Laura Higgins Palmer
e-mail: LHP@StudioLHP.com
Education
MA, History of Art, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 1978
BFA, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1975. Majored in painting with extensive course work in printmaking, sculpture, drawing and History of Art.
Other coursework at Corcoran School of art, Art Students' League of New York, The American University, Washington, D.C.
Brief Work History
Taught drawing, painting and design (traditional and computer-based) at Mount Holyoke College and Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts in Annapolis developing my own curriculum. Some occasional private students and apprentices.
Visual Librarian at Howard University College of Architecture and Planning and George Washington University Art Department.
Exhibits production, photography, cataloguing, shipping and registration of artifacts at the Smithsonian Institution.
Residencies and Prizes
Baltimore City Government Community Investment Grant 2005
Tamarind Institute of Lithography, University of New Mexico 1990
Resident Faculty, Mount Holyoke College 1978
Associate Artist at the Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA.
Artist-in-Residence, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, Maryland (1985-1988).
Faculty Scholarship at George Washington University 1977
Maryland Federation of Art , Annapolis, Maryland (awards) 1985
Academy of Arts, Easton, Maryland (award) 1985
"Wall to Wall" "Painters' Choice" (award) 1983
Professional Associations & Community Service
College Art Association
Cultural Arts Foundation of Anne Arundel County
Board of Trustees, Ballet Theatre of Maryland
Annapolis Arts Alliance
Dance Baltimore
Creative Alliance
Maryland Council for Dance
Selected Exhibitions
2005 "Drawn to Dance" (solo) at Paper Rock Scissors, Baltimore, MD
Crabtown!, sponsored by the City of Baltimore
Splash!, Annapolis City Hall, Artworks Festival; also featured artist at MD Hall for Creative Arts and West Street Festival
"Dancers and Musicians" (solo) Via della Scala 67, Trastevere, Roma & Cultural Arts Foundation of Anne Arundel County
2004"The Line of Motion" (solo) Arundel Center, Annapolis, MD, sponsored by the Cultural Arts Foundation of Anne Arundel County
"Musicians, Muses and Masquerades" (solo) at Cultural Arts Foundation of Anne Arundel County
"Midsummer Evenings" at Angelfall Studios, Baltimore, MD
First show at Paper-Rock-Scissors, Baltimore, MD
"Dancers and Musicians" (solo, prints) Via della Scala 67, Trastevere, Roma
1998-2003 "The Art of Laura Higgins Palmer" Ongoing rotating show of drawings, paintings and photographs at Ballet Theatre of Maryland, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD
and White Marsh Ballet, White Marsh, Maryland
1995 Maryland Hall for Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD
A Hair "Extravaganza" benefiting Washington Ballet
1994 Three Rivers Arts Festival, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Jain Marunouchi Gallery, 560 Broadway, SoHo, New York City
"Jazz" Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD (solo)
Canvas Gallery, Queen Elizabeth Street, London, England
1993 Jain Marunouchi Gallery, 560 Broadway, SoHo, New York City
Canvas Gallery, Queen Elizabeth Street, London, England
Ruby Blakeney Gallery, Savage Mill, Maryland
De Matteis Gallery, Annapolis Maryland (featured artist, ArtWalk '93)
Annapolis Fine Arts Foundation, Annapolis, Maryland
"New Paintings, New Media" Maryland Hall for Creative Arts, Annapolis
1992 "The Theme is Motion" Arundel Center, Annapolis MD (solo) sponsored by CAF
Cardinal Gallery, Maryland Hall for Creative Arts, Annapolis, Maryland
Colonial Players (solo), Annapolis, Maryland
Drawings of Ballet Theater of Annapolis by Laura Higgins Palmer, Maryland Hall
Organized, curated and hung a student show, Maryland Hall students, at
The Arundel Center, Annapolis Maryland, for Fine Arts Commission
1991 New Dancework, Laura Higgins Palmer, AA Co. Arts Commission
Drawings and Prints, Maryland Hall for Creative Arts, Annapolis
1990 Colonial Players, Annapolis Maryland
Maryland Hall for Creative Arts, Annapolis (solo)
1988 Partners Gallery, Baltimore Maryland (solo)
Maryland Hall for Creative Arts (solo)
1987 Two-Person Show at Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
1986 "Gardens of Delight" (solo) at A.I.R. Gallery, Maryland Hall for Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD
Solo at the Arundel Center, Annapolis, MD (AA Co. Arts Council)
"Natural Transactions" (invitational) Martin Luther King Library, D.C.
"Area '86" juried by Phyllis Rosenzweig of Hirshhorn Museum
"ADD Arts '86" (invitational) A. Salon & the Hecht Co., Washington,D.C.
"Best of the Year" , juried by Robert Stewart of National Portrait Gallery
and Jacqueline Serwer of National Museum of American Art at D.C. Public Library
1985 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Maryland Federation of Art , Annapolis, Maryland (awards)
Academy of Arts, Easton, Maryland (award)
"Area '85" (invitational) A. Salon and the Hecht Company, Wash. D.C.
1983 Washington Women's Art Center, "Landscapes"
" Wall to Wall" "Painters' Choice" (award)
"Area '83", curated by Howard Fox of Hirshhorn Museum
1982 "New Artists at Madison Square Garden", New York City
1979 "Label Women" Forrestal Building, Washington, D.C. (catalogue)
1975 T.G. Miller Gallery, Ithaca, N.Y. (solo)
Goldwyn-Smith Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (solo)
Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
Public Collections
University of Maryland University College Maryland Artists Collection
University of New Mexico, Tamarind Institute
Press & Publications
Alexander Technique in Edinburgh
http://www.studiogolddance.com
Arts Alliance Sponsors Splash! (feature photo), The Capital, June 18, 2005
"Crab Art", feature photo, The Sun in Anne Arundel, May 29, 2005
Cover Feature, Galleries Magazine, Vol 32, No. 8, May, 2005
"Drawn to Dance" Towson Times, April 27, 2005
"Drawn to Dance" Maryland Council for Dance Newsletter April-May 2005 Vol. 32, No. 5
www.DrawnToDance.com
Dance Baltimore webpage
The Art Fix, Issue 37, Nov. 2004
Gala Invitation, Ballet Theatre of Maryland, 9/2004
Annapolis Arts Alliance Home Page
"Artist in Step with Dance" Washington Post, 4/8/2004
"Bring Life to the State of the Arts" MSAC 1995, p. 12
"Jain Marunuchi Gallery" Art News, 9/94"
Ballet Theatre of Maryland 2001-2 Season Program Cover Art
"New Moves for Ballet", Capital Entertainment, March 1, 2002 (Cover Story)
20th Anniversay Nutcraker Playbill Cover, Ballet Theatre of Maryland, 12/2000
"Impressions of Ballet" The Capital (Annapolis) 1992
"Art of Dance" Baltimore Sun , 4/5/1991
Slide Registries
Irving Sandler Artists File
Maryland Art Place Visual Artists' Registry