SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
* Family Affair - A Solo Exhibit by Carolyn Singh. September- February 2012. Heritage Art Center. Lexington, KY
* The Opera House Invitational. February -April 2004. Opera House Gallery. Lexington, KY
* Dallas Ford Gallery Presents the Work of Carolyn Singh. 1993. Dallas Ford Gallery. El Paso, TX.
* Artist on Art. 1993. El Paso Museum of Art. El Paso, TX. Curated by Stephen Volmer
* Executions of Measures TY-14. 1984. Corbett Center Gallery, New Mexico State University. Las Cruces, NM.
* BFA Graduation exhibition: Paintings and Drawings. 1972. Experimental College Gallery, University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, MN.
SELECTED INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:
* Desert Echoes: the DIVA Show. 1998. Museo de Arte e Historia INBA, Juarez, Mexico.
* Transpositions. 1996. Galerie M. Berlin, Germany. Curated by Dr. Gunter Nimmich, Director.
* Passion for El Paso art Exhibition. 1995. Adobe Framing and Gallery. El Paso, TX. Selected by Maria Natividad.
* Local and Regional Artists. 1988. Americana Museum, Southwestern Museum of Cultural History. El Paso, TX. Curated by Bill Kwiecinski, Director.
* 1st Annual Juarez/El Paso invitational. 1985. Americana Museum, Southwestern Museum of Cultural History. El Paso, TX. Curated by Bill Kwiecinski, Director.
* El Paso Arts Alliance Invitational at Charlott’s. 1983. El Paso, TX.
* The City of El Paso Arts Resources Department Presents: A Visual Arts Exhibition. 1983. El Paso Civic Center. El Paso, TX. Selected by Steven Schmidt, Director ARD.
* Print Show ’74. 1974. Fifth Street Gallery. Wilmington, DL.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
* Carolyn Singh in the Butterfly Zone. 2010. Heritage Art Center, Sisohpromatem Art Foundation. Lexington, KY
* Kisses at the Gate: Painted Poems. 2010. Heritage Art Center, Sisohpromatem Art Foundation. Lexington, KY.
* Collaborations and Catalysts. 2005. Lexington Art League. Lexington, KY.
* Earth and Air. Ceramics by Carolyn Singh, USA; Photographs by Leanor De Lohle, Colombia, SA] 2005 Central Library Gallery. Lexington, KY.
* The Other Nude Show. February -April 2003. Miller Fine Art. Lexington, KY
* Origins in Clay 3. 2003. Hill Country Arts Foundation. Ingram, TX.
* Visual Expressions of Love Exhibit. 2003. Gallery on Main. Richmond, Ky.
* Keith Batchelor - Photographs and Carolyn Singh - Mixed Media. 2002. ArtsPlace Gallery. Lexington, KY.
* Miller Fine Art and Framing Group Show. April-September 2002. Miller Fine Art and Framing. Lexington, KY
* Dessert Echo: Women Illuminate the Sacred. 2001. Women’s Museum: An Institute for the Future. Dallas, TX.
* Group Exhibition featuring paintings from Desert Echo and new work by the artists. 2000. Adair Margo Gallery. El Paso, TX.
* Sacred Journeys: the DIVA Show. 1999. Los Paisanos Gallery at Chamizal National Memorial. El Paso, TX.
* Origins in Clay. 1999. Hill Country Arts Foundation. Ingram, TX.
* Passages: the DIVA Show.1999. El Paso City Hall’s “People’s Gallery”. El Paso, TX.
* Desert Echoes: the DIVA Show (Part Two). 1998. Museo de Arte e Historia INBA. Juarez, Mexico.
* Desert Echoes: the DIVA Show. 1998. El Paso City Hall’s “People’s Gallery”. El Paso, TX.
* Adventures in Color. 1997. El Paso City Hall’s “People’s Gallery”. El Paso, TX. Curated by Becky Duval Reese, Director, El Paso Museum of Art.
* Transpositions. 1997. El Paso City Hall’s “People’s Gallery”. El Paso, TX. Curated by Dr. Gunter Nimmich, Director, Galerie M, Berlin, Germany.
* Transpositions. 1996. Galerie M. Berlin, Germany. Curated by Dr. Gunter Nimmich, Director.
* New Mexico Watercolor Society Autumn Water (Colors) fall ’95 Open Show. 1995. Fine Arts Gallery. Albuquerque, NM.
