Lonnie Keven Rich
9611 Yarrow Circle
Pensacola, Florida 32514
Telephone: (Cell) 850-585-4679, (E-mail) lonnierich@bellsouth.net,
(Website) www.lonnierich-artist.com
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
2023 Judge, "Somewhere in Time," The Art Center, Fort Walton Beach, Florida
2019 Judge, Okaloosa Public Arts 2019 Annual, Okaloosa County Administration Building, Shalimar, FL
2018 Judge, What Scares You, The Art Center, Fort Walton Beach, Florida
2017 Judge, "On the Menu," The Art Center, Fort Walton Beach, Florida
2015 Judge, 21st Annual Gulf Breeze Celebrates the Arts, Gulf Breeze, Florida
2015 Judge, "Give Us Your Best Shot," The Art Center, Fort Walton Beach, Florida
2014 Judge, Pensacola Museum of Art's Annual Art in the Park Festival
2013 Artel Gallery Volunteer, Installation of Exhibitions
2012 Juror/Judge, "Inspired by Peter Max," Arts and Design Society, Fort Walton Beach, Florida
2012 Artel Gallery Volunteer, Installation of Exhibitions
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, Florid
2008 "Talking and Writing About Art," Presentation to Arts and Design Society, Ft. Walton Beach, FL
2008 "Listening to Wood and Stone," Presentation to art classes, Navarre High School, Navarre, FL
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, FL
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
2003-2004: Adjunct Faculty Member, Independent Degree Program, Burlington College, Burlington, Vermont
2001 Art Instructor, Sarah Carlisle Towery Art Colony on Lake Martin, Children’s Harbor, 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 Colored Pencil Workshop, for the Montgomery Art Guild, Montgomery, 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
1978-1984: Chairman of Fine Arts and Art Educator, Hewitt-Trussville High School, Trussville, Alabama
Teaching experience in: Drawing, Two- Dimensional Composition, Three- Dimensional Composition,
Painting (opaque), Watercolor (transparent), Art Appreciation, Calligraphy
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Spring, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
2024 Paper, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
2024 Anything Goes, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
2023 "Inspired by Shaped Notes" A One-Man-Show, Artel Gallery- The Vault, Pensacola, Florida
2023 Keep it 100, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
2023 Cinco Banderas Exhibition, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
2023 Fabulous Forgeries, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
2023 Playlist, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
2023 Art of the Emerald Coast, Fort Walton Beach
2023 Dreams, Artel Gallery, Pensacola
2023 "WORD" Exhibition, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
2022 One-Man-Show, "The Art of Notes," Awards Alcove Gallery, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
2022 Downtown Pensacola, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
2022 Keep it 100! Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
2022 "Monochromatic," Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
2021 Cinco Banderas Exhibition, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
2021 This Is Not A Pipe, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
2021 Less is More, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
2021 Keep it 100 !, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
2021 Art of the South, LLAC Art Gallery, Andalusia, Alabama
2021 Go Figure, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
2019 Dreamscapes, The Art Center, Fort Walton Beach, Florida
2019 Mirror, Mirror Exhibition, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
2019 Macro-Micro Exhibition, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
2018 Indoor/Outdoor: A Sculpture Show, The Art Center, Fort Walton Beach, Florida
2018 "64th Member's Juried Exhibition, Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, Florida
2017 Great Gulfcoast Art Festival-- Heritage Arts, Pensacola Historic Village, Pensacola, Florida
2017 Art in the Park Marietta, Glover Park, Marietta, Georgia
2017 "Art of the Landscape," The Art Center, Fort Walton Beach, Florida
2017 Art at the Pass, War Memorial Park, Pass Christian, Mississippi
2017 65th Annual Fairhope Arts & Crafts Festival, Fairhope, Alabama
