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Sally Jacobs
Meet Sally Jacobs
OF NOTE:
Has had solo exhibitions across the East Coast, including at Prince Street Gallery in the Chelsea Arts District of New York City and at Gruppo Donatello in Florence, Italy. Held residencies at Can Serrat in El Bruc, Spain, the Center for Research Art Technology and Education in Oakland, CA, and Duke University. Favorite courses to teach include Art History and Studio Art. Enjoys getting to know students well and individualizing class learning experiences.
KNOWN FOR:
Received the Premio Prize from Leo Fortham studios in Florence, Italy.
WHEN NOT IN THE CLASSROOM, CAN OFTEN BE FOUND:
Creating and showcasing egg temperas, oil, prints, and drawings across the globe.
POPULAR QUOTE:
“For me, art history is like a feather bed—you fall into it and it catches you.” – David Salle
Examples of classes taught by Sally Jacobs:
- Art History
- Studio Art
- Master of Fine Arts/Western Carolina University
- Bachelor of Fine Arts/University of Cincinnati
Represented by Prince Street Gallery, NYC, NYC
https://princestreetgallery.com/
Artist website:
www.sallyjacobs.net
www.atastrangerstable.com
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
- 2020 Portraits of Migrant Farmworkers, Janice B. Hardison Faulkner Gallery, East Carolina University – Joyner Library, Greenville, NC
- 2020 Portraits of Migrant Farmworkers, Kenan Institute of Ethics, Duke University, Durham, NC
- 2014 Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
- 2014 Wilma W. Daniels, Wilmington NC
- 2010 Art and Spirituality, Westmoreland Congregational United Church of Christ, Bethesda, Maryland.
- 2008 180 Days 180 Students Theatre Arts Gallery, High Point, NC
- 2007 Hands and Feet to Self, Western Carolina Museum, Cullowhee, NC
- 2003 Home and Shelter, Red Sky Gallery, Charlotte, NC
- 2000 Doing the Charleston, Paris/ New York/ Kent Gallery, Kent, CT
- 1995 Rhodes Center for the Arts Gallery, Charleston, SC
- 1993 Du Monde Gallery, Florence, Italy
- 1992 Tuscan Landscapes, Gruppo Donatello Gallery, Florence, Italy
Juried Exhibitions:
- 2016 Blue Mountain Gallery, NYC, Juror: Stanley Lewis
- 2014 Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC Juror: Lance Esplund
- 2012 Bowery Gallery, Juror: Lance Esplund NY, NY
- 2009 Carolinas Got Art, Juror: Brice Brown
- 2006 Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile AL
Residencies:
- Duke University: week-long residency, March 23-29, 2020, invited by Professor Charlie Thompson, Duke Center for Documentary Studies through a grant from the Kenan Institute of Ethics and in collaboration with Student Action with Farmworkers. Present The Bus Sculpture portions of At a Stranger’s Table.
https://www.atastrangerstable.com/ - Virtual Bus Sculpture designed for Farmworker Institute Conference, Chapel Hill, 2020, Vimeo Link: https://vimeo.com/400393488 (in light of the Coronavirus).
Grants:
- 2020 Recipient of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation Inclusive Public Art Grant (50,000)
Bibliography:
- Grizzard, Kim. The Reflector “Bus sculpture on the road to becoming a reality: Work of art to tell the story of migrant farm workers” July 30, 2019 http://www.reflector.com/News/2019/07/30/Bus-sculpture-on-the-road-to- becoming-a-reality-Work-of-art-to-tell-the-story-of-migrant-farm-worker- s.html
- Grizzard, Kim. The Reflector “Vechicle of expression:Artist hopes to use bus to tell story of migrant farmworkers” March 3, 2019 http://www.reflector.com/News/2019/03/03/Vehicle-of-expressions.html
- Groff, Larry. Painting Perceptions “Review of Blue Mountain Gallery Group Show” 2016 http://paintingperceptions.com/review-of-blue-mountain-gallery- group-show/
- Yookan Westfield. NYC online review in arts website www.odekake.us
- Workman, Jay. “Extracting the Whole: Sally Jacobs Opens Solo Show at Wilma W. Daniels Gallery,” Wilmington, NC: Encore Magazine, 2014
- Lacy, Justin. “Becoming a Mother Provided a Spark for Artist,” Wilmington, NC: Star News, 2014
- Goodrich, John. “Excavations,” Forward for Prince Street Gallery Show Cata- logue, New York, NY, 2014.
- Rowe, Jeri. “An Artist’s Indictment: An Ex-teacher Shows a Nightmare of Public Education,” Greensboro News & Record (NC) October 2, 2008 http://www.greensboro.com
- Art History
- Fine Artist in Painting and Drawing
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