RESUME

ANN PAXTON

Education:

B.F.A University of Houston 1982 (diploma issued in 2000)

Sarah Lawrence College N.Y. La Coste, France Summer 1979

San Diego Artist Equity Association Treasurer 1992

St. George Visual Arts Committee Chairman- Aug. 2001-Aug.2004

St. George Art council Member- Aug. 2001- Aug. 2004

Co-Founder of the Houston Art Alliance 1981

Oil Painting –Sam Lawler Dixie State College Jan. 2005-May 2006

Betty Billups Intensive Plein Air workshop Spring 2004

Pastel Portrait Drawing- Del Parson, Dixie State College Jan. 2003-

Carl Purcell Watercolor Workshop- Dixie State College Oct. 2001

Advanced Watercolor- Mel Scott, Dixie State College Jan. –May 2000

Monotypes Study- Fritz Scholder, Scottsdale, Arizona March 2000

Advanced Study Painting-Fritz Scholder, Scottsdale Arizona Sept. 1999

Watercolor- Wallace Lee, Dixie State College Spring 1998

Watercolor-Roland Lee, Dixie State College Fall 1997

Exhibitions:

Nevada Museum of Art Aug 25-Sept 23 2007 –Reno N.V.

Eliseo Gallery March 2006-

S Gallery – Oct. 2005-

Parade of Homes Kachina Cliffs Model unit #57- St. George, Utah May – Oct. 2002

S. U. Watercolor Juried Spring Show – Red Rim Gallery Spring 2004

Twiggs and Moore Gallery- December 2003

First Annual Watercolor Spring Salon Show- April 17th and 18th 2003

Datura Gallery- May 2002- April 2003

Outsider Art Group Show (Invitation Only) - Dixie College Nov. 2002

America Is- Staircase Gallery, Zion Bank, St. George Utah Fall 2002

S.U. Watercolor Juried Show-Nov. 2001 (Honorable Mention)

First Night New Years Eve 2002- Live Chalk Painting, St. George Art Museum

St. George Regional Show (Juried) - St. George Art Museum, Oct. 2000-Jan. 2001

Taste of Dixie Art in the Park, Worthan Park, and Sept. 2000

(3rd Place for Mixed Media)

For Women Only, Staircase Gallery- Zion Bank, St. George, Utah Feb. March 31, 2000

Red and Green Show, Staircase Gallery- Zion bank, St. George, Utah Dec. –Feb. 2000

First Night New Years Eve 1999-Live outside Chalk Painting, St. George Art Museum

End of Millennium Show, Dixie State College Nov. - Dec. 1999

The Utah Arts Festival (Art Partners) Juried Show, Salt Lake City, Utah June 1999

St. George Art Museum Regional Show (Juried) - Oct. 1998-Jan. 1999

Post Modern Expressionists Exhibit-Spring 1997

Women in Art, Dixie State College, St. George, Utah 1997

Artists Equity Assoc., Benefit Casa de Amparo, Solana Beach, CA 1992

Community Projects:

St. George Visual Arts Committee Chairman- Aug. 2001-Aug. 2004

Promoted public awareness of The Visual Arts and Artists through education and expose.
Oversee the management of the Zion Staircase Galleries operations and exhibitions
In charge of administration and design of the Visual Voice Newsletter.

Taught and provided art teachers for schools and Museum programs.
Facilitated new programs through out the community, which coordinated with Dixie State College, the St. George Art Museum and various Art galleries and facilities throughout southern Utah.
Promoted and volunteered for the children Art Attack area at Art in the Park Show.
Developed workshops to bring prominent artists to the area.
Provided PR on Spring Arts Festival to Southwest Arts Magazine 2003.
Wrote grants and educated associates on grant writing for art promotion of St. George Schools and Art programs.
Assisted in providing artists for First Night New Years Eve.

St. George Art Council Member- Aug. 2001-Aug.2004