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Exhibitions
Awards, Grants and
Fellowships
Teaching Experience
Professional Experience
Publications
Collections
Mural Commissions
Professional Experience:
Executive Director, ARC Gallery and Educational Foundation, Chicago,
women's cooperative gallery. Previous Chair of PR and Grant
Consultant for Mural Team, Centralia IL.
Artist-in Education, Illinois Arts Council
Visiting Artist and Scholar, Paradise Valley Community College, Phoenix, AZ
Artist-in Residence, Urban Gateways, Chicago, IL
Artist-in-Education, Nebraska Arts Council
Freelance muralist, creating commissioned works for private and
commercial clients
Director, Community Mural Project, Corridor Arts Program, Chicago, IL.
Directed murals with students in Chicago Public Schools, presented
workshops to teachers and students in schools and community centers
Director and founder, Community Arts Resources, Third Eye Centre,
Glasgow, Scotland, organizing resource center with global information on
community arts.
Muralist, directed and painted over 125 indoor and outdoor large-scale
murals with community groups in numerous settings, including schools,
community centers, health facilities and a Scottish prison.
Panelist and moderator, “Artistic Dialogue,” at 2004 Chicago Humanities
Festival; panelist and moderator, "Poetic Dialogue Project" at 2005
Chicago Humanities Festival
Conference presentations: International Conference on Arts in Society,
Edinburgh, Scotland, 2006; Transconference, University of Wisconsin,
2006; Panelist, National Women’s Caucus for Art, Seattle, WA, 1993;
Community Visual Arts Symposium, Central Polytechnic, London, England,
1976; National Mural Conference, Chicago, IL 1976; Illinois Arts Council
Conference for Arts in Education
Mural work included in archives of Peoples Palace Museum, Glasgow,
Scotland.
Art work owned by many private, corporate and public collections.
Art work appeared as stage set for EstrogenFest, Chicago IL 2005.
Visiting Artist:
Miami Dade Community College & Dave and Mary Alper Jewish
Community Center, Miami, FL
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Northeast Missouri State University, Kirkswood, MO
University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
Simpson College, Indianola, IA
University of Illinois—Chicago, Chicago, IL
Barlinnie Prison Special Unit, Glasgow, Scotland
Gateway Exchange, Edinburgh, Scotland
Richmond High School, Richmond, IL
Niles Elementary School, Niles, IL
Brown Fox Point Day Care Center, Providence, RI
Wheeler School for Girls, Providence, RI
Pier Group, City of Chicago, IL
Martin Luther King Lab School, Evanston, IL
Highland Park High School Focus on the Arts, Highland Park, IL
Somerstown Studios, Somers, NY
Evanston Child Care Center, Evanston, IL
Park Forest Art Center, Park Forest, IL
Hinsdale South High School, Hinsdale, IL
Walker School, Hinsdale, IL
Miscellaneous:
Previous board member: ARC Gallery, Chicago; Chicago Artists Coalition,
Chair: Fair Practices Committee, and Juried Guidelines Committee;
Akasha Dance Company, Chicago, IL; Congregation B’Nai Vail, Vail, CO;
Congregation Solel, Highland Park, IL
Trained as Holocaust educator by Holocaust Museum, and have conducted
workshops and classes on Holocaust education and teaching tolerance.
Copyright© 2007 Beth Shadur. All Rights Reserved.
Executive Director, ARC Gallery and Educational Foundation, Chicago,
women's cooperative gallery. Previous Chair of PR and Grant
Consultant for Mural Team, Centralia IL.
Artist-in Education, Illinois Arts Council
Visiting Artist and Scholar, Paradise Valley Community College, Phoenix, AZ
Artist-in Residence, Urban Gateways, Chicago, IL
Artist-in-Education, Nebraska Arts Council
Freelance muralist, creating commissioned works for private and
commercial clients
Director, Community Mural Project, Corridor Arts Program, Chicago, IL.
Directed murals with students in Chicago Public Schools, presented
workshops to teachers and students in schools and community centers
Director and founder, Community Arts Resources, Third Eye Centre,
Glasgow, Scotland, organizing resource center with global information on
community arts.
Muralist, directed and painted over 125 indoor and outdoor large-scale
murals with community groups in numerous settings, including schools,
community centers, health facilities and a Scottish prison.
Panelist and moderator, “Artistic Dialogue,” at 2004 Chicago Humanities
Festival; panelist and moderator, "Poetic Dialogue Project" at 2005
Chicago Humanities Festival
Conference presentations: International Conference on Arts in Society,
Edinburgh, Scotland, 2006; Transconference, University of Wisconsin,
2006; Panelist, National Women’s Caucus for Art, Seattle, WA, 1993;
Community Visual Arts Symposium, Central Polytechnic, London, England,
1976; National Mural Conference, Chicago, IL 1976; Illinois Arts Council
Conference for Arts in Education
Mural work included in archives of Peoples Palace Museum, Glasgow,
Scotland.
Art work owned by many private, corporate and public collections.
Art work appeared as stage set for EstrogenFest, Chicago IL 2005.
Visiting Artist:
Miami Dade Community College & Dave and Mary Alper Jewish
Community Center, Miami, FL
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Northeast Missouri State University, Kirkswood, MO
University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
Simpson College, Indianola, IA
University of Illinois—Chicago, Chicago, IL
Barlinnie Prison Special Unit, Glasgow, Scotland
Gateway Exchange, Edinburgh, Scotland
Richmond High School, Richmond, IL
Niles Elementary School, Niles, IL
Brown Fox Point Day Care Center, Providence, RI
Wheeler School for Girls, Providence, RI
Pier Group, City of Chicago, IL
Martin Luther King Lab School, Evanston, IL
Highland Park High School Focus on the Arts, Highland Park, IL
Somerstown Studios, Somers, NY
Evanston Child Care Center, Evanston, IL
Park Forest Art Center, Park Forest, IL
Hinsdale South High School, Hinsdale, IL
Walker School, Hinsdale, IL
Miscellaneous:
Previous board member: ARC Gallery, Chicago; Chicago Artists Coalition,
Chair: Fair Practices Committee, and Juried Guidelines Committee;
Akasha Dance Company, Chicago, IL; Congregation B’Nai Vail, Vail, CO;
Congregation Solel, Highland Park, IL
Trained as Holocaust educator by Holocaust Museum, and have conducted
workshops and classes on Holocaust education and teaching tolerance.
Copyright© 2007 Beth Shadur. All Rights Reserved.
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