Liza Myers

Resume
• Galleries
• Selected Exhibitions & Performance
• Selected Teaching Experience
• Awards and Honors
• Education
• Other Activities
Galleries:
11111Artisans, Waitsfield VT
11111Brandon Artists Guild, Brandon VT
11111Chaffee Arts Center, Rutland VT
11111Liza Myers Gallery and Studio 22 Center Street, Rte 7, Brandon VT
11111Sage Moon Gallery Charlottesville, VA
Selected Exhibitions & Performances:
  20061
111111Scheduled: Featured artist:
111111North Carolina Museum of Natural Science, Raleigh NC     
  20051
111111Featured Artist Grand Parada, Rutland, Vermont
111111Brandon Rocks Exhibition
          !
Art on the Mountain, Wilmington, Vermont
 2004
11111Featured Artist Art on Main, Bristol, VT
     !!! Art on the Mountain, Wilmington, VT
  !!!!!!Brandon is For the Birds, Brandon VT
  !!!!!!Art in the Round Barn, Waitsfield VT
   !!!!!Vermont Handcrafters Exhibition, Burlington Vermont
 2003!
11111Art in the Round Barn, Waitsfield, VT
  !!!!!1Quail Hollow  Arts Festival, Woodstock, NY
  1111Reflections of Basin Harbor, Panton, VT
  1111Meredith Fine Arts Festival, Meredith, NH
11111Art on the Mountain, Wilmington, VT
 1111 Corn Hill Arts Festival, Rochester, NY
  1111Solo Exhibition, Vermont Works, 18 Years, Christine Price 111111111Gallery,Castleton College, VT
11111Syracuse Arts Festival, Syracuse, NY
11111Southern Vermont Arts Center Juried Exhibition, Manchester, VT
11111The Really Really Pig Show, Brandon Artists Guild, Brandon, VT
20021
11111Solo Exhibition, Chaffee Center for the Arts, Rutland, VT
11111Southern Vermont Art  Center, Fall National Juried Exhibition, Manchester, VT
11111Arts Alive Exhibition, Burlington VT
11111Allentown Arts Festival, Buffalo NY
11111Berkshires SummerArts Festival, MA
11111Corn Hill Arts Festival, Rochester NY
11111Syracuse Arts Festival, Syracuse, NY
11111Adirondack Mountain Arts Festival, Saratoga NY
11111Stratton Arts and Crafts Festival, Stratton VT
2001!
11111Southern Vermont Art  Center, Fall National Juried Exhibition, Manchester, VT
11111Featured Artist, Brandon Artists Guild, Brandon, VT 11!!!
11111Art on the Mountain, Wilmington, VT
11111Glastonbury Artists Guild Art Fair, Glastonbury, CT
11111For Arts Sake, Stowe, VT
11111Southern Vermont Arts Center Summer Members Exhibition, Manchester, VT
11111Food For Thought, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, VT
11111Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Ocean City, MD
11111Wetlands and Arts Festival, Amherst, MA
11111Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
11111Syracuse Arts and Crafts Festival, Syracuse, NY
2000!
