Vice President Director
Resume:
Melinda Gray Crider
Lake Arrowhead, Georgia 30183
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Exhibits
2012Fired Works
April 14 - Preview Party April 13, 6 PM - 9 PM
Macon Arts Alliance
Central City Park
Macon, GA
Interpretations,
January 15 - February 15thThe Seen Gallery
ArtsCriticATL Review
2011
Pfft...Figured As Much
The Seen Gallery
Mixed Media: Textures of Life, January 10 - February 25
Jim Cherry Learning Resource Center Gallery
Georgia Perimeter College
Clarkston, GA 30021
2010
Plastic,
Eyedrum, November 20 - December 26
Suite 8
290 MLK Jr. Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30312
Auburn Fall Invitational
Jan Dempsey Art Center
Auburn, AL
2009
The Rhythmic Figure
ICO Gallery
606 West 26th Street
Chelsea District
New York
Less Is More
Connexion Gallery
Dunwoody, GA
A Foot In The Grave
ICO Gallery
Present Works Featured Artist
Vantage Point Studios, Canton
Imagillaboration - collaborative sculptures by 106 artists
Clarkston Fine Arts Gallery - Clarkston, GA
New Mexico Highlands University - Las Vegas, NM
Texas A&M - Corpus Christie, TX - 2010
2008
Imagillaboration - group seven, collaborative sculptural works
Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta
RED - Georgia Perimeter College- WCAGA exhibit- February
2007VIVA LA FRIDA
Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta
GalleryGoRoundTaylor Kinzel Gallery
Roswell Cultural Art Center
Art Papers Auction
Mason Murer Gallery, Atlanta
2006
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Gwinnett, solo exhibit, mini-retrospective
Lawrenceville, GA
Natalia/ afternoon model sessions - group exhibit
Taylor-Kinzel Gallery, Roswell, GA
Womb
SLM Projects, Roswell, GA
Mixed Media Installation
2005
"Liminal" mixed media installation
Taylor Kinzel Gallery, Roswell
Little Things Mean A Lot - juried
Swann Coach House Gallery
Digitally 2005
ArtRom Gallery, Rome, Italy
House of Oil mixed media installation
Taylor Kinzel Gallery, Roswell, GA
Figuratively Speaking
Strawberry Fields Gallery, Crabapple, GA
2004
MeMy* Self * Eye
B Complex, Atlanta, GA
self portraits
Subliminal
UpRoar Undercover, Roswell, GA
site specific conceptual installation
Snap To Grid
Los Angeles Center for Digital Arts
2003
4th annual Centering on Clay, The Art Center, Canton Georgia
Emergency Room Artists, artists respond to war
Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Perceptions beyond the Norm, video installation, juried
Uproar, Roswell, GA
2002
All Small, Short Short Shorts video night
Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Arts Alliance of Georgia *award
Fincher Visual Arts Center
Rheinhardt College, Waleska, GA
2001Facing Faces
Museo de Arte del Inba, Juarez Mexico - juried
The Tremontane Figure
SLM Studio & Gallery, invitational
2000Allen Ashton Galler, solo exhibit
Roswell, GA
North Fulton Regional
Roswell Cultural Arts Center, Roswell, GA
Waterworks, invitational
Gallery 39, Buford, GA
Avant Gardens
Lynne Farris Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1999North Fulton Regional
Roswell Cultural Arts Center, Roswell, GA
Genesis VI, juried, award
Roswell Fine Arts Alliance, Roswell, GA
Art Lovers,
First Place Mixed Media
Kennesaw Fine Arts Society, Kennesaw, GA
Trees, juried
Quinlan Arts Center, Gainesville, GA
1998
City Gallery East
Individual Visual Arts Coalition, Atlanta, GA
Faith and Doubt, juried
Columbia Theological Society, Decatur, GA
1997Peanut, juried
Albany Museum of Art, Albany, Georgia
Main Street Gallery, two person show
Alpharetta, GA
Angels Among Us, juried
Art Station, St. Mountain, GA
1996
Georgia Artists "96 Olympics
Jordon Hall Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Water
