Jo A. Watson
2
019 Clipper Drive, Lafayette, CO
(C) 920-660-2724,
jo.watsonart @ gmail.com
www.jowatsonarts.com



Education:
BS -Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1976
MD -University of Wisconsin Medical School, 1980
BA -Studio Art—Emphasis in Textiles, with minor in Communication and the Arts—
         Graphic Design Emphasis, Graduated May 2005 Summa Cum Laude

Exhibitions:

2009:   -Green Bay Art Colony Juried Exhibit, Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI,
                 Group Exhibit, August 2 - September 12, 2009
         
-Four Women, Nine Spirits, Brown county Public Library, Green Bay, WI, Group Exhibit,
                 June 20 - August 14, 2009
        
 -Green Bay Arts Unlimited 2009 Spring Art Festival, The ARTgarage, Green Bay, WI,
                 Group Exhibit with Juried Awards, April 5 - 26, 2009
          
2008:  -Green Bay Art Colony Library Exhibit, Brown County Public Library, Green Bay, WI,
                 Group Exhibit, October 11 - December 4, 2008
      
   -Four Women, Nine spirits, The ARTgarage, Green Bay, WI, Group Exhibition,
                 September 2 - 30, 2008
         
-Green Bay Arts Unlimited 2008 Spring Art Festival, The ARTgarage, Green Bay, WI,
                 Group Exhibit with Juried Awards, March 2 - 29, 2008
         
-Green Bay Art Colony Juried Exhibit, Neville Museum, Green Bay, WI, Group
                 Exhibition, Juror Donald Taylor, January 26 - February 24, 2008

2007:  -Green Bay Art Colony Juried Exhibit, Neville Museum, Green Bay, WI, Group
                 Exhibit, Juror Brian Pirman, August 11 - September 23, 2007
         
-Green Bay Art colony Northern Waters Gallery Exhibit, Northern Waters Gallery,
                 Green Bay, WI, Group Exhibit, April 15 - May 12, 2007
         
-Symphony, Art and Music Juried Exhibit, Appleton Art Center, Appleton, WI, Group
                 Exhibit, January 5 - February 10, 2007
         
2005:  -On Site Exhibit, Guenzel Gallery, Peninsula Art School, Fish Creek, WI,
                 Group Invitational Exhibit, February 5-March 4, 2005
         
-Arts Unlimited 2005 Spring Art Festival, Washington Commons, Green Bay,
                 WI, Group Exhibition, April 10-15, 2005
2004:       -A G Edwards & Sons Juried Student Art Exhibit, A G Edwards & Sons Building,
                 Kepler Drive, Green Bay, WI, Group Exhibition, December 2, 2004- September, 2005.
         -32nd Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Lawton Gallery, University of Wisconsin
                 Green Bay, Group Exhibition, Juror Graeme Reid, November 18-December 15, 2004
         -Goltz Seering Agency Juried Exhibit, Goltz Seering Agency Offices, Riverside Drive,
                 Green Bay, WI, Group Exhibition, November 3, 2004-March 2005
         -On Site Exhibit, Guenzel Gallery, Peninsula Art School, Fish Creek, WI, Group
                 Invitational Exhibit, February 9-March 12, 2004
2003:  -31st Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Lawton Gallery, University of Wisconsin,
                 Green Bay, Group Exhibition, Juror Gelsy Verna, November 20-December 12, 2003
2002:  -30th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Lawton Gallery, University of Wisconsin
                 Green Bay, Group Exhibition, Juror Wendy Cooper, November 21 - December 13,
                 2002

2001:  -On Site Exhibit, Guenzel Gallery, Peninsula Art School, Fish Creek, WI, Group
                 Invitational Exhibit, November – December, 2001





Awards:

2010:        -Green Bay Arts Unlimited Logo Contest Winner.  Go to gbartsunlimited.com to view
                the logo design.
2009:        -Green Bay Arts Unlimited Spring Art Festival, Advanced Category - Honorable
                 Mention for Oil Monoprint “Power Play”, Juror Brian Pirman, Assoc. Professor of
                 Art at St. Norbert College, Green Bay, WI.
2008:        -Green Bay Arts Unlimited Spring Art Festival, Advanced Category - Honorable
                 Mention for Collagraph Monoprint “Into the Woods”, Juror Fr. Jim Nielson, Professor
                 of Art at St. Norbert College, Green Bay, WI.
2006:        -UWGB Study Abroad Alumni Club Photo Contest, Artist’s Choice - 1st and 2nd
                 place, Juror Steven Perkins (Curator of Art—Lawton Gallery, UWGB), February 22,
                 2006



Memberships:
               
               

               -Art Coalition of Erie: November 2011 to present
     
               
 -Green Bay Arts Unlimited:  January 2005-September 2011
               
Co-Chair 2007 Spring Art Festival April 29-May 5 and 2008 Spring Art Festival,
               March 2-29

              -Art Agency (University of Wisconsin Green Bay student art organization): 2002-
               2005

              -Door County Art League:  May 2009-September 2011

              -Green Bay Art Colony:  2005-present
              
 Elected President Term 2006-2008
               Designed and Developed website for GBAC
www.greenbayartcolony.com 2006


Travels:

  -India:  University of Wisconsin Green Bay Art and Culture Travel course, December 27, 2005
           to January 14, 2006
  
-Italy:  University of Wisconsin Green Bay Studio Intensive Printmaking Course at the Santa
          Reparata School of Art in Florence, Italy, June 6 - July 4, 2006
  
-Germany:  Visit to Foreign Exchange Daughter's home city of Ravensburg in the State of
          Baden-Wurtemberg, May 16 - 28, 2008
  
-American West:  Grand Canyon National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park and Zion National
          Park, May 21 - 31, 2009
  
-United Kingdom:  Visits to the cities of London, Cambridge and Bolton, June 13 - 20, 2009
  
-South Korea:  Visit to Seoul and the area north of Seoul in the city of Yangju, July  9 - 19,
          2009

  
-New Zealand: Tour of South Island including Christchurch, Queenstown, Mount Cook and
          Milford  Sound, and North Island visit to Auckland, Rotarua and East Coast Beaches,
   
          
November 17-December 4, 2010
          
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