11111Solo Exhibition Connecticut Audubon Center, Glastonbury, CT,
111111111Cherish the Wilderness
11111Art in the Round Barn, Waitsfield, VT            
11111Art at the Station, Burlington, VT
11111Southern Vermont Art Center Summer Member's Exhibition, Manchester, VT
11111Promenade Gallery, Bushnell Theater, Hartford, CT
11111Arts Alive, Burlington, VT
11111T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier VT,  Invitational Exhibition
11111Solo Exhibition "1984-1999 Emerging into Clarity," Geissler Gallery, 111111111Greenfield, MA,                    
11111Amsden House Contemporary Art Center Invitational Exhibition, Stanstead, Quebec
1999-2000
11111Art of the Animal Kingdom IV National Touring Exhibition, NY, VA, MN
1999
11111Small Works, Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT
11111Envisioned in a Pastoral Setting, Shelburne, VT
11111Stratton Arts Festival, Stratton, VT
11111Reflections of Basin Harbor, Panton, VT
11111Art of the Animal Kingdom IV, Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT
11111XII Annual International Exhibition of Animals in Art, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA
19981
11111Southern Vermont Arts Juried Fall National Exhibition, Manchester,VT
11111"Animal Kingdom" Chaffee Center for the Visual Arts, Invitational Exhibition, 111111111Rutland, VT
19961
11111Chaffee Center for the Visual Arts, Invitational Wildlife Art Exhibit, Rutland, VT
11111Juried Wildlife Art Exhibition,Vermont Institute of Natural Science, Woodstock, VT
11111River Odyssey, children's  musical, Pittsford, VT, Fort Ticonderoga, NY,  111111111Montpelier VT
1995
11111Wildlife Art Exhibition, Vermont Institute of Natural Science, Woodstock, VT
1993
1111A Planet For All Species, a children's musical melodrama,
1111Audubon North East Regional Conference,  Lake George, NY, Washington DC
19921
1111Book Illustration Invitational Exhibition, Chaffee Arts Gallery, VT
19911
1111Our Own Special Place children's musical written by Liza Myers
11111111Performances: VT, Westport, CT  & DC
1111Woman's Work,  Invitational Exhibition, Castleton State College, Castleton, VT
1111Solo exhibition, Chaffee Gallery, Rutland, VT
19901
1111This is Our Forest , a children's musical co-authored by Liza Myers, Pittsford, VT
1111Faculty Exhibition, Green Mountain College, Poultney, VT
1111Dirty Laundry Installation, Paramount Alternative Space, Rutland, VT
1111Arts Alive, Burlington, VT
19891
1111Solo exhibition "Emissaries", Moonbrook Arts Union, Rutland, VT 
1111Arts Alive Invitational Exhibition, Fleming Museum, Burlington, VT 
1111Lee Sclaar Gallery, Morristown, NJ
19881
1111Albany Museum of Art and History, Rice Gallery, Albany, NY
1111Lee Sclaar Gallery, Morristown, NJ
19871
1111Invitational Exhibition, Chaffee Gallery, Rutland, VT Installation,
1111Lee Sclaar Gallery, Morristown, N J
 111a"Interplay", Juried N E Competition, Albany Museum of Art and History, NY 
1111"Four Vermont Sculptors" Invitational , Christine Price Gallery, Castleton, VT
19861
1111Art's Alive,  Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Vermont Artists, Burlington VT
1111Solo Exhibition, Moonbrook Gallery , Rutland VT
1111Art on Paper, Gallery on the Circle, Annapolis, MD
19851
1111"Recent Ceramic Sculpture" Invitational, NM
1111Museum of Fine Arts, Albuquerque,NM
19841
1111Faculty Exhibition, Towson University, Towson, MD
1111NCECA, National Juried Members Exhibition, Boston, MA
19831
1111"Perspectives" Mill Gallery National Competition, Guilford, CT
19821
1111"Shards" Solo Exhibition, Bloodroot Collective, Bridgeport, CT
1111"New Directions in Traditional Media" Center for the Creative Arts,
11111111Wilmington, DE
1111"The Great American Bowl" National Competition, Newport Art Association, 11111111Newport, RI
19801
1111"Lo Que Esta Pasando" Galeria Agustin Barrios, Centro Cultural 111111
11111111Paraguayo-Americano, Asunción, Paraguay
19791
1111"New Directions in Crafts", Albuquerque United Artists Gallery, NM
1111Mixed Media Juried Exhibition, Teaching Gallery, University of NM
19781
1111"Cuatro Americanos en Latino America" Invitational Exhibition, Galeria
11111111Augustín Barrios, Asunción, Paraguay
19771
1111"Cuatro Tecnicas de Ceramica"  Clay  sculpture, Galeria Barrios, Asunción,
11111111Paraguay

Awards and Honors:
20051
1111Featured Artist for the Gran Parada, Rutland Vermont
20041
1111Selected by Cambridge Press for Book Cover Illustration:
1111111The World's Largest Wetlands by Paul Keddy 
1111Nest Image selected by VT Arts Council as one of 5 artists for commemorative
111111140th anniversary gicleé series.
