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Cecy Rose was born in Lexington, Kentucky on June 2, 1952. She was granted a partial scholarship in 1970 by the Murray State University Art Department where she studied painting, drawing and printmaking, graduating with a B.F.A. in painting and drawing in 1974. She got accepted into the graduate painting program at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence that same year, and worked in oils, mixed media and lithography under the instruction of several well established East and West Coast artists. In 1976, after receiving her M.F.A. from RISD and teaching a Summer Sessions Painting Program there, she moved to Pittsburgh, PA where she taught part-time at a small art school and worked as a free-lance graphic designer for several months. In 1977 she moved to the small community of Benwood, WV and began work as the head of the graphic arts department at West Virginia Northern Community College, where she also taught painting, drawing and printmaking classes part-time. She currently resides outside of the Wheeling area and teaches drawing classes at the Stifel Fine Arts Center on National Road, Wheeling.

Education

  • Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky, BFA, 1974.
  • Rhode Island School of Design, MFA (Graduate Painting Dept), 1976.

Teaching Experience

  • RISD Summer Program, Painting Dept., and resident advisor, 1976.
  • Ivy School of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, 1976-1977.
  • West Virginia Northern Community College, Wheeling Campus, adjunct faculty, February, 1977. Served as Graphic Artist for the college from 1977 to 1979. Returned to adjunct faculty position in 1989.
  • West Virginia Northern Community College, New Martinsville Campus and Weirton Campus, adjunct faculty during 1980’s.
  • Workshops – WVNCC Children’s Workshops, 1979 – organized travelling exhibit.
  • Artworks Around Town drawing workshop, 2003.
  • Stifel Fine Arts Center, Drawing instructor since late 1990’s.
  • Organized the Independent Artists Group in 2004.
      Rose Music Group interior
      Over 20 selected paintings, drawings and pastels on exhibit at Rose Music Group Studio located at 2205 Centre Market, Wheeling, WV. Prints of the artist's works also available for purchase.

Selected Solo Exhibitions and Gallery Representations

  • Clara M. Eagle Art Gallery, Murray, KY, May 1974.
  • West Virginia Northern Community College, Wheeling Campus, February, 1989.
  • Weirton Geriatric Alzheimer Unit, Weirton, WV, Spring 1998.
  • Wheeling Coffee Shops, Wheeling, WV, Winter 2001.
  • Words and Music Bookstore, Wheeling, WV, Spring 2001.
  • Paintings and Drawings of Cecy Rose, Artworks Around Town Gallery, Wheeling, WV, September 2003.
  • Various Commissions, lectures and demonstrations from 1972 to 2009.
  • Prints of work available at Artisan Center, Wheeling, WV; Words and Music, Wheeling, WV; Lord Nelson's Gallery, Gettysburg, PA, 2005.
  • Represented by Tamarack's David L. Dickirson Fine Arts Gallery, Beckley, WV, 2006 to present.
  • Terry James Art & Frame, Oxford, Connecticut, 2006.
  • Represented by The Art Studio, Cassadaga, NY, 2006, 2007, 2008,
  • Prints of works also available at Tamarack, Beckley, WV, current.
  • Robert Rogers print shown at Derry Museum of History in Derry, New Hampshire, 2006 - boyhood home of Rogers
  • Framed prints exhibited and for sale at Ben Franklin's in Elm Terrace, Wheeling, WV.
  • Represented by Mountainmade.com Gallery in Thomas, WV.

