Visual Artist
ELIZABETH SCHWARZ SUMNER easumner@verizon.net
B. 1957 Washington, DC
Studio: Columbia, Maryland
Subject matter: various, landscape, human figure, nature
Medium: watercolor, 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:
Art Howard County 2019 – Howard County Arts Council Gallery, Ellicott City, MD, 2019
Roco6x6 – Rochester Contemporary Arts Center, Rochester, NY, 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 and 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 and 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, Tennessee, Florida, 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 printmaker Winston Hill, 2013