Program Coordinator Director

J O D I H A Y S

www.jodihays.com ********@*****.***

@jodihayspainter

Lives and works in Nashville, Tennessee

B. 1976 Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States of America

EDUCATION

**** *** ****** Union School of Art, New York, summer resident

2006 Vermont College of Fine Art, Montpelier, Vermont, MFA in Visual Art

Additional research in curation, writing, media and critical theory

1998 The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, BFA with Honors in Drawing

Magna Cum Laude, Additional coursework in painting, video and film studies

1996 School of Visual Arts, Georgia, Foundations

Inaugural Class Valedictorian, Silas. H. Rhodes Scholarship

1993 Arkansas Governor’s School, Visual Art, Bill Clinton, Governor

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

2023-4 Netvvrk, Mentor Program Coordinator, Comprehensive Training for Mid Career Artists

2022 Southern Crits, Founder

2018-20 Watkins College of Art, Nashville, Tennessee, Program Director, MFA

2014-16 DADU Panel discussions, envisioned and led

2007-11 Tennessee State University, Gallery Director, Hiram Van Gordon Memorial Gallery,

Created programming with Visiting Artists series of exhibitions involving area schools

Created and Programmed, from brick-and-mortar to sustained vision, a space/gallery for

new media projects by artists seeing work through the lens of race and identity.

Trained student volunteers and interns and student workers

SELECTED TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2024 Shakerag, Faculty, Material Abstraction, Tennessee

2023-4 Western Kentucky University, Instructor, Professional Development

2021 & 22 Lipscomb University, Instructor, Figure Drawing + Art Theory

2020-22 Belmont University, Nashville, Tennessee, MFA Faculty, Professional Practices, Seminar

2020-1 Artist/Mother Podcast Crit Group Mentor

2020 studioELL.org, Creating Your Archive, two-week Archive

2018-20 Watkins College of Art, Supported CORE/Foundations teaching, Drawing I., BFA

2017 Lipscomb University, Nashville, Tennessee, Adjunct Instructor, Art Theory

2016 Nashville Classical Charter School, Art Club Facilitator

2014 New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, Artist/Mentor, MFA Program

2013 Lesley College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Artist/Mentor, MFA

2007-11 Tennessee State University, Instructor, Drawing I, Drawing II, Art Appreciation

2005 University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Massachusetts, Instructor, Drawing II.

2005 Cultural Organization of Lowell, Gallery Manager, Massachusetts

2001-4 Cambridge Art Association, Assistant Director, Cambridge, Massachusetts

*History from 1998-2005, and additional Visiting Artist TALKS and LECTURES list available upon request

SELECTED SERVICE

2023 Soho House Creative Futures Mentor

2019 Number Inc Board Member

2014-present Sustainable Arts Foundation, Juror

2018 Tennessee Young Artists Competition, Frist Art Museum

2016 Locate Arts, Advisor

2012-15 Seed Space, Artist Advisor

2014 Arts and Business Council, Nashville, Periscope Mentor

2012 Creative Capital’s Professional Development Workshop

2011 Belmont University Student Art Exhibition Juror

2011 Nashville Metro Arts Commission McCabe Park Sculpture Project Juror

2010-13 Coop Gallery, Founding Member

2010 Juror and Judge, Scholastic Art Competition

2010 Middle Tennessee State University Student Annual

2009 Scholastic Art Awards, Cheekwood, Nashville, Tennessee

SELECTED CURATORIAL PROJECTS

(history from Tennessee State Univ 2007-11 available on request)

2024 The Sink, Tinney Contemporary, Nashville

2019-20 The Stars We Steer By, Curating Contemporary

2015-19 Dadu Projects, pop-up projects since 2015

2017 Eyes Like Enemies, East Side Project Space, Mark Brosseau and Brian Edmonds

2015 The Artists’ Alphabet, Ground Floor Gallery

2014 Selvedge, with Laura Hutson Hunter, Tennessee State University

2007-2011 Hiram Van Gordon Gallery Programming, Tennessee State University

2007 Rubberneckers, Vanderbilt University Space 204

SELECTED CRITICAL WRITING

2024 “Aurora Martin Andrews”, Peer Review

2023 “Lovie Olivia”, Nashville Scene.

