Skylar Smith | ssmith@kycad.org
Education
2004 MFA, Painting and Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
1998 BFA, Painting and Art History, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland.
2008 Certified Yoga Instructor, Eternal Health Yoga, Louisville, Kentucky.
1997-1998 Italian Language Classes, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
1996 Study Abroad, Temple University, Rome, Italy.
Professional Experience
2018-Current Associate Professor, Kentucky College of Art and Design, Louisville, Kentucky.
2010-2018 Assistant Professor, Kentucky College of Art and Design at Spalding University, Louisville, Kentucky.
Instructor for college-level studio art and art history classes: Drawing I, Drawing II, Color and Design I, Color and Design II, Junior Focus, Painting I, Global Survey Art History courses: Ancient to Gothic, Renaissance to Modern, and Modern to Contemporary.
2010-2015 Programming Director, Kentucky College of Art and Design, Louisville, Kentucky. Establishment, management, and oversight of Visiting Artist Program and 849 Gallery at Kentucky College of Art and Design.
Visiting Artist Program Director Responsibilities:
Coordinated 4-6 on-campus visits by internationally recognized artists for student critiques, public lecture, and public art exhibitions.
Established and managed Visiting Artist Program budget, determined potential artists, and the visiting artist’s schedule of on-campus events.
Created and negotiated contracts with artists, coordinated artists’ schedule, travel, and lodging.
Primary contact for all internal and external visiting artist-related information.
Created marketing materials including press release, postcard, poster, and digital announcement; contacted press outlets to promote Visiting Artist Program’s public events.
849 Gallery Manager Responsibilities:
Coordinated 6-8 annual public art exhibitions for exhibiting students, faculty, and nationally recognized artists.
Determined exhibition programming and scheduling.
Supervised operations of the gallery: hiring, training, scheduling, oversight of work-study and other gallery assistants.
Managed gallery finances.
Oversight of the installation and de-installation of all gallery exhibitions.
Primary contact for all internal and external exhibition-related information.
Created marketing materials including press release, postcard, poster, and digital announcement; contacted press outlets to promote 849 Gallery exhibitions.
2007-2010 Founding Member, Kentucky College of Art and Design (formally Kentucky School of Art), Louisville, Kentucky.
Identified potential supporters for Kentucky School of Art, a new art college in Louisville, KY.
Scheduled individual meetings and larger gatherings with local community members to generate support and interest for Kentucky School of Art.
Developed and implemented strategies to start a non-profit organization (Kentucky School of Art).
Wrote Executive Summary and Business Plan for Kentucky School of Art.
Wrote Mission and Vision statements for Kentucky School of Art.
Developed and implemented art programming for prospective students and the public for Kentucky School of Art. Programming included visiting artist lectures, workshops, critiques, and community art classes.
Created marketing materials including press release, postcard, poster, and digital announcement; contacted press outlets to promote Kentucky School of Art’s public programming.
Initiated community partnerships and outreach programs with local organizations through Kentucky School of Art’s public programming initiatives.
Created new Kentucky School of Art curriculum for high school students and instructed pre-college Drawing and Color and Design courses.
Developed and implemented new curriculum for Kentucky School of Art’s four-year BFA degree program.
2009-2012 Founder, Cabaret Life Drawing and Art with Yoga, 21c Museum, Louisville, Kentucky.
Created two new public programs for 21c Museum Louisville. Oversight and instruction of weekly community life drawing and yoga classes at a contemporary art museum.
2007-2010 Adjunct Professor, Jefferson Community and Technical College, Louisville, Kentucky.
Instructor of Drawing I, Two-Dimensional Design and Color Theory, Painting I, Renaissance to Modern Art History, and Introduction to Art classes.
2007-2010 Adjunct Professor, Jefferson Community and Technical College, Louisville, Kentucky.
Through JCTC’s Prison Education Program, instructor for college-level classes: Renaissance to Modern Art History, Humanities, and Drawing I in the Kentucky State Prison System.