2016 Great Gulfcoast Art Festival-- Heritage Arts, Pensacola Historic Village, Pensacola, Florida
2016 50th Annual Ocala Arts Festival, Ocala, Florida
2016 31st Annual Sandy Springs Festival & Artist's Market, Sandy Springs, Georgia
2016 Decatur Arts Festival, Downtown Decatur, Georgia
2016 2016 Chastain Park Arts & Crafts Festival, Chastain Park, Atlanta, Georgia
2016 64th Annual Arts and Crafts Festival, Fairhope, Alabama
2016 Member's Juried Art Show, Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, Florida
2016 "Thoreau-ly Natural," Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
2015 2015 Great Gulfcoast Art Festival-- Heritage Arts, Pensacola Historic Village, Pensacola, Florida
2015 20th Annual Festival of the Arts, Mattie Kelly Cultural Arts Village, Destin, Florida
2015 2015 Fall Fest at the Hermitage, Nashville, Tennessee
2015 30th Annual Sandy Springs Art Festival, Sandy Springs, Georgia
2015 Slotin Folk Fest, North Atlanta Trade Center, Norcross, Georgia
2015 2015 Chastain Park Arts & Crafts Festival, Chastain Park, Atlanta, Georgia
2015 "Almost Nothing-- Exploring Minimalism," Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
2015 LeMoyne Chain of Parks 2015 Art Festival, Tallahassee, Florida
2015 63rd Annual Arts and Crafts Festival, Fairhope, Alabama
2014 2014 Great Gulfcoast Art Festival-- Heritage Arts, Pensacola Historic Village, Pensacola, Florida
2014 19th Annual Festival of the Arts, Mattie Kelly Cultural Arts Village, Destin, Florida
2014 29th Annual Sandy Springs Art Festival, Sandy Springs, Georgia
2014 60th Annual Pensacola Museum of Art Member's Juried Exhibition, Pensacola, Florida
2014 LeMoyne Chain of Parks 2014 Art Festival, Tallahassee, Florida
2014 62nd Annual Arts and Crafts Festival, Fairhope, Alabama
2014 "Lonnie Rich, 'Wood and Stone, Sand and Sea,'" Eastern Shore Art Center, Fairhope, Alabama
2014 "Figure It," The Art Center, Fort Walton Beach, Florida
2013 2013 Great Gulfcoast Art Festival-- Heritage Arts, Pensacola Historic Village, Pensacola, Florida
2013 18th Annual Destin Festival of the Arts, Mattie Kelly Cultural Arts Village, Destin, Florida
2013 28th Annual Sandy Springs Art Festival, Sandy Springs, Georgia
2013 Slotin Folk Fest, North Atlanta Trade Center, Norcross, Georgia
2013 "Beyond the Flat Plane: 3-D," The Art Center, Fort Walton Beach, Florida
2013 2013 Member's Juried Art Show, Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, Florida
2013 25th Annual Decatur Arts Festival, Decatur, GA
2013 The Juror's Invitational Show, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
2013 LeMoyne Chain of Parks 2013 Art Festival, Tallahassee, Florida
2013 Santa Fe College Spring Art Festival, Gainesville, Florida
2013 61 Annuall Arts and Crafts Festival, Fairhope, Alabama
2013 Artist's Incorporated, Vestavia Hills, Alabama
2013 Members Exhibition, The Art Center, Fort Walton Beach, Florida
2012 Great Gulfcoast Art Festival- Heritage Arts, Pensacola Historic Village, Pensacola, Florida
2012 17th Annual Destin Festival of the Arts, Henderson Beach State Park, Destin, Florida
2012 4th Annual Cashiers Valley Leaf Festival, Cashiers, North Carolnia
2012 Slotin Folk Fest, North Atlanta Trade Center, Norcross, Georgia
2012 "Art As Social Discourse," Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
2012 "Me, Myself and I-- Self Portrait," The Art Center, Fort Walton Beach, Florida
2012 "2012 Member's Show," Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
2012 10th Annual Art in the Park, Historic Seville Park, Pensacola, Florida
2012 LeMoyne Chain of Parks 2012 Art Festival, Tallahassee, Florida
2012 Santa Fe College Spring Art Festival, Gainesville, Florida
2012 60th Annual Arts and Crafts Festival, Fairhope, Alabama
2012 53rd Annual Beaux Arts Exhibition, Fort Walton Beach, Florida
2012 Okaloosa Public 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 9th Annual Art in the Park, Historic Seville Park, 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
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 "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 "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 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 "Recycled," Arts Center, Fort Walton Beach, Florida
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 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 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
