S E PHILLIPS
Artist
EDUCATION
M.F.A Studio Art, Intermedia (current program)
C.A.S Arts in Fragile Contexts/Arts and International Cooperation, Zurich University of the Arts 2019-2020 Cohort (Current program)
B.A Theatre Scenic Design and Painting
B.F.A Studio Art- Painting & Drawing, Photography
Virginia Teaching Licensure Pre-K-12 Studio Art
RECENT EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
Art Rooms Fair Roma, Rome, Italy, March 2019
Pop-up Art Collective Harrisonburg, lead co-curator and exhibition organizer, 2018-current
Graduate Introductory Show, James Madison University, 2018
Things Left Behind * ArtWorks Richmond, 2018
Companion Planting: Eight Fine Arts Graduates (A collaborative exhibition) Arts Council of the Valley, 2018
Compelling Images from Virginia Photographers D’Art Center Juried Exhibition 2017
Art Attack Fredericksburg- Public Arts Participation Event, Plein Air Painter, September 2017
June Juried Exhibition, ArtWorks Richmond 2017
Summer Solstice Juried Exhibition Libertytown Arts 2017
En Plein Air Libertytown Arts 2013, 2014, 2017
Art Impact USA Notable Artist Best of the Best Exhibition Online Catalogue, June 2017
James Madison University Undergraduate Juried Exhibition 2017, 2015, 2014
JMU ArtWorks Gallery Juried Group Shows (featured artist:)
Text & Image (2017) Artists As Activists** (2017) Photo Area Exhibition** (2017)
Undergraduate Senior Award for Achievement in Photography 2017
The Age of Wire and String MetalShed CoLab Collaborative Exhibition at Bridgewater College MetalShed Colab
Ps+3 2017
Locked House Books at JMU Duke Hall September 2017
Art of the Archives, Virginia Archives Remix Award Winner, 2017
Center for Art and International Stabilization Research (CISR) at JMU Responsive Exhibition Duke Gallery 2017
CISR Responsive Exhibition at Laughing Dog Gallery, 2017
JMU ArtWorks Gallery February Featured Artist (2014, 2016)
Faces Happy Creek Coffee and Tea * 2015
JMU Undergraduate Juried Exhibition 2015
Via Colori Fredericksburg Chalk Art Festival (2013, 2017)
Senior Showcase, Raven Hi-Fi Fredericksburg, Va 2013
U.S Capitol Art Juried Show, 2013
Governor’s School Capitol Showcase 2013
Lead Muralist/Volunteer Coordinator: Iglesia Bautista Central Familiar, Lidice, Panama- August 2017
Lead Muralist/Volunteer Coordinator: The Arc of Harrisonburg Spring 2017
Muralist: Randy’s Do It Best Hardware, Bridgewater, Va October 2016
Wayland Hall Learning Community Group Exhibition, 2013, 2014
* denotes solo exhibition
** denotes featured artist
RECENT AWARDS AND HONORS
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship Recipient, 2019-2020 (current)
Faculty nomination for Fulbright candidate endorsement, Semi-Finalist Feminism, Art, and the Public Space in Post-Communist Romania, 2018
Senior Achievement Award in Photography, James Madison University, 2017
Graduate Professional Development Grant, 2018
CVPA Undergraduate Research Grant (for study on homelessness and arts education,) 2017
Steven Snyder Creative Achievement Award/Scholarship, 2016
Steven Snyder Memorial Scholarship, 2015
Philips S Grayson memorial Scholarship, 2014
Mary Lattimer-Cordner Scholarship, 2015
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK
Open Doors, Our Community Place Artist/Collaborator and Volunteer
Organized community projects with local homelessness initiatives, Shenandoah Valley
Project Ruth/Ruth School Summer Volunteer 2018
Project Ruth is a nonprofit (and school affiliate) in Bucharest, Romania, that serves low-income Romanian
and Roma families who have limited access to social services.
Lebanese Society for Education and Social Development Summer intern, 2016
LSESD is a non-profit providing social services and education intervention to children of families
displaced by conflict in the middle east in Beirut, Lebanon.
Our Community Place Art Instructor, 2017
Organized and taught art classes at a local homeless shelter (OCP) after acquiring a university project
grant.
Walldogs International Volunteer Muralist, Streator, Illinois, 2018
Walldogs International is an international mural cooperative that chooses one community to engage and
revitalize through a series of murals over one week annually with a series of volunteer mural artists.
Muralist and Project Coordinator, The Arc of Harrisonburg
Lead muralist for The Arc and United Way, non-profit supporting disabled adults in the Harrisonburg
area.
Muralist/Project Coordinator Iglesia Bautista Central Familiar, Lidice, Panama 2017
10-day residency leading a community mural in Lidice, Panama.
ESL Tutor and family language support teacher, Fairfax Community Church, Fairfax, Va 2018
Artist-in Residence, Wayland Hall Learning Community, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 2013-14
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
James Madison University Graduate Student Assistant August 2018-current
Self-Employed Wedding and Event Photographer, Freelance Scenic Artist (DC Area) 2017-current
Boss Instruments Product Photographer, August-October, 2018
Fairfax County Public Schools Art Teacher, Sandburg Middle School January-June 2018
Wine and Design Fredericksburg Artist 2017
JMU Scene Shop/Paint Shop Scenic Artist- (lead scenic artist for University Productions) Fall 2014-2017
Scenic Charge Artist for 14 Full Productions at JMU, Scenic Artist on 8 additional
Heritage Theatre Festival Scenic Artist- Summer 2015
Endstation Theatre Company- Scenic Painting Apprentice Summer 2014
JMU Summer Children’s Theatre Scenic Designer May 2016, 2017 JMU Forbes Center for the Performing Arts
2013-2016
King George Co. Parks and Rec-Summer Art Instructor 2013,’16, 17
King George County Schools-Substitute teacher 2015-present
MEDIA QUALIFIED/CERTIFIED TO INSTRUCT
Ceramics: Handbuilding, Potter’s Wheel
Digital Roll and Sheet Film Development
Photography: 35mm, large format, pinhole, Polaroid, alternative processes Jewelry-making and basic metalworking
(copper, brass, titanium)
Ceramics; Potter’s wheel, basic handbuilding
Painting and Drawing: Watercolor/Gouache, Tempera Airbrush/Spray/Stencils, Plein Air Painting, Figure and Life
Drawing
Mural and Backdrop-Painting, Sign-Painting and hand-lettering
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
King George Art Guild, 2017-present
Graduate Student Association, 2018-current
Fredericksburg Arts Council, 2017-present
National Art Education Association, 2015-present
Virginia Art Education Association, 2015-present
Guild of Scenic Artists, 2016-present
United States Institute for Theater Technology, 2013-present
Alpha Psi Omega Theatre Honors Society, 2014-present