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Michael w. Howes
· 1505 Stuart Avenue · Baton Rouge, LA · 70808-3775 · (225) 387-6627 ·

Educational Background:

  M.F.A. Sculpture) May 12, 1974, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
  B.F.A. Sculpture) December 17, 1971, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

University Level Teaching Experience:

  August, 2002 – present Art Coordinator, Division of Art, School of Fine Arts, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana
  August, 1999 – present Professor of Art, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana
  August, 1990 – August, 1999 Associate Professor of Art, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana
  August, 1982 – August, 1990 Assistant Professor of Art, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana
  August, 1977 – August, 1982 Instructor of Art, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana
  September, 1975 – May, 1977 Instructor of Art, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana

Business Representation:

  1996 – present M J Bronz, Inc., Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  1975 – present Absolutely Art ä Inc., Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  1995-1997 Sculpture 3, Ltd., Houma, Louisiana

Contracted Gallery Representation

  1995 – present Baton Rouge Gallery, 1442 City Park Avenue, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  1995 – present Ward – Nasse Gallery, 178 Prince Street, New York, NY
  1981-1994 Bienville Gallery, 1800 Hastings Place, New Orleans, Louisiana

Juried, Invitational, Solo or Group Exhibitions, Commissions and Installations

  2004

May 14-July 11: Tibetan Journey, an installation with Jenny Authement, 47 th Annual Delta
Juried Exhibition, Mid-Southern Regional States, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR.
January 25-March 17: Tibetan Journey, an installation with Jenny Authement, 2004 International Juried Show, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, New Jersey

  2003

December 6-14: M J Bronz, Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea, Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy.
March 30-April 25: Entertaining Sects / solo exhibition, and Tibetan Journey, an installation with Jenny Authement, (invitational), Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

  2002

September 2: Shreveport Riverview Project finalist (declined)
April 20 – November 30: Sculpture in the Libraries (juried, invitational grant / exhibition at the Greenwell Springs Library), Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
February 7 – 28: All Media Invitational 2002, installation with Jenny Authement, (juried international exhibition), Period Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska.
January 27 – March 20: Beyond Distance, an installation with Jenny Authement, 2002 International Juried Show, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, New Jersey.
January 23 – February 27: Faculty Choice, U.S. Prime Exhibition, Clark Hall Gallery, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana

  2001

August 10, 2001 – June 30, 2002: Orange-Footed Metasect, Baton Rouge Public Sculpture Initiative (one of ten sculptors selected, state juried), Anna T. Jordan Park, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
June 6 – September 9: International Summer Salon, (invitational), Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, NY.
May 25, 2001 – June 30, 2002: Artists of the waterways, (national juried touring exhibition, eight cities) Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, Peoria, IL.
May 20 – June 15: Apparitional Labyrinth, an installation with JennyAuthement (invitational), Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
May 19 – July 15: Beyond Distance, an installation with Jenny Authement (national juried, invitational), Arkansas Arts and Science Center, Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
April 15: finalist for public commission, Teague Parkway Public Project, Bossier Arts Council, Bossier City, Louisiana

  2000

November 13 – December 15: Compact 2000, (juried exhibition), L. S. U. Union Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana .
October 17 – November 10: Beyond Distance, an installation with Jenny Authement
(invitational), Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
September 1 – October 6: Gala 2000, National Invitational Art Exhibition (juried) Brenau University, Gainesville, Georgia.
August 14 – September 9: Howes and Howes, recent Works, Waterlife Gallery, (invitational) Bayou Terrebonne Waterlife Museum, Houma, Louisiana.
June 12 – August 12: International Summer Salon,(invitational) Ward-Nasse Gallery, NY, NY.
March 19 – April 14: Group / Guest Exhibition, (invitational), Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
January 1 – February 1: Visual Poetry, Traveling Group Exhibition, (juried, invitational), Alexandria, Museum, Alexandria, Louisiana

  1999

November 5 – December 10: 20” x 20” x 20”A compact Competition 1999, (juried exhibition), L. S. U. Union Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
October 17 – November 12: Three Person Exhibition, Michael w. Howes – Knowing Irds When You See Them (invitational), Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
July 17 –Pelican Pavilion, Installation, (invitational), Bayou Terrebonne Waterlife Museum, Houma, Louisiana.
August 29 – September 17: Visual Poetry, Traveling Group Exhibition, (invitational), Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
July 4- July 30: Group Exhibition, (invitational), Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
June – 1999-2000: International Salon, Group Exhibition (invitational), Ward-Nasse Gallery, NewYork, NY.
January 23 – March 5: Having Sanctuary; an installation with Jenny Authement, (invitational) Tower Gallery, Shreveport, Louisiana

  1998

October 25 – November 20: Having Sanctuary; an installation with Jenny Authement, (invitational) Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
May 18 – June 12: Community Funds for the Arts Exhibition, (invitational) United Companies, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
March 25 – April 17: Louisiana Artists Annual II Southeastern Louisiana University (invitational) Hammond, Louisiana.
January 26: Nicholls State University 50 th Anniversary Monument/Fountain
Commission, N.S.U. Foundation, Thibodaux, Louisiana

Public Commissions

  1998-99 January 26: Nicholls State University 50 th Anniversity Monument/Fountain commission: a twenty-five foot circular plaza with centered bronze obelisk (monument/fountain) atop an eight foot granite disc with retaining pool, N.S.U. Foundation, Thibodaux, Louisiana.
  1997 September: (competitive juried sculpture commission), Memorial to the Salt Miners and Rescue Teams of West St. Mary Parish: an eight and one-half foot bronze figure, sited at the St. Mary Tourist Center, Franklin, Louisiana, with Jenny Authement, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
  1996 July 1: Seedling, a sixteen foot bronze, stained glass, and painted kinetic sculpture; sited in front of the Monroe City Hall, with Jenny Authement, and Sheri Watkins. Monroe City Hall Public Art Project Grant, (competitive juried Sculpture commission) funded by Louisiana State Arts Council, Louisiana Division of the Arts and Northeast Louisiana Arts Council, Monroe, Louisiana

Grants:

  2003 Louisiana Division of the Arts, Artist Director’s Grant in Aid Award, ($750).
  2001 – 2002 Louisiana Division of the Arts, Artist Mini-Grant Award, ($500).
  1999 – 2000 Louisiana Division of the Arts, Artist Mini-Grant Award, ($500).
  1998 Louisiana Decentralized Arts Mini-Grant, Non-Ferrous Metals Laboratory Workshop, as administered by the Houma-Terrebonne Arts and Humanities Council, ($1,500)
  1998 – 2001

Board of Regents Support Fund Enhancement Program, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana; Non-Ferrous Metals Laboratory, ($78,665).

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