J. Gail Geer - Sculptor

J. Gail Geer with Summer Bear

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

RECENT AWARDS

• 2009 Allegheny Highlands, 1st Place for Sculpture
• 2009 League of Roanoke Artists Showcase, 1st Place in Other Media
• 2009 Bath County Art Show, 1st Place in Sculpture
• 2009 Lynchburg, VA Art Show, N. B. Handy Award
  
• 2009 Roanoke College Biennial Juried Exhibit, Third Place
  
• 2008 League of Roanoke Artists Showcase, Carol Brittner Award of Distinction
  
• Art Affair, formerly Arts on the Lawn,
  Midlothian VA - Judge's Choice Award, 2007; First Place in Three Dimensions, 2003.
• 2007 Lynchburg Festival, Lynchburg VA
  C. B. Fleet Award; Merit Award, 2002; Best in Show, 1998.
  
• 2007 Bath County VA Art Show- Judge's Choice Award; Second Place in Sculpture, 2005, 2002, 2001; First Place in Sculpture, 2000.
• 2002 Centerfest Art Show, Bedford VA - Zim Jackson Award; First Place in Sculpture, 2001; Third Overall, 1999.
  
• 2002 Sidewalk Art Show, Roanoke VA - First Place in Sculpture
• 2002 Virginia Art Educator's Association Exhibit - Second Place Overall
• 2001 An Occasion for the Arts, Williamsburg VA, First Place in Three Dimensions
• 2000 Roanoke City Art Show - Award of Excellence

"My visions and feelings are expressed through the sensuality of the stone."

INVITED EXHIBITIONS

•  Open Studios Tour, Roanoke VA since 2000
•  Sculpture in the South, Summerville SC, since 2008
•  Washington Square Exhibit, Tri-State Sculptors, Washington DC, 2008
•  Invitational, Cultural Art Center, Glen Allen VA, 2007
•  Featured Artist, Artisan Center of Virginia, 2007
•  Roanoke City Art Show, Art Museum of VA, 2000-02, 06
•  Visions, Veils, and Visages, Artisan Center of VA, 2006
•  Fall & Winter Exhibit, Jefferson Center, Roanoke 2005
•  Images of the Goddess Revisited, ACV, August 2005
•  Virginia Creates, traveling exhibit by the ACV, 2003-04.
•  When the Spirit Moves Ferrum College, Ferrum VA, 2002
  

COMMISSIONS

• Hotel Roanoke Conference Center
  Sanctuary, American Black Bears, Virgina Soapstone, 1995.
• Various individual collections.
  
  
  DONATIONS
  
  
• Wildlife Center, Waynesboro VA - Annual Auction
• Smithsonian Early Education Center - Annual Auction
  
  TEACHING
  
  
•  2009 Virginia Art Education Association Annual Conference
  Workshop in stone carving techniques for Virginia art teachers at all levels: elementary thru college (since 1996)
•  2007-08 Artist in Residence, Allegheny Highlands HS
  Funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and Virginia Commission for the Arts, organized by Allegheny Highlands Arts & Crafts Center.
•  2007-08 Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke.
  Evening classes for adults, afternoon classes for children at the Museum
•  2007 University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville VA
  Demonstration of soapstone carving for the Cultural Festival celebrating Native American Heritage.
•  2002-08 Arts Council of the Blue Ridge, Roanoke VA
  After school classes in stone carving for elementary, middle and high school students in Roanoke City schools
•  2000-08 Cave Spring Elementary School, Roanoke VA
  Spring & Fall KICS Program: Six-week after school program teaching fourth and fifth grade students to sculpt in soapstone.
  

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Member of Gallery 108,
  108 Market St. Roanoke VA.
• Member, National League of American Pen Women.
  President & Vice-President, Roanoke Branch, 1996-03.
• Member of League of Roanoke Artists,
  President & Vice-President, 1993 - 2000.
• Member, Virginia Art Educators Association.
• Member, Arts Council of the Blue Ridge,
  Board Member 1997-2000.
• Member, Tri-State Sculptors, VA, NC, SC

EDUCATION

• Marble Carving and Design, Artspace, Pietrasanta, Italy with Master Carver Kyle Smith
• Clay Portraiture and Figure Study, Ferrum College, with Michiel Van der Sommen
• Stone Carving, Virginia Western Community College, with Chi Che Davis, Roanoke VA
• Fine-art Jewelry Making, Glendale Community College, Phoenix AZ

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Images and text ©2001-2007 Geer's Creations
Last modified February 23, 2010