Wendy Lane
Contact Information
contact name: Wendy Lane
phone: 651-776-3944
email: wendy@artistcoachwendylane.com
location address:
1621A Upper Afton Road
Wendy Lane's Studio
Saint Paul MN 55106
open to public: no
Similar Artists:
Group of Seven
Related Organizations:
Project Art for Nature: www.projectartfornature.org (previously)
Lake Country Pastel Society: http://www.lakecountrypastelsociety.org/
Women's Art Registry of Minnesota: www.thewarm.org
Experience
Coaches Training Institute, CA. Certified Professional Co-active Coach. 2008-2010.
Women Venture, Saint Paul, MN. Core Four Planning to Succeed business planning course. 2009
MFA, painting and drawing, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN, 1995.
Human Resources Generalist Certificate, University of MN Employer Education Services, 1995.
BA, arts administration, Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN, 1988.
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN. Ten-week watercolor class with Terry Geneson-Becker, 2001.
Grand Marais Art Colony, MN. One-week pastel painting class with Arna Rennan , 2001. Two-week pastel painting courses with Joyce Lyon and Louis Safer, 1988.
Dillman's Resort/True North Enterprises Art Program, Lac du Flambeau, WI. One-week plein-air pastel class with Robert Hoffman, 2000.
MAX Workshop, by invitation and scholarship, one-week Expressing The Environment, with environmental poets John Caddy and Joe Paddock, at Wilder Forest, 1996.
Split Rock Arts Program, Duluth, MN. One-week pastel drawing course with Joyce Lyon, 1986.
Awards
$50 Member Award, Arts In Harmony National Juried Show, Elk River Arts Alliance, 2004.
$100 Merit Award, Northern Lights, White Bear Art Center Juried Show, 2003.
$10 Merit Award, Lake Country Pastel Society Spring Members Show, 2003.
$50 Merit Award, Arts In Harmony, ElK River Arts Alliance, 2003.
$90 Best of Show and First Place Awards, Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts Members Show, 2002.
Mentor for WARM’s Mentor/Protégé Program, by invitation, 1996 - 2002.
First Alternate, Indiana Dunes National Park Artist-in-Residence Program 1998; Blacklock Nature Center Artist Fellowship Residency Program 1997.
Percent for Art Program, Minnesota State Arts Board. Two paintings purchased for installation at the Bemidji Department of Transportation District Headquarters, 1996.
$1000 Jerome Foundation Fellowship, WARM Mentor/Protégé program, 1996, 1992.
Artist-in-Residence, Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, 1993 - 1997; Yellowstone National Park Artists-in-Residence Program, 1993.
Grumbacher Silver Award, Impressions of the River, Phipps Center for the Arts, sponsored by the Great River Road Arts Coalition, 1995.
$50 Merit Award, 1995, Honorable Mention, 1991, Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, MN State Fair, drawing category.
Honorable Mention, MMA Juried Show, Inver Hills Community College, sponsored by the Minnesota Artists Association, 1995.
$1,000 Career Opportunity Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board, to support Yellowstone Residency.
Selected as Protégé for WARM’s Mentor/Protégé program, 1992.
$225 Grand Prize, 1992, $175 First Place Award, 1991, Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Bloomington Art Center.
Exhibitions/Performance History
Recent and Upcoming
2013
"Women's Commission of Metropolitan State University Faculty, Staff and Alumni Exhibition", Founders Hall Reception Area, Saint Paul, MN. April 1-30, 2013.
2012
"Look at Art", WARM Members 2012, Grain Belt Bottling House, Minneapolis, MN. April 13-May 4, 2012.
2010
Gratitude in Grand Marais, Park Square Theatre, Saint Paul, MN. June 4-July 4, 2010.
"Foot in the Door 4", Minneasota Artists Exhibition Program, Minneapolis Institiute of Arts, MN. February 19-June 13, 2010.
"Gratitude in Grand Marais", Park Square Theatre Lobby, Saint Paul, MN. May 28-June 20, 2010.
2009
"Minneapolis Foundation presents: WARM Chronicles: A Journey Through Visual Landscapes" Minneapolis Foundation, Minneapolis, MN. March 1-June 29, 2009.
2007
"Wendy Lane and Judith Fairbrother: Midwest Plein-air Landscapes", First Universalist Church, Minneapolis, MN. October 21-November 25, 2007.
"Lake Country Pastel Society Members Show," Savage Art Studios and Gallery, Savage, MN. October 1-November 10, 2007.
"Presence, Essence, Absence" Project Art for Nature at the University of Minnesota's Bell Museum of Natural History, Minneapolis, MN. February 10-May 27, 2007; and at Kleinspell Gallery, Public Library, Rivers Falls, WI. June 2-July 7, 2007.
"Unbidden Gardens" Project Art for Nature at the University of Minnesota's Landscape Arboretum, Chaska, MN. June 13-September 16, 2007.
2006
"Wild Reflections" a Project Art For Nature group exhibition at the St. Paul Pioneer Press Building Gallery, as part of the Lowertown Art Crawl. March 25-April 23, 2006. Reception, Saturday, April 22, 7-10 p.m., Cedar and Fourth Street, Saint Paul. www.stpaulartcrawl.org; Art Crawl Hotline: 651-292-4373; Art Crawl Hours: Friday, 5-10 p.m.; Saturday 12-7 p.m.; Sunday 12-5 p.m.
"Crossing Rivers", a Project Art for Nature group exhibition at the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, Bloomington. May 16-June 24, 2006. Reception on Sunday, May 21, 1-4 p.m.
2005
Ten Times Out, The MFA Exhibition, Minneapolis College of Art and Design Gallery, MN, November 5-26, 2005. Jurors: Thom Barry, Kris Douglas, and Kristin Makholm. An exhibition celebrating the ten-year anniversary of MCAD's MFA program.
Woodbury Lakes Lifestyle Center Grand Opening, Woodbury, MN, September 17, 2005. I was selected to paint a chalk mural on the street for the grand opening of the new shopping center.
Celebrating the Creative Spirit, Healing Arts Program, a collaboration of Hudson Hospital and The Phipps Center for the Arts, May 17-September 11, 2005. Invitational exhibition at Hudson Hospital, Hudson, WI.
Judith Fairbrother and Wendy Lane, Plein-Air Pastel Landscapes Painted Summer 2004 In Bayfield and Madeline Island, Wisconsin, April 10 - July 8, 2005. Invitational exhibition held during Lowertown Art Crawl, April 22-23, at Details Salon Spa, Saint Paul, MN.
32nd Annual Northern Lights, White Bear Center for the Arts, held at Century College, White Bear Lake, MN. March 6 - April 8, 2005. Annual juried exhibition.
New Beginnings: Works By The Instructors of the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory Botanical and Zoological Art and Illustration Program, Como Park Zoo and Conservatory Visitor Center, Saint Paul, MN. February 6 - March 18, 2005.
56th Arrowhead Biennial, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN. November 11, 2004 - January 23, 2005. Regional show juried by Christi Atkinson.
Collections
Percent for Art Program, Minnesota Arts Board. Two paintings purchased for installation at the Bemidji, Minnesota Department of Transportation District Headquarters, 1996.
Biographical Information
Country of Citizenship:
United States
Birth Place:
Saint Paul, MN
Gender:
Female
Active Place:
Midwest
Minnesota County:
Ramsey
Artist Information
Roles
Pastelist
Artist's Website
http://www.artistcoachwendylane.com