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
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
