J. Gail Geer, Sculptor

J. Gail Geer - Sculptor

J. Gail Geer with Summer Bear

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

St. John's Episcopal Church, Roanoke VA
Lottie's Lamb, Carrara Marble, 1998
Jacksonville Community College, FL
First Spring, Limited Edition. Bronze, 1995
Virginia Western Community College, Roanoke VA
Ursa Major, Limited Edition Bronze, 1994

RECENT AWARDS

Art Affair, formerly Arts on the Lawn,
Midlothian VA
First Place in Three Dimensions, 2003
Judge's Choice Award, 2007
An Occasion for the Arts, Williamsburg VA
First Place in Three Dimensions, 2001
Bath County VA
First Place in Sculpture, 2000
Second Place in Sculpture, 2001, 2002, 2005
Judge's Choice Award, 2000, 2007
Centerfest Art Show, Bedford VA
First Place in Sculpture, 2001
Zim Jackson Award, 2002
Third Overall, 1999
Lynchburg Festival, Lynchburg VA
Best in Show, 1998
Merit Award, 2002
C. B. Fleet Award, 2007
Roanoke City Art Show
Award of Excellence, 2000
Sidewalk Art Show, Roanoke VA
First Place in Sculpture, 2002
Virginia Art Educator's Association Exhibit
Second Place Overall, 2002

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

INVITED EXHIBITIONS

Earth That Moves the Soul - Artisan Center of Virginia, 2007
Featured Artist, with Chris Geer Chagnon, and Bill Mould.
Tri-State Sculptors Indoor Exhibit, Rocky Mount Arts Center, NC, 2007
Tri-State Sculptors Washington Square Exhibit, DC, 2007
Roanoke City Art Show, Art Museum of VA, 2006
Visions, Veils, and Visages, Artisan Center, 2006
Invitational, Cultural Arts Center of Glen Allen, 2006
Fall & Winter Exhibit, Jefferson Center, Roanoke 2005
Images of the Goddess Revisited, Artisan Center, 2005
Virginia Creates, year-long traveling exhibit,
Sponsored by the Artisan Center of Virginia 2003-04.
When the Spirit Moves, E. Taylor Greer Gallery,
Ferrum College, Ferrum VA, 2002 with Criis Geer.

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
Artist in Residence, Allegheny Highlands HS.
Funded by a grant from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, organized by the Allegheny Highlands Arts & Crafts Center.
Four and five-week programs for elementary, middle and high school students after school, sponsored by the Arts Council of the Blue Ridge.
Stone carving workshops for children and adults at The Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke VA.
One-day workshop in stone carving for art teachers at all levels: elementary thru college, at the Virginia Art Educators Association Annual Convention.
Private lessons by appointment at my studio in Roanoke, VA.

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