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Miriam
A Kilmer, Owner 4503
Hazeltine CT APT J Alexandria VA 22312-3203 (703) 256-7572 miriam@risingdove.com Résumé 2008 Education
UNC-Greensboro
08/1969-05/1973 BFA
Painting/Printmaking magna cum laude 05/1973 Corcoran College of Art and
Design credits
toward BFA
09/1983 The Catholic University of America 09/1977-05/1980 credits toward MA Theology De
Sam Tamashiro, photographer
for the National Geographic and curator of Intuitive
Eye Gallery, Reston, VA. Unreachable Period
of study: summer, 1971 William Swetcharnik, artist
and art teacher MT
Airy MD 21771 301-829-0137 http://swetcharnik.com/william 03/1983 The Art League, 1985 Maryland College of Art & Design Pastel-Making workshop 1984
or 1985 Community and professional
activities Rising Dove Fine Arts and
Services
(since 1994) - owner (Sole Proprietor) Pastel Painting,
Fine Art Photography, Photographic & Pastel Portrait Commissions, Archival
Framing, Event Photography, Digital Photographic Restoration, Graphic Design,
Web Page Design, Desktop Publishing, Book Sales I am an active member of these organizations: The Art League ( The Art Group ( - operate
email lists totaling 300 members - numerous
positions including chair (twice) Alan á Dale Madrigal
Singers -
photography The Folklore Society of Greater -
Organize and co-lead Sacred Harp/Shapenote
workshops First Christian Church of - choir
member, formerly maintained website, designed flyers MoveOn.org -
photography Democratic Party -
photography (I am a liberal independent, but I am working in Web Sites I Design and Maintain http://www.risingdove.com - Rising
Dove Fine Arts and Services http://go.to/Frieseke -
F. C. Frieseke, American Impressionist
http://go.to/Kilmer - Joyce
Kilmer, American Poet http://tinyurl.com/artistkids - F.
C. Frieseke for children http://go.to/Shapenotes - Potomac River Sacred
Harp Singers and http://northernshenandoah.com - Northern
Shenandoah Sacred Harp Singers http://www.foxhallgallery.com - Foxhall Gallery http://www.vancebrand.com - C.
Vance Brand Art Pastels, Photographs and other Artwork
Exhibited ·
Galleries That Represent My
Work The Art League Gallery, Member of the Art League Bin Gallery (requires acceptance in at least
three juried shows during the previous year): 1984-85, 1985-86, 1988-89,
2004-05, 2005-06, 2007-08, 2008-09 The Art Group Gallery, Mt. Barker’s
Bazaar, Santa
Fe Art World, Galleria
Americana, 33 juried group shows and five solo
shows as of August 1987; lost count thereafter.
Partial lists follow. ·
Solo Shows “Beyond Reality,” Photography, 08/120-9/15/1981;
12/24/81-01/27/82; 04/16/82-05/20/82 Colorfax Galleries, Additional Photography Show (different
theme) between 1983 and 1987, also at Colorfax
Galleries “Harmony,” B&W Photography, 08/19-09/19/1987 The Potter’s House, “Harmony,” B&W Photography, between
1987 and 1991 De Solo Show, primarily Color
Photography, 04/09/2006 Rockfield
Manor, Harford County, MD, sponsored by The Harford Poetry Society in
conjunction with my poetry reading: Joyce Kilmer’s poetry, Aline Kilmer’s
poetry, and excerpts a book by my father, Kenton Kilmer: Memories of my Father, Joyce Kilmer “Animals of the The Art Group, ·
Juried
Shows 1970s or 1980s,
Intuitive Eye, 1980 “Catholic Artists of the 80’s,” St. Anthony's,
SoHo, 1980s “Catholic
Artists of the 80’s,” St. Francis Xavier, The Art League Gallery, 06/1985 Mini 11/1987 Membership 12/1987 Membership 01/1988 Membership 08/2003 Landscape 01/2004 Membership 04/2004 Art Doesn’t have to match Your Sofa
(But it Can!) 01/2005 Membership 02/2005 Membership 07/2005 Membership 08/2005 Membership 01/2006 Membership 04/2006 Membership 03/2007 Membership 06/2007 Membership 07/2007 Membership 11/2007 Small Works 12/2007 Membership 08/2008 Landscape Artists donate work to be sold for the Art League; these
are juried for suitability (partial list) 02/2002 Patron’s (photograph) 02/2004 Patron’s (Giclée photograph) 02/2005 Patrons’ (pastel) 02/2006 Patrons’ (pastel) 02/2008 Patron’s (Giclée photograph) 1980s Washington
Women’s Arts Center, Washington, D.