* First Great Plains National. 1995. Moss-Thorns Gallery of Art. Hays, KS.
* Southwestern Watercolor Society 31st Annual Membership Exhibition. 1994. D-Art. Dallas, TX.
* Close to the Border. 1994. University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University. Las Cruces, NM.
* Seven Points of View. 1993. Americana Museum, Southwestern Museum of Cultural History. El Paso, TX.
* Rio Bravo Watercolorists Tri-State Aqua Media Exhibition (for Artists in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona). 1992. El Paso Museum of Art. El Paso, TX.
* Arizona Aqueous VII/’92 National. 1992. Tubac Center of the Arts. Tubac, AZ.
* Western Federation of Watercolor Societies – WFS16: Sixteenth Annual Exhibition. 1991. Art Center of Corpus Christi. Corpus, TX.
* International Fine Art Exhibition. 1983. Visual Arts Galleria, Grand Hall of the Civic Center Exhibition Hall and Helios Fine Arts Gallery. Juried by Henry Hopkins, Dir. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS:
2003 Award: for Night Wind Passes Singing. Eastern Kentucky University. Richmond, Kentucky. Juried.
1999 Selected for book, “Contemporary American Oil Painting”, JILIN Fine Arts Publishing House, Zhang Xue Jie, editor. Changchun, P. R. China. Listed:
Dictionary of International Biography, 26th edition.
1996 Award: Signature Membership. Rio Bravo Watercolorists. El Paso, TX.
1995 Award: for Three Days in June. Rio Bravo Watercolorists 1995 Annual Members Only. El Paso, TX. Juried by Timothy J. Clark.
1995 Award: Purple Sage Society Membership. Texas Watercolor Society. San Antonio, TX.
1994 Award: for Nude, Listening #1. New Mexico Watercolor Society Autumn ’94 Show: A Celebration of Watercolors. Albuquerque, NM. Juried by Ann Smith.
1994 Award: for Flowers of Life #1. Rio Bravo Watercolorists 1994 Annual Members Show. El Paso, TX. Juried by Warren Taylor, NWS, AWS.
1994 Award: for Integration. Close to the Border: Biennial Juried Exhibition. Las Cruces, NM. Juried by Becky Duval Reese, Director of the El Paso Museum of Art.
1992 Award: Signature Membership. Texas Watercolor Society. San Antonio, TX.
1992 Award: Signature Membership. New Mexico Watercolor Society. Albuquerque, NM.
1992 Award: for Saturday Afternoon. New Mexico Watercolor Society: AUTUMN (WATER) COLORS ’92. Albuquerque, NM. Juried by Leo Smith.
1991 Award: for Moderato. Sierra Medical Center’s Annual El Paso Art Association Exhibition at the El Paso Museum of Art. El Paso, TX. Juried by Grieg Housep
Chaplan, Joyce Pike, and Henry D. Rentschler III.
1991 Award: for Cabaret 46. New Mexico Watercolor Society: Watercolor Wet and Wild Spring ’91. Albuquerque, NM. Juried by Don Andrews, AWS.
1990 Award: for Cabaret 46. Rio Bravo Watercolorists 1990 Annual Members Show. El Paso, TX. Juried by Fred Chilton.
1989 Award: for King and Queen of Hearts I. New Mexico Watercolor Society – An Open Show: Celebration of Watercolor ’89. Albuquerque, NM. Juried by Al Brouillette,
AWS.
1985 Award: for Wild! Flowers. Texas Watercolor Society 36th Annual Watercolor Exhibition. San Antonio, TX. Juried by Miles Batt.
1984 Award: for Sandi’s Choice. Texas Watercolor Society 35th Annual Watercolor Exhibition. San Antonio, TX. Juried Katherine Chang Liu. Also included in the TWS 1984 Traveling Exhibition.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
Public/Corporate:
El Museo de Arte del INBA. Cd. Juarez, Chih., Mexico.
The Bank of El Paso. El Paso, TX.
El Paso Museum of Art. El Paso, TX.
University of Minnesota, Department of Art, Printmaking. Minneapolis, MN.
National Bank of Commerce of San Antonio. San Antonio, TX.
Donavon Anthony Roberts, Attorney and Counselor at Law. Albuquerque, NM.
Westside YWCA. El Paso, TX.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
Private:
Gabrielle & Michael Geraghty. Pleasant Hill, CA. Gary Looney. San Antonio, TX.
