James Taylor's Art

 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN THE ARTS

-Art and Science Camp Director ~ the Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, Georgia 2005
-Panelist ~ Dekalb County Office of Arts, Culture and Entertainment 2005
-Workshop at Metropolitan College of Art ~ Drawing and Painting the Human Figure current
-Life Drawing Class ~ South Dekalb Arts Council (South Dekalb Arts Center) 2004
-Panelist ~ Fulton County Arts Council Selection Committee 2001
-Art Instructor ~ Fulton County Neighborhood Arts Program (Fulton County Arts Council) 2001
-Volunteer Art Instructor ~ Hughes Spaulding Children’s Hospital 1998

SELECTED EXHIBITS AND SHOWS

-The Southwest Fulton Arts Center ~ Atlanta, Georgia 2004 and 2005
-The John Marlor Arts Center -MBC Allied Arts (One Man Show) ~ Milledgeville, Georgia 2003
-The Quinlan Center, ~ Georgia Watercolor Society National Show ~ Gainesville, Georgia 2003
-The Bowen Center for the Arts ~ Georgia Watercolor Society Members Show ~ Dawson, Georgia 2003
-The Atlanta Artists Center Regional Show ~ Atlanta, Georgia 2003
-The Atlanta Artists Center Traveling Show ~ Atlanta, Georgia 2003
-The Sandy Springs Branch of the Atlanta-Fulton Library (One Man Show) ~ Atlanta, Georgia 2003
-Underground Atlanta (African Americans for the Arts) ~ Atlanta, Georgia 2002
-The Peachtree Branch of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library (One Man Show) ~ Atlanta, Georgia 2002
-The Atlanta Artist’s Center ~ Atlanta, Georgia 2002
-The Ruth Hall Hodges Gallery at Morris Brown ~ Atlanta, Georgia 2002
-The Hammonds House Galleries and Resource Center ~ Atlanta, Georgia 2002
-The Fulton County Arts Council Instructor’s Exhibition 2001 (The Robert Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech) ~ Atlanta, Georgia
-Studioplex (African Americans for the Arts) ~ Atlanta, Georgia 2001
-The ArtSouth Gallery ~ Avondale Estates, Georgia 2001
-The Ponce de Leon Branch of the Atlanta-Fulton Library (One Man Show) ~ Atlanta, Georgia 2001

SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS

-African Americans for the Arts ~ Second Place Award (Juried Competition) 2001
-Atlanta Artists Center (Grandview Gallery) ~(2) First Place, (1) Third Place,
-(2) Honorable Mention Awards, and (1) Merit Award (Juried Competitions) 2002-2003
-Ruth Hall Hodges Gallery (Morris Brown College) First Place Award (Juried Competition) 2002
-African Americans for the Arts~First Place Award (Juried Competition) 2002
-The Fulton County Public Arts Program 2002
-Atlanta Artists Center Traveling Show ~ Third Place Award (Juried Competition) 2003
-Georgia Watercolor Society National Show ~ Fifth Place Award (Juried Competition) 2003
-The Hambidge Center (one month Residency) 2003
-The Georgia Watercolor Society Members Show ~ Fourth Place Award (Juried Competition) 2003
- President, Georgia Watercolor Society 2003

SELECTED COMMISSIONS

-Portrait of Rev. Joseph E. Lowery for the Joseph Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights ~ Clark College ~ Atlanta, Georgia 2001
-The Tuskeegee Airmen (Group Portrait) ~ Atlanta Chapter 2002
-The Tuskeegee Airmen’s Museum ~ Gary, Indiana 2002
-Portrait of Mr. Paul R. Jones (Exhibited at the Paul Jones Collection ~ University of Delaware) 2004

SELECTED CORPORATE AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

-The Paul Jones Collection ~ Atlanta, Georgia
-Richard Mayhew ~ Santa Cruz, California
-The Raymond and Lucy Allen Collection ~ Atlanta, Georgia
-The Atty. Claire Moynihan Collection ~ Decatur, Georgia*
-The Dekalb County Arts Council ~ Decatur, Georgia
-MBC Allied Arts ~ Milledgeville, Georgia
-HeadFirst Marketing Research, Inc. ~ Stone Mountain, Georgia *
-Terry and Thelma Harris (owners of the Thelma Harris Art Gallery) ~ Oakland, California *
-The Kevin Cole Collection ~ College Park, Georgia *
-Cedric Smith ~ Atlanta, Georgia
-The James W. Jackson and Gedney L.Vining Collection ~ Atlanta, Georgia *
-The Dr. and Mrs Herbert Charles Collection ~ Atlanta, Georgia *
-TheTara Wooldridge and Nicolas Sotolongo Collection ~ East Point, Georgia *
-Cheryl C. Flowers ~ Atlanta, Georgia *
-Isaac and Lisa Washington ~ Stone Mountain, Georgia
-The Lisa Thomas Collection ~ Mableton, Georgia *
-The Michael D. Harris Collection ~ Stone Mountain, Georgia
-Louis and Jea Delsarte ~ Atlanta, Georgia
-Ken Prince ~ Stone Mountain, Georgia*
-Debra Woumnm ~ East Point, Georgia

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS

-The South Dekalb Arts Council (Instructor)
-The Atlanta Artist’s Center
-African Americans for the Arts
-The Georgia Watercolor Society (President – 2003 – 2004)

HONORARIA

-Westminster School ~ Atlanta, Georgia
-Morris Brown College ~ Atlanta, Georgia
-Rabun Gap Nagoochee School ~ Rabun, Georgia
-Atlanta Artists Center ~ Atlanta, Georgia

EDUCATION

- Studied under Carl Owens for 5 years
-The Defense Language Institute ~ Monterey, California (Chinese Mandarin)
-Grinnell College ~ Grinnell, Iowa (Chemistry Major)

* indicates more than one painting by James Taylor in the Collection