20031
1111Vermont Studio Center Residency Fellowship, Johnson VT
        Basin Harbor Residency, Panton VT
20021
1111Vermont Arts Council Opportunity Grant
2001-6  
1111Juried Member of Vermont Art's Council Artist Registry 
2001
1111Ralph Seeley Award, Best in Show, Chaffee Center for the Arts, Rutland VT 1111
1111Vermont  Week, Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson VT
20001
1111Second Place, Hildene Peony Festival, Manchester, VT
       1Vermont Arts Council Opportunity Grant: Artist's Development
1999
1111Basin Harbor Artist's Residency, Vergennes Vermont
        Best in Show, Chaffee Spring Exhibit, Rutland Vermont        
1998
1111Vermont Alliance for Arts in Education "Outstanding Educator of the Year Award"
19961
1111Travel award: Invited to present  at a conference "Children, Environmental Activism
1111111and Grassroots Democratic Action" Suzdal, Russia
19931
1111National Audubon Society All Species Day Cash Award to take "A Planet For All 1111111Species" to D.C.
19911
1111"Vermont Woman Making A Difference" Award, Castleton State College,
11111111Castleton, VT
19861
1111First Place, Chaffee Gallery, Fall Exhibition, Cash Award Best of Show, MD 1111Federation of Art, Summer Juried Exhibition, Cash Award Second Prize, Sculpture, 1111Norwich University Juried VT Artists Exhibition
1982
1111Award for "The Bowl as Concept" Great American Bowl Competition, Newport RI
1980-821
1111Full Graduate Assistanceship, Maryland Institute College of Art
1979
1111Best of Show, Feria de Guggiari, Asuncion, Paraguay
Other Activities:
2003-2004
1111Board Member Brandon Artists Guild, founding member 1999
2000-2003
1111Vice President, Vermont Watercolor Society
20001
1111Vermont Alliance for Arts in Education Conference Program Coordinator
1998-2006
1111Vocals, Harmony & Rhythm Guitar with the Sleeping Dogs
1995-97
1111Co-founder, Great Blue Educational Horizons, a not-for-profit organization 1111111dedicated to the integration of the arts and environmental education
1991-95
1111Director, Great Blue Productions: Co-designed & produced "MarshMaster, the 1111111wetlands game"
19901
1111Statewide Coordinator of Earthday 1990 Educational Activities, Vermont Audubon 11111111Council
1989-98
1111Vermont Audubon Council
Education:
1111MFA Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1111BFA University of New Mexico, ABQ, NM
2004
1111Vancouver Academy of Art, Arleta Pech
2003 Summer:
1111Taos Institute of the Arts, Timothy Tyler, NAOP
2001& 2 Summer:1
1111Art New England, Bennington VT, Patricia Tobacco Forrester
2000 Spring:
1111Artisans of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM, Evelyn Boren
1998 Summer:
1111Academy  of Realist Art, Camano Island, WA
Selected Teaching Experience:
20051
1111Castleton College: Discovering Science Through Art, Maho Bay, US Virgin Islands
2003-2006  
1111Adult & children's classes: watercolor, drawing, mixed media, clay,
1111111Liza Myers Studio
1988-2006  
1111Arts and the Basics Coordinator, Arts Instructor, Lothrop School, Pittsford,VT
1997-2006
1111Armadillo Aartz Director, after-school arts program, Pittsford VT
1990-91  
1111Assistant Professor, Green Mt. College: Art History, Ceramics, Sculpture
1986-871
1111Purnell School, Pottersville, NJ 10-12 Studio Arts, Painting, Ceramics, Art History, 11111111Quilting
1984-861
1111Art Educator, West Rutland School, K-12, Studio Arts
1983-841
1111Towson University, Towson, MD Visiting Instructor, 2-D Design, Ceramics.
1982-84
1111Loyola Blakefield, Towson, B+MD 10-12, Art History, Studio    
1976-801
1111Art Educator, American School of Asuncion, Paraguay, South America