C. - Pastels and Photographs in several juried shows, including the “Mini-Maxi
Show”; I was an active member of this cooperative gallery. 1980s two
Invitational shows, The Red Cross, 04-06/1985 04/1986 03-04/1988 01/1988-1989 “Life Exhibit” – National Traveling Show,
including Paul VI Institute, Group Shows Sponsored by The Art Group 04/2003 “Bryce and Orkney Springs; Paintings and
Photographs by Local Artists” - Bryce Lodge, 07/ 2003
“Town of 05-07/2008 “Fort
Valley Nursery Spring Exhibit”, 04-07/2008 RE/MAX
Allegiance, 07/2008 “Beach Days” Group show at Woodstock Café,
Woodstock, Virginia - Pastels, Color 10/2008 Darrin-McHone
Gallery, Accomplishments ·
Photographs, Drawings and
Pastels
included in many private collections internationally, notably: Bob Hall and Ella Wilcox (extensive collection of
photographs and pastels, including two commissioned double family pastel
portraits) They are my most faithful patrons. Charles Justice, who commissioned my best-selling
photographic print illustrating Joyce Kilmer’s poem “Trees” Jerry L. Eisley,
owner of Sacred Ed Knippers, renowned artist and art collector Peter and Laura Sailer Green Hedges Elementary School, Vienna, VA
(photographic portrait of the founders, huge photographic collage of the
American flag that was featured in a local paper, and two sets of 10 Giclée
reproductions of paintings by my maternal grandfather, F. C. Frieseke
Gary and Sarah Smith (candid photographic portrait
of Sarah’s father leading Sacred Harp Singing, used as the cover of “Joe
Beasley Memorial Sacred Harp Album,” a Shape-Note CD) ·
Photographs published The
Potter’s House Press, Glencoe Publishing Company, William
C. Brown, Smithsonian in Your Classroom,
United Presbyterian Church, St. Mark’s
Catholic Church, Christians in Visual Arts, Joyce Kilmer Centennial Commission ·
Graphics Published ·
Artwork published Saint
Mary's Press, Joyce Kilmer Centennial Commission, Write-Fit Communications (book jacket illustration), small presses and newsletters ·
Photographic Restoration published Buckle Down Publishing
Company, New York University Press, National Apostolate for Inclusion Ministry,
and many others, both book publishers and web sites
http://www.artmesh.org/profiles/miriam_a_kilmer/portfolios http://www.theartgroup.org/MiriamKilmer.html http://www.yourartsource.com (I have
not sent up my art yet)
I have been juried into these websites (but cannot
afford their fees): http://timothysfineart.com
(September 2008 Show) (Robert Sterling lobbied to get me in free, but by then
they were full.) http://DiscoveredArtists.com (annual fee) I received personal invitations to join
these websites (I will follow up shortly): http://www.browseabit.com http://www.imageprovider.com.au I
was selected to be an absolutearts.com Premiere Portfolio Artist in 2003 (85
were accepted out of 180 applicants.) I did not continue because of the
expense. My
design product, “Paper Dolls” children of the world diversity, was selected as
one of “Today's Best” on Zazzle.com. It
appeared on Zazzle's homepage on January 21, 2008 and was added to the “Today’s
Best Awards Showcase.” My
pastel “Smiling Jesus” was selected to appear on the home page of alltradeart
for August 2, 2008. I
received a letter from Robert A. Strawn,
Picture Editor of the National Catholic
News Service, stating: “I think yours are some of the finest pictures
covering parish life that I have seen.” I
received a letter from Gayle Boss, Editor of The Potter’s House Press, stating: “Thank you for the invitation to
your opening at the [Potter’s House]. If
that is your invitation, what the photos themselves must be!... In fact, the invitation photo is so fine I
wanted to encourage you to send it to the [ Artist
and Art Director of Santa Fe Art World Denise
Williams wrote in an email: “I like the emotion expressed in 'Charles,' 'I Am
Somebody,' and 'Fulfillment' - really amazingly powerful works. To express that kind of emotion in a work of
art is rare.” Catholic
Artists of the 80s chose my pastel painting, “Blessed the
Fruit,” to represent their show in a The
Vienna Photographic Society awarded two prizes to my
photographs, one second prize and one honorable mention, in the early 1980s. I was selected as one of their jurors one
year in the late 1980s. I
was invited to, and am listed in Relevant Past Employment History Reflections in Photography, Inc. 01/20/2005 Assisted
in photographing a George W. Bush
Inaugural Ball Amor
Dei Communications:
Spirituality and Fine Arts (1979-1994) Owner/Operator Cook’s Photo-Art Studio, Vienna,
VA c.1988-1994 Assistant Photographer Portrait Industries Corporation,
Chesapeake, VA c.1986-1988 Studio Manager and Photographer, Elementary Teacher, Summer School, Math and Art ST Marks Catholic Church (Volunteer) Photography for calendars,
newsletters, exhibits, collages, multimedia presentations, etc. Numerous art projects: multi-media
banner, drawings for flyers and programs, posters, etc. I also did a workshop and
tutorial on “Spirituality and the Arts” for a parish near |