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Lonnie Keven Rich
6889 Santa Clara Drive
Navarre, Florida 32566
Telephone: (Home) 850-936-8431 or (e-mail) lonnierich@bellsouth.net

EDUCATION
1984-1985: Master of Arts, Art Education, The University of Alabama
1973-1978: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art Education, Austin Peay State University

WORK EXPERIENCE
2005 to present: Full-time Artist

2011 Artel Gallery Volunteer, Installation of Exhibitions

2011 Juror/Judge, 2011 Okalossa Public Art Show, Fort Walton Beach, Florida

2011 Judge, 52nd Beaux Arts Exhibition, Arts and Design Society, Fort Walton Beach, Florida

2010 Pensacola Museum of Art, Installation of Exhibitions

"The Art Books of Henri Matisse"

"Storytellers: Selections from the Permanent Collection"

"Monkey King: A Story from China"

"2010 Member's Juried Exhibition"

2009 Judge, 50th Beaux Arts Exhibition, Arts and Design Society, Ft. Walton Beach, Florida

2009 "Listening to Wood and Stone," Presentation to Gulf Breeze Art Association, Gulf Breeze, Florida

2008 "Talking and Writing About Art," Presentation to Arts and Design Society, Ft. Walton Beach, Florida

2008 "Listening to Wood and Stone," Presentation to art classes, Navarre High School, Navarre, Florida

2008 Juror, Riverwalk Arts Festival, Milton, Florida

   2007    Juror, “When Johnny Comes Marching Home,” Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
   2007    Juror, “Color Effects,” Arts and Design Society, Ft. Walton Beach, Florida
   2006    “Listening to Wood and Stone,” Presentation to Arts and Design Society, Ft. Walton Beach, Florida
   2006    Colored Pencil Presentation Part I and II, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
1987-2005: Chairman of The Art Program, Art Instructor and Art Gallery Director, Lurleen B. Wallace
Community College, Andalusia, Alabama
   2004-2005: Alabama General Studies Curriculum Discipline Committee, The Alabama College System
   2004    Children’s Art Workshop, Alabama Satsang Society, Huntsville, Alabama
   2003-2004: Adjunct Faculty Member, Independent Degree Program, Burlington College, Burlington, Vermont
   2003    “Drawing With Perspective,” Workshop for the Visual Arts League of Andalusia, Alabama
   2001    Art Instructor, Sarah Carlisle Towery Art Colony on Lake Martin, Children’s Harbor, Alabama
   2000-2002: Faculty Senate, Lurleen B. Wallace Junior College, Andalusia, Alabama
1999 “Learning to Draw the Human Face” A Studio Workshop for the Visual Arts League of
Andalusia, Lurleen B. Wallace Junior College, Andalusia, Alabama
1996-1998: Academic Discipline Committee of the State of Alabama Articulation and General
Studies Committee
1998 National Art Education Standards, A Workshop for the Visual Arts League of Andalusia, Alabama
1998 “Art across the Curriculum,” Faculty In-service Training Workshop, Lurleen B. Wallace
Junior College, Andalusia, Alabama
1997 Colored Pencil Workshop, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama
1997 Common Course Directory Committee, Alabama College System, the State of Alabama
1996 Phi Theta Kappa Workshop on Children’s Art, Lurleen B. Wallace Junior College,

Andalusia, Alabama
1996 Colored Pencil Workshop, for the Montgomery Art Guild, Montgomery, Alabama
1992 Visual Arts Workshop, Covington County Schools, Andalusia, Alabama
1991 Alabama College Association, Visual Arts Chairman for The ACA Conference
1986-1987: Visual Merchandising, Parisian, Riverchase Galleria, Birmingham, Alabama
1985-1986: Freelance Artist and Art Instructor, Artist’s Studio, Hoover, Alabama
1984-1985: Graduate Assistant, the University of Alabama
1982-1984: The Alabama High School Athletic Association. Coaching Summer Cheerleader Clinics
1978-1984: Chairman of Fine Arts and Art Educator, Hewitt-Trussville High School, Jefferson County Board

of Education, Trussville, Alabama
Teaching experience in: Drawing, Two- Dimensional Composition, Three- Dimensional Composition,
Painting (opaque), Watercolor (transparent), Art Appreciation, Calligraphy

EXHIBITIONS

2012 Okaloosa Pubic Arts Invitational Art Exhibition,Nortwest Florida State College, Niceville, Florida

2011 "2011 Member's Show," Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida

2011 Great Gulfcoast Art Festival- Heritage Arts, Pensacola Historic Village, Pensacola, Florida

2011 16th Annual Destin Festival of the Arts, Henderson Beach State Park, Destin, Florida