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Armstrong. El Paso, TX. Alfonso Morales. Las Cruces, NM.
Mara Asya Blatt. El Paso, TX. James and Elaine Mortensen. El Paso, TX.
Mrs. A.L. Busta. St. Paul, MN. John E. Moye. El Paso, TX.
Susan Davidoff. El Paso, TX. Gisella Tetzlaff Plambeck. Santa Clara, CA.
Constance Dillman. El Paso, TX. Barbara Sands. Anthony, NM.
Annette Richardson. San Antonio, TX. Ed and Lori Schneider. Laramie, WY.
Anne S. Goodman. El Paso, TX. Yash and Punam Singh. Hatfield, PA.
Luis G. and Ana Guerra. El Paso, TX. Ruth White. Berkley, CA.
Nancy Heydemann. El Paso, TX. Fred and J’Nevelyn Hough. El Paso, TX.
Rebecca Krasne. El Paso, TX.
Commissions:
Elizabeth Jarem. Huntsville, AL.
Sean Jarem. Huntsville, AL.
Hazel Johnson. Minneapolis, MN.
Rebecca Krasne. El Paso, TX.
Col. Lou Popejoy, M.D. El Paso, TX.
Irma Armandarez Rascon. Phoenix, AZ.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
* Tulane University. “Tulane Review” fall 2002. New Orleans, LA.
* David Minton. “In a High Traffic Area”, Lexington Herald-Leader August 11, 2002. Lexington, KY.
* Jacquelyn Stroud Spier. “Desert Echo: Women Illuminate the Sacred” The Women’s Museum: An Institute for the Future in association with The Smithsonian
Institution. Donors page, page 12, page 33. 2000. Dallas, TX.
* Zhang Xue Jie. “Contemporary American Oil Painting” JILIN Fine Arts Publishing House. Second page of Preface, Jia Difei, author; back cover, page 121, 122, &
123. 1999. Changchun, PR China.
* Betty Ligon, “Business of music not always harmonious in El Paso”, El Paso Inc. March5-11, 2000. El Paso, TX.
* Betty Ligon, “Women artists from Texas are making waves”, El Paso Inc. Feb. 27-March 4, 2000.El Paso, TX.
* Betty Ligon, “These women’s voices heard through the eyes”, El Paso Inc. October 11-17, 1998. El Paso, TX.
* Maribel Villalva, “DIVA artists bring poetry to life” El Paso Times. July 12, 1998. El Paso, TX.
* NEUE BILDENDE KUNST, journal. Oktober/November 1996. Berlin, Germany.
* Staff, “Galerien – Galerie M”, Berlin Borgenpost, Bmlive, seite 19. Oktober, 1996. Berlin, Germany.
* Jaime Castaneda Reyes, “Acuarelas del Rio Bravo”, Seccion Cultural, Periodico Norte. October 1994. Juarez, Mexico.
* “Southwestern Watercolor Society Thirty-First Annual Exhibition Catalog”. D-Art Visual Art Center. 1994. Dallas, TX.
* Amanda Rivera, “Artistic Child Mushy Clay Fun”, El Paso Kids, A Magazine for Parents. October 1994. El Paso, TX.
* Robert Nelson, “Back to the basics”, El Paso Times. January 10, 1994. El Paso, TX.
* Betty Ligon, Artist may leave Marfa over noise from ice truck”, Art Scene, El Paso Herald-Post. Sept. 9, 1993. El Paso, TX.
* “Texas Watercolor Society 43rd Annual Exhibition Catalog”, The University of Texas Health Science Center of San Antonio. 1992. San Antonio, TX.
* “Rio Bravo Watercolorists Tri-State Aqua Media Exhibition III Catalog”, El Paso Museum of Art. 1992. El Paso, TX.
* “Western Federation of Watercolor Societies 16th Annual Exhibition Catalog”, Art Center of Corpus Christi. 1991. Corpus Christi, TX.
* Staff, “Watercolor artists honored for works”, El Paso Times. October 14, 1990. El Paso, TX.
* Carolyn Singh, “Artists, donors deserve contributions tax break”. The El Paso Times. March 20, 1983. El Paso, TX.
