Awards and Recognition

2015    HONORABLE MENTION - Artist’s Magazine Annual Competition

2014    “BEST OF SHOW” - Bi-State Competitive – Meridian Museum of Art

2014    MISSISSIPPI INVITATIONAL COMPETITIVE – Mississippi Museum of Art

2013    ARTIST”S FELLOWSHIP – Mississippi Art Commission

2012    TEACHER OF THE YEAR – Mississippi School of the Arts

2012    RECIPIENT OF THE LIANNE TAKEMORI ART EDUCATOR AWARD – Mississippi Museum of Art

2011    MISSISSIPPI ART EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR - Mississippi Art Education Association

2011    RECIPIENT OF THE LIANNE TAKEMORI ART EDUCATOR AWARD – Mississippi Museum of Art

2009    RECIPIENT OF A $6500 TEACHER FELLOWSHIP from the SURDNA FOUNDATION

2007    TEACHER OF THE YEAR - Mississippi School of the Arts

2006    STAR TEACHER – Mississippi School of the Arts

2000    OUTSTANDING TEACHER AWARD - Jackson Metropolitan Area Chamber of Commerce

2000    BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY AWARD, Jackson Public Schools

1993     INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS GRANT – Arts Alliance of Jackson and Hinds County

1986    One of 26 high school teachers selected for two week Discipline Based Art Education workshop, New York

1988-2000

Recipient of over 20 grants to bring artists into schools and to work on special projects with students. Grants agencies included: The Education Foundation Trust of Jackson Public Schools, The State Department of Education, The Junior League of Jackson, The Arts Alliance of Jackson & Hinds County, Milwaukee Public Schools and the Mississippi Arts Commission.

Only woman selected from 250 applicants to study for M.F.A. in sculpture at San Francisco Art Institute. Recipient of International Scholarship

Professional Organizations

National Art Education Association

Exhibitions

2016    Mississippi School of the Arts - One Woman Show

2015    MERIDIAN MUSEUM OF ART – One woman show

2014     MISSISSIPPI INVITATIONAL COMPETITIVE – Mississippi Museum of Art

2014     BI-STATE COMPETITIVE – Meridian Museum of Art

2014    MISSISSIPPI ARTS COMMISSION – Fellowship artists exhibit

2013    BI-STATE COMPETITIVE – Meridian Museum of Art

2012    “HIDDEN TREASURES” – BeHuman Gallery, Houston, TX

2012    “HIDDEN TREASURES” - Lincoln County Public Library, Ms

2011    FACULTY EXHIBIT – Lincoln County Public Library

2008   TOUGALOO COLLEGE ART COLONY “Hot Art” Exhibition

2007    JACKSON MUNICIPAL ART GALLERY“Anne O’Hara/Juliet Johnston “

2006     LINCOLN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY – Anne O’Hara

2004  JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY – Group Show – “Works from the Permanent Collection”

2001  MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM OF ART – Group Exhibit for Volunteers

2000    TOUGALOO COLLEGE – “Sixteen Tougaloo Women Artists”

1999    GRAY CENTER, CANTON, MS – Group Show “The Spirit Moves Me”

1997   HIGH NOON CAFÉ, JACKSON, MS – Anne O’Hara “The Jim Hill Project”

1996    LANDMARK CENTER, JACKSON, MS – “Body & Soul” - Anne & Bruce O’Hara

1995    COLUMBIA ST. GALLERY, COVINGTON, LA – Group Show

1995    JIM HILL HIGH SCHOOL, JACKSON, MS - Anne O’Hara – “The Jim Hill Project” 

1995    EUDORA WELTY LIBRARY, JACKSON, MS – Jackson Public School Art Teachers

1994   EUDORA WELTY LIBRARY, JACKSON, MS – Jackson  Public School Art Teachers

1992    51 st ANNUAL EXHIBITION, MILWAUKEE, WI-   “Milwaukee Area Teachers of Art” 

Education

M.F.A. – 1968
SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE
Major: Sculpture

DIP. A.D. (Diploma in Art and Design) -1966
GLOUCESTERSHIRE COLLEGE OF ART, ENGLAND
Major: Sculpture
Graduated with 2nd Class Honors (Upper Division)

SAN JOSE STATE COLLEGE-1970
Teaching Certification – K - 12

Additional Education

2007     ADVANCED PLACEMENT DRAWING & 2D DESIGN- The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2005     TICA (TEACHER INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART), School of the Art Institute of Chicago – 2 week workshop in Art & Technology 

TOUGALOO ART COLONY, Tougaloo, MS

“Life Drawing” – 2008

“ Silkscreen Printing” – 2006

“ 3D Constructions” -2004

“ The Art Quilt” –2002

“ Ceramic Explorations” – 2000

“ Collage/Assemblage” – 1999

2001    NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION – Early Adolescence Through Young Adulthood Art

INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE teacher training, Montezuma, N.M.

DISCIPLINE BASED ART EDUCATION training through AICA (Alliance for Independent Colleges of Art) 1986

Licensure and Certification

Mississippi Class AA – K –12 Art

National Board Certification – Adolescent through Young Adulthood Art

Experience & Work History

2003–12    MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, Brookhaven MS –  Visual Arts teacher

1993    JIM HILL HIGH SCHOOL, Jackson, MS. Art Teacher. 

2003    Designed and implemented art curriculum for International Baccalaureate Program

1990–93    MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS - Art Teacher K4 –5th grade

1981    ACADEMIC AND PERFORMING ARTS COMPLEX, 

1990     Jackson Public Schools - Art Teacher and Chair of Visual Arts Department

1996–2003    “KALEIDOSCOPE” - ART ADVENTURES FOR CREATIVE KIDS – Mississippi Museum of Art- Director/Teacher

1978–81    ROWAN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, Jackson, MS – Art /teacher

1975 –78    TOUGALOO COLLEGE - Part time Art Instructor

Served on curriculum development committees in Milwaukee and Jackson

Served on the Educational Advisory Board of the Mississippi Museum of Art

Served as juror for art exhibits in Milwaukee, Vicksburg, Raymond, and McComb

Served as juror for Milwaukee, WI, Vicksburg, MS, Raymond, MS, McComb, MS and Jackson State University