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• About me

  Mary Louise Porter received a BFA and MFA in Painting from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. Her artwork has been exhibited throughout Louisiana as well as nationally. Her contemporary landscapes are a combination of ideas from the imagination, images seen in commonplace reality, and explorations of areas seen in her travels. They are truly a journey of memories and recollections of her life. Intense, bold, and sometimes complex color and line are important elements in conveying the energy visualized in the final outcome of the painting.

• Resume

  MARY LOUISE PORTER
  Natchitoches, Louisiana 71457•1991-May 2013 - Louisiana Virtual School http://www.louisianavirtualschool.net
  Teach an introduction to Fine Arts Survey (computer Aided instruction/ Distance Learning Network). An introduction to the arts through the history major artists, techniques, terminology and aesthetics of the visual art/theater /music art form.
  • Web-Course development. Create class notes, assignments, tests, and handouts to be published on the Web.
  • Developed objectives, lectures, and assignments.1991–2009 Adjunct Instructor - Louisiana School for the Math Science and the Art
  Taught Design I, II, Drawing I, II, Painting, Watercolor and Independent Study
  Courses are designed to teach basic elements of Art and Principles of Design. Courses culminate in the Independent Study – a course designed to help senior students with portfolio for college.1991-1999 Adjunct Instructor- Creative and Performing Arts Department, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana.
  • Taught Design I, II, Drawing I, Survey of the Arts, Art Education, Art Education for project Head Start
  
  • 1987-1991 Art Teacher/Chairman of Fine Arts Department, Loyola College Prep High School, Shreveport, Louisiana.
  • Established The Fine Arts Department for Loyola College Prep High School, Shreveport, Louisiana. Designed curriculum for Art Program grades 10-12.
  • Created First Annual Arts Festival, Art Exhibition and awards for area schools, K5-12.
  • Developed annual poster contests for large fund raising project for the school’s Developing Department• 1978-1980 Instructor-Art Department, Louisiana State University in Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana.
  • Taught Survey of the Arts, Painting, Drawing• 1975-1978 Art Teacher, St. Mark’s Cathedral School, Shreveport, Louisiana
  • Established art program. Designed curriculum for Art Program grades 1-8.EDUCATION
  
  Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, La.
  1972- 1974
  Master of Fine Arts in Painting
  -Thesis: Color Dynamics in Landscape Painting
  -Major Professor: Ed PramickLouisiana State University Baton Rouge, La.
  1972
  Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting
  Louisiana State University in Shreveport Shreveport, La.
  1990
  • Teaching Certificate State Of Louisiana, Art K-12
  • Certified Talent Evaluator for the Louisiana Department of EducationThe Concord Consortium
  2001
  • Online Pedagogy Education netcourseFELLOWSHIPS/GRANTS • School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  http://www.saic.edu
  2009 - Teacher Institute in Contemporary Art(TICA) at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Awarded an Artist Residency to study in a supportive and challenging environment with peers, and experience /investigate the lastest trends in contemporary art. •The Thacher School http://thacher.org/
  2008, 2010 –Anacapa Fellowship awarded at the Thacher School, a coeducational boarding school for high school students outside Los Angeles, California. The Thacher school is a high school for highly motivated and high achieving students.
  
