Dr. Mary-Louise Biasotti Hooper

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• Art Business.

• Juried Show History

• Art Awards

• Art Memberships, & websites

• Articles by me and on my work

• Projects

• Non-juried shows

• Education

• Professional Experience, Juror, Presentations, Teaching

• Sales: Gallery, Corporate & Private

JURIED  EXHIBITIONS:  EXAMPLES

2016   Venice Art Center Juried Small Show, Fl

2014   March-Venice Art Center Juried Show, FL

2013   March-Venice Art Center s Juried Show, FL

             Dec.:   Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy

2012   March-Venice Art Center Members Juried Show, FL

• Punta Gorda FL Visual Art Center March Show

2011    May-June  Venice Art Center "H2O" Show

               May :  Manatee Art Center Juried Spring Show.  FL. 

               May:  Selby Gallery Ringling Art School, FL.  "Water" Show.

               Dec.:   Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy

2010       Sept-Oct 8. Venice Art Center  "Anything & Everything" Exhibit

                March. Venice Art Center Juried Member Exhibit

                Feb. Venice Art Center:  Art Show & Sale

2009       Dec.: Biennale Internazionale Dell'Arte Contemporanea, Italy

                May-June: Venice Art Center Spring Exhibition.

                Feb.: Venice Art Center:  Art Show and Sale

2007       Dec.: Biennale Internazionale Dell'Arte Contemporanea, Italy

2006-2007   06-07:  Benjamine Art Gallery, Hagerstown, MD.

2006        Oct. 8-22:  York Art Association 36^th Open Juried Show

                Aug.-Sept.:  YorkFest Juried Exhibition.  

2005       Dec:  Biennale Internazionale Dell'Arte Contemporanea.   Italy

                *Sept. 23-24.  Healing Hearts Through Arts Show,  PA

                *Sept. 9-10, 2005:  Mathews Art Group Juried Show, VA

                *Aug. 7-21: York Art Association "Emerging Artists" Show.

2004       *June. 27-July 17:  Susquehanna Art Society.  Regional Juried Exhibit. PA.

                *Ju. 12-Sept. 12:  Art of the State.  The State Museum of PA

2002:     *Oct. 3-25:  The Art Center. Mechanicsburg, PA.

                *Aug. :   Juried Gallery of International FulbrightArtist/ Scholars.  

GALLERIES Her work has hung in galleries from Italy and Germany and Many States in the USA

Sample ART AWARDS

2011               May-June  Venice Art Center "H2O" Show :  Merit Award "Tropical  Surf"

  2005:               Olivia's House Healing Hearts Through Arts Show, PA

2003:              York Art Association Student & Teacher:    Honorable Mention,

2000:              Fulbright Professional Arts & Humanities 6 month Senior Research Grant-Italy; 

1977:               June Officer's Club  Art Show,  Kansas :  1^st Place:  

ART MEMBERSHIPS

Present:  Oil Painters of America, Associate; International Fulbright Arts Task Force; 

ARTICLES ON MY WORK

*Spies, Ruth. (December 30, 2009). Add Music and Art Events to your 2010 Calendar.Charlotte Sun. page PGH 19.

*Olatoyan, Shelly.  (Tuesday, July 21, 2009). The Arts of Asia. Herald Tribune. Community  Central p. 4B.

*News-Herald Sunday. (June 8, 2008). Who's Who in Arts & Crafts.  Arts & Entertainment   Section, Hart County Kentucky.

*Showcase Magazine. (January 2007). Mechanicsburg reception to open new show. Vol. 4,   Issue 1. Harrisburg, PA.

* Randy.Flume. (June 6, 2006). Art is spiritual fulfillment.  York Dispatch. p D8.

* Vogelsong, J. (March 11, 2005). Artist, educator, healer. The York Daily Record. p2&3D.  Living Section. York, PA.

* YorkCollege Magazine. (July 2005). Retired faculty:  Continuing scholarly activities after

                retirement.  Vol 3, (3). Public Relations: Publications Office & Alumni Relations  Office.  York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA.  

PROJECTS

2013-18.  Curator Venice Art Center Satellite Galleries 

• UNICEF, Argento Ensemble/Fulbright Alumni Aid to Children Tsunami Project:

 To regenerate a positive frame of mind for school learning with traumatized tsunami children, I painted pieces to the music performed & recorded February 24^th by Argento Chamber Ensemble, Columbia Univ. NYC for distribution to children in Indonesia, Sri Lanka & India.  Prints of the art accompanied each free music CD.

• Non-juried EXHIBITIONS:   2023-2004:      160+ shows

EDUCATION

2007 Art Restoration 6 hr Workshop

2002 B.A. in Fine Art York College of PA. York, PA

 1999 A.A. in Fine Art. York College of PA. York, PA.

1991 Doctorate [Ed.D] Curriculum & Instruction. Univ. North Carolina- Greensboro

1973 M.A. Clinical Counseling [Minor Communicative Disorders]: N. Michigan Univ.

1962 B. A. in Elementary Education. Kean College, NJ

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 

Professor-Teaching  

2018--  2023   Mooresville Art Center Adult Painting   Drawing, Oil Painting, Watercolor Painting          

2008-to 2018:  Venice Art Center:  Adult Painting, Drawing & Art History Classes;

2009 Summer Jacaranda Library Teen Art Class, Venice FL

2008  Penn State University :  "Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Art

2004-2008: York College & York Art Association:   Adult, teen /children art classes

Presentations

2009-2022  Venice Art Center, Melange Fine Art Gallery and Mooresville Arts, NC

• What is the Artist Saying with the Painting??
• Equivalence in Art:  Georgia O'Keeffe
•  Impressionism:  A Trip Through France 

                                Painting with a Palette Knife..

                                 Painting from Photos

                                Composition.

                                Classical vs Modern Painting Techniques

                                (July 8, 2009). The Wonders of Asia.

2005-2008:  Fulbright Conference, My art: Myself and others.  Paper presentation to the International Arts Task Force: 28^th Annual Fulbright Assn.  Conference. November 10-13. Baltimore, MD.

   My experience with business planning-I did that.

     Art and your experience. 

Art Jurer

2019-2022   Mooresville Art Center, NC Youth Art Show

 2011-  May 9. Sarasota County High School Children's Spring Art show

2010-2013.  Nov 6.  Sarasota County High School Children's "Art Show

               2008 & 2006: March 14/15. Student Wildlife Art contest. York County Parks. 

Career Sales:   258— 60% sales in Private, gallery, corporate  venues