14Howard County Arts Councilhttp://hocoarts.org/info@hocoarts.org(410) 313-2787
8510 High Ridge Rd
Ellicott City, MD 21043
United States
EDUCATION
University of Maryland, College Park, MD - Ph.D. Degree - Art Education
Maryland Institute College Of Art - M.F.A. Degree,Art Ed. MEd.Degree
Morgan State University, B.S. Degree - Art Education
Skidmore College, Summer Intensive Art Experience: Drawing & Painting
University Of Pennsylvania, Exchange Student Art Program
Finnish Weaving Program, Toika, Finland
EMPLOYMENT
Montgomery County Public Schools-Art Specialist
USDA Graduate School-Computer Graphics & Desktop Publishing Instructor
Smithsonian Institution, NMAH - Museum Specialist,Publications OfficerEDUCATION
Courtnee S. Hawkins has been a practicing artist since 2003. He began studying art at Howard Community College in 2003 where he earned his associates in studio art. He then went on to continue his studies at Towson University focusing on painting under the guidance of Professors Nora Sturges and Seth Goodman. In 2008 he earned his bachelors degree in painting. Courtnee’s work is influenced by his religion and highly–developed sensitivity towards the social issues in the US and around the world. He grew up in a military family and spent most of his youth traveling.
Maryland artist Eileen Williams widens the conventional boundaries of fabric as a medium, using fabric as her palette to create one of a kind art.
I received a B.A. degree in Studio Art from Oberlin College in 1971 and a Master of Science in Visual Studies degree from the M.I.T. Center For Advanced Visual Studies in 1981. After teaching Video Art at the Massachusetts College of Art from 1984-1988, I joined the faculty of the UMBC Department of Visual Arts in 1988 where I continued to teach Video Art until I retired in 2020. I served as Graduate Program Director of the Imaging and Digital Art MFA program from 2001-2007 and as Chairperson of the department from 2008-2015.
I first took private art lessons from a local teacher in my late teens. I have taken a variety of classes and attended workshops from many national and international watercolor and fused glass artists. I have attended watercolor workshops from Cheng-khee Chee, Don Andrews, Nicholas Simmons, John Salminen, Fritz Briggs, Tony van Hasselt, Carl Dalio, David Taylor, Debi Watson, Jean Uhl Spicer, Sandra Blair, Steve Fleming, Frank Francese, Judy Morris, John Salminen, Paul Jackson, Linda Baker, and numerous others.
Katrina Mitchell-Cooper grew up in a military household traveling to various destinations around the globe. She currently resides in Maryland.
I am a self-taught artist with a keen attention to detail.
EXHIBITS:
2016 (Sept) Solo show, Atrium Gallery, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
2016 (June) "Viewpoints 2016", annual international juried exhibition, Studio Montclair and Aljira: A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
2015 "A Foot in the Door", juried group show, Washington ArtWorks, Rockville, MD
2015 (September) "Abstract Catalyst", juried group show, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland OR
2015 (September) "New Directions '15", annual national juried exhibition, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
(Jurist: Janet Bishop, Weisel Family Curator of Painting and Sculpture, SFMOMA)
I was born in Baltimore, and raised in the countryside, I've always had conflicting feelings about living in cities vs the countryside. The isolation of my childhood probably helped to foster my creativity as a child. I enjoy using my hands and my brain. I like to create objects that you can hold in your hands. I have lived in Brooklyn, NY, Glasgow and the highlands of Scotland, London, UK, Singapore and Wellington, New Zealand. I enjoy travel and learning about other cultures because I return home with a renewed sense of self and my own roots.