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • Chicago Art Institute Student Show, Chicago, IL, 1973.
  • Louisville Art Association, Louisville, KY, 1974.
  • Rhode Island School of Design, Graduate Show, 1976.
  • Clara M. Eagle Gallery, two artist show, Murray, KY, 1976.
  • Annual Delph Norona Exhibit, Delph Norona Museum, Moundsville, WV, Spring of 1997, 1998.
  • Cross Currents, Annual Juried Exhibition, late 80's and early 90's, Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV.
  • Two woman show at OUE, Fall of 1999.
  • Townhouse Gallery, Juried Exhibit, Sistersville, WV, July 2001.
  • WV Juried Exhibition, Cultural Center at WV Division of Culture and History, Charleston, WV, October 2001 through February 2002.
  • Realism 2002 14th Annual National Competition, Cultural Center of Fine Arts, Parkersburg, WV, March 2002 through May 2002.
  • Cross Currents, May 2002, 2003 2004, Annual Juried Exhibition, Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV.
  • “Sendings from the Thin Places,” a three-woman show presented at the Artisan Center in Wheeling, February 2002.
  • Rose and Reed, two-woman show presented at Stifel Fine Arts Center in Wheeling, April 2002.
  • Everybody's Exhibit, non-juried annual show at Stifel Fine Arts Center, Fall of 2002 thru 2009.
  • WV Art and Craft Guild Show (juried), Hurricane WV Community Museum and Wheeling Artisan Center, December 2002 through February 2003.
  • Realism 2003 15th Annual National Competition, Cultural Center of Fine Arts, Parkersburg, WV, March 2003 through May 2003.
  • Allied Artists of West Virginia 2004 Prospectus 64th Juried Exhibition, Parkersburg Art Center, Parkersburg, WV, June 2004.
  • Bethany College Invitational, Renner Gallery, Bethany, WV, October 2004, 2005, 2006.
  • "Where Earth Meets Sky," sponsored by the WV Arts and Craft Guild, Travelling Juried Exhibit, Hurricane, Wheeling & Parkersburg, WV, November 2004 through February 2005.
  • Cross Currents, May 2005, Annual Juried Exhibition. Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV.
  • Represented by MountainMade.com Gallery, Thomas, WV. Juried acceptance in July, 2006.
  • Allied Artists of West Virginia, Juried Exhibition 2006, Parkersburg Art Center, September 2 - November 3, 2006.
  • Cross Currents 2007 Juried Exhibition, May through June, Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV.
  • Cross Currents 2008 Juried Exhibition, April through May, Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV.
  • Artworks Around Town Anniversary Group Show, June/July 2008.
  • Best of West Virginia 2008 Juried exhibit at Tamarack, Beckley, WV, June 20 to August 3, 2008.
  • “We’ll Show Them, Those that Teach,” Group show of teachers in the region at Artworks Around Town, August 2008.
  • Bethany Fall Annual Exhibit, Bethany, West Virginia, 2008. Received Merit Award.
  • Cross Currents 2009 Juried Exhibition, February through March, Stifel Fine Arts Center.
  • “Figuratively Speaking,” works by the Independent Artists Group, Stifel Fine Arts Gallery, Wheeling, WV June 11 through August 14, 2009.
  • “Faces and Places,” Ohio University Eastern Gallery, October 5 through November 5, 2009.
  • Bethany Fall Annual Exhibit, November 2009.
  • Cross Currents Annual Juried Exhibition, February 2010, Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling.

Awards

  • Merit Award, Louisville Art Association, (juried) Louisville, KY, 1974.
  • Merit Award, Bethany College Annual Fall Exhibition, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005.
  • First Place Award Winner, "Cross Currents," (juried) Stifel Fine Arts Center, May 2001.
  • First Place Award Winner and People's Choice Award, (juried) Townhouse Gallery Exhibit, Sistersville, WV, July 2001.
  • Honorable Mention, "Cross Currents," (juried) Stifel Fine Arts Center, May 2004 and 2005.
  • Honorable Mention, Bethany Annual Fall Exhibition, 2006.
  • Merit Award, Bethany Annual Fall Exhibition, 2008.
  • Honorable Mention at Bethany Fall Annual, 2009.


Affiliations

  • Member of WV Arts and Crafts Guild, 2007
  • Oil Painters of America


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