2007-2009 Adjunct Professor, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.
Instructor of Drawing II and Two-Dimensional Design classes.
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Personal is Still Political, (two-person exhibition), The Huff Gallery at Spalding
University, Louisville, Kentucky.
2007 Euphotic Zone, Gallery Nulu, Louisville, Kentucky.
2004 MFA Thesis Show, G2 Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
2002 Micro:Macro, Aslans How Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 Feminist Expressions, Kaviar Forge Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky.
2017 State of Time, Anne Wright Wilson Fine Art Gallery, Georgetown College, Georgetown, Kentucky.
2017 Nasty Women Kentucky, juried show, Parachute Factory, Lexington, Kentucky.
2017 Imagine, St. Francis School Invitational Art Auction, Louisville, Kentucky.
2016 KyCAD Gala Faculty Exhibition, Kentucky College of Art + Design 849 Building,
Louisville, Kentucky.
2016 State of Painting, Anne Wright Wilson Fine Art Gallery, Georgetown College,
Georgetown, Kentucky.
2015 Accumulation, Patio Gallery, Jewish Community Center, Louisville, Kentucky.
2014 13 Artists, 849 Gallery at Kentucky School of Art, Louisville, Kentucky.
2012 With Child, The Huff Gallery at Spalding University, Louisville, Kentucky.
2010-2011 Creativity Rising, Phoenix Hill Public Art Project, Louisville, Kentucky.
2009 Louisville Counts!, Green Building Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky.
2008 Palmer/ Simon/ Smith, Jefferson Community College Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky.
2008 Ordered Chaos, VonFire Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky.
2008 Inside/ Out, Nulu Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky.
2008 Cradle2Cradle: A Creative Re-use Project, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany,
Indiana.
2007 RoarShock, Swanson Reed Contemporary, Louisville, Kentucky.
2005 The Vagad Project, Rural to Urban/Urban to Rural Workshop. Rajasthan, India.
2005 New Work, Sanskriti Kendra, Delhi, India.
2004 Celebrating Women, Norton Women’s Pavilion, Louisville, Kentucky.
2004 Delicere, LG Space, Chicago, Illinois.
2003 Suspension, 1926 Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
2003 Art Hotel, Embassy Suites, Chicago, Illinois.
2003 Wallpaper, Stray Show, Chicago, Illinois.
2002 New Talent, Artspace, Louisville, Kentucky.
2001 The Hangar Show, Cardinal Wings Hangar, Louisville, Kentucky.
Artist Residencies and Workshops
2016 Hand-Made Papermaking Workshop at Twin Rocker Handmade Paper, Lafayette, Indiana.
Private handmade paper-making workshop with Master Papermaker, Travis Becker.
2005 The Vagad Project: A Metamorphosis From Rural to Urban, Delhi, India.
Invited by Director to participate in an International Artist Workshop to create a site-specific, community-engaged artwork in Rajasthan, India.
2005 Sanskriti Kendra: International Artist Residency Program. Delhi, India.
Selected by Sanskriti Kendra to complete a month-long artist residency.
2000 Colegio Trener Monterrico: Artist Residency and Workshop. Lima, Peru.
Invited by Principle to instruct art classes and develop an after-school community mural painting program at a Spanish-speaking elementary school.
Curatorial Projects
2012 With Child, Co-curated with Lisa Simon. The Huff Gallery at Spalding University, Louisville, Kentucky.
Co-curated group art exhibition examining pre- and post-child artistic practice and output with seven artists. Produced an exhibition catalog with essays, poems, and interviews with exhibiting artists further exploring the exhibition’s theme. Interactive art-making stations for all ages included in the exhibition. Public art classes for the community offered in conjunction with the exhibition, and campus symposium held in collaboration with Spalding University English Department.
2003 Suspension, Co-curated with Deirdre McConnell. 1926 Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
Group exhibition in conjunction with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago featuring twelve artists.