2022 “Limestone: A Review of Matt Christy’s zine”, Number Inc. Magazine.

2020 “a love letter to everything unstable,” Number Inc. Magazine.

2018 “Magical Marks: Screen Door Review,” Number, Inc. Magazine.

2017 “Painting and Politics,” Interview. LocateArts.org

SELECTED GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS

2024 Hambidge Center, Residency Rabun Gap, Georgia

2023 Stoveworks Residency, Chattanooga, Tennessee

2023 Professional Development, Oxbow School of Art

Grant, Rauschenberg Foundation

Grant, Craft Emergency Fund

2022 Stoveworks Resident, Chattanooga, Tennessee

2021 Emory University Rose Library Fellowship

2021 Trillium Arts Residency, Work Stipend, North Carolina

2020 Sustainable Arts Foundation, for Watkins College of Art MFA

2020 Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New York, Grant

2020 Nomination, SECAC Teaching Award

2019 Hopper Prize, Short List

2019 Sustainable Arts Foundation, for Watkins College of Art MFA

2018 Best Show, Nashville Scene, Keeper at Red Arrow Gallery (2017)

2018 The Painting Center, Viewing Program, New York

2018 Metro Arts Commission, Learning Lab Fellow

2016 Burnaway, Best Coming in 2016

2014 The Sustainable Arts Foundation, Promise Award

2014 Clark Hulings Award for Emerging Artists, Finalist

2012 Creative Capital, Professional Development Program

2012 The Drawing Center, Viewing Program, New York

2012 Tennessee Arts Commission, Individual Artist Fellowship

2011 Resident Artist, Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas

2011 Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation, Grant for Tennessee State University

2008 Tennessee State University, Center for Service Learning, Outstanding Teacher

2006&8 Tennessee Arts Commission, Professional Development Support Grant

2008 Faculty Project Grant, Center for Service Learning, Tennessee State University

2008 Outstanding Educator, Center for Service Learning, Tennessee State University

2004 Michael Price Gallery, Artist Award, Boston, Massachusetts

1998 The University of Tennessee, Dorothy Dile Materials Grant

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS

2024 New York Times, “What to See in NYC Galleries This Month.”

2024 Oxford American, Robert Grand

2023 Sound and Vision Podcast. Brain Alfred

2022 Lahav, Jac. ArtSpiel

Casey, Jenny, Two Coat of Paint, New York

2021 Hutson Hunter, Laura, Critic’s Pick, Nashville Scene, August 2, 2021

Open Studio Press, South 2021, New American Paintings, No. 154

2020 Wood, Kelli, In Tennessee, Art Itself Is Protest, New Art Examiner, October 2020

2020 Weiner, Emily. “Critic’s Pick,” ArtForum International. February 2020. Online

2019 Acree, Cat. “New Work by Jodi Hays Makes the Feminine Presence Elemental,”

2018 Grand, Robert. “In Defense of Subtlety,” Burnaway. December 2018

2017 Ciccarone, Erica. “Painting as Loving Your Neighbor,” Nashville Arts Magazine.

2016 Encore, University of Tennessee Press, catalog

2014 Ciccarone, Erica. “Studio Visit,” Burnaway.

2013 staff writer. “View from the Easel,” Hyperallergic.

2012 Butler, Sharon. “Report from Nashville,” Two Coats of Paint.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Studio (Painting, Drawing, Fibers, Professional Development, Color Theory, Art Theory), Canvas, Google Suite, Zoom, LOOM, Wordpress, Adobe Creative Cloud, Blackboard, Microsoft Office, Slack, Book Arts, Traditional Bookbinding (Coptic), gardening

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