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LORETTA LOWMAN
P.O. Box 68 • Socorro, New Mexico 87801
Ph. # 505.835.1017 • E-mail: llowman@rt66.com
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2001 • Pure Light. The Stele Gallery. Las Cruces, NM
2000
• STIR. Macey Center. Socorro, NM. (Project organizer and curator
for regional group show.)
• bits.
(solo) San Acacia Gallery. San Acacia, NM.
• H2O.
Juried group show. The Harwood Art Center. Albuquerque,
NM.
• The Window Project 66. Juried group show of site-specific installations.
Albuquerque, NM. Laura Ratcliffe and Tonje Schei, project
directors.
• Open House Fridays. John Hancock Gallery, Albuquerque, NM. Steven
Bradley, curator.
• The Land and Sky through Others’
Eyes. Stele Gallery. Las Cruces,
NM.
• Cultivating Place.
M.F.A. Thesis Show. (solo) N.M.S.U., Las Cruces,
NM.
1999 • The Sound
Project: “A
Collective.“ Invitational Group Show. Las Cruces, NM.
•
Loretta Lowman and Sabra Sowell: Sculpture and
Installations. The ARC Gallery. Albuquerque, NM. Jessie De Leers and Mike Certo, Curators.
•
Mallow International Garden Festival. Juried group show of outdoor sculpture. Mallow
Racecourse, County Cork, Ireland.
1998 • Maryland Artist Equity Foundation, Juried Winners' Circle Alumni Exhibition. Decker Gallery, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD. Will Hipps and Amalie Rothschild, Jurors.
•
The U.S. West Regional Juried
Exhibition. The Colby Building,
Silver City, NM. “Time for a Spare,”
Three-person show, featuring on-site installations. In collaboration with Yvette
Poorter. Louis Jimenez, Juror.
• The Land: An Art
Site.
“Inside/Outside.” The Land, Mountainair, NM. Group show of outdoor land art
installations. Corresponding indoor exhibition at Tobu Abu Gallery. Thomas
Cates, curator.
• Route/Root. Corbett Center Art Gallery, Las Cruces, NM. A
site-specific, collaborative installation with Yvette
Poorter.
• Emerging Artists Exhibition. Gallery of Fine Arts, Albuquerque, NM. 17th
Albuquerque Arts and Crafts Fair. Invitational by faculty
nomination.
• Spring Art Gala, “It Is What It Is.” Mesilla NM. Invitational
group show.
• NMSU Annual Student Show. University Art Gallery, Las Cruces NM. Juror’s
Award for Memorial Pool. Louis
Grachos, Site Sante Fe; Juror.
• The Many Lives of Women. Kent Hall Museum, Las Cruces, NM. NMSU Women’s Art
Invitational. Invitational group show. Tauna Cole, Curator.
• Southern Exposure. ASA Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
NM. Five-person group show.
1997
•
NMSU Annual Student Show. University Art Gallery, Las Cruces NM.
Suzanne Crane, Denver Art Museum; Juror.
• Women’s Art Show. Corbett Center Art Gallery, Las Cruces, NM.
ARTIST IN
RESIDENCE
1999 •
Burren College of Art,
Ballyvaughan, County Clare, Ireland.
1999 • Sculpture Technician, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Ireland. (Conducted technical demonstrations and workshops.)
1997-2000 • Sculpture Technician and Monitor, New Mexico State University. (Assisted students individually, maintained equipment and facilities.)
1994-1996 • Art Therapy Instructor, Casa de Esperanza, Socorro Mental Health Foundation. Socorro, NM. (Led mentally ill adults in classes in ceramics, drawing and collage, as well as daily living skills.)
1993-1995 • Community College Lecturer. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM. Instructor of record for Papermaking, and Ceramics I and II. (Designed course curriculum, managed budget.)
1994 • Studio Assistant. Penland School of Crafts. (Maintained material inventory and prepared workshops for Dolph Smith: “Papermaking, the Fifth Decade.”)
1999-2001 • Architectural Metals Fabrication. The Kason Group. Albuquerque, NM.
1999 • Fabrication and Painting Crew. “The Wall of Sound,” a fifty foot portable main stage for the St. Patrick’s Day festival in Dublin, Ireland.
1997-1999 • Guest Installation Artist for “A Writer’s Harvest”, an S.O.S. poetry reading benefit for Casa de Perigrinos, community food bank. Las Cruces, NM.
1997,1999 • Gallery Preparator. NMSU Art Gallery, Las Cruces, NM. Handled receipt and installation of a variety of solo and group exhibitions.
1992-1993 • Resident Artist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Land Management. Worked in a volunteer capacity at three separate locations: Malheur N.W.R., in Oregon, Pinedale B.L.M. in Wyoming, and Bosque delApache N.W.R. in New Mexico.
AWARDS/
HONORS
1998
• Janet B. Swenson Memorial Scholarship
•
Juror’s Award for
“Memorial, pool.” NMSU Student Exhibition. Louis Grachos, SITE
Sante Fe, Juror.
1987
• Maryland Artists Equity
Foundation • $3000 Scholarship.
• Presidential Scholar in
Arts
The El Defensor Chieftain. Local Easels. “Socorro Sculptor featured at San Acacia Gallery.” Sept. 30, 2000; p.7.
Garriot-Stejskal, Richard. Class Acts: ”The Window Project, a novel way to bring art (and art patrons) back to downtown.” Crosswinds Weekly. Sept. 28- Oct. 5, 2000. p.12.
Matteo, Ed. “Strong Artistic Cohesion in MFA Show.” The Round Up. Vol.101, No.60. p.B7
The Las Cruces Sun News, “Route/Root Exhibit.” Exhibition announcement with photo. Sept. 3, 1998. p. A-9
Roath, Gwen. “Historic schoolhouse gallery to be backdrop for contemporary sculpture exhibit.” Stepping Out. Oct. 2000. Vol.3, Iss.2, p.6.
Roath, Gwen. “New Exhibit STIRring at Macey.” Stepping Out. Sept. 2000. Vol.3, Iss.1; p. 5.
Salganek, Maya. “’The Window Project:’ The Viewer as Voyeur. Twenty-eight artists place triple pane installation.” ABQ Arts. Vol.4, No.10. October 2000, p.14.
The Albuquerque Sunday Journal. “Galleries; Socorro Opening.” “bits.” exhibition announcement with photo. Oct. 8th, 2000. p. F4.
Van Splawn, Karen. “Locals Making Art on their Own Terms.” El Defensor Chieftain. Nov. 12, 1997.