Amber C. Brown

artofacbrown@gmail.com

artofacbrown.wordpress.com

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Education

BFA-2009-Painting, Old Dominion University (summa cum laude)

BA-2009-Art History, Old Dominion University (summa cum laude)

2009-Teacher Certification, Old Dominion University

2006-Museum Collections, Old Dominion University’s Berlin Study Abroad

Professional Experience

2011-Current–Bare Essentials Natural Market, Boone, North Carolina (customer service) 

2009-2011–Associate, Art Walk Gallery, Boone, North Carolina (press releases, display, exhibition, sales)

2008-09, 05-06–Library Assistant, Old Dominion University Hofheimer Art Library (research assistance, circulation)

2008–Student Teacher, Art K-12, Monroe Elementary, Norfolk, Virginia, Hampton High, Hampton, Virginia (14 weeks)

2007–Teacher’s Assistant, Girl Scout pottery class, Old Dominion University

2007–Team Teacher, Saturday Morning Art Classes, Old Dominion University (developed and taught a two-weekend, public art lesson for children, culminating in a student art show at Old Dominion University’s gallery)

2007–Teacher’s Assistant, Park Place Private School, Norfolk, Virginia (aided in classroom management, developed and taught lessons)

2007, 2004–Observer, Northside Middle, Ghent Elementary, Norfolk, Virginia (60 hours)

Awards and Recognition 

2009–Three Outstanding Student Awards: Art History, Studio Art and Art Education.

2008–Charles K. Sibley Art Scholarship (Art History research review)

2005–Dean’s Education Abroad Award.

2005–Ralph and Charlotte Margolius Scholarship (Art Dept. portfolio review).

2004–Golden Key International Honor Society.

2004–Lewis and Virginia Webb Scholarship Endowment.

2003–Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society.

2002–Monarch Pride Scholarship.

2002–Princess Anne High School Art Club Scholarship.

Exhibitions

2011–Dust: Machine, New Works by Sara Leverett and Amber Brown, Nth Degree Gallery, Boone, North Carolina (invitational)

The Boone Handmade Market, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, North Carolina (juried)

Cheap Joes Winter Art Contest, Boone, North Carolina, 1st Place (juried)

8th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, North Carolina (juried)

2010–The Boone Handmade Market, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, North Carolina (juried)

The Halloween Show, Nth Degree Gallery, Boone, North Carolina (juried)                       

Valle Country Art and Craft Fair, Valle Crucis, North Carolina (juried)

The Miniature Show, Nth Degree Gallery, Boone, North Carolina (juried)

Cheap Joes Winter Art Contest, Boone, North Carolina, 3rd Place (juried) 

2007–Photo Review: International Photography Competition, Juror: Toby Jurovics, Curator of Photography, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., publication in The Photo Review Journal 2007 Competition Issue (catalogue)

Photo 2007 Competition, B.J. Spoke Gallery, Huntington, New York, Juror: Erin Barnett, Assistant Curator, Collections, International Gallery of Photography, New York, New York

2006–A Child’s Epiphany, BFA Senior Exhibition, YWCA, Norfolk, Virginia (solo)             

Stockley Gardens Fall Arts Festival, College Division, Stockley Gardens, Norfolk, Virginia, 1st Place Futures Award (juried)  

New Waves Exhibition, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Juror: Andrea Rollan, Director of The Curator’s Office, Washington, D.C., honorable mention

2005–Exhibitionists 4, Old Dominion University Gallery, Norfolk, Virginia, Jurors: university faculty

Student Art League Juried Photography Show, Webb Center, Norfolk, Virginia 

Contemplation: Works by Students from Old Dominion University, Fleming Gallery, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, Virginia (invitational)

Student and Professor Group Installation, Glover Gallery, Norfolk, Virginia

2004–Student Art League Drawing Exhibit, Webb Center, Norfolk, Virginia

Symposia

2009–Presenter at Old Dominion University’s Undergraduate Research Symposium, Art History Division.

Professional Service and Organizations

2007-2008–Member of the National Art Education Association.

2004-2005–Treasurer for the Student Art League at Old Dominion University.

Related Skills

Gallery hanging, exhibition advertisement and sales, Mac and PC experience, Photoshop, professional blogging, digital photography, drawing, ceramics, installation, craft arts, assemblage.

Travel and Foreign Languages

Basic German (12 credit hours)

Berlin, Art History study-abroad trip

Japan, personal art research