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GALLERY REPRESENTATION
True West Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Gallery in the Woods, Brattleboro, Vermont
Brandon Artists Guild, Brandon, Vermont
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2015
Flock: Birds on the Brink, Ganna Walska Museum, Santa Barbara, California
Grand Opening, True West Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Live painting demonstrations at True West Gallery June, September.
2014
Solo Exhibition, Wide Open Spaces, Naylor and Breen Headquarters, Brandon, VT
2013
New Members Exhibit, CoSo Gallery, Newbury St., Boston, MA
Solo Exhibition: Nesting Instincts, Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild, St. Johnsbury, VT
2012
Moonlit Starry Night Sunflowers Mural, Installation 4′ x 16′, acrylic on board, Hamilton, NY
Solo exhibition Brandon Artists Guild, Brandon, VT
2011
Solo Exhibition “Promises Kept,” Feick Arts Center Poultney, VT
Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA
Copley Society “Fresh Paint” Boston, MA
Gallery 203B, Santa Fe, NM (represented by)
All in the Family, 8′ x 8′ mural installation, acrylic on board, Hamilton, NY
Taking Flight, Invitational Group Exhibition, Jackson Gallery, Middlebury, VT
Brandon Artists Guild Juried Group exhibition, Brandon, VT
Southern Vermont Arts Center Juried summer exhibition, Manchester, VT
2010
Scottsdale Festival of the Arts, Scottsdale AZ
Inspired by Nature, Nature Conservancy, Bennington Center for the Arts, VT
Artists with Tools, Brandon, VT
Moonlit Starry Night Sunflowers Mural, 4″ x 16″ acrylic on board, Brandon, VT (temporary exterior installation)
2009
Solo Exhibition, Gopalan Gallery, Terre Haute, IN
Solo Exhibition, Christine Price Gallery, Castleton, VT.
Feick Gallery, Group Invitational, Poultney, VT
2008
National Association of Woman Artists, NY, NY
Bellevue Museum Arts Fair, Bellevue, WA
Invitational, Gallery in the Field, Brandon, VT
Contemporary Realism National, Academic Artists Assoc. Springfield, MA
Paradise City Arts Festival Marlboro, MA
Form, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
2007
Glastonbury Art on the Green, Glastonbury, CT
Paradise City Arts Festival Marlboro, & Northhampton, MA
Southern Vermont Art Center, Fall National, Manchester, VT
All New England Juried Exhibition, Cape Cod Art Assoc, Barnstable, MA
2006
Art in the Round Barn, Waitsfield, VT
Reflections on Basin Harbor, Vergennes, VT
Contemporary Vermont Invitational, Gallery in the Field, Brandon, VT
Arts Alive, Burlington, VT
Featured artist: North Carolina Museum of Natural Science, Raleigh, NC
2005
Featured artist Grand Parada, Rutland, Vermont
Brandon Rocks Invitational, Brandon, VT
2004
Featured Artist Art on Main, Bristol, VT
Art on the Mountain, Wilmington, VT
Art in the Round Barn, Waitsfield, VT
2003
Quail Hollow Arts Festival, Woodstock, NY
Meredith Fine Arts Festival, Meredith, NH
Corn Hill Arts Festival, Rochester, NY
Solo Exhibition, Vermont Works, Christine Price Gallery, Castleton, VT
Syracuse Arts Festival, Syracuse, NY
The Really Really Pig Show, Brandon Artists Guild, Brandon, VT
2002
Solo Exhibition, Chaffee Center for the Arts, Rutland, VT
Southern Vermont Art Center, Fall National, Manchester, VT
Arts Alive Exhibition, Burlington, VT
Berkshires Summer Arts Festival, MA
Corn Hill Arts Festival, Rochester, NY
2001
Southern Vermont Art Center, Fall National, Manchester, VT
Featured Artist, Brandon Artist’s Guild, September, Brandon, VT
Art on the Mountain, Wilmington, VT
Glastonbury Artist’s Guild Art Fair, Glastonbury, CT
Food For Thought, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, VT
Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Ocean City, MD
Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
2000
Great Wall of Good Choices, 9′ x 24′ ceramic mural,
Pittsford, VT
Solo Exhibition Connecticut Audubon Center, Glastonbury, CT
Art at the Station, Burlington, VT
Promenade Gallery, Bushnell Theater, Hartford, CT
T.W. Wood Gallery, Invitational Exhibition, Montpelier VT,
Solo Exhibition “Emerging into Clarity” Geissler Gallery, Greenfield, MA
Amsden House Contemporary Art Invitational, Stanstead, Quebec
1999
Small Works, Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT
Envisioned in a Pastoral Setting, Shelburne, VT
Stratton Arts Festival, Stratton, VT
Reflections of Basin Harbor, Panton, VT
Art of the Animal Kingdom IV, Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT
XII Annual International Exhibition of Animals in Art, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA
