ARTIST'S STATEMENT The joy and anguish of my world often speaks loudest through my work.  I am a curious artist who explores and experiments with a number of media.  The act of creating artwork is the essential component that supports my confidence and courage to tackle any subject matter.  Most important is the process, the root of all my inspiration.  I strive to create artwork that communicates with a clarity and depth capable of crossing all cultural boundaries.  My art often dances where my words would stumble.

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS


College Portfolio Day Project Manager, Sixth Street Gallery, Vancouver, WA.  Established partnership with Pacific Northwest College of Art, Corinth College of Art and Oregon College of Art and Craft as the host for a promotional community event offering a free portfolio day in the Sixth Street Gallery to artists of all ages.  2009

Presenter, Washington State 2009 Arts Education Conference, Seattle, WA.  2009

Staff Development Instructor, Griffin Center for Inspired Instruction:  Providing consulting services related to staff development and evaluative research in the fields of non-profit administration, government agency efficiency and educational administration.  2009

Director and Curator, Seip Gallery, Joline Arts Center: managed installations and publicity for on-going Seip Gallery exhibitions of local artists, visiting international artists, students and faculty.  2004 - 2007

Chaired steering committee instituting higher educational "partnership" with New York's School of Visual Arts, resulting in a Summer Institute in the Bershires Program, 2005 - 2007.

Instituted new strategic marketing plan cultivating relationships wtih community business leaders and organizations for Joline Arts Center Gallery to be utilized as a revenue-based income for the school as a center for lectures, quarterly conferences and award functions, 2004- 2007.

Academic Project Coordinator, Moving Image Arts Student Internships, Joline Arts Center:  Created and managed student's internships as filming assistants with a professional documentary film crew from Visiting Artist, Ted Timerick's Projection Company.  2007

CTRAN Community Grant Award:  Managed public student mural design project for installation at their local bus stop shelter area.  2003

Grant Receipt, Southwest Washington Educators Community Commission:  Created educational field experience partnering senior citizens and high risk adolescents through an Art Ambassador Program Grant.  2002

Co-Founder and Director, Academic Support and Challenge Summer Institute: Program targeting high risk New York city metropolitan secondary level students.  Instituted summer college community-based education program designed for adolescents with a history of difficulty in their urban school environments.  1982

EXHIBITIONS:

 

New Artists Introduced, Group Show, Wit Gallery, Lenox, MA 2006

Faculty Exhibition, Joline Arts Center, New Lebanon, NY 2005

North Bank Gallery Artists, Group Show, Vancouver,WA 2004

Faculty Show, Joline Arts Center, New Lebanon, NY 2004

Lewis & Clark Tribute Group Show, River Sea, Astoria, OR 2003

Body & Soul Show, River Sea Gallery, Astoria, OR 2003

Emerging Artists Show, Attic Gallery, Portland, OR 2002

REPRESENTING GALLERIES

Chemers Gallery, Tuscan, CA, River Sea Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR, River Sea Gallery, Astoria, OR, Sixth Street Gallery, Vancouver, WA and Wit Gallery, Lenox, MA

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

National Potter's Counsel

Sixth Street Gallery, MOSAIC Art Alliance Member, Vancouver, WA

Ridgefield Art Association, Ridgefield, WA

National Association of Art Educators

Columbia County Council on the Arts

 

 

 These paintings, photographs and ceramic sculptures were created by Jean O'Neil.  She can be reached via email at:  jeanoneil58@yahoo.com or her website: www.jeanoneil.com

 

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