Resume • Jessie Benton Evans Art

 

EDUCATION

B.A. Degree: Arizona State University

M.A. Degree: State University of Iowa

 

Represented at National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. and in numerous collections.

 

Professional Artist: Painting (see Exhibitions below)

Helped organize, coordinate, hang exhibitions for "The Street Painters" in New York City at Art Students League, Lincoln Center, Lever House, universities and government buildings. Helped co-ordinate and hang exhibitions.

Juror: Art Exhibitions

Teacher: Painting

Grant recipient: Institute for Art and Urban Resources, New York City

Writer/Interviewer: see below

 

SELECTED ART EXHIBITIONS:


Group and Individual

 

2001

Art Students League, New York City

Sky Harbor Airport, Phoenix, AZ, A Century of Arizona Women Artists

Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Wickenburg, AZ, In Celebration: A Century of Arizona Women Artists

Phippen Museum, Prescott AZ, In Celebration: A Century of Arizona Women Artists


1999

Lincoln Center, New York City

Inger Jirby Gallery, Taos, NM


1998

Lincoln Center, New York City


1998

Lincoln Center, New York City


1997

Deborah Hudgins Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ


1996  

Deborah Hudgins Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

Karin Newby Gallery, Tubac, AZ (since 1990)


1995  

Sun Cities Art Museum, Sun City, AZ


1994  

Steven Boone Gallery, Santa Fe, NM


1992

Es Posible Gallery, Carefree, AZ


1990

Hartley-Hill Gallery, Carmel, CA

Karin Newby Gallery, Tubac, AZ (through 1996)


1989

Western Images Gallery, New York City

Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ

Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, AZ


1988

C.G. Rein Galleries, Scottsdale, AZ


1987

C.G. Rein Galleries, Santa Fe, NM

Gregg Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ


1986

Art Students League, New York City

Project America, Jacob Javits Building, New York City

Lincoln Center, New York City


1985

State University of New York, Oswego, NY

Lincoln Center, New York City

New York Institute of Technology, New York City


1984

State University of New York, New Paltz, NY

Lincoln Center, New York City

Summit Arts Center, Summit, NJ

Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY


1983

Art Students League, New York City

Arbitrage Gallery, New York City


1982

Lever House, New York City

Adelphi University, Garden City, Long Island, NY

Pace University, Briarcliff, NY

Pond Lane Gallery, Southampton, NY


1981

Parrish Museum, Southampton, NY

Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, NY

Adelphi University, Garden City, Long Island, NY


1980 

Art Students League, New York City

Hammerquist Gallery, New York City

Baruch College, New York City


1979

Peekskill Museum, Peekskill, NY

Ladycliff College, Highland Falls, NY


1978

Ingber Gallery, New York City

Manhattan Boro President's Office, New York City

47 Bond Street Gallery, New York City

 

  

RELATED ART ACTIVITIES

Museum Publicity Co-ordinator: 1999-2001

Wrote and organized articles for newspapers on exhibitions, artists and Museum activities, and coordinated coverage by radio and television.

Ashes (Art Newspaper), Phoenix, AZ: Associate Editor, Writer: 1992-96

Writer of feature interviews with artists and gallery reviews. Arranged articles on other artists. Sold and organized gallery advertising in Ashes.

Art World, New York, NY: Art Reviewer: 1979-85

New York Arts Journal, New York, NY: Associate Editor, Writer: 1975-79 Helped start Journal. Brought artists to Journal like Nobel Laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer, artist Raphael Soyer, photographer Peter Beard. Wrote publicity resulting in Journal reviews in Mademoiselle, Publisher's Weekly, Art Direction, etc.

Manhattan Cable Television, New York, NY, Producer/Moderator, "Personalities," (30 minute weekly interview show) 1975-79

Interviewed author, newsman Edwin Newman, actor Richard Kiley, photographer Peter Beard, Broadway Director Joshua Logan, and many others.

WTBQ Radio, Warwick, NY, Producer/Moderator, 30 minute interview show. 1974-79. Interviewed author Isaac Bashevis Singer, playwright Frank Gilroy, actor Richard Kiley, boxer Floyd Patterson, businessman Hazard Reeves, and many others.

Warwick Advertiser Newspaper, Warwick, New York. Feature Writer, 1974-75

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