2011 29th Annual Grand Festival of Art, Fairhope, AL

2011 Bluff Park Art Show, Bluff Park, Hoover, AL

2011 Slotin Folk Fest, North Atlanta Trade Center, Norcross, Georgia

2011 "2011 Members' Juried Exhibition," Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, Florida

2011 "Inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe", The Art Center, Fort Walton Beach, Florida

2011 Second Annual 2011 Art in the Park,Pensacola Historic Village, Pensacola, Florida

2011 "Just Sculpture," The Art Center, Fort Walton Beach, Florida

2011 LeMoyne Chain of Parks 2011 Art Festival, Tallahassee, Florida

2011 59th Annual Arts and Crafts Festival, Fairhope, Alabama

2011 Gulf Breeze Celebrates the Arts, Gulf Breeze, Florida

2010 "2010 Member's Show," Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida

2010 Great Gulfcoast Art Festival- Heritage Arts, Pensacola Historic Village, Pensacola, Florida

2010 "Cinco Banderas," Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida

2010 15th Annual Destin Festival of the Arts, Henderson Beach State Park, Destin, Florida

2010 Grand Festival of Art, Fairhope, Alabama

2010 Bluff Park Art Show, Bluff Park, Hoover, Alabama

2010 "2010 Members' Juried Exhibition," Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, Florida

2010 "Get Moving," Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida

2010 "3-D: Three Dimensdional Works of Art," The Art Center, Fort Walton Beach, Florida

2010 "Art in the Park," Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, Florida

2010 "The Green Show," Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida

2010 LeMoyne Chain of Parks 2010 Art Festival, Tallahassee, Florida

2010 Fairhope Arts and Crafts Festival, Fairhope, Alabama

2010 Orange Beach Art Festival, Orange Beach, Alabama

2010 "The Numbers Game," Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida

2010 "Dreamscapes-- an Escape from Reality," The Art Center, Fort Walton Beach, Florida

2010 "A Walk through the Woods," Eastern Shore Art Center, Fairhope, Alabama

2010 "Recreate- Reuse- Renew," The Art Center, Fort Walton Beach, Florida

2009 2009 Art Alumni Exhibition, Trahern Building, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee

2009 Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival-- Heritage Arts, Pensacola, Florida

2009 14th Annual Destin Festival of Art, Henderson Beach State Park, Destin, Florida

2009 Grand Festival of Art, Fairhope, Alabama

2009 Art in the Heart of Augusta Festival, Augusta, Georgia

2009 "Future Shock Pensacola," Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida

2009 "Art Underground," Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida

2009 "2009 Member's Juried Exhibition," Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola Florida

2009 "Me, Myself and I," Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida

2009 6th Annual Outside Art Fair, Pensacola, Florida

2009 Downtown Festival of the Arts, Panama City, Florida

2009 9th Annual LeMoyne Chain of Parks Art Festival, Tallahassee, Florida

2009 57th Annual Arts & Crafts Festival, Fairhope, Alabama

2009 Gulf Breeze Celebrates the Arts, Gulf Breeze, Florida

2009 "Natural Encounters," Art Center, Fort Walton Beach, Florida

2009 "Recycled," Arts Center, Fort Walton Beach, Florida

2008 Moss Rock Festival, The Preserve, Hoover, Alabama

2008 "Figures Galore", Art Center, Fort Walton Beach, Florida

2008 Bluff Park Art Show, Bluff Park, Hoover, Alabama

2008 "Dragonfly Flight, Dragonfly Gallery, Milton, Florida

2008 "The Rest of the Story", Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida

2008 Pensacola Museum of Art, Member's Juried Exhibition, Pensacola, Florida

2008 "One-Man-Exhibition, DoveTails Art & Frame, Navarre, Florida

2008 Helen Keller Festival of the Arts, Tuscumbia, Alabama

2008 Outside Art Fair, Bartram Park, Pensacola, Florida

2008 Arts Quest Fine Arts Festival, Village of Baytowne Wharf, Sandestin, Florida

2008 ADSO Southeast Regional Exhibition, McIlroy Gallery, Okaloosa-Walton College, Niceville, Florida

2008 University of West Florida's Festival on the Green, Pensacola, Florida

2008 Springtime Tallahassee Jubilee Art Festival, Tallahassee, Florida

2008 Gulf Breeze Celebrates the Arts, Gulf Breeze, Florida

2008 Fairhope Arts and Crafts Festival, Fairhope, Alabama

2008 "People: Exploring the Human Spirit," Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida

2008 "Play that Funky Music," Arts and Design Society of Fort Walton Beach, Florida

