Huntsville, Alabama l  Phone (256) 539-4161

 

Carole Fay Esk'ridge

 

EXHIBITIONS  2004 - 1996

 

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

"        VSAartsAL, "Creativity a Natural Bridge," Bell South, Birmingham, AL

"        "A Celebration of the Arts and the Mind" Decatur, AL

"        "A Celebration of the Arts and the Mind" University of AL, Tuscaloosa, AL

"        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

 

ART PUBLISHED

 

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

"        "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"

"        "Listen," 'Success Story -- Eskridge, Visionary Guild inspire others'

1992  *"The Huntsville Times," 'Mural's message is hope'

 

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

 

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

 

AWARDS RECEIVED

 

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