Janice Weeks MFA

E D U C A T I O N

2003-06     Master of Fine Arts cum laude, University of Houston

2003-06     Bachelor of Fine Arts cum laude, University of Alabama at Birmingham

E X H I B I T I O N S

2006        Dia de los Meurtos, on-site installation and projection, Lawndale Art Center, Houston

2006         Master Thesis Exhibition, Blaffer Gallery, Houston

2006        SOLID: the State of Things, on-site installation at #’s,Westheimer Street Festival, Houston

2006         Dueal: An Investigation of Word and Image, University of Houston

2006        Swallowing the Stars, Project Gallery, University of Houston             

2005        Art Crawl, Commerce Street Artist Warehouse, Houston

2005        Prostheseus Bound/ Unbound, Barnevelder Theatre, Houston

2004        Rock, Paper, Scissors: Drawing Show, Commerce Street Artist Warehouse, Houston

2004        Janice, Mary, Jason, Frances, Mestizo Gallery, Houston

2003        Featured Artists: Janice Weeks & Rebe’a Ballin, UH Women’s Center

2003        BFA Thesis Exhibition, UAB Visual Arts Gallery, Birmingham

2003        Appalachian Corridors Regional Competition, Sunrise Museum, WV

      Juror: Eleanor Heartney, art critic/writer Art Forum and Art in America

2003       UAB Juried Student Annual, UAB Visual Arts Gallery, Birmingham

               Juror: Mirko Ilic, former art director Time magazine

2002        Internet 2 National Digital Film Competition, National web- broadcast

2002        Sidewalk Film Festival, Birmingham

2002        Art Walk, 1^st-3^rd Ave. North, Birmingham

2002        Street Films, McWane Center, Birmingham

2002         Janice Weeks and Reed Barrow, Blue Shirt Project, Birmingham

2002        UAB Juried Student Annual, UAB Visual Arts Gallery, Birmingham

               Juror: Karen Moss, curator Brooklyn Sculpture Park   

2002      Custom Built in Birmingham, a week long workshop and on-site

              installation with artist/architect  Allan Wexler, Space One Eleven, Birmingham

2001        Juried Student Annual, Blue Shirt Project, Birmingham

2001        UAB Juried Student Annual, UAB Visual Arts Gallery, Birmingham

               Juror: Mark Messersmith, professor of painting FSU

2001        UAB Juried Student Annual, UAB Visual Arts Gallery, Birmingham

                Juror: Maria Lopez, professor of photography Notre Dame University

W O R K   E X P E R I E N C E

2003-06     Instructor (Fundamentals of Drawing and Painting, Intermediate Drawing) and Grader(Intro. to                  Art History), University of Houston

2005-now    Instructor, Summer Art Programs (ele. and mid. school level), Art League Houston

2003-now    Frequently Asked Questions Member, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston

2003-04     Docent and summer arts instructor, Blaffer Gallery, Houston

2001-02     Founding member and curatorial assistant, Blue Shirt Project, Birmingham

A W A R D S  A N D  H O N O R S

2004        Jo Harvey Allen Arts Scholarship, University of Houston

2003-06     Teaching Fellowship, University of Houston

2003-06     Art History Grading position, University of Houston

2003-06     Academic Tuition Waiver, University of Houston

2002          Appalachian Corridors Regional Competition Finalist Sunrise Museum, WV

2003          Award of Distinction, UAB Juried Annual

2002        Internet 2 Film Competition Finalist

2002        Atchinson Degree Completion Scholarship

2001        Edith Frohock Scholarship for Juniors

2001        Two Awards of Distinction, UAB Juried Annual

2000        Inducted into the Bachelor of Fine Arts Program

2000-02     President of the UAB Art Guild

1999-03     President’s List

1999-03     Dean’s List

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