2007 Members Exhibit, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida

2007 Destin Festival of the Arts, Henderson Beach, Destin, Florida

2007 26th Grand Festival of Art by the Bay, Fairhope, Alabama

2007 2nd Annual Navarre Beach Arts Festival, Navarre Beach, Florida

2007 19th Annual Jubilee Arts Festival, Daphne, Alabama

2007 Pensacola Seafood Festival, Pensacola, Florida

2007 Baytowne Wharf Art Expo, Sandestin, Florida

   2007 Rock, Paper, Scissors, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
   2007 ArtsQuest Fine Art Festival, Village of Baytowne Wharf, Sandestin, Florida
   2007 39th Annual Spring Festival of the Arts, Panama City, Florida
   2007 The Really, Really, Really Small Exhibition, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
   2007 Riverwalk Arts Festival, Milton, Florida
   2007 Beaux Arts Exhibit, Westwood Retirement Community, Fort Walton Beach, Florida
   2007 Bringing Light: the Art of Illumination, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
   2006 Sale-a-bration Exhibit, Arts and Design Society of Fort Walton Beach, Florida
   2006 Cinco Banderas, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
   2006 “Black and White Again, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
   2006 Members Juried Exhibition, Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, Florida
   2006 “Art for Arts Sake,” Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
   2006 “On the Menu,” Arts and Design Society of Fort Walton Beach, Florida
   2006 “Prima Facie,” Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
   2006 “Having No Destination,” Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
   2005 Strickland Art Gallery, Florala, Alabama
   2004 Group Exhibition, Lurleen B. Wallace Community College Art Gallery, Andalusia, Alabama
   2003 37th Annual Exhibition, Montgomery Art Guild, Montgomery, Alabama
   2002 36th Annual Exhibition, Montgomery Art Guild, Montgomery, Alabama
   2002 Group Show, Regional Eckankar Conference, Huntsville, Alabama
   2001    “One Man Show,” Alabama Public Library Service Building Art Gallery, Montgomery, Alabama
   2001 35th Annual Exhibition, Montgomery Art Guild, Montgomery, Alabama
   2001-2002: Alabama Education Association Continuing Exhibition, Montgomery, Alabama
   2000    34th Annual Exhibition, Montgomery Art Guild, Montgomery, Alabama
   2000    Montgomery Art Guild Museum Exhibition, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts,
Montgomery, Alabama
   1999    “Dreamers, Makers, Seers, Shapers,” A Group Show, Lurleen B. Wallace Junior College
   1999    33rd Annual Exhibition, Montgomery Art Guild, Montgomery, Alabama
   1998    “Encore,” Alumni Exhibition, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee
   1998    32nd Annual Exhibition, Montgomery Art Guild, Montgomery, Alabama
   1998    Nightingale Exhibition, Auburn University Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama
   1997    25th Annual Exhibition South ’97, Tennessee Valley Art Center, Tuscumbia, Alabama
   1997    31st Annual Exhibition, Montgomery Art Guild, Montgomery, Alabama
   1997    Chancellor’s Exhibition, Alabama College Association, Birmingham, Alabama
   1996    24th Annual Exhibition South ’96, Tennessee Valley Art Center, Tuscumbia, Alabama
   1996    Nightingale Exhibition, Auburn University Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama
   1996    One Man Show, Hoover Public Library Art Gallery, Hoover, Alabama