1998
Southern Vermont Arts Juried Fall National Exhibition, Manchester, VT
“Animal Kingdom” Chaffee Center for the Visual Arts, Invitational Exhibition, Rutland, VT
The Continents, 9’ x 72’ mural, acrylic on the wall, Pittsford, VT
1996
The Great Wall of Good Choices, 9’ x 24’ ceramic tile mural, Pittsford, VT
Chaffee Center for the Visual Arts, Invitational Wildlife Art Exhibit, Rutland, VT
Juried Wildlife Art Exhibition, Vermont Institute of Natural Science, Woodstock, VT
Invited to present at a conference entitled “Children, Environmental Activism and Grassroots Democratic Action” Suzdal, Russia
Rutland Unitarian Universalist 1996 Earth Day Award, Rutland, VT
River Odyssey, children’s musical, Pittsford, VT; Fort Ticonderoga, NY; Montpelier, VT
1993
Around the World, 9’ x 72’ acrylic wall mural, Lothrop Elementary cafeteria, Pittsford, VT
A Planet For All Species, a children’s musical melodrama by Liza Myers
Audubon North East Regional Conference, Lake George, NY, Washington, DC
1991
Our Own Special Place children’s musical by Liza Myers performed in Pittsford, VT; Westport, CT and Washington DC
Woman’s Work, Invitational Exhibition, Castleton State College, Castleton, VT
1990
This is Our Forest, a children’s musical by Liza Myers, Pittsford, VT
1989
Solo exhibition “Emissaries”, Moonbrook Arts Union, Rutland, VT
Arts Alive Invitational Exhibition, Fleming Museum, Burlington, VT
Lee Sclaar Gallery, Morristown, NJ
1988
Albany Museum of Art and History, Rice Gallery, Albany, NY
Lee Sclaar Gallery, Morristown, NJ
1987
Invitational Exhibition, Chaffee Gallery, Rutland, VT
Installation, Lee Sclaar Gallery, Morristown, N J
“Interplay,” Juried N E Competition, Albany Museum of Art & History, NY
Four Vermont Sculptors Invitational, Christine Price Gallery, Castleton, VT
1986
Art’s Alive, Contemporary Vermont Artists, Burlington, VT
Solo Exhibition, Moonbrook Gallery, Rutland, VT
Art on Paper, Gallery on the Circle, Annapolis, MD
1985
Recent Ceramic Sculpture” Invitational, NM Museum of Fine Arts, Albuquerque, NM
1984
Faculty Exhibition, Towson University, Towson, MD
NCECA, National Juried Members Exhibition, Boston, MA
1983
“Perspectives” Mill Gallery National Competition, Guilford, CT
1982
“Shards” Solo Exhibition, Bloodroot Collective, Bridgeport, CT
New Directions in Traditional Media” Center for Creative Arts, Wilmington, DE
“The Great American Bowl” National, Newport Art Assoc., Newport, RI
1980
“Lo Que Esta Pasando” Galeria Agustin Barrios, Asunción, Paraguay
1979
“New Directions in Crafts”, Albuquerque United Artists Gallery, NM
Mixed Media Juried Exhibition, Teaching Gallery, University of NM
1978
“Cuatro Americanos en Latino America” Galeria Augustín Barrios, Asunciòn, Paraguay
1977
Tecnicas de Ceramica” Clay sculpture, Galeria Barrios, Asunciòn, Paraguay
AWARDS AND HONORS
2013
Professional Development Grant, Castleton State College
2012
Wurlitzer Foundation Residency Grant, Taos, NM Jan-April 2012
2011
Artists Residency Grant, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria VA
Professional Development Grant, Castleton State College
2010
Traveling Grant: Castleton State College Castleton, VT
2009
Artists Residency Santa Fe, NM, Castleton, VT
2008
Artist’s Residency Centre de Arte i Natura, Farrera, Catalonia, Spain,
Vermont Arts Council Artists Development Grant
National Association of Women in the Arts
2007
Showstopper, Paradise City Arts Festival, Northampton & Marlboro, MA
Glastonbury Artist’s Guild Acrylic Painting Award, Glastonbury CT
2006
Vermont Arts Council Calendar Artist
Cover artist Vermont Journal of Arts and Letters
Basin Harbor Artist’s Residency Award, Panton, VT
2004
Cambridge Press for Book Cover Illustration,
VT Arts Council for commemorative 40th anniversary gicleé series.
2003
Vermont Studio Center Residency Fellowship, Johnson, VT
2002
Vermont Arts Council Grant
2001
Ralph Seeley Award, Best in Show, Chaffee Arts Center, Rutland, VT
Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson, VT
2000
Painting Award, Hildene Peony Festival, Manchester, VT
Vermont Arts Council Artist Opportunity Development Grant
1999
Basin Harbor Artist’s Residency, Panton, Vermont
Best in Show, Chaffee Spring Exhibit, Rutland Vermont
1998
Vermont Alliance for Arts in Education “Outstanding Educator of the Year Award”
1996
Travel grant: Suzdal, Russia to present at International Conference on Environmental Education
1993
National Audubon Society Cash Award to take “A Planet For All Species” to D.C.
