Jo Williams texjo@msn.com 940.383.1092 vastarts.org/artists/Jo_Williams.htm Artist Biography |
| Jo Williams |
Artist Resume JO WILLIAMS, ACA, SWS JURIED EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS 2009 21st Annual Juried Members Exhibition, Denton, TX/Award 2008 20th Annual Juried Members Exhibition, Denton, TX 2007 19th Annual Juried Members Exhibition, Denton, TX/Award 2006 1st Annual 125-Mile Exhibition, Denton, TX/Award 2006 18th Annual Juried Members Exhibition, Denton, TX 2005 17th Annual Juried Members Exhibiton, Denton, TX 2004 Fort Davis Sesquicentennial Juried Art Show, Davis, TX 2003: 35th Annual Juried Fine Arts Awards Exhibit, Denton, TX/Award 2002: 34th Annual Juried Fine Arts Awards Exhibit, Denton, TX /Award 2002: 17th Annual Texas & Neighbors Regional Exhibition, Irving, TX 2001: 33rd Annual Juried Fine Arts Awards Exhibit, Denton, TX 2000: Southwestern Watercolor Society Thirty-seventh Annual Exhibition, Dallas, TX 32nd Annual Juried Fine Arts Awards Exhibit, Denton, TX/ Award 1999: Southwestern Watercolor Society Thirty-sixth Annual Exhibition, Dallas, TX 1998: 30th Annual Juried Fine Arts Awards Exhibit, Denton, TX / Award North Texas Area Art League Membership Exhibit, Denton, TX/ Award 1997: 29th Annual Juried Fine Arts Awards Exhibit, Denton, TX 1996: 28th Annual Juried Fine Arts Awards Exhibit, Denton, TX/ Award 1995: Montana Watercolor Society’s 13th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Great Falls, MT 27th Annual Juried Fine Arts Awards Exhibit, Denton, TX/ Award 1994: Southwestern Watercolor Society Thirty-First Annual Exhibition, Dallas, TX 26th Annual Juried Fine Arts Awards Exhibit, Denton, TX Society of Watercolor Artists Thirteenth Annual National Juried Exhibition, Ft. Worth, TX/ SWA President’s Award 1993: Breckenridge Fine Arts Center Art Competition, Breckenridge, TX Southwestern Watercolor Society Thirtieth Annual Exhibition, Dallas, TX Watercolor Society 17th International Exhibition, Houston, TX/ Award Southwestern Watercolor Society Signature Exhibition, Dallas, TX Aqueous ‘93 Sixteenth Annual National Exhibition, Frankfort, KY Pastel Society of the Southwest 13th Annual Juried Membership Exhibition, Irving, TX 25th Annual Juried Fine Arts Award Exhibit, Denton, TX/ Award 1992: Southwestern Watercolor Society 29th Annual Exhibition, Dallas, TX/ Signature Status Watercolor Art Society Houston 16th International Exhibition, Houston, TX Richardson Civic Art Society, 26th Annual Regional Painting Show, Richardson, TX Rio Bravo Watercolorists Tri-State Aqua Media Exhibition, El Paso, TX West Texas Watercolor Society Signature I Charter Exhibition, Lubbock, TX 1991: Aqueous 1991, Owensboro, KY 1990: Aqueous 1990, Murray, KY/ Award Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, El Cahon, CA Artists and Craftsman Annual Awards Show, Dallas, TX/ First Place Award Texas/Neighbors Art Exhibition, Irving, TX 2nd Annual Juried Fine Arts Awards Exhibit, Denton, TX Richardson Art Competition, Richardson, TX 1989: Arlington Art Association National Juried Exhibition, Arlington, TX/ First Place Award Society of Watercolor Artists Eighth Annual National Juried Exhibition, Ft. Worth, TX/ Award 21st Annual Juried Fine Arts Awards Exhibit, Denton, TX/ Award Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, Lubbock, TX 1988: Southwestern Watercolor Society Annual Juried Exhibition, Dallas, TX Pastel Society of the Southwest 8th Annual Juried Exhibition, Dallas, TX/ Awards (including People’s Choice) Trinity Arts Council Juried Exhibition, Bedford, TX 20th Annual Juried Fine Arts Awards Exhibit, Denton, TX/ Award Texas/Neighbors Art Competition, Irving, TX/ Best of Show Award Plano Juried Art Show, Plano, TX/ Award 1987: Pastel Society of the Southwest 7th Annual Juried Exhibition, Dallas, TX/ Award Trinity Arts Council Juried