ELIZABETH SCHWARZ SUMNER easumner@verizon.net
B. 1957 Washington, DC
Studio: Columbia, Maryland
Subject matter: various; landscape, human figure, nature
Medium: watercolor, ink, oil paint, acrylic, mixed media
Education:
Towson University, MEd in Art, 2009
University of Maryland University College, BA, Fine Arts, 2001
Pratt Institute of Art, drawing major, three and a half years, 1975 - 1978
Ohio State University, course work and internship with medical illustrator, 1977
Selected Group Exhibitions:
Breaking Ground: Art About the Earth, Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Art Center, 2023
2023 Artists’ Gallery Juried Show, virtual exhibit, Artists’ Gallery, Ellicott City, MD 2023
2023 OMI Art Exhibition, The Meeting House Gallery. Oakland Mills, MD, 2023
Roco6x6 – Rochester Contemporary Arts Center, Rochester, NY, 2019, 2021, 2022
Small Works, Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Art Center, 2020, 2021, 2022
SHINE: Catching the Light. Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Art Center, 2021
Out of Order (OOO) online exhibit and auction, Maryland Art Place, MD, 2020, 2021
Under 500, Maryland Art Place (MAP) virtual exhibit, 2020
In the Box, Maryland Federation of Art (MFA) virtual exhibit, 2020
Mid Fall Madness, MFA Gallery, Annapolis, MD, 2020
USPS Art Project, online exhibit, Art Gym Denver, Denver, CO, 2020
USPS Art Project, online exhibit, Sunset Art Studios, Dallas, TX, 2020
Brotherhood, Grosse Pointe Art Gallery, MI, virtual exhibit, 2020
Transcending the Quarantine, online exhibit, Baltimore County Art Guild, 2020
Six Feet of Separation, Curve Gallery, virtual exhibit, Maryland Federation of Art, 2020
Local Color, Artists’ Gallery Ellicott City, 2020
Postcards from the Edge 2020, fundraiser for Visual AIDS, New York, NY, 2020
Art Howard County 2019 – Howard County Arts Council Gallery, Ellicott City, MD, 2019
Between the Layers, The Gallery @ 1101, Baltimore County Art Guild, 2019
Earth Elements - Bowie City Hall, Bowie, MD, 2016
Patuxent Art League Annual - Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, MD, 2014
Bowie City Hall Show “By Invitation” - Bowie City Hall, Bowie, MD, 2014
Master Class - Bowie City Hall, Bowie, MD, 2014
What Those Who Teach Can Do - juried exhibition, The Art Institute of Washington,
Rosslyn, VA, 2013, 2014
Local Color - Artists’ Gallery, Columbia, MD, 2011 and 2013 Merit Award
Small Wonders - MFA Gallery, Annapolis, MD, 2011
LAG Open Juried Exhibition - Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, MD, 2002, 2011
Who Me? Self-Portrait exhibit - Sweetwater Center for the Arts, PA, 2011
2010 MAEA Members Exhibit - two works, Howard County, MD, 2010
HoCo 2010, Howard County Center for the Arts, MD, 2010
Collections:
Brooklyn Art Library, Art House Co-op, NY, 2010
Work held in private collections in New York, California, Washington State, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Florida, Delaware, Virginia and Maryland
Teaching:
Laurel High School, Visual Arts Teacher, 2007 - 2019
University of Maryland, Art & Learning Center, sessional instructor 2014 and 2015
Nicholas Orem Middle School, Visual Arts Teacher, 2001 - 2007
Montpelier Cultural Arts Center and Harmony Hall Regional Center, sessional instructor 2001 and 2002
Private art instruction, 1994-1999
Other art related employment:
Deck the Walls, framing, 1998 - 1999
Freelance Illustrator, 1987 - 1997
Workshops:
Silkscreen with print-maker Winston Hill, 2013