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Education

2014                Master of Fine Arts in Painting, The University of Mississippi

2005                BSBM , Business Management, Belhaven University, Jackson, MS

1978-1980      Studio Art and Art History, Mississippi College, Clinton, MS

1976-1978      Delta State University, Cleveland, MS (General studies, Studio Art)



Teaching/Professional Experience

2016        Training Coordinator at C.F. Industries Nitrogen Facility, Yazoo City, MS

2015-16   Teacher Art I and Art II, Art Appreciation at Yazoo City High School, Yazoo City, MS

2015        Issued standard 5-year Mississippi Teachers License in visual arts(AAA certification; endorsement code                          #127)
2015        Drawing 2 Instructor, Spring 2015, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN

2014         Beginning Painting, Intermediate Painting and Advanced Painting, Fall 2014. The University of Mississippi

2013        Instructor of record, Drawing, Spring 2013. The University of Mississippi

2012        Instructor of record, 2 Dimensional Design, Fall 2012. The University of Mississippi

2011-12    Teaching Assistant, University of Mississippi, University, MS (courses: beginning painting, intermediate                                 painting, advanced painting)

2010        Industrial Sales Manager, Terra Industries, Inc., Sioux City, IA (managed national accounts for bulk chemical                      sales to industrial customers)



Awards

2019    Purchase Award Greenville Arts Council  Biennial Invitational

2014    Honorable Mention The Cedars 3rd annual Juried Art Show, Jackson, MS (Juror: Jere Allen, Artist, Oxford, MS

2014     Best in Show (Fine Arts Division), The Prairie Arts Festival, West Point, MS
       
               
2013    Grand Prize Winner, The Cedars 2nd annual Juried Art show, Jackson, MS, (Juror: Allan                                                             Flattman, Artist, New Orleans, LA)

2013    Outstanding Studio Art Student Award, 2013 Honors Convocation, University of Mississippi, University, MS

2013    First Place Award, Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition (Painting), The Art Center of Mississippi, Jackson, MS              (Juror: Sarah Marshall, Associate Professor of Art, Printmaking The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL)

2012    First Place Award and The Peoples’ Choice Winner Double Decker Art Exhibit, The Powerhouse Gallery Series,              Oxford, MS,


Exhibitions

2019    Greenville Arts Council Biennial Invitational 

2018    Yazoo Arts Council Art Exhibit, Triangle Cultural Center, Yazoo City, MS

2018    The Cedars: Spring Art Show, Jackson, MS

2017    The Cedars: Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Jackson, MS

2016    Group Show: Night Sun, Curator Philip Jackson at Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS 

2015    Group Show, Bozarts Art Gallery, Water Valley, MS

2015    Lakeside Labs Artist in Residence Show, Pearson Lakes Art Center, Milford, IA

2015    Solo exhibit, The Art Department at Ittawamba Community College, Fulton, MS

2015    Powerhouse Series: People at Work, The Yoknapatawfa Art Center, Oxford, MS

2014    Featured artist Panera Bread grand opening, Oxford, MS

2014    The Cedars 3rd annual Juried Art Show, Jackson, MS, (Juror: Jere Allen, Artist, Oxford, MS)

2014    Solo Exhibition, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 130, The Department of Art, University of Mississippi,

              University, MS
2014    Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition, The Art Center of Mississippi, Jackson, MS

2014    51st Annual Juried Show, The Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA

2013    5th Annual Holiday Miniatures Show, Bozarts Gallery, Water Valley, MS

2013    Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition, The Art Center of Mississippi, Jackson, MS

2012    Passages, Graduate Student Exhibition, Gallery 130, Meek Hall, The University of Mississippi,

            University, MS

2012    Duality: An Online Exhibition, Linus Galleries, Pasadena, CA

2012    En Plein Air: Painting the Mississippi Landscape Exhibition, Meek Hall, The University of Mississippi,

2012    Graduate Painters Show, McDavid Law Firm (on the square), Oxford, MS

2012    Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition, Department of Art at Jackson State University, Jackson, MS

2011    Figuratively Speaking, Group Show, Sarah Isom Center, The University of Mississippi




Service:

2019                      Board Member Yazoo County Convention and Visitors' Bureau

​2018                      Board Member Yazoo Arts Council                    

2013                      Graduate Student representative on the search committee for Art History Professor, The University of                                     Mississippi

2013                      Graduate Student representative on the search committee for Art Department Chair. The University of                                     Mississippi

2012-13                Senator representing the Art Department on the Graduate Student Council (Research Grant                                                    Committee). The University of Mississippi

2007-10                Co-chair “Terra Annual Charity Golf Classic” supporting Ronald McDonald House,                                                                     Council on  Spousal  Abuse and Domestic Violence, The Boys and Girls Club of Sioux City, IA

2007-09                The United Way “Loaned Executives” Program, Sioux City, Iowa (Tim Stiles, Director)

1995-2005            Christmas in April volunteer home repair for the disadvantaged in Yazoo City, MS


Website Publications

Wolf, “Melton Takes Top Honors at Juried Show”, Find It In Fondren, September 6, 2013 (http://www.finditinfondren.com)

Faucett, D. “Mississippi Artisans” Stages Mississippi Magazine, May/June issue 2014 (dees@stagesmississippi.com)  Phone: 601-941-7005


Professional Organizations

Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC)


Gallery Affiliations

Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS
View Gallery, Ridgeland, MS
Treehouse Gallery, Oxford, MS
Bozarts Art Gallery, Water Valley, MS
Vangarde Arts, Sioux City, IA








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  • Biography
    • CV
  • Oil
    • Figures
    • Landscapes
    • Still Life
    • Miniatures
  • A Working Life
    • On the Grid
  • Sketches and Studies
  • Experiment on Roofing Paper
  • Watercolor
  • Pastels
  • Contact
  • Figures