1991
“Vermont Woman Making A Difference” Award, Castleton State College, Castleton, VT
1986
First Place, Chaffee Gallery, Fall Exhibition, Rutland, VT
Best of Show, MD Federation of Art, Juried Exhibition, Annapolis, MD
Second Prize, Sculpture, Norwich University Juried VT Artists Exhibition, Montpelier, VT
1982
Award for “The Bowl as Concept” Great American Bowl, Newport, RI
1980-82
Full Graduate Assistanceship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltmore, MD
1979
Best of Show, Feria de Guggiari, Asuncion, Paraguay
GALLERIES:
True West Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Gallery in the Woods, Brattleboro, VT
Brandon Artists Guild, Brandon, VT
EDUCATION
MFA Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, Ceramic Sculpture
BFA University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
High School George School, Newtown, PA
Certification K-12
Additional studies:
2011
Studies in Bronze Casting, William Ramage, VT
Social Media and the Arts Workshop, Arts Biz, Alyson Stanfield, Golden, CO
2010
Bennington Center for the Arts, Morton Solberg Water Media Workshop, VT
David Drummond, Watercolor Reflection Optics Workshop, Page, AZ
Anthropology and the Environment, Castleton State College, Castleton, VT
2004
Vancouver Academy of Art, Realism in Watercolor, Arleta Pech, Vancouver, Canada
2003
Taos Institute of the Arts, Plein air landscape in Oils, Timothy Tyler, NAOP, NM
2001 & 2002
Art New England, Watercolor Workshop, Patricia Tobacco Forrester, Bennington VT,
2000
Artisans, Dramatic Skies in Watercolor, Evelyn Boren, Santa Fe, NM,
1998
Academy of Realist Art, Plein air Landscape in oils, Camano Island, WA
1997
University of Vermont, Water Soluble Oil Painting, Sean Dye,
1996
Vermont Arts, Oil Pastels, Ken Leslie, Montpelier, VT
1994
Eastman Kodak Center for Creative Imagery, Photoshop Workshop, Camden, Maine
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2010-16 Assistant Professor, Santa Fe Semester, Fall, Castleton State University, Castleton, Vermont & Santa Fe, NM
Southwest Art; Southwest Explorations; Spanish Conversation; Ceramics; Pedagogy of Art; Yoga
2005-14 Castleton State University, Adjunct Professor of Art
Painting; Drawing; Watercolor; Intro to Studio; Pedagogy of Art;
Travel Study: Discovering Coral Reefs through Art and Ecology; Peru Past and Present
2007-10 Community College of Vermont, Adjunct Professor of Art
Acrylic painting I and II; Intro to Design; Watercolor I and II
2003-2016 Liza Myers Studio
Adult, Portfolio & Children’s classes: watercolor, acrylic, drawing, mixed media, clay
An Artist’s Journey- Group leader and organizer for an artist’s tour of the Sacred Valley of Peru
1988-2006 Arts and the Basics Coordinator, Arts Instructor, Lothrop School, Pittsford,VT
Coordinator of Integrated Arts Program, Studio Arts Instructor, Photoshop, Intro to Spanish
1997-2006 Armadillo Aartz, Director, after-school arts program, Pittsford VT
1990 Assistant Professor, (sabbatical replacement) Green Mountain College, Poultney VT
Ceramics, Figurative Sculpture, Art History
1989-90 Adjunct Professor, Ceramics, Green Mountain College, Poultney VT
1986-87 Purnell School, grades 10-12, Pottersville, NJ Studio Arts
1984-86 Art Educator, West Rutland School, K-12, Studio Arts
1983-84 Towson University, Towson, MD, Visiting Instructor, 2-D Design, Ceramics.
1982-84 Loyola Blakefield, grades 10-12, Towson, MD, Art History, Studio Classes
1976-80 Art Educator K-12 and adult classes, American School of Asuncion, Paraguay, South America
OTHER ACTIVITIES
1999-2004 Board Member, Brandon Artists Guild
2000-2003 Vice President, Vermont Watercolor Society
1997-2009 Vocals, Harmony & Rhythm Guitar with the Sleeping Dogs, blues & rock band
1992-95 Director, Great Blue Productions: Co-designed “MarshMaster, the Wetlands Game”
1989-98 Vermont Audubon Council Board Member
TRAVELS: Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, USVI, France, Spain, Greece, Netherlands, Thailand, Morocco, Canada, and 49 US states (not Alaska)
OTHER: I am bilingual in Spanish and functionally fluent in French.
Born in the US, I have lived for eight years in Mexico, Nicaragua, Colombia, Uruguay & Paraguay.