Leigh Ann Williams is a working artist and educator who resides in Fort Worth, Texas. She received a BFA in printmaking from Texas Christian University in 1993, and an MFA in painting from Texas Woman’s University in 2010. She has been an art educator since 1998, and is currently Associate Professor of Graphic Design and Gallery Curator at The Art Institute of Fort Worth. Leigh Ann has been a part of numerous juried and group exhibitions throughout the United States; She was recently selected to participate in Art in the Metroplex, the 42 Murals projectin Dallas, and The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra’s Painted Violin 2015. In November of 2015 she completed a mural residency at Nationstar Mortgage’s corporate headquarters in Dallas.
LEIGH ANN WILLIAMS - HICKEY
Email: lacreations@mac.com www.leighannwilliams.com
EDUCATION
Masters of Fine Art
Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas
Painting major, Interdisciplinary minor, 2010
Double minor Art History, completion December 2013
Lifetime Texas Secondary Teaching Certificate
Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
Post Baccalaureate Program for Teacher Certification, 1998
Intensive Studio Residency
Vermont Studio Center
Johnson, Vermont, January 1995 and 1996
Color Theory Workshop, Studio Residency
Hugh O’Donnell Center
Bantam, Connecticut, May 1995
Bachelor of Fine Art
Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
Printmaking Major, Figurative Drawing Minor, 1993
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
The Art Institute of Fort Worth
Associate Professor 2015
Lead Faculty Graphic Design September
Art Institute of Fort Worth Gallery Curator
Portfolio Review Committee
Professional Advisory Committee
Admissions Review Committee
Adjunct Instructor summer
Jump-start workshop
College Connection workshop
Curriculum writing team
Participated in Faculty Art shows in
Fine Arts Club sponsor
42 Murals Project 2015
Mural corner of Elm and Crowdus
Artist Residency 2015 Nation Star Mortgage
3 murals in the month of October 2015
Curator
A Common Thread, Fort Works Art, Fort Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas, June 6-28, 2014
Epicenter
Assisted visiting artist John Hitchcock in the preparation and execution of printmaking and video instillation performance/live printing piece Texas Woman’s University, March 22-25, 2010
Artist Talk, University of Texas at Arlington
Professional Practices 4200, October, F08
Presenter, University of Texas, Performing Arts Center
Artes Americas Educators’ Professional Development Workshop, 2007
Fort Worth Independent School District Teacher
Art teacher and yearbook advisor at J.P. Elder Middle School 1998 to 2007
Sixth, Seventh and Eighth grade classes
Advanced Placement Art for eighth graders
21st Century after School Program specializing in Glass
Fusion and Pottery, 2004 to 2008
Fulbright-Hays Scholarship
“Culture and the Performing Arts of Mexico”. Awarded through the University of Texas International Latin American Studies Department, Summer 2006
EXHIBITS
Solo Shows
“Musical Vibrations” The Gallery at Casa Manana, Fort Worth, Texas, July 26-September 6, 2012
“Luminous Undulations”, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas, May 1 –June 30, 2010
City Streets 2009, featured artist at the fashion and textiles senior Fashion show at Texas Woman’s University, Margo Jones Hall, Denton, Texas 2009
Rahr & Sons Brewery, Arts Goggle Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas 2008
Christopher Blair Studio, Fall Gallery Night, Fort Worth, Texas 2003
Michael’s, Fall Gallery Night, Fort Worth, Texas 2001
Michael’s, Fall Gallery Night, Fort Worth, Texas 2002
A- Bar, Fall Gallery Night, Fort Worth, Texas 1998
Juried Shows
The Way I see it: Real Life, Art7, Fort Worth, Texas, March 5-April 30, 2016 Juror Nancy Lamb
Art in the Metroplex, Fort Worth Community Art Center, October 9-29, 2015 Juror Peter Doroshenko Director of The Dallas Contemporary
First Street Gallery National Juried Exhibition 2015, June 25-July 18, 2015 New York, NY, Juror Steven Harvey
Ring of Fire, Casa Manana, May 2012, Fort Worth, Texas