Exhibition, Bedford, TX/ Award Texas/Neighbors Art Competition, Irving, TX/ Award 19th Annual Juried Fine Arts Awards Exhibit, Denton, TX/ Award Artists and Craftsman Annual Award Show, Dallas, TX/ Signature Status Richardson Art Competition, Richardson, TX 1986: Pastel Society of the Southwest 6th Annual Juried Exhibition, Dallas, TX/ Award Trinity Arts Council Annual Juried Exhibition, Bedford, TX/ Award 18th Annual Juried Fine Arts Awards Exhibit, Denton, TX/ Award Artists and Craftsman Annual Awards Show, Dallas, TX 1985 Pastel Society of the Southwest 5th Annual Juried Exhibition, Dallas, TX/ Award North Texas Area Art League Artist of the Year, Denton, TX 17th Annual Juried Fine Arts Awards Exhibit, Denton, TX Artists and Craftsman Annual Award Show, Dallas, TX 1984: 16th Annual Juried Fine Arts Awards Exhibit, Denton, TX Artists and Craftsman Annual Award Show, Dallas, TX Pastel Society of the Southwest Membership Exhibition, Dallas, TX 1983: Pastel Society of the Southwest 4th Annual Juried Exhibition, Dallas, TX 15th Annual Juried Fine Arts Awards Exhibit, Denton, TX Artists and Craftsman Annual Awards Exhibit, Dallas, TX 1982: 14th Annual Juried Fine Arts Awards Exhibit, Denton, TX/ Greater Denton Arts Council Purchase Award INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS 1997: Toward Integrating Spaces: A Personal Journey, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX 1991: Scapes of Pattern, Culver-Stockton College, Canton, MO 1989: Greater Denton Arts Council Welcomes Texas Instruments, Denton, TX 1987: Saguaro Gallery, Denton, TX 1983: Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX 1982: Image of Today’s Woman, University of North Texas, Denton, TX PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Denton Publishing Company, Denton, TX Ben E. Keith Corporation, Abilene, TX Raytheon Greater Denton Arts Council Permanent Collection, Denton, TX SPECIAL HONOR 2008 Invitation to paint an ornament for the White House Christmas tree, which remains stored in the Smithsonian WORKSHOP AND INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERIENCE Community Education Program Instructor, University of North Texas, Denton, TX Santa Fe Summer Workshop, Santa Fe Community College, 1995 Taos Workshop, Shady Brook Conference Center, UNT, 1996 Caddo Lake Workshops, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2004 Tyler Museum of Art, 1997 Hill Country Retreat, Fredericksburg, TX, 1996 Turner Falls Workshop, 1996 Art Teacher, Strickland Junior High School, Denton, TX (retired) Demonstrations and lectures, area art organizations Private instruction, Austin Street Studio and Gallery Instructor, Highland Village Art Academy Irving Art Association Workshop (Pastel) Farmer’s Branch Art Association (Batik) Mesquite Art Association Workshop (Batik) Taos, New Mexico Workshop, 2001 Oaxaca, Mexico, 2004 Caddo Lake Workshop, 2005 Painting Northern New Mexico, 2006 Hill Country Workshop, 2007 St. Francisville, LA Workshop, 2007 Lake Murray, OK Workshop, 2008 EDUCATION B.S., Art Education from the University of North Texas, Denton, TX Continuing Education Courses at Fort Worth Art Museum Post-graduate study with nationally recognized artists Post-graduate study at the University of North Texas MEMBERSHIPS Artists and Craftsman Association, Dallas, TX, Signature Membership Southwestern Watercolor Society, Dallas, TX, Signature Membership North Texas Area Art League, Denton, TX The Art Guild, Denton, TX Kingston’s National Registry of Who’s Who, Lifetime Member (189683--member number) |
A native Texan, Jo Williams has spent most of her life among the woods
and prairies of North Central Texas. Although she loves to paint the
gentle scenery of her native area, she also enjoys painting more exotic
scenery of mountains, canyons, desert, the ocean, and other sites from
her travels.
