Debra Howell : Vitae
Studio:
1540 Adams Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70118
504-865-1456
Education:
MFA 1983; Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
BA 1979; Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA
September 1977-August 1978; University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Summer 1977; Goethe Institute, Passau, Germany
Awards:
2005: Contemporary Arts Center's 2005 Collectors Club Print Artist, New Orleans, LA.
2004: Louisiana Division of the Arts: Visual Artist Mini-Grant Award (Fall 2004).
2002: Louisiana Division of the Arts: Visual Artist Mini-Grant Award (Fall 2002).
1999: Louisiana Division of the Arts: Visual Artist Mini-Grant Awards (Spring and Fall 1999).
1992: National Association of Artists Organizations/the Pew Charitable Trust: Multi-Site Collaborations Program Project Grant for core participation in "Vestiges: Valorization of the Anonymous", through the Space, Boston, MA and the Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA.
1988: National Endowment for the Arts and the Rockefeller Foundation Initiative for Interdisciplinary Artists Project Fellowship for core participation in "the VESTIGES Project: Contemporary Memorials".
1981: Teaching Assistantship and Tuition Waiver from Newcomb Art Department of Tulane University (2-yr).
1979: Fellowship from Haverford College Fine Arts Department in Haverford, PA (2-yr).
Recent Exhibitions:
2004: Narrative Waterscapes, LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA
Portals and Waterscapes, Cantor-Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
2003: Art in Medicine/Medicine in Art, LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA
2002: Digital Louisiana, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
Portals, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA
2001: Julia Street North, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
Portals, LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA
Cities of the Dead, Clark Hall Gallery, Hammond, LA
2000: The VESTIGES Project: Journeys and Destinations, LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA
Recent Publications:
2004: A Sense of Place, The Philadelphia Inquirer (review), July 11, 2004
Dreamy Deceptions, The Times-Picayune/Lagniappe (review), November 19, 2004
2003: Art in Medicine, The Times-Picayune/Lagniappe (review), July 25; Gambit (review) July 29, 2004.
2002: TechTV: Fresh Gear, cable television interview (aired nationally June 19); Times-Picayune/Lagniappe (review),
April 5; New Orleans Art Review (review), May/June 2002; Poughkeepsie Journal, NY (review), September 19; Berkshire Eagle (review) October 9, 2002.
2000: The Times-Picayune (review), January 28; Gambit (review), January 25; New Orleans Art Review (review), January/February 2000.
Professional Organizations/Affiliations:
Association of Medical Illustrators 1988-present
Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA; Board Of Directors 1999-2001; Century Club Steering Committee 1996-2001