Heather Logsdon, MFA – Art

Heather Logsdon, MFA
Director of the Art Program
Associate Professor of Art
hlogsdon@kwc.edu
270-852-3608
Ralph Center for the Arts #122

Education

• Master of Fine Arts in Traditional and Digital Illustration, Honors, Academy of Art University, CA
  • Areas of Concentration: Art History, Illustration and Painting
• Bachelor of Arts in Studio Arts, Cum Laude, Brescia University, KY
  • Areas of Concentration: 2D Studio Drawing, Painting and Graphic Design
• Associate of Arts in Studio Arts, Distinction, Owensboro Community College, KY
  • Areas of Concentration: Drawing and Painting
• Certificate of Emphasis in Visual Arts, Owensboro Community College, KY
  • Areas of Concentration: Drawing and Painting

Courses Taught

• Beginning Drawing (ART 1301)
• 2D Design (ART 1311)
• Art Survey (Online and Onsite) (ART 1380)
• Graphic Design I (ART 2310)
• Graphic Design II (ART 2311)
• Painting I (ART 2335)
• Digital Photo Techniques (ART 2378)
• Advance Drawing (ART 3302)
• Graphic Design III (ART 3311)
• Color Theory (ART 3313)
• Advance Painting (ART 3335)
• Printmaking (ART 3355)
• Advanced Digital Photo Tech (ART 3378)
• Prehistoric to Neoclassical Art History (ART 3382)
• American Art History (ART 3383)
• Modern Art History (ART 3384)
• Internship (ART 4303)
• Drawing Projects (ART 4301)
• Graphic Design IV (ART 4311)
• Painting Projects (ART 4336)
• Digital Painting (ART 4353)
• Senior Seminar (ART 4370)

Awards

2018: President’s Award for Campus Leadership and Teaching Excellence

2016: Faculty of the Year

2016: International Peer Recognition Award for Photography in Beautiful Brides in CA

2014: International Special Recognition Award for an oil painting “Sunbathers” in the All Women Exhibition in FL

Seminars, Lectures, & Conferences

• 2019: CIC Workshop for Department & Division Chairs, Ohio
• 2019: Pryor Criticism and Discipline for Supervisors Seminar in Bowling Green, KY
• OPS & DCS Digital Professional Development Workshop Instructor
• 2018: Congressional Arts Meeting: Brett Guthrie – Promoting and Supporting the Arts in Bowling Green, KY
• 2017: CIC Seminar: Landscape & Identity in Britain & United States presented by Dr.Tim Barringer, Yale University, Connecticut
• 2016: National Creative Industry Summit: Community Development Through the Arts Track, Convention Center, Owensboro, KY
• 2015: National Creative Industry Summit: Entrepreneurship for Artists Track, Convention Center, Owensboro, KY
• 2014: CIC Seminar: Uses of Antiquity presented by Dr. Rebecca Zorach, University of Chicago, Illinois
• 2014: Inaugural World Tour – Discover DaVinci & Michelangelo: Side by Side Lecture, debut at Victory Theatre in Indiana by Dr. Mark Rodgers – Curator of the DaVinci Machines & Michelangelo
  Exhibitions at the permanent Museum of Leonardo DaVinci in Florence, Italy, Evansville, Indiana
• 2013: SACS & QEP Seminar, Berea College, Berea, KY

• 2016 Published Catalog: The Women’s Perspective, pg.8-9
• 2015 Published Catalog: State of Painting, pg.25
• 2014 Published Catalog: All Women’s Exhibition, pg.96
• 2014 Published Catalog: Useful Symbiosis, p, 14

Professional Exhibitions & Workshop Coordinator

2019:

• Juror, Congressional Art Juried Competition, Brutt Guthrie Office in Bowling Green, KY
• Juror, RiverPark K-12 OPS Fine Arts Festival Art Juried Exhibition, RiverPark Center in Owensboro, KY
  
• Juror, OPS K-5 Gifted and Talented Program, OPS Building
  
• Co-Juror, Owensboro Photography Club Annual Juried Exhibition, Ralph Gallery of Fine Arts in Owensboro, KY
• Exhibiting Artist, Faculty Exhibition, Ralph Gallery of Fine Arts in Owensboro, KY

2018:

• Co-Juror, Congressional Art Juried Competition, Brutt Guthrie Office in Bowling Green, KY
• Juror, RiverPark K-12 OPS Fine Arts Festival Art Juried Exhibition, RiverPark Center in Owensboro, KY
  
• Juror, Daviess County Art Fest K-12
• Exhibiting Artist, “Dreaded Scarf” pastel, 100 Miles: Art by Regional Collegiate Art Faculties. McCutchan Art Center in Evansville, IN
• Exhibiting Artist, “Toe Socks” oil painting, 100 Miles: Art by Regional Collegiate Art Faculties. Pace Gallery in Evansville, IN
• Exhibiting Artist, Faculty Exhibition, Ralph Gallery of Fine Arts in Owensboro, KY
• Co-Juror, Owensboro Photography Club Annual Juried Exhibition, Ralph Gallery of Fine Arts in Owensboro, KY

2014:

• Co-Juror, Congressional Art Juried Competition, Brutt Guthrie Office in Bowling Green, KY

2013 -2012:

• Exhibiting Artist, Useful Symbiosis: A Traveling Exhibition,  American Center, Tržiště 13, Prague and Owensboro Fine Art Museum, Owensboro, KY

Professional Memberships & Oganizations

• Congressional Art Committee Member, 2nd District
• National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP)
• American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)
• The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)
• Digital Retouch Artist for Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep Foundation (NILMDTS)
• Board of Director and volunteer instructor of the eyeSEE Kid’s Photography of Owensboro Foundation

Portfolio

http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=114948236&trk=tab_pro

http://www.behance.net/hmmillustrator

https://www.facebook.com/heather.mcneiley.52

https://www.facebook.com/pages/KWC-Visual-Arts/152114984850379

Favorite Quotes

“If you hear a voice within you say, ‘You cannot paint,’ …then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” – Van Gogh

“Do not follow where the path may lead, but go where there is no path and leave a trail.”-Unknown

“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”-Maya Angelou

“Don’t put the key of your happiness in another’s pocket…”-Van Gogh