AMY M. KUHL COX

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EDUCATION

2005-2006   Lander University; Greenwood, SC – Primary Montessori Training – American Montessori Society credential

2000-2003   University of Illinois; Urbana-Champaign, IL – MA, Summa cum Laude – Modern & Contemporary Art History

1994-1998   Millikin University; Decatur, IL – BFA, Summa cum Laude – Major: Photography & Ceramics – Art Therapy Interdepartmental Degree

 

PUBLICATIONS – ILLUSTRATION CREDITS

2014   Untitled forthcoming publication (Chicago:  Loyola Press, 2014)

2012   Am I Like My Daddy? (Decatur:  Bronze Man Books, 2012), 18 full-bleed illustrations:  www.bronzemanbooks.com/books/AmILikeMyDaddy

 

FINE ART EXHIBITIONS/COMPETITIONS

2012   Arts Infusion Annual Show, Anmed Health Campus; Anderson, SC

2010   Belton Center for the Arts Annual Juried Exhibition, Belton Center for the Arts; Belton, SC

2007   “Fish out of Water:  Hooked on the Arts” Public Art Initiative, sponsored by the Anderson County Arts Center as a fundraiser with my public sculpture on display in the Anderson community for 18 months; Anderson, SC

2005   Belton Center for the Arts Annual Juried Exhibition, Belton Center for the Arts; Belton, SC

2004   “Fish out of Water:  Hooked on the Arts” Public Art Initiative, sponsored by the Anderson County Arts Center as a fundraiser with my public sculpture on display in the Anderson community for nine months; Anderson, SC

2004    Anderson County Artists Guild/Fish out of Water:  Hooked on the Arts Exhibition, Anderson County Arts Center; Anderson, SC

2004   Belton Center for the Arts Annual Juried Exhibition, Belton Center for the Arts; Belton, SC

2003   Belton Center for the Arts Annual Juried Exhibition, Belton Center for the Arts; Belton, SC

1998   Solo Bachelor of Fine Arts exhibition, Kirkland Fine Arts Center; Decatur, IL

1998   Joint photo exhibition, Decatur Area Arts Council Gallery; Decatur, IL

1998   Frameless:  Works on Paper, a national juried exhibition, Studio 107; Whiteville, NC

1998   Photographer’s Forum contest sponsored by Nikon; photo published in The Best of College Photography Annual, 1998

 

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

Bay 3 Gallery at the Anderson County Arts Center; Anderson, SC

 

RECENT TEACHING EXPERIENCE WITH CHILDREN

2013-present   Co-Lead Toddler Program Directress and Art Creativity Program Directress, Five Oaks Academy; Simpsonville, SC

2008-present   Guest Lecturer for Parent Education Workshops, Five Oaks Academy; Simpsonville, SC

2005-2008   Primary Program Directress (2-6 year olds)/After-school Studio Art Teacher, Five Oaks Academy Montessori; Simpsonville, SC

 

 

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

2003-present   Small Business Owner:  Magdalene; Anderson, SC

2009-10, 2012-13   Vendor at SCMA (South Carolina Montessori Alliance Conference), selling handmade Montessori materials; Columbia, SC

2007-2013   Vendor at Holiday Artists’ Bazaar, Five Oaks Academy; Simpsonville, SC

2003-2004   Education Director, Anderson County Arts Center; Anderson, SC

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

2008   Krannert Art Museum Selected Works, (Champaign:  Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, 2008), essays include:

“Robert Arneson, Untitled (Self-Portrait Bust), 1984,” page 334

“Wynn Bullock, Child in Forest, 1951,” page 289

“Barbara Kruger, Untitled (You Rule by Pathetic Display), 1982,” page 333

2002   Drawings of Choice from a New York Collection (Urbana:  University of Washington Press, 2002), essays include:

“Trisha Brown, Drawing for Pyramid, 1975,” page 30

“Trisha Brown, Untitled (diptych), 1986,” page 30

“Trisha Brown, Footwork #13, 1995 and Footwork #14, 1995,” page 32

“Walter De Maria, Nine Mountains and the Sun, 1964,” page 42

“Nancy Haynes, Untitled, June 1995 and Untitled (TC/NH 1/94 #A07), 1994,” page 58

“Christine Hiebert, Untitled (L.37), 1995,” page 62

“Christine Hiebert, Untitled (L.01.2), 2001,” page 64

“Bruce Nauman, Acoustic Panels/10 panels-4’x8’ each/arranged in studio/sept. 1969, 1970,” page 118

2001   Lipchitz and the Avant-Garde:  From Paris to New York (Urbana:  University of Washington Press, 2001), essays include:

“The Paris Avant-Garde Milieu,” page 81

“Modigliani and Lipchitz,” page 90

“Lipchitz and Gertrude Stein,” page 97

“The Function of the Maquettes,” page 130

1997   Proceedings:  Eleventh National Conference on Undergraduate Research 1997 –Volume 1 (Asheville:  University of North Carolina, 1997), essays include:

“The Mother-Daughter Relationship of Harriet Taylor Mill and Helen Taylor,” pages 210-214

 

CONFERENCE PAPERS/PUBLIC LECTURES

2006   “Teacher-Made Materials for the Primary Montessori Classroom,“ South Carolina Montessori Alliance; Columbia, SC

2005   “Allowing Children the Freedom to Explore and Create Their Unique Masterpieces,” South Carolina Montessori Alliance; Columbia, SC

2002   “Allowing Children the Freedom to Explore and Create Their Unique Masterpieces,” American Montessori Society Fall Regional Conference; St. Louis, MO

2001   “The Question of the Venus in Titian’s Venus of Urbino,” University of Illinois Gender Symposium; Urbana-Champaign, IL

2001   “The Question of the Venus in Titian’s Venus of Urbino,” University of Illinois First Annual                                                      Arena Artium Symposium; Urbana-Champaign, IL

1997   “The Mother-Daughter Relationship of Harriet Taylor Mill and Helen Taylor,” National Conference of Undergraduate Research at the University of Texas at Austin; Austin, TX

1996   “The Mother-Daughter Relationship of Harriet Taylor Mill and Helen Taylor,” National Honors Conference; San Francisco, CA

1996   “The Mother-Daughter Relationship of Harriet Taylor Mill and Helen Taylor,” Millikin University Annual Excellence Week (Presentation and Poster Symposium); Decatur, IL

 

RESEARCH GRANTS

1995, 1996, 1997 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships, Millikin University; Decatur, IL (Archive work at London School of Economics Archives; London, UK)

 

RECENT HONORS & AWARDS

2012   Second Place Winner at Arts Infusion Annual Show; Anderson, SC

2003   Photography Award Winner at Belton Center for the Arts Annual Juried Exhibition; Belton, SC

2000 & 2001   University of Illinois Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers, (ranked in top 10%)

1998   Outstanding Senior Art Award, Millikin University

1994-1998   James Millikin Honors Program Scholarship, Millikin University

1997-1998   Roney Scholarship, Millikin University

1997-1998   Phi Kappa Phi (National Junior/Senior Honor Society)

1997   Lincoln Academy of Illinois Student Laureate Award Recipient (awarded annually to one senior at each Illinois university)

1996 & 1997   Millikin University Scovill Award, (highest university honor awarded to a student for scholarship and citizenship, never before received twice by one student)

1996   Millikin University Excellence Week First Annual Poster Symposium Award Winner