EDUCATION:
1972 BA Studio Arts. University of Minnesota, College of Liberal Arts, Minneapolis, MN.
1972 BFA Painting and Drawing. University of Minnesota, College of Liberal Arts, Minneapolis, MN.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
1983 TO 2000
El Paso Museum of Art School. Class assignments have included adults and children from age five through age 80 (+). Areas of concentration have included painting, drawing, mixed media, and ceramics. Responsibilities have included ordering supplies and repair and maintenance of electric kiln. Teaching emphasis was on the concurrent development of skill and individual creativity. In 1993, during absence of Curator of Education, recruited teachers, organized schedule, wrote brochure, did publicity including newspaper and radio interviews for the summer session. El Paso, TX.
1977 to 2000
Carolyn Singh Studio. Private teaching of adults and children. Classes included mixed media, drawing at all levels including figure drawing, and ceramics. Students included a limited number of Home School students. El Paso, TX.
1996 to 2000
University of Texas at El Paso, Center for Life Long Learning. Assignments varied each session according to student interest. Sculpture and figure drawing were prominent. El Paso, TX.
1994 to 1996
University of Texas at El Paso, Department of Professional and Continuing Education. Teaching assignments varied each semester and included figure drawing, kid’s camp, sculpture, ink drawing, painting and an open studio. El Paso, TX.
1994 only
Fort Hancock Independent School District. Fort Hancock, TX – at the El Paso Museum of Art. Mural workshop for the Gifted and Talented Program. El Paso, TX.
1990 only
Western Hills Elementary School, Afterschool Enrichment Program. Introduction to art materials for grades 1=3. El Paso, TX.
1985 only
Westside YMCA. Children’s drawing and painting. El Paso, TX.
1974 to 1976
Alice P. Smyth Center, YWCA. Developed and taught Fine Arts program. Newark, DE.
LISTED IN:
2010 Listed: Who’s Who in American Art, 29th Edition
2009 Listed: Potters Council: Artist Portfolios. September 16, 2009.
2008 Listed: Who’s Who in the World, (2008-2009)
2008 Listed: Who’s Who in America, 62nd Edition
2008 Listed: Who’s Who in American Education, (2007-2008).
2005 Listed: Who’s Who of American Women, 25th Silver Anniversary Edition.
1996 Listed: The World Who’s Who of Women, 14th edition.
* Family Affair - A Solo Exhibit by Carolyn Singh. September- February 2012. Heritage Art Center. Lexington, KY
* The Opera House Invitational. February -April 2004. Opera House Gallery. Lexington, KY
* Dallas Ford Gallery Presents the Work of Carolyn Singh. 1993. Dallas Ford Gallery. El Paso, TX.
* Artist on Art. 1993. El Paso Museum of Art. El Paso, TX. Curated by Stephen Volmer
* Executions of Measures TY-14. 1984. Corbett Center Gallery, New Mexico State University. Las Cruces, NM.
* BFA Graduation exhibition: Paintings and Drawings. 1972. Experimental College Gallery, University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, MN.
SELECTED INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:
* Desert Echoes: the DIVA Show. 1998. Museo de Arte e Historia INBA, Juarez, Mexico.
* Transpositions. 1996. Galerie M. Berlin, Germany. Curated by Dr. Gunter Nimmich, Director.
* Passion for El Paso art Exhibition. 1995. Adobe Framing and Gallery. El Paso, TX. Selected by Maria Natividad.
* Local and Regional Artists. 1988. Americana Museum, Southwestern Museum of Cultural History. El Paso, TX. Curated by Bill Kwiecinski, Director.
* 1st Annual Juarez/El Paso invitational. 1985. Americana Museum, Southwestern Museum of Cultural History. El Paso, TX. Curated by Bill Kwiecinski, Director.
* El Paso Arts Alliance Invitational at Charlott’s. 1983. El Paso, TX.
* The City of El Paso Arts Resources Department Presents: A Visual Arts Exhibition. 1983. El Paso Civic Center. El Paso, TX. Selected by Steven Schmidt, Director ARD.
* Print Show ’74. 1974. Fifth Street Gallery. Wilmington, DL.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
* Carolyn Singh in the Butterfly Zone. 2010. Heritage Art Center, Sisohpromatem Art Foundation. Lexington, KY
* Kisses at the Gate: Painted Poems. 2010. Heritage Art Center, Sisohpromatem Art Foundation. Lexington, KY.
* Collaborations and Catalysts. 2005. Lexington Art League. Lexington, KY.
