Huntsville, Alabama l Phone (256) 539-4161
2004 VSAartsAL
"Creativity a Natural Bridge", won Award of Distinction, Bell South Birmingham, AL
" Exibition - Comer Museum,
Sylacauga, AL
" Birmingham Museum of Art -
Art in Collection
2003 VSAartsAL
"Creativity a Natural Bridge," Bell South, Birmingham, AL, in state
tour, State Capital
2001 Visionary Guild in Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts,
Montgomery, AL, state juried show, 3rd Place
2000 Visionary Guild MIA
"Voice & Vision",
Montgomery Museum of Fine
Art, Montgomery, AL
" VSAartsAL "Creativivity a
Natural Bridge," Bell South, Birmingham, AL, in state tour
1999 Scott and Zelda
Fitgerald's Museum, Montgomery, AL
" "A Celebration of the Arts and
the Mind", Decatur, AL
1998 VSAartsAL,
"Creativity a Natural Bridge," Bell South, Birmingham, AL
" "A Celebration of the Arts and
the Mind" University of AL,
Tuscaloosa, AL
1996 Kentuck Museum, Tuscaloos, AL
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VSAartsAL, "Creativity a Natural Bridge," Bell South,
Birmingham, AL
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"A Celebration of the Arts and the Mind" Decatur, AL
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"A Celebration of the Arts and the Mind" University of AL,
Tuscaloosa, AL
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VSAarts International, Washington, DC affiliated with the John F.
Kennedy Center, 3 women show
1992 Visionary Guild MIA, art show, The
Governor's Mansion, Montgomery, AL
Plus 30 other Art Shows,
predominantly in Alabama and Washington, DC
2004 "The Daily Home," 'Expression
found through different forms'
2001 "N.A.M.I.--Tennessee," 'Meet
Carole, a wonderful artist...'
1996 "The Birmingham News," 'Art
and schizophrenia
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"The Decatur Daily," 'Through a glass darkly'
1997 In India's Art and Culture, a Docents
project of Huntsville Museum of Art
1994 "The Huntsville Times,"
'Local artist helps create special guild"
1993 "Montgomery Advertiser,"
'Creating Visions'
"
"Listen," 'Visionary Guild Receives Honor"
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"Listen," 'Success Story -- Eskridge, Visionary Guild inspire
others'
1992 *"The Huntsville Times,"
'Mural's message is hope'
Founder of the Visionary
Guild for Mentally Ill Artists, a non-profit 501(c)3 organization
Wrote an educational
($20,000) grant from the AL State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment
for the Arts
Docent of the Huntsville
Museum of Art for 2 years
Community Arts Leadership
Institute, certificate, from the AL State Council on the Arts
CD on file at National Museum
of Women in the Arts Archives, Washington DC
*Mural "Battle Against
Mental Illness," Northern Alabama Regional Hospital, Decatur, AL
Statewide Artist Survey
funded by grant from the AL State Council on the Arts
"Mentally Ill Artists
Throughout History" slide presentation funded by Governor's Office on Volunteerism
Series of "Tara's Purple
Cats" to help docents explain a variation of color on a theme for the
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
"Voice & Vision
II", Panel discussion, Montgomery Museum of Fine Art
Presented "Art History
as Reflected by DisABLED Artists," Birmingham, AL
Special Congressional
Recognition form U.S. Congressman Bud Cramer for service to the Mentally
Ill through the use of Art in Alabama
"Creativity Award"
by Mental Health Consumers of Alabama
"The Alliance for the
Mentally Ill of Alabama Award as an Artist"
"Consumer of the
Year" Alabama Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Jesse Stinson award - outstanding organization of the
Visionary Guild for Mentally Ill Artists
1990 Bachelor of Science in Commercial and Advertising Art
for AL Agricultural and Mechanical University -- Magna Cum Laude
1978 Certificate in
Photography from the University of AL, in Huntsville, AL