KIRSTEN LEE
826 Bower Rd., Kearneysville, WV 25430 | 304-283-4873 | wvhorsetrainer@gmail.com
AWARDS AND GRANTS
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Creative Aging for Lifelong Learning Grant, NEA, NESAA, WVDT Creative Aging for Lifelong Learning Grant, NEA, NESAA, WVDT Creative Aging for Lifelong Learning Grant, NEA, Aroha Philanthropies, NESAA, WVDACH Professional Development Grant, WV Dept of Arts, Culture and History Teaching artist for Firehouse Gallery ‘Art in Nature’ Workshop Series funded by the EWVCF through the Detlev and Mary Ellen Preissler Fund for the Arts, Music, Design, and Nature Training and Travel Grant, WV Dept of Arts, Culture and History Professional Development Grant, WV Dept of Arts, Culture and History Creative Aging for Lifelong Learning Grant, NEA, Aroha Philanthropies, NESAA, WVDACH Best in Show, Shades of Autumn APL Members’ Exhibit, Schwab Gallery, Cumberland, MD Training and Travel Grant, WV Dept of Arts, Culture and History Creative Aging for Lifelong Learning Grant, NEA, Aroha Philanthropies, NESAA, WVDACH Artist Marketing Grant, WCDAC, NEA 1st place Emerging Artist, Appalachian Pastel League Online Exhibition Professional Development Grant, WV Dept of Arts, Culture and History (canceled for COVID) Successfully funded Kickstarter Campaign, “Picture Wild Ponies” Puffin Foundation Artist Grant Gasparilla Arts Festival Emerging Artist Award Honorable Mention “Eastern West Virginia Juried Arts Exhibit” |
PUBLICATIONS
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“The Best Beginner’s Guide to Horses and Ponies for Kids,” Skyhorse Publishing, New York, NY “Mixed Media Mayhem,” Workbook and Facilitator’s Handbook, self-published “Pencils, Principles and Possibilities,” Workbook and Facilitator’s Handbook, self-published “Draw Your Days,” Workbook and Facilitator’s Handbook, self-published “Sketchbook Staycation,” Workbook and Facilitator’s Handbook, self-published “Everyday Art in Line, Wash &Collage,” Workbook and Facilitator’s Handbook, self-published “Everyday Art in Line and Wash,” Workbook and Facilitator’s Handbook, self-published “Picture Wild Ponies,” Photographic Art Book, self-published “Midsummer Night’s Dreamcoat,” Altered Couture Artwear Magazine, Summer 2018 Issue, article and art coat |
PUBLIC OUTREACH
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“Mixed Media Mayhem” 5-week Class Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV “Mixed Media Mayhem” 5-week Class Berkeley Senior Services, Martinsburg, WV “Pencils, Principles and Possibilities,” 4 week class, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV “Draw Your Days” 4 week class, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV Judge, Mountain Heritage Arts and Crafts Festival, Kearneysville, WV “Sketchbook Staycation” 5-wk class, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV “Sketchbook Staycation” 5-wk class, Martinsburg Public Library, Martinsburg WV “Everyday Art in Line, Wash & Collage” 6-wk class, Martinsburg Public Library,Martinsburg WV “Everyday Art in Line, Wash & Collage” 6-wk class, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV Teacher, “Contour Draw Your Wobbly Wonky World,” Berkeley Arts Expo, Martinsburg, WV “Everyday Art in Line and Wash,” 4-week course for Seniors, Charles Town, WV Designer, Mosaic Murals for Community Art Project, Evitts Run Park, Charles Town, WV “Picture Wild Ponies,” Artist Talk and Activity, Old Charles Town Library, Charles Town, WV “Being an Artist” Career Day, Page-Jackson Elementary School, Charles Town, WV Created Design for Fundraising for Citizen’s Activist Group |
AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
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Berkeley Arts Council Board Member Shepherdstown Friday Painters Jefferson Arts Council Board Member Appalachian Pastel League Jefferson Arts Council ARRRG! Artists Review, Reflect, Refine Critique Group Berkeley Arts Council |
EXHIBITIONS
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Back Alley Garden Tour Spring Show, Shepherdstown Community Center, Shepherdstown, WV