* Earth and Air. Ceramics by Carolyn Singh, USA; Photographs by Leanor De Lohle, Colombia, SA] 2005 Central Library Gallery. Lexington, KY.
* The Other Nude Show. February -April 2003. Miller Fine Art. Lexington, KY
* Origins in Clay 3. 2003. Hill Country Arts Foundation. Ingram, TX.
* Visual Expressions of Love Exhibit. 2003. Gallery on Main. Richmond, Ky.
* Keith Batchelor - Photographs and Carolyn Singh - Mixed Media. 2002. ArtsPlace Gallery. Lexington, KY.
* Miller Fine Art and Framing Group Show. April-September 2002. Miller Fine Art and Framing. Lexington, KY
* Dessert Echo: Women Illuminate the Sacred. 2001. Women’s Museum: An Institute for the Future. Dallas, TX.
* Group Exhibition featuring paintings from Desert Echo and new work by the artists. 2000. Adair Margo Gallery. El Paso, TX.
* Sacred Journeys: the DIVA Show. 1999. Los Paisanos Gallery at Chamizal National Memorial. El Paso, TX.
* Origins in Clay. 1999. Hill Country Arts Foundation. Ingram, TX.
* Passages: the DIVA Show.1999. El Paso City Hall’s “People’s Gallery”. El Paso, TX.
* Desert Echoes: the DIVA Show (Part Two). 1998. Museo de Arte e Historia INBA. Juarez, Mexico.
* Desert Echoes: the DIVA Show. 1998. El Paso City Hall’s “People’s Gallery”. El Paso, TX.
* Adventures in Color. 1997. El Paso City Hall’s “People’s Gallery”. El Paso, TX. Curated by Becky Duval Reese, Director, El Paso Museum of Art.
* Transpositions. 1997. El Paso City Hall’s “People’s Gallery”. El Paso, TX. Curated by Dr. Gunter Nimmich, Director, Galerie M, Berlin, Germany.
* Transpositions. 1996. Galerie M. Berlin, Germany. Curated by Dr. Gunter Nimmich, Director.
* New Mexico Watercolor Society Autumn Water (Colors) fall ’95 Open Show. 1995. Fine Arts Gallery. Albuquerque, NM.
* First Great Plains National. 1995. Moss-Thorns Gallery of Art. Hays, KS.
* Southwestern Watercolor Society 31st Annual Membership Exhibition. 1994. D-Art. Dallas, TX.
* Close to the Border. 1994. University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University. Las Cruces, NM.
* Seven Points of View. 1993. Americana Museum, Southwestern Museum of Cultural History. El Paso, TX.
* Rio Bravo Watercolorists Tri-State Aqua Media Exhibition (for Artists in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona). 1992. El Paso Museum of Art. El Paso, TX.
* Arizona Aqueous VII/’92 National. 1992. Tubac Center of the Arts. Tubac, AZ.
* Western Federation of Watercolor Societies – WFS16: Sixteenth Annual Exhibition. 1991. Art Center of Corpus Christi. Corpus, TX.
* International Fine Art Exhibition. 1983. Visual Arts Galleria, Grand Hall of the Civic Center Exhibition Hall and Helios Fine Arts Gallery. Juried by Henry Hopkins, Dir. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS:
2003 Award: for Night Wind Passes Singing. Eastern Kentucky University. Richmond, Kentucky. Juried.
1999 Selected for book, “Contemporary American Oil Painting”, JILIN Fine Arts Publishing House, Zhang Xue Jie, editor. Changchun, P. R. China. Listed:
Dictionary of International Biography, 26th edition.
1996 Award: Signature Membership. Rio Bravo Watercolorists. El Paso, TX.
1995 Award: for Three Days in June. Rio Bravo Watercolorists 1995 Annual Members Only. El Paso, TX. Juried by Timothy J. Clark.
1995 Award: Purple Sage Society Membership. Texas Watercolor Society. San Antonio, TX.
1994 Award: for Nude, Listening #1. New Mexico Watercolor Society Autumn ’94 Show: A Celebration of Watercolors. Albuquerque, NM. Juried by Ann Smith.
1994 Award: for Flowers of Life #1. Rio Bravo Watercolorists 1994 Annual Members Show. El Paso, TX. Juried by Warren Taylor, NWS, AWS.
