106 S Pine St ● Gardner, KS 66330 ● 913-206-0756 ● pollyplain@hotmail.com

 

EDUCATION:

                                   

M.F.A. 2006 Sculpture, The University of Oklahoma         

                                 Continued Studies 1995-2000 Studio Arts, Lyme Fine Art Academy    

                                 B. S. 1988 Commercial Graphics, Pittsburg State University

                                 A. A. 1982  Liberal Arts, Fort Scott Community College

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

 

2009                         Adjunct Instructor, Drawing I, Art Appreciation

                                 Allen County Community College, Burlingame, KS

2009                         Adjunct Instructor, Art History II, Art Appreciation

                                 Kansas City Community College, Kansas City, KS

2008                         Instructor, Continuing Education, Figure Sculpture       

                                 JCCC, Overland Park, KS                                                                         

2008                         Adjunct Instructor, Two Dimensional Design & Art Appreciation

                                 Kansas City Community College, Kansas City, KS                                 

2007/08                   Adjunct Professor, Sculpture 

                                Maple Woods Community College, Kansas City, MO

 

2008                       Adjunct Professor, Beginning Drawing II, 2 sessions

                               Missouri Western University, St Joseph, MO 

 

2007                       Adjunct Professor, Two Dimensional Design, and Drawing I

                                Missouri Western University, St Joseph, MO                                   

 

2007                        Instructor, Life Drawing, 2^nd session                     

                                Carnegie Arts Center, Leavenworth, KS  

 

6/2007                     Adjunct Professor, Painting I, Drawing I and II 

                                Maple Woods Community College, Kansas City, MO

 

1/2007                     Adjunct Professor, Drawing I, Drawing, II and Drawing III

                                Maple Woods Community College, Kansas City, MO

           

2006/07                   Adjunct Professor, Foundations I: Design and Color, and Drawing I,

                                Oklahoma Community College, Oklahoma City, OK                        

 

2007                        Substitute Teacher, Gardner-Edgerton School District #231, Gardner, Kansas     

             

2006                        Artist in Residence, Special Fifth Grade Project, St. Mary’s         

                                Episcopal School

                           

2000                         Art Teacher, Summer workshop, Stonington Bough, CT

 

1997                         Assistant Art Teacher, New London Magnet School, New London,                       

                                 CT, Community Service State Grant Program

 

EXHIBITION AWARDS:

 

2007                         Bourbon County Arts Fair and Exhibit, Honorable Mention

2006                         Bourbon County Arts Fair and Exhibit, First Place, Sculpture     

2005                         Bourbon County Arts Fair and Exhibit, Best of Show, Sculpture   

 

2004                         Bourbon County Arts Fair and Exhibit, First                                                                                                Place                                                                                                                                                                                                     

2004                         Bourbon County Arts Fair and Exhibit, Honorable Mention

2002                         Bourbon County Arts Fair and Exhibit, Best of Show

 

GRANTS:

 

2004-05                    Kim and Paul Moore Scholarship, School of Art, The                                                                          

                                 University of Oklahoma  

 

2004-05                   Glennis Horn Scholarship, School of Art, The University of              

                                 Oklahoma

2003                         Ben Barnett, The University of Oklahoma

2000                         Monitor of sculpture, Lyme Academy of Fine Arts

1999                         Monitor of sculpture, Lyme Academy of Fine Arts

1999                         Lyme Academy Scholarship, Lyme Academy of Fine Arts           

1998                         Monitor of sculpture, Lyme Academy of Fine Arts 

1998                         Lyme Academy Scholarship, Lyme Academy of Fine Arts

1997                         Monitor of sculpture, Lyme Academy of Fine Arts

1996                         Monitor of sculpture, Lyme Academy of Fine Arts

 

EXHIBITION RECORD:

 

2007/08                    Maple Woods Community College, Kansas City, MO    

2007                         *Carnegie Arts Center, Leavenworth, KS           

2007                         * Now Showing Program, Roseman & Associates Architects,

                                 Kansas City, MO                      

2006                         Lenexa Artists Council, Lenexa Artist’s Show 2006, Lenexa, KS.

2006                         * MFA Thesis, Individual Not Ideal, OU School of Art, Norman, OK    

2006                         Fourth Annual Arts Thing, OU School of Art, Norman, OK        

2006                         Bourbon County Arts Fair and Exhibit, Fort Scott, KS

2005                         Bourbon County Arts Fair and Exhibit, Fort Scott, KS 

2005                         Goddard Center’s 36^th Annual Ardmore Art Exhibit, Ardmore, OK   

2005                         Christy Myers’ Studio, Paseo District Art Fair, Oklahoma City, OK 

2005                         Bourbon County Arts Fair and Exhibit, Fort Scott, KS 

2005                         91^st OU School of Art, Students Exhibit, Fred Jones Jr Museum of  

                                 Art, Norman, OK

2004                         Christy Myers’ Studio, Paseo District Art Fair, Oklahoma City, OK 

2004                         Goddard Center’s 35^th Annual Ardmore Art Exhibit, Ardmore, OK

2004                         Bourbon County Arts Fair and Exhibit, Fort Scott, KS 

2002                         Bourbon County Arts Garden Exhibit, Fort Scott, KS

2002                         Bourbon County Arts Fair and Exhibit, Fort Scott, KS

2001                         Group Exhibit at Mugz, New London, CT

1996                         Lyme Fine Art Academy, Old Lyme, CT 

 

 

COMMISIONS:

 

2007/08                    Figurative Relief Sculpture, Jo Anne Abbate        

2001                         Ms. Jeannie Panciera, New London, CT

 

 

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:

 

1995                         Ms. Candace Kamp, Gardner, KS

2000                         Mrs. Shrevie Shepherd, Stonington Bough, CT

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES:

 

2007                         Juried (sculpture) High School Art Show, Merriam Art Center,

                                 Merriam, Kansas         

2006                         Juried Student Art Show, OKC Community College, Oklahoma               

                                   

PROFESSIONAL AFFILATIONS:

   MAPS - Mid-America Pastel

                                  Associate of National Sculpture Society