2012 Main Street Arts Festival “Emerging Artist Painting” April 19-22, 2012, Fort Worth, Texas
New Works, Dallas County Community College District Service Center, Dallas, Texas, 2010, Juror Eddy Rawlinson
Visual Arts Society of Texas 42nd Annual National Visual Arts Exhibition, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, Texas 2010, Juror Melissa Miller 4th place, JT Webber Oil Award, Watt Black Memorial cash award
Art Alliance Juried Student Exhibition, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas, 2009, Juror Cheryl Vogel
Paperworks 2009 International Juried Competition, B.J. Spoke Gallery Huntington, New York, 2009, Juror Maura Herrner, Exhibition Manager, Whitney Museum of American Art
4th Annual 125-Mile Visual Arts Exhibition, Visual Arts Society of Texas, Denton, Texas, 2009, Juror Chris Bergquist Fulmer
2009 Texas Artist Coalition Juried Membership Show, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas, 2009, Juror Kevin Vogel
Creative Arts and Research Symposium, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas, Spring 2009. Juror Vance Wingate
Voertman’s Annual Student Competition, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas, 2009, Juror Christina Reece
Paper Works, Gallery RFD, Swainsboro, Georgia, 2009, Juror Geraldine Wojno Kiefer
Music and the Human Element, The Work of Leigh Ann Williams and Jessica Pullings, Gallery 010, Texas Woman’s University Denton, Texas, March 8-28, 2009, Juror TWU student body
A Cultural Re-Birth, Cultural Centers for the Americas, Fort Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas 2008, Juror Manuel Pulido
Voertman’s Annual Student Competition, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas, 2008, Juror Holly Johnson
Group Shows
Faculty and Invited Guests, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas, August 26- September 18, 2014
A Threaded Canvas, Fort Works Art, Shipping and Receiving, Fort Worth, Texas, September 6-21, 2014
A Common Thread, Fort Works Art, Fort Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas, June 6-28, 2014
Fort Works Art Premiere Gallery Event, Fort Worth, Texas, March 29, 2014
The Art Institute of Fort Worth Faculty Show, Fort Worth, Texas, 2013
Texas Woman’s University Alumni Painting Exhibition, Organized by professor Gary Washmon, featuring the work of Penny Bisbee, Marc Collup, Tim Harding, Sunny Jacquet, Tammy Wascovich, and Leigh Ann Williams East Gallery, T.W.U., Denton, Texas, October 2-26, 2012,
The Art Institute of Fort Worth Faculty Show, Fort Worth, Texas, 2011
Introductions West, H. Paxton Moore Fine Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 2010
2010 Fort Worth Community Art Center Biennial, Fort Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas, 2010
Merging Visions, A collaboration of The Visual Arts Society of Texas and the Denton Poets’ Assembly, Denton Public Library, Denton, Texas, 2010
Visual Arts Society of Texas Members Exhibition, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, Texas 2009
Merging Visions, A collaboration of The Visual Arts Society of Texas and the Denton Poets’ Assembly, Denton Public Library, Denton, Texas 2009
Spring Arts Goggle, Fort Worth, Texas 2009
Friends and Teachers of Imagination Celebration, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas 2008
Visual Arts Society of Texas Members Exhibition, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, Texas 2008
Graduate Symposium, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas 2008
Texas Artist Coalition Annual Members Show, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas, 2008
Art Reach, Christ Chapel Bible Church, Fort Worth, Texas 2008
All Saints Episcopal School Alumni Art Exhibition, Fort Worth, Texas 2007
Heliotrope Art Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas 2004 and 2005
Permanent Collection, Fort Worth Arts Council, 2000
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont 1994 and 1995
Seven, BFA Exhibition, Moudy Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas 1993
Printmakers Exhibition, Lightwell Gallery, Norman Oklahoma 1991