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Sheila Miles
sheilamiles4@hotmail.com
http://www.artistmiles.com/
Education
International Bachelorette Diploma Program and Middle Years Certification
Masters Degree in Painting, Purdue Masters University, West Lafayette, IN (Teaching assistantship, Dean's List)
Masters Degree in Drawing, Purdue University (Teaching assistantship, Dean's List)
Bachelor's Degree in Art, Purdue University
Hans Hoffman School of Art, Provincetown, MA, full scholarship
John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, IN, full scholarship
Classes in Clay Sculpture and Akua Inks
Awards and Achievements
2007 Rancho Linda Vista residency, Oracle, AZ
Selected Artist, NM Arts in Public Arts Purchase Program
Selected Artist, West Coast Artist Pool, San Francisco Arts Commission Public Arts Program
2004 Paintings selected to travel for several months to Australia and New Zealand
Museums; US Department of Commerce and the World Trade Center
2004 Awarded Commission for Missoula in Motion, Missoula
1999 Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Fellowship, ($20,000)
1999 Missoula International Airport Commission (competition, ($7500)
1984 Individual Artist Fellowship, Painting, Montana Arts Council, ($2000)
Public Collections
Federal Reserve Bank Minneapolis, MN (three works)
Montana Museum of Art and Culture, University of Montana (12 works)
Missoula International Airport, Missoula
University of Joensuu, Rantasalmi, Finland
Holter Museum, Helena, MT (two works)
Missoula Museum of the Arts, Missoula (15 works)
Law School, University of Montana, Missoula
Deaconess Billings Clinic, Billings, MT (ten works)
Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings (seven works)
Saint Patrick's Hospital, Missoula, MT
Custer County Art Center, Miles City, MT
Planned Parenthood, Billings (fifteen works)
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (five works)
Hockaday Center for the Arts, Kalispell, MT
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA (two works)
Paris Gibson Square, Great Falls, MT
North Central High School, Indianapolis
EXHIBITIONS
Selected One Person Shows (Participated in over 100 exhibitions)
Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT (brochure), (2003 and 1988)
Emerson Center for the Arts, Bozeman, MT
APEX Gallery, School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD (catalog)
Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, (catalog)
Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT (catalog), (2000 and 1984)
Meloy Gallery, University of Montana, Missoula, (catalog)
University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, WI (37works)
Paris Gibson Square, Great Falls, MT (brochure)
Hockaday Center for the Arts, Kalispell, MT
Custer County Art Center, Miles City
Selected Two Person Exhibitions
Sutton West Gallery, Missoula
Beall Park Art Center, Bozeman
Sutton West Gallery, Missoula
Ucross Foundation, Ucross, WY
Artifacts Gallery, Bozeman
Selected Invitational Exhibitions (participated in over 300 exhibitions)
For the Love of A Tree She Went Out on a Limb, Women in the Art of the Northern Plains, Yellowstone Art Museum
Inaugural Exhibition, Grand Opening of Missoula Art Museum
The Animal in Art, Montana Museum of Art and Culture, Missoula
The Contemporary Horse in Art, Holter Museum, Helena, MT
The Aesthetics of Water: Print Portfolio, University of Joensuu during the
Fourth International Conference on Environmental Aesthetics,
Rantasalmi, Finland (twenty artists, edition of 23)
"Montana, Myths and Reality", The Center for the Rocky Mountain West, Sutton West Gallery, Missoula
"Faculty Exhibition", University of Montana
Sutton West Gallery, Missoula (four person show)
"Miriam Sample Collection", Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings
"Ten Montana Artists", Holter Museum of Art, Helena (5 works)
"Montana Artists", Idaho Commission on the Arts, Boise, Idaho (5 works)
"Narrative Painting", Missoula Museum of the Arts, Missoula (5 works)
"Montana Arts Council Fellowship Recipients", traveled from 1994-1995 to Anaconda, Kalispell, and Bozeman
"Day of the Dead Shrines", Owings-Dewey Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
"Yellowstone Art Museum Permanent Collection Exhibition", Boulder Center for the Visual Arts, Boulder
"Screens", Owings-Dewey Galleries, Santa Fe
"Poets and Artists", Beall Park Arts Center, Bozeman
"Group Show", Owings-Dewey Galleries, Santa Fe (1987-1989)
"Montana '89: Our Place and Time", Ryegate, Montana
"One Hundred Years of Women's Art", Custer County Art Center, Miles City
"In BLACK and WHITE", Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Montana Artists", Blake Gallery, Seattle
"Montana Artists", Chamber of Commerce, Seattle
"Works on Paper", Owings-Dewey Galleries, Santa Fe
"Faculty Exhibition", Montana State University, Bozeman; Billings
"Montana Current Ideas", Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings
Tirca Karlis Gallery, Provincetown, MA (1975 -1978)
Long Point Gallery, Provincetown
Four Winds Gallery, Ferrisburgh, VT
"4 X 4", Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, (thirty works)
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown (1974-1978)
