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

 

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