“Art Heist!” Group Exhibit, Happy Retreat, Charles Town, WV “Blue,” Group exhibit, Berkeley Art Works, Martinsburg, WV Barns of Rose Hill Group Exhibit, Berryville, VA “Bloom!” Solo Exhibition, Pour Choices Boutique Wine Shop, Charles Town, WV Art at the Old Opera House, Group Exhibit, Charles Town, WV Shepherdstown Friday Painters Spring Exhibit, Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church, WV Voices of the Landscape Solo Exhibition, Spotlight Gallery, Charles Town, WV Art at the Mill Fall Juried Exhibit, Millwood, VA ARRRG! Spring Group Exhibit, Evolve Gallery, Shepherdstown, WV Shepherdstown Friday Painters Spring Show, Firehall Gallery, Charles Town, WV What’s the Big Idea? Group Exhibit Berkeley Art Works, Martinsburg, WV The Arrrg-onauts: A New Quest, Fall Group Exhibit, Evolve Gallery, Shepherdstown, WV Art at the Mill Fall Juried Exhibit, Millwood, VA Shepherdstown Friday Painters Group Exhibit Blanche Ames Gallery, Frederick, MD Jefferson Arts Council Members Exhibit, Firehall Gallery, Charles Town, WV ARRRG! Spring Group Exhibit, Evolve Gallery, Shepherdstown, WV Shepherdstown Friday Painters Spring Show, Firehall Gallery, Charles Town, WV Berkeley Arts Council Members’ Exhibit, Berkeley Art Works, Martinsburg, WV Friday Painters Winter Exhibit, Shepherd Village, Shepherdstown, WV ARRRG! Group Exhibit, Evolve Gallery, Shepherdstown, WV Shades of Autumn APL Members’ Exhibition, Schwabb Gallery, Cumberland, MD The Message and the Medium, Solo Exhibition, South Jefferson Library, Summit Point, WV The Beauty of it All: Appalachian Pastel League Exhibition, Firehall Gallery, Charles Town, WV Berkeley County, WV: Future, Present, Past, Berkeley Art Works, Martinsburg, WV The Horse in Art, Juried Exhibit, Artists in Middleburg, Middleburg, VA Through Three Gardens, Collaborative Exhibit, Firehall Gallery, Charles Town, WV Shepherdstown Friday Painters Spring Show, Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church, WV Members Show, Artists in Middleburg, Middleburg, VA Berkeley Arts Council Members’ Exhibit, Berkeley Art Works, Martinsburg, WV Crit Works! Group Exhibit, Evolve Gallery, Shepherdstown, WV Appalachian Pastel League Online Exhibition, Cumberland, MD Crit Works! Group Exhibit, Spotlight Gallery, Charles Town, WV Photo 21 Juried Exhibit, Berkeley Art Works, Martinsburg, WV Jefferson Arts Council Members Exhibit, Firehall Gallery, Charles Town, WV Art and Earth Juried Exhibit, Berkeley Art Works, Martinsburg, WV Friday Painters Spring Fling, Long Branch Historic House and Farm, Boyce, VA Staying In/Breaking out, MAC Ice House Gallery, Bath, WV Frozen Flow, Collaborative Exhibit, Spotlight Gallery, Charles Town, WV Berkeley Arts Council Members’ Exhibit, Berkeley Art Works, Martinsburg, WV Haiku! Firehall Gallery, Charles Town, WV The Expressive Equine, Solo Exhibit, Spotlight Gallery, Charles Town, WV Eastern West Virginia Juried Arts Exhibit, Berkeley Art Works, Martinsburg, WV Emergence, Allegheny Arts Council, Cumberland, MD Berkeley Arts Council Summer Members’ Exhibit, Berkeley Art Works, Martinsburg, WV Appalachian Pastel League Exhibition, Saville Gallery, Cumberland, MD Art at the Mill Spring Juried Exhibit, Millwood, VA Berkeley Arts Council Members’ Exhibit, Berkeley Art Works, Martinsburg, WV Fire and Ice, Photography and Glass Collaborative Exhibit, Firehall Gallery, Charles Town,WV Picture Wild Ponies, Solo Exhibit, Old Charles Town Library, Charles Town, WV Reflections, Refractions, Relativities, Solo Exhibit, Berkeley Art Works, Martinsburg, WV Appalachian Pastel League Exhibit, Blue Moon Café, Shepherdstown, WV Appalachian Pastel League Exhibit, Historic Gilchrist Museum, Cumberland, MD Evitt’s Run Park Mosaic Project, Designer, C*Town Public Arts Committee, Charles Town, WV Eastern West Virginia Juried Arts Exhibit, Berkeley Art Works, Martinsburg, WV Art at the Mill Fall Juried Exhibit, Millwood, VA Eastern West Virginia Juried Arts Exhibit, Berkeley Art Works, Martinsburg, WV Jefferson Arts Council Members Exhibit, Firehall Gallery, Charles Town, WV Paint it! Ellicot City Plein Air, Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicott City, MD Art at the Mill Spring Juried Exhibit, Millwood, VA Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, Tampa, FL Eastern West Virginia Juried Arts Exhibit, Berkeley Art Works, Martinsburg, WV Art for the Animals, Howard’s Art and Frames, Hagerstown, MD Photo 18 Juried Exhibit, Berkeley Art Works, Martinsburg, WV Art and Earth Juried Exhibit, Berkeley Art Works, Martinsburg, WV Berkeley Arts Council Members’ Exhibit, Berkeley Art Works, Martinsburg, WV Critters Juried Arts Show, Berkeley Art Works, Martinsburg, WV |