Mary Jane Keys

Mary Jane's Art | Mary Jane's Resume

Education/Training:

• BSHE Purdue University
• 18+ post-graduate hours
• Sievers School of Fiber Arts, Washington Island, WI,
  18 summers -- workshops in silk painting, dyeing, silk screening, batik, quilting, clothing design, beading, and Navajo weaving
• Indianapolis Art Center 10+ years
• Fiber, design, color, drawing, and beading classes
• Fiber faculty
• Workshops with:
• Susan Moyer, silk painter and graphic artist in Chicago, Kansas City, New Jersey and Hawaii
• Ana Lisa Hedstom, shibori and clothing design, International Surface Design Conference, Kansas City
• Caryl Breyer Fallert, art quilter, and Lois Ericson, clothing design, Quilt and Surface Design Conference, Columbus, Ohio
• Dorothy (Bunny) Bowen and Betsy Sterling Benjamin, Roketsuzome (Japanese wax resist technique), 2003, 2004 in New Mexico
• Jerald Peterson, oil painting, summers 2004-2005 in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
• Dorothy Caldwell and Mr. Kobayashi, World Batik Conference, Boston, MA, June, 2005
• Shoukoh Kobayaki, advanced rozome, World Batik Conference, Boston, 2005
• Betsy Sterling Benjamin, rozome masters workshop, May, 2006, began a year's independent Study with Betsy in July, 2006
• Rita Trefois, Batik with vat dyes and discharge, May, 2007, International Surface Design Conference, Kansas City
• Yusuke Tange and Betsy Sterling Benjamin, Masters Rozome Workshop: The Meditative Stroke, May, 2007, International Surface Design Conference, Kansas City
• Anne Kittel, watercolor, January-March, 2008, 2009, Sanibel Island, Florida
• Betsy Sterling Benjamin, rozome masters workshop, June, 2008, Mendocino, CA
• Julie Houck, oil painting ongoing, Noblesville, IN
• Noel Dyrenforth from England, Rita Trefois from Belgium, New Directions in Batik workshop, February, 2009, Phoenix, AZ
• Suzanna Winton, watercolor portrait workshop, March, 2009, Cape Coral, FL
• Sharon Long, watercolors, August, 2009, Noblesville, IN

Experience/Service

• Vocational Home Economics Teacher
• Dressmaker and Fit Instructor -- Vogue Pattern Company
• Fiber faculty -- Indianapolis Art Center
• Judge -- Indianapolis Cloth Doll Challenge, October, 2005