HONORS AND AWARDS

2011 GGAF, Heritage Arts Award of Excellence, Great Gulfcoast Art Festival

2011 Judge's Recognition Award, 16th Annual Destin Festival of the Arts

2011 Third Place Award, The Art Center

2011 Honorable Mention Award, The Art Center

2011 First Place Award in Sculpture, LeMoyne Chain of Parks Art Festival

2010 GGAF, Heritage Arts Award of Excellence, Great Gulfcoast Art Festival

2010 Honorable Mention Award, "Get Moving," Artel Gallery

2010 Honorable Mention Award, "Three-dimensaional Exhibition," The Art Center

2010 Second Place Award, "The Green Show," Pensacola, Florida

2010 Second Place Award, "Dreamscapes-- an Escape from Reality," Fort Walton Beach, Florida

2010 Second Place Award, "Recreate- Reuse- Renew," Fort Walton Beach, Florida

2009 Award of Excellence, Great Gulfcoast Art Festival-- Heritage Arts

2009 Sponsor's Choice Award, WEAR TV, Great Gulfcoast Art Festival-- Heritage Arts

2009 Judges Recognition Award, 14th Annual Destin Festival of Art

2009 First Place, "Future Shock Pensacola," Artel Gallery

2009 Third Place, Member's Juried Exhibition, Pensacola Museum of Art

2009 Two Patron Purchase Awards, 57th Annual Arts and Crafts Festival, Fairhope, Alabama

2008 First Place, "Figures Galore," The Art Center

2008 Best of Show, Dragonfly Flight, Dragonfly Gallery

2008 Third Place, Dragonfly Flight, Dragonfly Gallery

2008 Third Place, "The Rest of the Story," Artel Gallery

2008 Three Patron Purchase Awards, Helen Keller Festival of the Arts

2008 Best of Show, University of West Florida's Festival on the Green

2008 Two Patron Purchase Awards, Fairhope Arts and Crafts Festival

2007 Judge's Recognition Award, Destin Festival of the Arts, Henderson Beach, Destin, Florida

2007 First Place, Working Artist Development Grant, Visual Arts Association of Northwest Florida

2007 Third Place Overall Award, 19th Annual Jubilee Arts Festival

2007 Artist's Choice Award, Baytowne Wharf Art Expo

2007 Honorable Mention, Rock, Paper, Scissors, Artel Gallery

   2007 Best in Show Award, 39th Annual Festival of the Arts
   2007 Judges Award, Piney Woods Arts Festival
   2007 Best in Show Award, Riverwalk Arts Festival
   2007 Beaux Arts Exhibit, First Place
   2006 “Prima Facie,” Artel Gallery, First Place
   2004 Marquis Who’s Who
   2003 Who’s Who in American Education
   2002 Instructor of the Year, Lurleen B. Wallace Community College
   2002 Class of 2002 Chancellor’s Award, Alabama College System
   1999 Honorable Mention, 33rd Annual Exhibition, Montgomery Art Guild
   1998 Alabama Education Association, Purchase Award
   1997 Presented a Resolution for Achievement, Alabama State Board of Education
   1996 Published in The Best of Colored Pencil III, Copyright 1996 by Rockport Publishers, Inc.
   1994 Presented a Resolution for Achievement, Alabama State Board of Education

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Artel Gallery
Arts and Design Society of Fort Walton Beach

Eastern Shore Art Center

Pensacola Museum of Art

The Northwest Florida Arts Association

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Autobiography

Born and reared in the farmland of a small Tennessee River town called Savannah, Lonnie Rich realized at an early age that he loved art and the creative processes of making art. Drawing was, and still is, a favorite language of expression because of its directness and its immediacy. Majoring in art while attending Hardin County High School, he enjoyed working with and helping his peers in art class and made the decision to become an art educator. His ultimate goal was to someday retire from teaching and to pursue the life of a full-time artist. After being graduated in 1977 from Austin Peay State University with a B.F.A. in Art Education, he taught senior high school at Hewitt-Trussville High School outside Birmingham, AL. The experience was both challenging and rewarding. However, in 1984 Lonnie decided to return to school for further studies in art. He received a graduate assistantship to the University of Alabama and entered the Art Education Program. After an intensive year-long study, Lonnie was graduated in 1985 with a Master of Arts in Art Education with a focus in painting. Moving to the Birmingham area, he taught private art classes at Artist’s Studio in Hoover, AL and also worked in visual merchandising for Parisian in the Galleria in Riverchase. Missing the excitement of teaching in the classroom, in 1987 he applied for an art instructor’s position and was hired by Lurleen B. Wallace Community College in Andalusia, AL. During his 18 year tenure at LBWCC, he was Chairman of the Art Program, Art Instructor, and Art Gallery Director. In 2005, he retired after 25 years of service in secondary and post-secondary education.

Lonnie has now turned his focus and energies toward his life-long dream of being a full-time artist. Residing in the Holley-Navarre area, he set up an art studio on the first floor of his East Bay home. However, the art studio was destroyed by Hurricane Ivan. With the loss of all his traditional art supplies, tools, and equipment, the road to recovery has been a challenge. Forced to revaluate his traditional creative options, Lonnie began to search the shoreline of East Bay and the local river banks in Santa Rosa County for both materials and creative inspiration. With effort and patience, he began to collect various heart pine knots, cedar driftwood, and various stones that have been twisted, beaten, and tumbled through years of exposure to the elements. Lonnie is now learning to listen to each piece of wood and stone to discover its narrative and its creative potential as an artwork. The history and the evolution of each piece of wood and stone are unique. Their successful creative union requires time and careful consideration. Lonnie’s philosophies of seeking balance in life have a tremendous influence on his development as a working artist. His art training and his teaching experiences are important attributes that have helped him develop a tenacious attention to detail, a requisite for being a successful artist.

Lonnie Rich, Artist on East Bay

"Listening to Wood and Stone"

Summer Beauty

Colored Pencils

10" x 14"

$250 (unframed)