1994 Award: for Integration. Close to the Border: Biennial Juried Exhibition. Las Cruces, NM. Juried by Becky Duval Reese, Director of the El Paso Museum of Art.
1992 Award: Signature Membership. Texas Watercolor Society. San Antonio, TX.
1992 Award: Signature Membership. New Mexico Watercolor Society. Albuquerque, NM.
1992 Award: for Saturday Afternoon. New Mexico Watercolor Society: AUTUMN (WATER) COLORS ’92. Albuquerque, NM. Juried by Leo Smith.
1991 Award: for Moderato. Sierra Medical Center’s Annual El Paso Art Association Exhibition at the El Paso Museum of Art. El Paso, TX. Juried by Grieg Housep
Chaplan, Joyce Pike, and Henry D. Rentschler III.
1991 Award: for Cabaret 46. New Mexico Watercolor Society: Watercolor Wet and Wild Spring ’91. Albuquerque, NM. Juried by Don Andrews, AWS.
1990 Award: for Cabaret 46. Rio Bravo Watercolorists 1990 Annual Members Show. El Paso, TX. Juried by Fred Chilton.
1989 Award: for King and Queen of Hearts I. New Mexico Watercolor Society – An Open Show: Celebration of Watercolor ’89. Albuquerque, NM. Juried by Al Brouillette,
AWS.
1985 Award: for Wild! Flowers. Texas Watercolor Society 36th Annual Watercolor Exhibition. San Antonio, TX. Juried by Miles Batt.
1984 Award: for Sandi’s Choice. Texas Watercolor Society 35th Annual Watercolor Exhibition. San Antonio, TX. Juried Katherine Chang Liu. Also included in the TWS 1984 Traveling Exhibition.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
Public/Corporate:
El Museo de Arte del INBA. Cd. Juarez, Chih., Mexico.
The Bank of El Paso. El Paso, TX.
El Paso Museum of Art. El Paso, TX.
University of Minnesota, Department of Art, Printmaking. Minneapolis, MN.
National Bank of Commerce of San Antonio. San Antonio, TX.
Donavon Anthony Roberts, Attorney and Counselor at Law. Albuquerque, NM.
Westside YWCA. El Paso, TX.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
Private:
Gabrielle & Michael Geraghty. Pleasant Hill, CA. Gary Looney. San Antonio, TX.
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Armstrong. El Paso, TX. Alfonso Morales. Las Cruces, NM.
Mara Asya Blatt. El Paso, TX. James and Elaine Mortensen. El Paso, TX.
Mrs. A.L. Busta. St. Paul, MN. John E. Moye. El Paso, TX.
Susan Davidoff. El Paso, TX. Gisella Tetzlaff Plambeck. Santa Clara, CA.
Constance Dillman. El Paso, TX. Barbara Sands. Anthony, NM.
Annette Richardson. San Antonio, TX. Ed and Lori Schneider. Laramie, WY.
Anne S. Goodman. El Paso, TX. Yash and Punam Singh. Hatfield, PA.
Luis G. and Ana Guerra. El Paso, TX. Ruth White. Berkley, CA.
Nancy Heydemann. El Paso, TX. Fred and J’Nevelyn Hough. El Paso, TX.
Rebecca Krasne. El Paso, TX.
Commissions:
Elizabeth Jarem. Huntsville, AL.
Sean Jarem. Huntsville, AL.
Hazel Johnson. Minneapolis, MN.
Rebecca Krasne. El Paso, TX.
Col. Lou Popejoy, M.D. El Paso, TX.
Irma Armandarez Rascon. Phoenix, AZ.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
* Tulane University. “Tulane Review” fall 2002. New Orleans, LA.
* David Minton. “In a High Traffic Area”, Lexington Herald-Leader August 11, 2002. Lexington, KY.
* Jacquelyn Stroud Spier. “Desert Echo: Women Illuminate the Sacred” The Women’s Museum: An Institute for the Future in association with The Smithsonian
Institution. Donors page, page 12, page 33. 2000. Dallas, TX.
* Zhang Xue Jie. “Contemporary American Oil Painting” JILIN Fine Arts Publishing House. Second page of Preface, Jia Difei, author; back cover, page 121, 122, &
123. 1999. Changchun, PR China.
* Betty Ligon, “Business of music not always harmonious in El Paso”, El Paso Inc. March5-11, 2000. El Paso, TX.
