Elder Garrison Jones |
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Cullowhee, NC 28723 |
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Exhibitions |
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2008 | Art Sandy Springs, Sandy Springs GA, One year outdoor public display at Sandy Springs Library, 5/08 – 5/09 - "Turtle Totem" |
2003 | Finer Things Gallery, 5thAnnual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Nashville TN – "Raw Mother" |
2002 | St. Andrews Sewanee Gallery, Sewanee TN – One Person Show, Frottage and Sculpture |
2002 | Finer Things Gallery, 4th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Nashville TN – "Garden Gaurdian" |
2002 | Tennessee Association of Craft Artists (TACA), Best of Tennessee Crafts, Biennial Exhibit, Hunter Museum, Chattanooga TN – "Pedestal # 1" |
2001 | American Crafts Council Southeast, Spotlight 2001, Arrowmont School, Gatlinburg TN – "Pedestal # 1" and "Worm Pot" |
2001 | Tennessee State Museum, Best of Tennessee Exhibition, Nashville TN – "Man" and "Woman" |
2000 | Finer Things Gallery, 2nd Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Nashville TN – "Garden Bench", "Ringed Bird Basin" and "Androgynous Torso" |
2000 | Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Serpents in the Garden, Atlanta GA – "Sweet & Sly Snake" |
1999 | Finer Things Gallery, 1st Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Nashville TN – "Figurative Table", "Face Pot" and "Organic Planter" |
1997 | Cannon County Arts Center, Woodbury TN – Two Person Show, Concrete; Terry Wilemon, Drawings and Paintings |
1996 | Central South Art Exhibition, The Parthenon, Tennessee Art League, Nashville TN – "Chakra Quilt" colored pencil frottage |
1996 | Rutherford County Center for the Arts, Inagural Exhibition, Murfreesboro TN – "Ark Nouvo" colored pencil frottage |
1994 | Cannon County Arts Center, Woodbury TN – One Person Show, colored pencil frottage |
1993 | Central South Art Exhibition, The Parthenon, Tennessee Art League, Nashville TN – "Bandora's Pox" colored pencil frottage |
1983 | Cleveland State Community College, Cleveland TN – One Person Show and Frottage Workshop |
1982 | Dulin 16th Annual National Print and Drawing Competition, Dulin Gallery, Knoxville TN – "Green Brick" colored pencil frottage |
1981 | Cleveland State Community College, Cleveland TN, One Person Show, colored pencil frottage |
Awards |
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2009 | Tennessee Arts Commission, Nashville, TN – Professional Development Grant FY2010 – financial assistance for transporting work to La Mesa of Santa Fe Gallery |
2002 | TACA, Tennessee Crafts Fair, Nashville TN – The Exhibition – Best of Show, "Fertilly Girl #1" |
2000 | Tennessee State Museum, Nashville TN – Cracker Barrel Purchase Award, "Figurative Table" |
2000 | TACA,Tennessee Crafts Fair, Nashville TN – The Exhibition Honerable Mention, "Finial" |
1995 | Tennessee Valley Area Competition, Cleveland State Community College (CSCC), Cleveland TN – Honorable Mention, colored pencil frottage |
1993 | Cleveland Area Community Art Competition, CSCC, Cleveland TN – 1st Place, colored pencil frottage |
1991 | Cleveland Area Community Art Competition, CSCC, Cleveland TN – 2nd Place, colored pencil frottage |
Craft Fairs |
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1999–2007 | TACA, Tennessee Crafts Fair, Nashville TN – exhibitor |
2006 | TACA, Fall Crafts Fair, Nashville TN – TACA Unplugged, demonstration |
2002–2005 | TACA, Fall Crafts Fair, Nashville TN – Empty Bowls, demonstration and donation |
2003–2005 | TACA, Celebration of Fine Crafts, Chattanooga TN – Empty Bowls, demonstration and donation |
1999–2002 | Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art, Nashville TN – Nashville Garden Club, Wildflower Sale |
1999–2001 | TACA, Fall Crafts Fair, Nashville TN – exhibitor |
1999–2001 | TACA, Celebration of Fine Crafts, Chattanooga TN – exhibitor |
Gallery Associations |
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2011–2012 | The Flying Pig, Algoma, WI – sculpture, planters, etc. |
2007–2015 | La Mesa of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM – sculpture, planters, etc. |
2006 | Jezebel Gallery, Madrid, NM – sculpture, planters |
2004 | Just Looking Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA – sculpture, planters |
1999–2003 | Finer Things Gallery, Nashville TN – sculpture |
1989–1990 | Wedding Cake Studio, Kennebunk ME – sculptural planters |
1988 | The Garden Gate, Arcata CA – sculptural planters and stepping stones |
Collections |
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2009 | Sandy Springs Public Library, Sandy Springs, GA – "Turtle Totem" |
2003 | Finer Things Sculpture Collection, Nashville TN – "Garden Guardian" |
2002 | Notre Dame High School, Chattanooga, TN – "Rosary Garden" |
2000 | Finer Things Sculpture Collection, Nashville TN – "Face Pot" |
2000 | Tennessee State Museum, Permanant Collection, Nashville TN – "Figurative Table" |
2000 | Cannon County Art Center, Sculpture Commission, Woodbury TN – "Finial on Pillar" |
1996 | Cannon County Art Center, Sculpture Commission, Woodbury TN – "Ash Urn" |
1996 | Chidren's Discovery House (Discovery Center at Murfree Spring), Murfreesboro TN – "Chakra Quilt" colored pencil frottage |
Publications |
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Home and Garden Television, HGTV "Our Place" April 2003. A segment in which I describe and demonstrate the technique of wet carved concrete. The "HGTV Planter". | |
Creating With Concrete by Sherrie Warner Hunter; NY: Lark Books, 2001 – featured artist, gallery photos, technique and project chapters. This book is out of print. In paperback as Creating Concrete Garden Ornaments. ISBN 1-57990-179-4. | |
Creative Concrete Ornaments for the Garden by Sherrie Warner Hunter; NY: Lark Books, 2005 – featured artist, scattered photos, technique and project chapters. ISBN 1-57990-585-4 | |
"Southern Living Magazine", May 2001, Tennessee Living Section, p.6 – "Androgynous Torso" concrete sculpture. | |
"San Francisco Examiner", Whole Bay Catalog of Image Magazine, Sunday May 8, 1988 – featured artist, "Whole Bay Planters". | |
Memberships |
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1999–2010 | Tennessee Association of Craft Artists |
2001–2007 | Stones River Crafts Association |
Education |
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1999–2002 | School of Healing Arts, Nashville TN – Graduate in Kabbalistic healing |
1995–1999 | School of Healing Arts, Nashville TN – Graduate in Auric healing |
1979–1982 | Middle Tennessee State University – M.S.Biology, August 1982, cum laude |
1967–1976 | Middle Tennessee State University – B.S.Biology, Minors in Chemistry and Art |
Contents| Sandpudding Studio Sculpture | Planters | Large Works | Steps | Recent Works Artist Statement | Wet Carved Concrete | Two Dimensional Gallery Workshop Schedule – Workshop Procedure – Past Workshops – Workshop Pictures |
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