Heather Logsdon, MFA
Humanities Division Chair
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
- 2019 Owensboro Times – Kentucky Wesleyan College Online Graphic Design Program Ranked Top Nationally
- 2019 Messenger-Inquirer – Kentucky Wesleyan College Ranked Nationally for Graphic Design Online Program
- 2017 Messenger-Inquirer – All Women’s Perspective Traveling Exhibition
- 2016 Messenger-Inquirer – Artist Spotlight
- 2016 Messenger-Inquirer – OPC Juried Exhibition at the Ralph Gallery of Fine Arts
- 2016 Messenger-Inquirer – Texture & Materials
- 2015 Messenger-Inquirer – RiverPark Fine Arts Exhibition
- 2015 Messenger-Inquirer – Crafts Fair
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
- Co-Juror, Congressional Art Juried Competition, Brutt Guthrie Office in Bowling Green, KY
- Exhibiting Artist, 3 painting: “Dreaded Scarf’, “Finding Warmth” and “Toe Socks”, State of Time, Anne Wilson Fine Arts Gallery, Georgetown, KY.
- Co-Juror, Owensboro Photography Club Annual Juried Exhibition, Ralph Gallery of Fine Arts in Owensboro, KY
- Workshop Coordinator, Exhibitor and Curator. The Women’s Perspective Traveling Exhibition
• Ralph Gallery of Fine Arts, Owensboro, KY, Feb – Mar 2017• Bardstown Art Center Square, Bardstown, KY, Jan – Feb 2017• Mellwood Arts Center, Louisville, KY, Nov- Dec 2016.
- 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
- Workshop Instructor and Curator, EyeSEE Kids Photography Foundation, Wendall Foster Project
- Co-Juror, Congressional Art Juried Competition, Brutt Guthrie Office in Bowling Green, KY
- Exhibiting Artist & Honorarium, State of Painting Symposium curated by Boris Zakic, Anne Wilson Fine Arts Gallery, Georgetown, KY.
- Juror, RiverPark K-12 OPS Fine Arts Festival Art Juried Exhibition, RiverPark Center 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