  • The Julia and David White Artists’ Colony, Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica
  http://forjuliaanddavid.org/
  2006 - Artist Residency awarded to 2 visual artists for the month of April. Artist are given the space, time, and accommodations to pursue their own professional development in the arts. This is a four week residency.• Skidmore College Art Teacher Fellowship Summer Six
  http://www.skidmore.edu
  2005 – Fellowship awarded to approximately 12 art teachers throughout the world. Art teachers are given the space, time and accommodations to pursue their own professional development in the arts. This is a 4 week fellowship in July.• 1999 -Grant Workshop/Faces of Harvey
  Awarded grant working with children ages 6-12 with the Natchitoches Community Theater Arts Center sponsored by Shreveport Regional Arts
  -Children made impressions of their faces with plaster into rabbit’s faces. An exhibition was displayed in conjunction with the play “Harvey”•1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000 Summer Art Camp Director/Visual Arts Teacher Heritage Gallery, Natchitoches, La
  Designed art program for children, ages 6-12. Children experienced various mediums: painting, drawing, printing, weaving, and 3-D plaster mask. •1995- Director/Visual Arts Teacher, Alexandria Museum of Art Summer Art Camp
  Designed program for children, ages 6-14. Children explored cultures throughout the world relating the theme and designs of various cultures.• Mini-Artist in Residence Program.1992, 1993, 1994 – Selected to participate in the Mini-Artist in Residence program grant project from the Louisiana State Arts Council through the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism and the National Endowment of the Arts•1993, 1994 , 1995 Rapides Arts and Humanities Council, Summer Arts Works, Alexandria, La.
  Visual Arts Instructor / multi-art program for ages 6-14EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATION
  Louisiana Association for Computer Using Educators Conference
  2003, 2002 –Survey of the Arts presentation. Experience the arts through the history, methods, and hands-on projects taught in the Louisiana Virtual School blackboard Survey of the Arts courseEXHIBITIONS
  • One Woman Show, October- December, Acadiana Center for the Arts, http://acadianacenterforthearts.org/, Lafayette, La. 2011
  • “White Linen Night” Louisiana Craft Guild on Julia, New Orleans, La. 2010
  • “White Linen Night” Louisiana Craft Guild on Julia, New Orleans, La. 2009
  • “Guest Artist One Woman Show” Natchitoches Art Guild, Natchitoches, La. 2009
  • “SpaceArt” Exhibit at ArtSpace in Shreveport, La. 2008. Artwork was commissioned to be incorporated into the Shreveport Symphony’s Concert “The Planets” Interpretation of Holst’s works. Ms. Porter’s planet chosen was “Venus”
  • One Woman Show, Centenary College, Turner Art Gallery, Shreveport, Louisiana, 2006
  • Works of Art, Louisiana School for the Math Science and the Arts Faculty Showcase, Hanchey Gallery, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, La. 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006.
  • Artworks, Louisiana Artist Inc., R.S. Barnwell Center Gallery, Shreveport, Louisiana 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009
  • Artport, Shreveport Regional Airport, Shreveport, Louisiana, Invitation Only 1990, 1001, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
  • Northwestern State University Faculty Art Show, Hanchey Gallery, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana, 1991, 1993, 1994
  • One Woman Show, Northwestern State University, Hanchey Gallery, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, La. 1998
  • Group Showing, Retrospect, Tower Gallery, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1999
  • Group Showing, “Big”, Tower Gallery, Shreveport, Louisiana 1999
  • Works by two Southern Women, Hanchey Gallery, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana 1995
  • One Woman Show, Riveroaks Gallery, Alexandria, Louisiana 1996
  • One Woman Show, R. S. Barnwell Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1993
  • Group Show, Stoner Arts Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990
  • Caroline Dorman Art Exhibition, Louisiana State Museum, Shreveport, Louisiana 1989, First Place, Best in Show.
  • Two Woman Show, Hummingbird Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 1986
  • Group Show, Clifford Gallery, Dallas, Texas 1985, 1986
  • One Woman Show, Uptown Hull House Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1981
  • One Woman Show, Little Theater, Shreveport, Louisiana 1980
  • Exhibitions Shows, Little Rock, Arkansas, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Shreveport, Louisiana, and throughout the state.GALLERYSLouisiana Craft Guild
  San Souci
  Lafayette, Louisiana
  http://www.louisianacrafts.org Artspace Gallery
  Shreveport, Louisiana
  http://www.shrevearts.orgThe Frame Shop Gallery 912
  Lafayette, Louisiana
  http://www.gallery912.comLions Lair
  Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
  http://www.berkeleyspringschamber.comCane River Gallery
  Natchitoches, Louisiana