., 2001
AC Art Association: juror, 2000
West Allis Art Association: juror, 2000
Waukesha Creative Arts League Exhibition: juror/guest artist demo., 2000
Fine Arts Day/Alverno College: workshop, business of art, 2000
Waukesha Creative Arts League: demonstration, figure drawing, 2000
WRAP Show: juror, 2000
Channel 10 Art Auction: juror, 2000
Waukesha Arts League: lecture, figure drawing, 2000
West Allis Art Association: demonstration, wc crayon, 1999
AC Art Association: demonstration, wc crayon, 1999
League of Milwaukee Artists: demonstration, wc crayon, 1999
Milwaukee Sketch Club: critique, 1999
Channel 10 Art Auction: juror, 1999
Alumni Art Show/Alverno College: juror, 1999
Common Hour Breakout Session/Alverno College: speaker, 1999
West Allis Art Alliance Fall Membership Show: juror, 1998
AC Art Association Fall Membership Show: juror, 1998
Old World Wisconsin: workshop, drawing, 1998
Kenosha Institute of Arts: workshop, drawing, 1998
Audubon Art Fair: juror, 1998
Very Special Arts/Milwaukee Art Museum: workshop for award winners, 1998
West Allis Art Alliance: demonstration, watercolor crayon, 1998
Very Special Arts/Marquette University: workshop, masks, 1997
Old World Wisconsin: outdoor drawing class, 1997
Living Lord Church: lecture w/exhibit, 1997
AC Art Association: critique, winter, 1997
West Allis Art Alliance: critique, fall, 1996
West Allis Art Alliance: critique, spring, 1996
Trowbridge Elementary School: presentation - Business of Art, 1995
AC Art Association: Juror, Fall Membership Show: juror, 1995
Door County Art League Annual Fall Show: juror, 1995
Dover Street School: Artist in Residence, watercolor crayon seminars, 1995
Frogs Forth Alliance: watercolor crayon workshop (spring and fall), 1995
Hometown U.S.A. Video Festival (International Competition): juror,
Professional Documentary Category, 1995
Exposure '95-Artreach Milwaukee (art exhibition): juror, 1995
Racine Art Guild: watercolor crayon demonstration, 1994
Racine Art Guild: watercolor crayon workshop, 1994
Fountain Art Fair-West Allis Art Alliance: juror, 1994
AC Art Association: critique members' work, 1994
Dover Street School: Artist in Residence, watercolorcrayon seminars, 1994
AC Art Association: lecture-own art work, demonstration, 1993
Wustum Museum-Racine Art Guild: juror, & critiqued Member show, 1993
Exposure '93-Artreach Milwaukee (art exhibition): juror, 1993
Collegiate Competition-'93 Lakefront Festival of Arts/
Milwaukee Art Museum: juror, 1993
Tippecanoe School: Artist in Residence, watercolor crayon workshops, 1993
AC Art Association: lecture-own art work, demonstration, 1992
Exposure '92-Artreach Milwaukee (art exhibition): juror, 1992
West Allis Art Alliance: lecture-own art work, 1991
League of Milwaukee Artists: lecture-own art work, demonstration, 1991
Wustum Museum-Racine Art Guild: juror, critiqued membership
show at opening reception, 1990
Milwaukee Art Museum: lecture, 1989
AC Art Association: critique, 1989
AC Art Association: demonstration, 1989
Gallery 124: lecture, 1989
Kenosha Art Guild: lecture, 1988
University of Wisconsin/Manitowoc: lecture-own work/show, 1988
West Allis Art Alliance: critique, 1987
University of Wisconsin/Stevens Point: lecture, 1987

ARTS WRITING
Third Coast Digest - Art Features Writer
Milwaukee, WI 2011-12

TEACHING
Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI 1998 - present
Instructor—
Art Department
Studio and art history courses involve technical skill building, aesthetic analysis, historical research and creative problem solving.
Studio: Figure Drawing, Expressive Drawing, Two-Dimensional Design
Art History: Modern Art; Contemporary Art; Postmodern Feminist Art and the Media; Art Activism/Global Impact; Global Art and Visual Culture; 19th Century Art; Art, Culture and Ethics.

Links
What in the World are they Spraying?
http://www.facebook.com/WhatintheWorldAreTheySpraying The
Mark Mantel/Sketches from Machine Gun Concerto
http://www.markmantel.com
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
http://www.ushmm.org
Emergency Relief Fund
emergencyreliefresponsefund.org
Waukesha Tattoo Company/Galleria Edge
waukeshatattoocompany.wordpress.com
Women for Women, International
http://www.womenforwomen.org
Americans for the Arts
http://www.AmericansfortheArts.org

CLIP: Ghosts in the Well
AUTHOR: Sandra Knight
NOTES: An insightful singer/songwriter of acoustic guitar driven blues-pop-folk tunes with an eye on the human spirit.