* Betty Ligon, “Women artists from Texas are making waves”, El Paso Inc. Feb. 27-March 4, 2000.El Paso, TX.
* Betty Ligon, “These women’s voices heard through the eyes”, El Paso Inc. October 11-17, 1998. El Paso, TX.
* Maribel Villalva, “DIVA artists bring poetry to life” El Paso Times. July 12, 1998. El Paso, TX.
* NEUE BILDENDE KUNST, journal. Oktober/November 1996. Berlin, Germany.
* Staff, “Galerien – Galerie M”, Berlin Borgenpost, Bmlive, seite 19. Oktober, 1996. Berlin, Germany.
* Jaime Castaneda Reyes, “Acuarelas del Rio Bravo”, Seccion Cultural, Periodico Norte. October 1994. Juarez, Mexico.
* “Southwestern Watercolor Society Thirty-First Annual Exhibition Catalog”. D-Art Visual Art Center. 1994. Dallas, TX.
* Amanda Rivera, “Artistic Child Mushy Clay Fun”, El Paso Kids, A Magazine for Parents. October 1994. El Paso, TX.
* Robert Nelson, “Back to the basics”, El Paso Times. January 10, 1994. El Paso, TX.
* Betty Ligon, Artist may leave Marfa over noise from ice truck”, Art Scene, El Paso Herald-Post. Sept. 9, 1993. El Paso, TX.
* “Texas Watercolor Society 43rd Annual Exhibition Catalog”, The University of Texas Health Science Center of San Antonio. 1992. San Antonio, TX.
* “Rio Bravo Watercolorists Tri-State Aqua Media Exhibition III Catalog”, El Paso Museum of Art. 1992. El Paso, TX.
* “Western Federation of Watercolor Societies 16th Annual Exhibition Catalog”, Art Center of Corpus Christi. 1991. Corpus Christi, TX.
* Staff, “Watercolor artists honored for works”, El Paso Times. October 14, 1990. El Paso, TX.
* Carolyn Singh, “Artists, donors deserve contributions tax break”. The El Paso Times. March 20, 1983. El Paso, TX.
EDUCATION:
1972 BA Studio Arts. University of Minnesota, College of Liberal Arts, Minneapolis, MN.
1972 BFA Painting and Drawing. University of Minnesota, College of Liberal Arts, Minneapolis, MN.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
1983 TO 2000
El Paso Museum of Art School. Class assignments have included adults and children from age five through age 80 (+). Areas of concentration have included painting, drawing, mixed media, and ceramics. Responsibilities have included ordering supplies and repair and maintenance of electric kiln. Teaching emphasis was on the concurrent development of skill and individual creativity. In 1993, during absence of Curator of Education, recruited teachers, organized schedule, wrote brochure, did publicity including newspaper and radio interviews for the summer session. El Paso, TX.
1977 to 2000
Carolyn Singh Studio. Private teaching of adults and children. Classes included mixed media, drawing at all levels including figure drawing, and ceramics. Students included a limited number of Home School students. El Paso, TX.
1996 to 2000
University of Texas at El Paso, Center for Life Long Learning. Assignments varied each session according to student interest. Sculpture and figure drawing were prominent. El Paso, TX.
1994 to 1996
University of Texas at El Paso, Department of Professional and Continuing Education. Teaching assignments varied each semester and included figure drawing, kid’s camp, sculpture, ink drawing, painting and an open studio. El Paso, TX.
1994 only
Fort Hancock Independent School District. Fort Hancock, TX – at the El Paso Museum of Art. Mural workshop for the Gifted and Talented Program. El Paso, TX.
1990 only
Western Hills Elementary School, Afterschool Enrichment Program. Introduction to art materials for grades 1=3. El Paso, TX.
1985 only
Westside YMCA. Children’s drawing and painting. El Paso, TX.
1974 to 1976
Alice P. Smyth Center, YWCA. Developed and taught Fine Arts program. Newark, DE.
LISTED IN:
2010 Listed: Who’s Who in American Art, 29th Edition
2009 Listed: Potters Council: Artist Portfolios. September 16, 2009.
2008 Listed: Who’s Who in the World, (2008-2009)
2008 Listed: Who’s Who in America, 62nd Edition
2008 Listed: Who’s Who in American Education, (2007-2008).
2005 Listed: Who’s Who of American Women, 25th Silver Anniversary Edition.
1996 Listed: The World Who’s Who of Women, 14th edition.