Williams has lived in Denton, TX for thirty five where she is very active
in the arts community. She has a degree in art education from the
University of North Texas and has taught public school art. She has
been teaching privately for about thirty years including community
education classes for the University of North Texas. A popular teacher,
she conducts workshops throughout the southwest including Texas,
New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma, and Mexico. In the summer of 2000,
she taught in the Colorado Plateau Painting Workshop at Flagstaff, AZ.
In addition to teaching, she gives demonstrations for area art
organizations and judges regional art exhibits. Currently she teaches
classes at the Center for the Visual Arts in Denton.
Williams holds signature memberships in Southwestern Watercolor
Society since 1991 and Artists and Craftsman Association since 1987.
She is also a member of the Kingston National Registry of Who’s Who.
Her work has been exhibited in numerous regional and national juried
exhibitions. She has won a number of awards including Best of Show in
the Texas Neighbors Art Competition in Irving and the North Texas Area
Art League Annual Juried Exhibition 2000 in Denton. Williams and her
husband Johnny won the prestigious Community Arts Recognition
Award (CARA) in Denton in 2003.
In 2008, Williams was invited to paint an ornament for the White House
Christmas tree to represent the 26th Congressional District. Williams
attended a reception at the White House for all the artists. The
ornament remains stored in the Smithsonian.
She has had several solo exhibitions including an invitational exhibit at
Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Missouri and an invitational exhibit
at the Center for Visual Arts in Denton. Her work is included in many
private collections and public collections including Raytheon, Ben E.
Keith Co., Denton Publishing Company, City of Denton, and the Greater
Denton Arts Council.
and prairies of North Central Texas. Although she loves to paint the
gentle scenery of her native area, she also enjoys painting more exotic
scenery of mountains, canyons, desert, the ocean, and other sites from
her travels.
Williams has lived in Denton, TX for thirty five where she is very active
in the arts community. She has a degree in art education from the
University of North Texas and has taught public school art. She has
been teaching privately for about thirty years including community
education classes for the University of North Texas. A popular teacher,
she conducts workshops throughout the southwest including Texas,
New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma, and Mexico. In the summer of 2000,
she taught in the Colorado Plateau Painting Workshop at Flagstaff, AZ.
In addition to teaching, she gives demonstrations for area art
organizations and judges regional art exhibits. Currently she teaches
classes at the Center for the Visual Arts in Denton.
Williams holds signature memberships in Southwestern Watercolor
Society since 1991 and Artists and Craftsman Association since 1987.
She is also a member of the Kingston National Registry of Who’s Who.
Her work has been exhibited in numerous regional and national juried
exhibitions. She has won a number of awards including Best of Show in
the Texas Neighbors Art Competition in Irving and the North Texas Area
Art League Annual Juried Exhibition 2000 in Denton. Williams and her
husband Johnny won the prestigious Community Arts Recognition
Award (CARA) in Denton in 2003.
In 2008, Williams was invited to paint an ornament for the White House
Christmas tree to represent the 26th Congressional District. Williams
attended a reception at the White House for all the artists. The
ornament remains stored in the Smithsonian.
She has had several solo exhibitions including an invitational exhibit at
Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Missouri and an invitational exhibit
at the Center for Visual Arts in Denton. Her work is included in many
private collections and public collections including Raytheon, Ben E.
Keith Co., Denton Publishing Company, City of Denton, and the Greater
Denton Arts Council.
