QUARTERLY EXHIBITION: ALICE LEESE

The Arts Council of Midland is proud to present the work of a local West Texan, Alice Leese, who lives and works on the YT Ranch in Winkler County, Texas.

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Associations

• Past member the Artist’s League of Texas, Abilene, TX

• American Plains Artists.

• Co-publisher of Tumbleweeds Press, an imprint of Coldwater Press

• Outdoor Painter's Society

• Artist's League of Texas

• Odessa Art Association

• Midland Art Association

• Plein Air Artist Colorado (PAAC)

• Plein Air Painters of New Mexico

• Andrews Art Guild

• Signature Member: American Plains Artists

• Winkler County Historical Commission

• NPAF Artist in Residence, Fort Union National Monument, NM

• NPAF Artist in Residence, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

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Awards

• 2015 Silver Davey Award (Big Machine Label Group): A Thousand Horses Cover Promotional - Covers (all inclusive)

• Best in Show, Odessa Art Association

• Best in Show, Andrews Art Guild

• First Place, Midland Art Association, Odessa Art Association, Andrews Art Guild

• Texas Award from American Plains Artists Annual Show

• “In a Garden” opera set, 2nd place in Division 1 of the 2011 Opera Production Competition, sponsored by the National Opera Association

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Residency

• National Parks Arts Foundation Fort Union National Monument Artist in Residence, Oct., Nov., 2018

• Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park Artist in Residence, July, 2019

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for the Little ones

• Illustrated and published children's book: Tumbleweeds

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Education

• Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1986 from Abilene Christian University. Juanita Tittle Pollard scholarship for 2 years.

• W.B. Grant cash award for outstanding academic studies

• Currently an M.A. student at Sul Ross, Alpine, TX

 

Corporate Collections

•  Southwestern Bell Corporation

•  Steak and Ale

•  AT&T

•  Duke Windpower

•  Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian  Art, David City, Nebraska

• Waste Control Specialist, Andrews, Texas

• Hi Crush Sand, Houston, Texas

• Black Mountain Sand, Fort Worth, Texas

 

Exhibitions & Festivals

• Abilene Fine Arts Museum annual competitions.

• The Artwest Open Competition, Jackson, WY.

• The Amarillo Competition, Amarillo, TX.

• Women Artists of Three States, Dallas, TX.

• All On Paper, Buffalo, NY.

• Midland Art Association, Midland, TX.

• Odessa Art Association, Odessa, TX.

• Hunterdon Art Center 32nd annual    National Print Exhibit, Clinton, NJ.

• Several solo and group exhibits in  Abilene, TX.

• Knoxville Museum of Art 20th Dulin National Works on Paper Exhibition, Knoxville, TN.

• Rutgers National Works on Paper, Camden, NJ.

• Lubbock Christian University, Solo Show

• Driggs Digs Plein Air 7th Annual Festival 2018, Driggs, Idaho

• Plein Air Artists Colorado 22nd Annual National Juried Fine Art Exhibition and Sale, Sorrel Sky Gallery, Durango, Colorado

• Solo Show at the Ellen Noel Art Museum, Odessa, Texas

• American Plains Artists Signature Shows 2014-2019

• Outdoor Painters Society Annual Associate Show

• Western Gallery New Western Talent Show 2020

• Texas Women Western Gallery 2020

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