Arlene Braithwaite

Associate Professor of Art & Design

Professional Information

Education

             BFA, 1974 University of Utah

             M.Ed. 1977 University of Utah

Professional Experience:

1978 – present Associate Professor Art and Design, (tenured) Southern Utah

              University, Cedar City, UT Current Areas of Teaching; Drawing I,

              Drawing II, Drawing III, and Art Methods for Secondary Teachers

1977 – 78 Illustrator, photographer and writer, Color Country Spectrum,

              Cedar City, UT

1975 – 76 Art teacher, Granite Park Junior High, Salt lake City, UT

1968 – 74 Illustrator/photographer, Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT

Summary of Creative Work & Research (Last Five Years)

Solo Exhibitions

2006      Zion Museum of Human History, Zion National Park, UT

2006      Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, UT

2005 St. George Art Museum, St George, UT

2004      Springville Museum, Springville, UT

2003      Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, Cedar City, UT

Group Exhibitions

2006      “Get Real”, Springville Museum, Springville, UT

2002      Spring Salon, Springville Museum, Springville, UT

2000 - 2002, 2005, 2006 Southern Utah Faculty Exhibit (sabbatical 2003)

              Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, Cedar City, UT

2002     Celebrate the Land, juried show, ZCMI Center, Salt Lake City, UT

Awards and Images in Print

2006      First Place and Honorable Mention, Dixie Invitational Exhibition,

              Dixie College, St. George, UT

2006      First Place Award, Cedar City Annual Art Exhibit, Cedar City, UT

2005      Directors Award, Celebrate Pastel (Statewide Pastel Exhibition)

              Springville Museum, Springville, UT

2004      Purchase Award, Cedar City Annual Art Exhibit, Cedar City, UT

2003      Work reproduced in International Artist (Finalist in International

             Artist’s Landscape Competition)

2003     Work reproduced in the Pastel Journal, Honorable Mention in the

             Pastel Journal’s National Juried Landscape Exhibition

2003     Work reproduced in catalogue, Award of Merit, Spring Salon,

             Springville Museum, Springville, UT

2002     Utah Art Educator of the Year, Awarded by the National Art

             Education Association

2002     Southern Utah University Distinguished Educator Award

2002     Best of Drawing, St. George Regional Show, St. George, Utah

2002     First Place, Pastel Society of Utah Exhibit, Bountiful Art Center,

             Bountiful, UT

2001     Best of Show Award, Pastel Society of Utah Exhibit, Brigham City

             Art Center, Brigham City, UT

Professional Presentations and Service

2006     Presenter, Utah Museum of Natural History, “Brown Bag with the

            Artist”, Salt Lake City, UT

2006     Demonstrator, Utah Museum of Natural History, “Evening for

             Legislators”, Salt Lake City, UT

2005     Presenter, “Meet the Artist” St. George Art Museum, St George, UT

2004     Presenter, “Evening for Educators” Springville Museum, Springville

2002, 2004 -05 Workshop Presenter, Utah Art Education Association

             Conferences, St. George, UT

2005     Keynote Speaker, Artworks for Children Conference, Highland

             Elementary, Salt Lake City, UT

2004     Presenter, Utah Museum Association Conference, Union Station,  

             Ogden, UT

2004     Presenter, Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters Conference,

             Cedar City, UT

2003     Juror, St. George Art Festival, St George, UT

2001-06 Writer, funded Utah Arts Council grants from the Utah Arts for art

             lectures

2001 - 06 Demonstrator, “Art on Cedar Mountain”, High School Workshop,

             Cedar Canyon, UT

1998 - 2001 Co-President Utah Art Education Association

2001     Delegate, to the National Art Education Association Conference

             Miami, Florida

2001     Evaluator, Utah Office of Education review of Weber State

             University’s art education program

Statement: Personal Work

     The focus of my work has been on the landscape and figure. I work primarily with pastel because I enjoy the immediacy and flexibility of the medium. My recent painting concentrates on communicating my observations of the natural world, to give insight into human behavior, and address human interaction with, and impact upon, the environment.

Statement: Teaching

     In drawing classes I strive to teach students observation skills, drawing fundamentals and principles of composition. As they progress, students are challenged to select, modify and create images, symbols, and designs to visually communicate their thoughts.

     In art education classes I prepare future art teachers through study and application of successful teaching strategies and art curriculum development. Students learn methods of integrating studio production, aesthetics, art criticism, and art context in the classroom.