Jane Smith

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please explain how the Working Artist Project

grant would benefit you and your work]

If I were to win the 2020/21 MOCA GA WAP award, I would use this grant to

expand my body of work to show the Georgia art community an exhibition in which

I challenge myself to experiment with new materials, in a new and original way….

an idea I have been thinking about for several years but have not had the resources to

engage. Throughout this year long endeavor, I hope to discover new techniques and

materials that I have not used before. This will advance my skill in the new formats

and methods that have evolved since my past studies, and launch me into a whole

new way of thinking about my art-making process.

The grant will allow me to enlarge my current small-scale two-dimensional images

into life size wooden sculptures. I have always wanted to see how my print making

studies of figural scenes might translate into carved wood. I have always loved

woodworking as a hobby, but have never had the opportunity to study the different

textures and hues associated with different types of wood.

Creating a new body of work to fill the large MOCA GA gallery would be a

wonderful challenge. I am enthralled with the idea being able to experiment with a

completely new material, while also having the opportunity to think about the space

in which this work will be viewed for the first time.

Working with an apprentice would also be a fantastic opportunity. Having someone

to bounce ideas off and help with the preparation of surfaces would be a real treat. I

must mention that I have spent thirty years educating and encouraging young artists.

I do get much satisfaction seeing my mentees achieve beyond their self-perceived

limitations. The apprentice would be of great help researching new materials and

contacting suppliers, as well as experimenting with surface stains and helping me

organize my thoughts. Moreover, the feedback from another artist will prove

infinitely valuable.

Even if I only reach the semifinalist level, it would be a wonderful opportunity for

me to have a well-known curator such as Marcela Guerrero virtually visit my studio

and provide some feedback about my work.

JANE SMITH

CHECKLIST

Images attached to submission:

1. Woman, 2019, Lithograph, 24 x 48 inches

2. Beach Family, 2019 Lithograph, 24 x 48 inches

3. Sandstorm, 2018 Woodcut, 12 x 16 inches

4. Joe and Zoey, 2018, Linocut, 18 x 18 inches

5. Woman, 2019, Ink Wash study, 12 x 12 inches

6. Summer Sun at Tybee, from the Summer Sun Series, 2019, Lithograph, 24 x 48 inches

7. Woman in the Summer Sun, from the Summer Sun Series, 2019, Lithograph 24 x 48

inches

8. Woman, 2019, Beachwood, 14 x 5 x 3 inches

My father was a woodcarver and I have been a carving hobbiest all my life.

Video attachment

1. Summer Sun Series video: animated stop motion film created at the Williams artist

retreat in the summer of 2019, 4minutes, MOV

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Jane Smith [fictional artist]

Born: Dalton, Georgia

Education

BFA: The Atlanta College of Art, 1981

MFA: Georgia State University, 1993

Professional Experience:

Independent Curator, 1993-present.

Professor of painting and drawings, Atkins college 1994-2000

Professional Activities and Affiliations: Chairman of Artists Advisory Committee, Museum of Art, 1998-2012. Member of College of Liberal Arts Advisory Council and Fine Arts Council, Auburn University, 1987-1995. Grants and Awards: One of three top prizes, National Drawing Competition, Jacksonville, Florida, 2018. First Oil Painting Award, Association of Georgia Artists Exhibition, 2017. Second Purchase Prize, Mississippi National Exhibition, 2003. Travel Award, Atlanta Arts Alliance, 1983 SOLO Exhibitions: (selected)

Kiang Gallery, Inc. Atlanta, Georgia, 2019 Bennett Gallery, Inc. Dalton, Georgia, 2018 Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, Florida, 2017 New Arts Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, 2017. Fred Reed Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, 2016.

Group Exhibitions: (selected)

"Artists of the Heath Gallery", the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia, 2019. "Crossing the Threshold", Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, Georgia, 2019. "Revision", Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia, 2017. "Women in Georgia", Swam Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, 2017. "Nine Women in Georgia", National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., 2016. "Minimal Expressions", Heath Gallery, 2015.

"Vital Signs", Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia, 2015. "Multiples", City Gallery at Chastain, Atlanta, Georgia, 2015. "Points of View", Southeastern Expressions series, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, 1989. "Views", University Gallery, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, 1988. "Artists in Georgia", Nexus, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, 1988. "Art in Atlanta", Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1988. "Stones Throw", Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina, 1987. "Distant Vision", Atlanta International Museum, Atlanta, Georgia, 1985. "Florida Creates", Invitational Exhibition of Florida Artists, 1971-1972. "Sesquicentennial Exhibition Part II, Invitational, Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville, Florida, 1972.

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