Garden Melody

Garden Melody

Resume and Recognition

Residency Award

  • 2002:  John T. Scott  Master Artist Residency: Dance Steps New Orleans

Artist in Residence

  • 2002-2020:  Bayou Woods Elementary School (Slidell, LA)

Education

  • 2018-2020:  Art Business Academy (online)

  • 2003:  Getty Institute for Arts Education (Chattanooga, TN)

  • 1992-1995:  University of New Orleans (graduate studies)

  • 1988-1992:  University of New Orleans (B.A. in Fine Arts/Painting)

  • 1967-1968:  Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia

  • 1965-1966:  University of California at Berkeley

Public Art Commissions

  • 2013:  Pelicans on Parade (Slidell, LA)

  • 2012:  Paws on Parade  (New Orleans, LA)

  • 2009:  Mosaic Mural (Olde Towne Slidell, LA) Sponsor: Slidell Commisssion on the Arts

  • 2008:  A Streetcar Named Inspire (New Orleans, LA) Sponsor: City Business

  • 2007:  Fleur De Lis Project (New Orleans, LA)

  • 2003:  Art in the Park (Painted Benches in Abita Springs & Covington, LA)

  • 2000:  Festival of Fins (New Orleans, LA) Sponsor: Pan-American Life

  • 2000:  Festival of Fins (New Orleans, LA) Sponsor: Universal Technical Services

Curator

  • 2007:  Games People Play (Hammond, LA)

  • 2003-2019:  Annual Hot Art in a Cool Space (Lacombe, LA)

Juror and Judge

  • 2011:  Three Rivers Art Festival (Covington, LA)

Selected Juried Shows

  • 2019:  La Femme – Artists of St. Tammany (Covington, LA) juried by Don Marshall

  • 2017:  Mixed Media Show (Slidell Commisssion on the Arts, LA)

  • 2015:  Mixed Media Show (Slidell Commisssion on the Arts, LA)

  • 2013-2019:  Olde Towne Arts Center (Slidell, LA) 

  • 2011-2019:  Fine Arts Showcase (Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA)

  • 2003-2012:  Bayou Lacombe Annual Juried Art Show (Lacombe, LA), jurors included John Bullard, Dennis Siporski, Shirley Rabe' Masinter, Sam Urrate, Robert Warrens, Gail Hood, Lisa Rotondo-McCord

  • 2006:  Art for Arts Sake (New Orleans, LA)

  • 2004:  “Swamped” (Hammond, LA), juried by Joseph France

  • 2001:  Slidell Art League (Slidell, LA), juried by Alexander Stolin

  • 1999:  White Linen Night (New Orleans, LA)

  • 1999:  No Dead Artists (New Orleans, LA), juried by Doug McCash

  • 1998:  Art for Arts Sake (New Orleans, LA)

  • 1997:  Abstraction (Covington, LA), juried by Don Marshall

  • 1997:  Slidell Art League Spring Show (Slidell, LA), juried by Emery Clark

  • 1996:  George E. Ohr Fall Festival (Biloxi, MS)

  • 1996:  FanFare, SLU (Hammond, LA)

  • 1995:  Jumbo Art Show (New Orleans, LA), juried by Naomi Marshall

  • 1995:  Northern Exposure, SLU (Hammond, LA), juried by Don Marshall

  • 1995:  Slidell Art League Spring Show (Slidell, LA), juried by Patricia Whitty

  • 1994:  St. Tammany Art Association (Slidell, LA), juried by Ted Potter

  • 1994:  Jumbo Art Show (New Orleans, LA), juried by Doug McCash

  • 1993:  Tom Peyton Memorial Show (Alexandria, LA), juried by Lynda Benglis

  • 1991:  Slidell Art League Spring Show (Slidell, LA), juried by Mark Grote

Selected Solo and Group Shows

  • 2016-2018:  Fine Artists of Louisiana (New Orleans, LA)

  • 2015:  Rosa Keller Library (New Orleans, LA)

  • 2015-2016:  Broadmoor Improvement Association (New Orleans, LA)

  • 2014-2016:  Women's Caucus for Art, (New Orleans, LA)

  • 2014-2015:  Mid-City Theatre Gallery, (New Orleans, LA)

  • 2012-2015:  Christopher's on Carey (Slidell, LA)

  • 2008:  Jammin' on Julia (New Orleans, LA)

  • 2005:  Gina Campo Gallery (New Orleans, LA)

  • 2004 & 2006:  B.R.O.A.D.S. (Hammond, LA)

  • 2003:  Hot August Nights (Hammond, LA)

  • 2002-2005:  All in the Frame Gallery (Slidell, LA)

  • 2001:  West Valley Gallery (Chatsworth, CA)

  • 2000:  Borders Gallery (Metairie, LA)

  • 1999:  Recent Paintings (New Orleans, LA)

  • 1998:  Brunner Gallery (Covington, LA)

  • 1998:  Crescent City Brewhouse (N.O., LA)

  • 1998:  Patout’s (New Orleans, LA)

  • 1997:  Horaist Gallery (Slidell, LA)

  • 1996:  Berkano Gallery(New Orleans, LA)

  • 1995:  Patio Gallery (Covington, LA)

  • 1994:  Gallery & Co. (New Orleans, LA)

  • 1993:  Uptown Gallery (New Orleans, LA)

  • 1993:  NOSAC (New Orleans, LA)

Awards Received

  • 2019:  Olde Towne Arts Center (Slidell, LA)  Received Best in Show Award

  • 2017:  Mixed Media Show (Slidell Commisssion on the Arts, LA) Received 1st Place and Honorable Mention

  • 2015:  Mixed Media Show (Slidell Commisssion on the Arts, LA) Recieved Purchase Award

  • 2001:  Slidell Art League (Slidell, LA), juried by Alexander Stolin; Received 2nd place

  • 1993:  Tom Peyton Memorial Show (Alexandria, LA), juried by Lynda Benglis; awarded Honorable Mention

Selected Corporate and Private Collections

  • St. Tammany Parish Commission on Cultural Affairs, Covington, LA

  • Slidell Commission on the Arts, Slidell, LA

  • St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Atlanta, GA

  • University of New Orleans Health Services

  • Louisiana Heart Hospital , Lacombe, LA

  • Dr. Patrick St. John, Sacramento, CA

  • Mr. and Mrs. Greg Laxson, Atlanta, GA

  • Mr. and Mrs. Bill Martwick, Burbank, CA

  • Lee Duncan, Indiannapolis, IN

  • Cynthia Stewart-Nall, Mobile, AL

  • Gwen Wood, Lacombe, LA

  • Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Kaplan, Walnut Creek, CA

  • Mr. and Mrs. Brian Cantwell, Palo Alto, CA

  • Tamara Murray, Covington, LA

  • Vincent Ciolino, Abita Springs, LA

  • Mr. and Mrs. Ted Thibodeaux, Cape Coral, FL

  • Kathy Grove, Valencia, CA

  • Leslie Runnels, New Orleans, LA

  • Shana Walton, New Orleans, LA

  • Patrick Mackin, Slidell, LA

  • Mary Ann Godshall, New Orleans, LA

  • Mr. and Mrs. Michael Slifer, Abita Springs, LA

  • Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Kunkle, Lacombe, LA

  • Patricia Hedges, Slidell, LA

  • Judith Rushton, Slidell, LA

  • Susie Andres, Slidell, LA

  • Michael Gagliafoni, Covington, LA