LOFT IN SOHO ON BROADWAY IN NEW YORK IN THE 90S Jill Baker   jillwbaker@gmail.com 812-781-9900 EDUCATION o      M.F.A. (60 hour with Thesis and Exhibition) in Painting, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y., with coordinated course in Archeology at Columbia, 1981. o      B.A., in Fine Arts and Eng., Baylor Univ., Waco, TX, 1964. o      Graduate work in Computer arts at Pratt Manhattan, 1993. o      Graduate work in education at California State University, Los Angeles, 1990. o      Graduate work at Academia di Belle Arti, Florence,Italy 1975, Painting, Prof. Silvio LoFreddo. o      Graduate study at Florida State University in Constructive Design and Painting under Karl Zerbe, Bauhaus artist from Germany, 1965-68. AWARDS o   Visiting Artist to the Republic of South Korea for the United States Information Services (USIS) in 1977 for 9 months. Directed Workshops in Fine Arts, mounted Major Exhibition of my paintings created there held at end of year. o   Sabbatical to Florence, Italy, January to August, 1975, Studied Renaissance/ Italian Art in Florence, Italy, studied Painting at Academia di Belle Arti, Florence, held an exhibition of my completed Italian work at the Palazzo Strozzi, Florence.  LANGUAGES o   English (native language). o   Spanish (fluent speaker, writer and reader). o   Italian (conversational, writer and fluent reader). o   French (conversational, beginning writer and fluent reader). o   Korean (conversational, writer and fluent reader).  WORK EXPERIENCE o   Visiting Professor, Art History, University of Evansville, Evansville, IN 2011 o   Adjunct Professor: Humanities, Dept of Humanities, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN, 2008-Present. o   Reporter/Photographer, Posey County Newspaper, New Harmony, IN, 2006-2007. o   Adjunct Professor, Studio Art. Art Institute of TN, Nashville, TN 2005-2006. o   Adjunct Professor, Humanities, Composition/Communication. Donelson and Franklin campuses, ground and online courses, Phoenix University, Nashville, TN, 2001-2006. o   Professor, Success Studies, Computer, Drawing, Composition and Studio Courses, Nossi College of Art, 2 Mile Pkwy, Nashville, TN 1995-2004. o   Research Writer, Demand Studios, (About.com) 2006 – Present. o   Research Writer, Student National Resources, 2005 – 2009 o   Adjunct Professor, Studio Art, Pierce College, Woodland Hills, CA, 1984-85. o   Intern Professor, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY 1979. o   Editor, West Coast, Women Artists News, based in New York, 1984-1989. o   Writer, Downtown News, Los Angeles, California (Art reviews), 1985-86. ART-RELATED ACTIVITIES o   Founder and President, ART-Sumner, a  non-profit 501(c)(3) organization for visual artists  and art connoisseurs in Sumner County, Tennessee. 1997-2006. o   Regional Vice President for SW U.S., Artists Equity Association Washington, DC 20005, 1988-1995. Supervised six chapters, maintained contact with Washington DC office attended annual national board meetings. o   Regional Vice President for NE U.S., National Artists Equity Association Washington, DC 20005, 1988-1995. Supervised six chapters, maintained contact with Washington DC office attend national board meetings. o   President New York State Chapter, National Artists Equity Association Duties:  Organize and lead members and Board of NAEA New York State Chapter. o   President and Executive Board Member Artists Equity Association, 500 members, Los Angeles Chapter, P.O. Box 876078, Los Angeles, California 90087. 1982-1991. Duties: Call and lead Executive Board meetings, supervise committees, subcommittees, plan and administer workshops, community and promotional fundraising, exhibitions, facilitate newsletter and coordinate activities; supervise hired personnel and answer phone calls. o   Board membership of local and national arts organizations, such as Graphics Committee, L.A. County Museum of Contemporary Art, NY Artists Equity, Ward-Nasse Gallery-NYC, Women’s Caucus for the Arts, Women Artists Association, Foundation for Community of Artists, Lower Manhattan Loft Tenants . o      President of Kappa Pi, Art Honor Society, Baylor University, 1962-63. o   Curator of 30-person exhibition: "The Spiritual in Contemporary Art", Thinking Eye Gallery, Los Angeles, California, October 23-Nov. 14, 1985 o   Curator of 50-person exhibition at Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA: "Target L.A." 1984 o   Moderator:  Artists' Panels, such as at Eliat Gordon Gallery, NYC, Dec. 1985 o   Colloquium Leader, Kentucky Gifted and Talented Program, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1978	Richland, Washington Jill as a young artist (5 years old) CLICK ON IMAGE BELOW TO GO TO JILL'S PROFILE Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, NY, SoHo Jill at one of her exhibitions in 1984 in New York City Hair of the Dog Gallery WATERLILY BEING EXHIBITED IN NASHVILLE, TN //////     Jill earned a Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) in Painting from Pratt Institute in 1981, while living in a loft in SoHo and exhibiting her paintings at Ward-Nasse Gallery on Prince Street. /// ///    /// /// // // // // // // Jill visited Venice Italy in 2010 and exhibited her collages and oils in 2010 and 2011 at the Evansville Museum and the Arts Council Gallery downtown Evansville, She also showed her paintings at the Women's Institute and Hoosier Salon in New Harmony, IN when she returned. See oil paintings created from that trip in 2011 on the Home Page, top right. VENICE, ITALY Jill at Fish Market in Venice 2010 NEW HARMONY, INDIANA Jill lives in New Harmony, IN and has her studio behind her home. She exhibits her paintings and collages locally and nationally.
JILL'S EXHIBITION AT WARD-NASSE GALLERY, PRINCE STREET, NYC JILL'S STUDIO IN THE 1970s BAYLOR UNIVERSITY Waco, Texas Baylor University where Jill earned a degree in Fine Art. //// //// //// //// //// //// //// //// //// //// //// //// //// //// //// //// //// Jill lived in Florence, Italy, studied Italian and attended the Accademia di Belle Arti, taking Old Master's painting. At the end of her tenure in Florence, she exhibited her work at the Palazzo Strozzi. PALLAZZO STROZZI IN FLORENCE, ITALY
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