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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
- 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
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"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.
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Various
individual collections.
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Wildlife
Center, Waynesboro
VA - Annual Auction
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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.
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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.
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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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