Exhibitions

• Indianapolis Art Center Basile Gift Gallery corridor, Indianapolis, IN, February 24-April 16, 2006
• Indianapolis Art Center, various INFiber and student shows
• Wells Community Center, Lafayette, IN, FiBR
• Marion College, Indianapolis, IN, Stephanie Lewis Robertson & friends, February, 2000
• Friends of the Frankfort Library, Christmas Show & Sale, Frankfort, IN, 1996-2004
• New Directions, Southwest Florida Craft Guild, Cape Coral, FL, October, 2002
• Prairie Arts Council Show, Renseleer, IN, July-August, 2003
• Indianapolis Art Center, Fiber Faculty Show, August-October, 2003
• Life Within/Interior Spaces, INFiber, Unitarian Universalist Church, Indianapolis, IN, June 2004
• Unpredictable Threads, FibR, Wells Community Center, Lafayett, IN, August, 2004
• Indianapolis Art Center Faculty Show, Indianapolis, IN, September, 2004
• Not in My Name, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN, September, 2004 Hamilton County Artist's Association 54^th Annual Show, Carmel-Clay Public Library, Carmel, Indiana, November, 2004
• Spirit and Place, Unitarian Universalist Church, Indianapolis, IN, November 2004
• Exhibit of Excellence, Southwest Florida Craft Guild, Big Arts, Sanibel, FL April, 2005
• Textile Invitational, INFiber, IU-Kokomo Gallery, October, 2005
• Hamilton County Artist's Association 5^th Annual Show, Noblesville Public Library, Noblesville, IN, November, 2005
• INfiber Inside, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN, November, 2004
• Spirit and Place, Unitarian Universalist Church, Indianapolis, IN, November, 2004
• Behold All Things New, The Episcopal Church and Visual Arts, Online exhibit: www.ecva.org/exhibitions/html, January, 2005
• "The Annual", Southwest Florida Craft Guild, Cape Coral, FL, February, 2005
• Exhibit of Excellence, Southwest Florida Craft Guild, Sanibel, FL, April, 2005
• Textile Invitational, IU Kokomo Gallery, October, 2005
• Illustrating the Hours: Morning Prayer, The Episcopal Church and Visual Arts, Online Exhibit: www.ecva.org., September, 2005
• Hamilton County Artists Association, 55^th Annual Show, Noblesville Public Library, Noblesville, IN, November, 2005
• Scratching the Surface: In Search of Self, Indianapolis Art Center, February 24 - April 16, 2006 (solo show)
• INfiber group show, Unitarian Universalist Church, Indianapolis, IN, July, 2006, August, 2007, July, 2008
• Annual Faculty Exhibition, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN, September 1 - October 8, 2006
• Hamilton County Artists Association, 56^th Annual Show, Noblesville Public Library, Noblesville, IN, November, 2006
• Mindful Movements, Indianapolis, IN February, 2007
• Summerfest, Hamilton County Artists Association, 195 S. Fifth Street, Noblesville, IN, July-August, 2007
• Grandparents & Grandchildren's Art Exhibit, St. George's School, Spokane, WA, September, 2007
• Hamilton County Artists Association, 56^th Annual Show, Carmel Public Library, Carmel, IN, November, 2007
• The Annual, Southwest Florida Craft Guild, Cape Coral Art Center, Cape Coral, FL, February, 2008
• 32^nd Annual Juried Exhibit, Sanibel Captiva Art League, Big Arts, Sanibel, FL, March, 2008
• Exhibit of Excellence, Southwest Florida Craft Guild, Big Arts, Sanibel, FL, April, 2008
• 2^nd Anniversary Show, Hamilton County Artists Association, Noblesville, IN, May-June, 2008
• Rosome, Masters Students of Betsy Sterline Benjamin, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA, June, 2008
• INfiber Member Exhibit 2008, Unitarian Universalist Church, Indianapolis, IN, June, 2008
• Summerfest II, Hamilton County Artists Association, Noblesville, IN, July-August, 2008
• Familiar Fibers: Surprising Surfaces, FibR, Wells Community Center, Lafayette, IN, August, 2008
• Impressions of Nature, Hamilton County Artists Association, Noblesville, IN, September-November, 2008
• Hamilton County Artist's Association 57^th Annual Show, Fishers Library, Fishers, IN, November, 2008
• Big Arts, Big Secret, Sanibel, FL, (Charity auction & show), January, 2009
• 33^rd Annual Juried Exhibit, Sanibel Captiva Art League, Big Arts, Sanibel, FL, January-February, 2009
• 3^rd Anniversary Show, Hamilton County Art Center, May-June, 2009
• Inspiration for Life, Nancy Fullerton and friends, Frankfort Public Library, Frankfort, IN, May-June, 2009
• Decorative Arts Show, 2^nd Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis, IN, June-July, 2009
• Art Fair on the Square with HCAA, Noblesville, IN August 1, 2009
• Critters, Hamilton County Artist's Association, Noblesville, IN, August-September, 2009

Professional Affiliations

• InFiber, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
• Hamilton County Artists Association
• Sanibel-Captiva Art League
• International Surface Design Association
• Studio Art Quilt Associates

Conferences

• Quilt and Surface Design Symposium, Columbus, OH
• International Surface Design Conferences, Kansas City and Lawrence, KS
• Fiesta of Wearable Art, Santa Fe, NM
• Festival of the Arts, Ghost Rance, Abiquiu, NM, July, 2003
• World Batik Conference, Boston, June, 2005
• International Surface Design Conference, May-June, 2007, Kansas City, KS

Honors:

• Best of media, Indianpolis Art Center Student Show, 2003

Contact Mary Jane Keys at MKeys31214 @ aol.com

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