2007 Destin Festival of the Arts, Henderson Beach, Destin, Florida
2007 26th Grand Festival of Art by the Bay, Fairhope, Alabama
2007 Baytowne Wharf Art Expo, 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
2006 Cinco Banderas, Artel Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
2006 Members Juried Exhibition, Pensacola Museum of Art, 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
HONORS AND AWARDS
2024 Third Place Award, Spring
2023 Honorable Mention, Cinco Banderas Exhibition
2023 Second Place Award, "WORD"
2022 First Place Award, Downtown Pensacola
2021 Purchase Award for Permanent Collection, Cinco Banderas Exhibition
2021 Honorable Mention, This Is Not A Pipe
2021 Honorable Mention, Less is More
2021 Second Place, Keep it 100!
2017 "Buddy Page Legend Award," Heritage Arts, Great Gulfcoast Art Festival
2017 Third Place Award, "Art of the Landscape"
2017 First Place Award, Art at the Pass
2016 Heritage Arts Award of Excellence, Great Gulfcoast Art Festival
2016 "Best Booth Award," Chastain Park Arts and Crafts Festival
2015 Heritage Arts Award of Excellence, Great Gulfcoast Art Festival
2015 Cox Sponsor's Choice Award, Great Gulfcoast Art Festival
2015 Best in Three-Dimensional Art, Fall Fest at the Hermitage
2015 Third Place Award, Artel Gallery
2014 Heritage Arts Award of Excellence, Great Gulfcoast Art Festival
2014 Director's Choice Award, Sandy Springs Festival and Art Market
2014 Patron Purchase Award, Centenial Bank, 62nd Arts and Crafts Festival
2014 Second Place Award, "Figure It" The Art Center
2013 "Jean Helton Heritage Arts Award," Great Gulfcoast Art Festival-- Heritage Arts
2012 Heritage Arts Award of Excellence, Great Gulfcoast Art Festival
2012 Best in Show Award, 17th Annual Destin Festival of the Arts
2012 Second Place Award, "Art As Social Discourse"
2012 Honorable Mention Award, "Art As Social Discourse"
2012 Third Place Award, "Me, Myself and I-- Self Portrait"
2012 Second Place Award, 53rd Annual Beaux Arts Exhibition
2011 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 Heritage Arts Award of Excellence, Great Gulfcoast Art Festival
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 Award, "Future Shock Pensacola," Artel Gallery
2009 Third Place Award, Member's Juried Exhibition, Pensacola Museum of Art
2009 Two Patron Purchase Awards, 57th Annual Arts and Crafts Festival, Fairhope, Alabama
2008 First Place Award, "Figures Galore," The Art Center
2008 Best of Show, Dragonfly Flight, Dragonfly Gallery
2008 Third Place Award, "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 Award, Working Artist Development Grant, Visual Arts Association of Northwest FL
2007 Artist's Choice Award, Baytowne Wharf Art Expo
2007 Best in Show Award, 39th Annual Festival of the Arts
2007 Best in Show Award, Riverwalk Arts Festival
2007 First Place Award, Beaux Arts Exhibit
2006 First Place Award “Prima Facie,” Artel Gallery
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
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
Resume'
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 then turned his focus and energies toward his life-long dream of being a full-time artist. Moving to the Holley-Navarre area of FL, 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.
Now living in Pensacola, FL, Lonnie continues to work as an artist. His newest artworks revolve around the study of shaped musical notations. The pieces are two-dimensional in format, done on primed linen and stretched onto canvas stretchers. See his "Musical Notations" page on this site to read more about his inspiration, and to view some of his musical pieces. He shows his artworks online, through juried gallery shows, and museum exhibitions. His home in Pensacola has a gallery space and a large studio/gallery/workshop out back. Both galleries, and the workshop, are open by appointments.
Lonnie Rich
Retired Art Educator and Working Artist
