Jo A. Watson 2019 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