Selected Competitive Exhibitions (participated in over 300 exhibitions)
"Electrum XIX", Holter Museum of Art, Helena (Award: Best of Show)
Contemporary Juried Show, Gualala Arts Center, Gualala, CA (Best of Show)
"Resources: Plenty and Plundered", The Brunswick, Missoula (Award)
"Montana Draw", Hockaday Center for the Arts, Kalispell (traveled)
"Indiana Artist's Exhibition" Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis
"Northern Rockies Regional Exhibition", Sheridan, WY (and 1981, Award)
"11th Annual National Print and Drawing Exhibition", Minot State College, ND (Awards)
"Indiana Artist's Exhibition", Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
"American Art: Challenge of the Land", Pillsbury Company Headquarters, St. Paul, MN
"Appalachian National Drawing Exhibition", Boone, NC (also selected to travel for
"ANDC On the Road," under the auspices of the North Carolina Museum of Art)
"Works on Paper", Yellowstone Art Museum
Former Gallery Affiliations
Owings Dewey, Santa Fe (since 1988)
Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle
Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID
East End Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Bebe Kezar Gallery, Whitefish, MT
Marshall Noice Gallery, Kalispell, MT
Stremmel Galleries, Reno, NV
Professional Affiliations
Who's Who in American Art (since 1992)
Work Resume
Present
Chair, Visual Arts and IB Art Teacher, Desert Academy, Santa Fe, NM
Responsibilities: Teaching International Bachelorette Diploma Program and Middle Years Program, High School Art Foundations, Painting and Printmaking classes, Ceramics. Installation of student art, teaching professional practices, installation of Diploma Program graduate show, procurement and inventory of art materials, mentoring and assisting students with preparation of college portfolio applications.
Teaching Residencies
Montana Arts Council Roster artist , Artist-in-the schools (1982-present)
Art-in-the-Parks, Missoula Parks and Recreation Program (summer long, 2003 and 2004)
Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Browning, MT (mural painting, 2004)
Ovando, MT (2003)
Lockwood Schools (mural painting, 2004)
Instructor, Art Museum of Missoula, 1995- 2005, including after school programs (Flagship Program) and Museum classes
Resident Artist, under the auspices of the National Endowment for the Arts,
“Stories Project”, to teach narrative art; Montana Indian Reservations
Kapunas and HS Art classes, Hana, Maui, HI
Teaching Experience
Santa Fe art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
Point Arena Schools, elective art classes
Art Museum of Missoula (1995-2005)
Resident Artist, under the auspices of the National Endowment for the Arts,
“Stories Project”, to teach narrative art; Montana Indian Reservations
Montana Arts Council (for over 20 years), full-time residency and short term
Art Instructor, Missoula Parks and Recreation, Missoula (summer 2003 and 2004)
Curator of Education, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
Adjunct Instructor, University of Montana, Missoula
Adjunct Instructor, Montana State University, Bozeman
Adjunct Instructor, Montana State University, Billings
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Lila Wallace Readers Digest Foundation Poets-to-the Prairie instructor YWCA
Sussex Alternative School
Museum and Gallery Experience
Director of Exhibitions, Montana Museum of Art and Culture, University of Montana
Curator of Exhibitions, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings
Curator of Education, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings
Director, Northcutt Gallery, Montana State University- Billings
Gallery Director, Manager of Coal Tax Grant, Instructor, Director of Visiting Artist Program, Montana State University, Bozeman
Director, Provincetown Art Association and Museum , Provincetown, MA
Consulting
Deaconess Hospital, Billings
Montana Fair, Billings
Community Shares Program, Billings
“Circuit Rider”, consultant, Western States Arts Federation
One of eight “Peer Consultants” for the Montana Arts Council
Grant writing
McKinley School, Billings
Yellowstone Art Museum
Montana State University, Billings and Bozeman
Provincetown Art Association and Museum
Other Experience
Travels: Extensively throughout Germany (speak some German), Italy, France,
particularly Paris. Resided in Indiana, Massachusetts, Montana, and New York City.
Odd jobs: Musician in New York City and Montana for several years; fabric design.
Medical Illustrator for Biology and Genetics Department
Counselor, Upward Bound
Director, 4-H Camp, Indiana
Community Service
Creation of sets for “The Tempest”, Pacific Charter School, Point Arena, CA
Board Member, Northcoast Artist Guild, Point Arena, CA
Taught etching to over 70 students and community members
Donations of art every year ( 17 in 2005 )
Community Shares, MT
Planned Parenthood, MT
ACLU, MT
Paxson School Art Event
Missoula and Pacific Charter School, Point Arena, CA
Mentoring Program, Big Sky HS and Hellgate HS, Missoula
St. Vincent Hospital, Billings
Missoula Museum of the Arts
Yellowstone Art Center, Billings
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