Quinlan Arts Center, Gainesville, GA
1991
Highland Gallery, Political Commentary by local artists, Atlanta - invitational
Paperworks Southeast - juried
Quinlan Arts Center, Gainesville
Galleria
Jubilee Artists Invitational, Marietta, GA
National Assembly of Local Artists - invitational
Atlanta, GA
Political Commentary - invitational
Highland Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Dalton Arts Festival - Merit Award
Creative Arts Guild, Dalton, GA
Jubilee Southern Festival of the Arts - juried
Contemporary Abstracts by Regional Artists
Highland Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1990-93Heaven Blue Rose Gallery, Roswell - founding member, owner/director
Touchables, Westbrook Gallery,Ga. Tech Gallery & Kentucky School for the Blind
1987
Jubilee Southern Festival for the Arts, juried, Galleria/Marietta
1985
Mardi Gras Atlanta - 1983-85 -juried
1981
Georgia Artists - juried (Faye Gold)
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, juried
Artists in Georgia - juried (Holly Solomon)
Lamar Dodd Arts Center, Columbus
Arts Festival of Atlanta, group exhibit
Georgia Mountain Craft
Collections
Earth Day Art Collection, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Cherokee County Arts Council, Canton,Ga.
Fulton County Arts Council, Atlanta
Kentucky School for the Blind, Louisville, Ky.
Kaiser Permanente, Atlanta, Georgia
St. Joseph's Hospital, Augusta, Georgia
Awards
2009
Less is More; Connexion Gallery; Honorable Mention
Sharptop Mountain Arts Association; First Place Photography Annual Members Show
2002
Dick Blick Award; Arts Alliance of Georgia; Fincher Arts Center; Reinhardt College
1999
Kennesaw Fine Arts Society; first place mixed media
1998
Genesis VI. ; third place ; juried by Jerry Cullum
1983
Roswell Arts Festival; sculpture award
1981
Dalton ArtsFestival; Award of Merit
Articles and Publication
2011
Studio Visit Magazine
Selected for inclusion in Volume Thirteen (Spring, 2011) edition of Studio Visit Magazine
published by Open Studios Press
International Contemporary Artists
Selected for inclusion in Vol I and Vol II of International Contemporary Artists magazine
published by ICA Publishing
.C Burnett, Callanwolde clay exhibit
Workshops Given/Taken
2011
Kathy King - Georgia Clay Council
Christine Golden - Sante Fe Clay
2004
sx 70 polaroid and emulsion transfer workshops, Kathleen Carr, Elizabeth Murray and Floyd
Grimm
Gallery M, studio/gallery, figurative paintings, mixed media installations, video and
conceptual works in a variety of mediums
2003
Macedonia Middle School Art Festival; papermaking, guest artist
2002
Cherokee County Arts Council, vice president
co-curator "Centering on Clay" Cherokee Arts Center 1999
Dean Rusk Middle School, Cultural Arts Day;guest artist Painting workshop
Marc Chotov, oil painting workshop, Quinlan Arts Center, Gainesville, Georgia
1997
The Art Place, juror, annual college art exhibition
1994 - 1996
Roswell Fine Arts Alliance, vice president; programs director
1992- 93
Japanese Arts Exchange, juror, Cherokee County Arts Council
1990 - 93
Heaven Blue Rose Gallery, owner /director
1982
University of illinois, Champagne, ceramics workshop, Don Pilcher, Chuck Hines, Ralph
Bacerra, Don Frith
Professional Memberships
2009 to Present
Currently VP
Georgia Clay Council
2007 to present
Women's Caucus for Art of Georgia
2003 to present
National Museum of Women in the Arts
1996 to present
Georgia Artists Registry
Gallery Affiliations
The Seen Gallery - Decatur, GA
Taylor Kinzel - Roswell, GA
ICO Gallery - New York, NY
Education
1976 - 78
Atlanta College of Art
1978-81
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, pottery assistantship
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