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J.
Gail Geer with Second Summer
PUBLIC
COLLECTIONS
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St. John's Episcopal Church, Roanoke VA
Lottie's
Lamb, Carrara Marble, 1998
- Jacksonville
Community College, FL
First
Spring, Limited Edition. Bronze, 1995
- Virginia
Western Community College, Roanoke VA - Ursa
Major, Ltd. Ed. Bronze, 1994
COMMISSIONS
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Hotel
Roanoke Conference Center
Sanctuary,
American Black Bears, Virgina Soapstone, 1995.
- Various private collections
RECENT
AWARDS
- 2015-2009 League of Roanoke Artists Showcase,
1st or 2nd place in Other Media;
2008 Carol Brittner Award of Distinction.
- 2015, 2014,
2009, 2007, 2002 - Lynchburg, VA Art Show, various
awards;
1998 Best in Show.
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Bath County Art Show Sculpture
Awards,
2013-1st
place,
2009-
2nd Place;
2011-2nd
; 2007 Judge's
Choice Award; 2005,
2002, 2001 2nd
Place; 2000
1st
Place.
- 2011
Fall Foliage Festival, Waynesboro, VA,
2nd Place
for Sculpture
- 2009
Allegheny Highlands,
1st
Place for Sculpture
- 2009
Roanoke College Biennial Juried Exhibit,
Third Place
- 2007
Art Affair, formerly
Arts on the Lawn,
Midlothian
VA - Judge's Choice Award; 2003 First
Place in Three Dimensions
GALLERY
REPRESENTATION
- Allegheny
Highlands Arts & Crafts Center, Clifton Forge, VA
- Crossroads
Art Gallery, Richmond, VA
- Shenandoah
Valley Art Center, Waynesboro, VA
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"My
visions and feelings are expressed through the sensuality
of the stone."
INVITED
EXHIBITIONS
- Featured
Artist, Signature 9 Gallery, Roanoke, 2012, 2010
- Featured
Artist, Gallery 108, Roanoke, 2011
- Featured
Artist, Allegheny Highlands Arts & Crafts Center,
2011
- Olin
Hall Biennial, Roanoke College, since 1996
- Open
Studios Tour, Roanoke VA, since 2001
- Sculpture
in the South, Summerville SC, since 2008
- Washington
Square Exhibit, Tri-State Sculptors Wash. DC
- Invitational,
Cultural Art Center, Glen Allen VA, 2007
- Roanoke
City Art Show, Art Museum of VA, 2000-02, 06
- Artisan
Center of VA, Juried Member 2003-12
- When
the Spirit Moves, Ferrum College, Ferrum VA, 2002.
TEACHING
Since
2007 Taubman Museum of Art- Evening
classes for adults, Saturday classes for kids.
Since 1996 VAEA
Annual Conference-Stone Carving Workshop for art teachers
at all levels: elementary thru college.
2013 Brambleton Center, Roanoke, VA-Adult
classes in stone carving.
2000-14 Cave Spring Elementary School, Roanoke
VA-6 week after school programs.
2011 Artist in Residence, Read Mountain Middle
School, VA
2011 Artist in Residence, Covington High School,
sponsored by a grant from the National Endowment for the
Arts.
2010-11 Cave
Spring High School, After
School Workshop, Roanoke County, VA.
2002-08 Roanoke City schools After School
Enrichment Program-high school classes in stone carving.
2007 University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville
VA-Stone carving demonstration, Native American Heritage
Festival.
EDUCATION
2012
Marble Carving with Craig Schaffer, Pietrasanta, Italy
1997
Marble Carving and Design, with Kyle Smith, Pietrasanta,
Italy
1994
Clay Portraiture and Figure Study with Michiel Van der Sommen,
Ferrum College
1987-90
Stone Carving with Chi Ché Davis,
Virginia Western, Roanoke VA
1968-69
Lost Wax Jewelry Making with Navajo instructors,Glendale
College, Phoenix AZ
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Open
Studios Tour, Roanoke
VA-founding member
Blue
Ridge Potters Guild, Roanoke, VA
National
League of American Pen Women.
President & Vice-President, Roanoke Branch, 1996-03.
League
of Roanoke Artists,
President & Vice-President, 1993 - 2000.
Virginia
Art Educators Association.
Arts
Council of the Blue Ridge,
Board Member 1997-2000.
Tri-State
Sculptors, VA, NC,
SC
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