2003 Wallpaper, Co-curated with zeke&neen. Stray Show Chicago, Illinois.
Over fifty art submissions transferred into wallpaper for an international art exhibition.
2001 Hangar Show, Cardinal Wings Hangar. Louisville, Kentucky.
Curated art exhibition and music performance by the Rachels in a small-airplanes hangar featuring site-specific artwork by twenty artists.
Publications
Lucy Pritchett, ‘What Works’, Today’s Women Magazine, September, 2016.
Sara Havens, ‘Accumulation at JCC’, Insider Louisville, January, 2015.
Holly Gregor, “Be Brave Do Your Thing’, Today’s Woman Magazine, March 2013.
Jo Anne Triplett, ‘Staff Picks’, LEO Weekly, October 15, 2012.
Diane Heilenman, ‘10 Artists to Watch’ The Courier Journal/ Velocity Magazine, April 2010.
Lynnell Edwards, ‘Front Pages’, Louisville Magazine, March 2010.
Stephen George, ‘Artist Profile’, LEO Weekly, September 2, 2009.
Diane Heilenman, ‘Do-Good Public Art Popping Up’, The Courier Journal, September, 13, 2009.
Diane Heilenman, ‘Count On It’, The Courier Journal, September 1, 2009.
Javacia Harris, ‘What I’m Into’, Velocity Magazine, April 22, 2009.
Javacia Harris, ‘The Other End of the Telescope’, Velocity Magazine, August, 30, 2008.
Jo Anne Triplett, ‘Staff Picks’, LEO Weekly, December 20, 2007.
Javacia Harris, ‘Critic’s Picks’, Velocity Magazine, September 23, 2007.
Diane Heilenman, ‘What’s New’, The Courier Journal, September 1, 2007.
Nicole Liest, ‘The Lion, The Artist and Bardstown Road’, LEO Weekly, June 12, 2002.
Diane Heilenman, ‘Gallery Gig’, The Courier Journal, September 16, 2001.
Paul Kopaz, ‘Notes From The Underground’, LEO Weekly, September 19, 2001.
Corporate Collections
Mercantile Lofts, Louisville, Kentucky
Brown-Forman Corporation, Louisville, Kentucky
Commonwealth Wine and Spirits, Louisville, Kentucky
Stockyards Bank, Louisville, Kentucky
Grants
2016 Kentucky Foundation for Women, Artist Enrichment Grant
2016 Great Meadows Foundation, Artist Professional Development Grant
2012 Kentucky Foundation for Women, Art Meets Activism Grant for With Child, an art
exhibition, catalog, and public art classes.
Honors and Awards
2011 Spirit Award, Kentucky School of Art, First Annual Fundraiser,
Louisville, Kentucky.
2004 Juried Show, Second Place, Celebrating Women, Norton
Women’s Pavilion, Louisville, Kentucky.
2002 Juried Show, First Place, New Talent, Artspace, Louisville,
Kentucky.
1994-1998 Presidential Scholarship, Maryland Institute, College of Art.
2012 Visiting Artist, Jefferson Community and Technical College, Louisville, Kentucky.
Invited to present a lecture and workshops for fine art and art history classes during the JCTC Annual Spring Arts Festival. Louisville, Kentucky.
2011 Panelist, ‘Bars to Walls’ Symposium, University of Louisville.
Invited by University of Louisville’s Social Justice Department to speak about teaching college level fine art and art history classes in the prison system.
Visiting Artist and Panel Participation
2017 Advisory Board Member, Art+Fm, Ground Floor Media Inc. Louisville, Kentucky.
2017 Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, Kentucky.
2016-2017 Olmstead Parks Conservancy, Louisville, Kentucky.
2016 Louisville Film Society, Louisville, Kentucky.
2015-2017 Louisville Public Media, Louisville, Kentucky.
2015-2017 Patron Circle Member, Speed Museum of Art, Louisville, Kentucky.
2009-2013 College Art Association