Rusty Leffel [NRA 2006]

First name:  ; Rusty
Middle name:  ;
Last name:  ; Leffel

Member: Non-resident artist member ; 
Begin: 2006 ;
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Biography:

New Revolutions. Studio Channel Islands Gallery, Camarillo, CA; Juror: Max Presneill, artist / curator – Director and Head Curator, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA. January 4 – 26, 2019.

National Art Encounter. Naples Art Association, Naples, FL. Jurors: Brad Cushman, Gallery Director / Curator Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR: Jill Deupi, beaux arts Director & Chief Curator, Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami, FL; Kirk Ke Wang, professor of visual arts, Eckerd College, Saint Petersburg, FL. November 30, 2018 – January 12, 2019.

2018 International Juried Exhibition. The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ. Juror: Midori Yoshimoto, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Gallery Director, New Jersey City University. November 8 – December 22, 2018.

One Gun Gone: Thoughts and Prayers are Not Enough (international photography exhibition addressing impact of gun violence). Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI. Juror: Boris Bally, artist, sculptor, activist, Providence, RI; October– November, 2018

31st Annual Northern National Art Competition. Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI. Juror: Mark Steve Greenfield, B.A., M.F.A., Artist / Educator – Los Angeles, CA. October– November, 2018.

Faces. Site; Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Juror: Jacqueline Towers-Perkins, Specialist Post-War & Contemporary Art; Bonhams Auctioneers, NY. May-June 2018.

90th Annual International Juried Exhibition. Art Association of Harrisburg, PA. Juror: Sara Softness, Asst. Curator, Special Projects, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY. May-June 2018.

46th International Art Exhibition. Brownsville Museum of Fine Arts, Brownsville, TX. Jurors: Dr. Ruth A. Keitz, PHD, MFA, UT-Austin; Alejandro Macias, Lecturer, MFA UT-Pan Am; Karl J. Lieck, BFA, Artist-composer in residence, U North Texas. Awarded: Third Place / Photography. April-May 2018.

Beauty Matters: the Chautauqua National Juried Exhibition. Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY. Juror: Andrea Keys Connell, MFA, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Craft / Material Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. January-February 2014.

Camera USA: National Photography Exhibition. The von Liebig Art Center; Naples, FL. Juror: Harry Benson, photojournalist. May–August 2011

79th Annual International Juried Exhibition. Art Association of Harrisburg; Harrisburg, PA. First Place, Photography with cash award. Juror: Alex Baker, Curator of Contemporary Art, PA Academy of Fine Arts. May-June 2007.

16th National Juried Show. Art Center of Northern New Jersey; New Milford, NJ. Best of Show with $1,000 cash award. Juror: Ted Mann, Asst. Curator–Collections, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; New York, NY. April-May 2007.

Salmagundi Club, New York City/Members. Historic Black & White Exhibition, 2015. Urban Life Exhibition, Jan. 2015. Annual Combined Exhibition, Honorable Mention. Jan, 2007. Non-Juried Summer Exhibition, Honorable Mention. August 2006. Annual Black and White Exhibition, Honorable Mention. September 2008; Annual Members Show 2010, Honorable Mention.

71st Annual Cooperstown Art Association National 2006. Cooperstown Art Assoc., Cooperstown, NY. Award of Merit. Jurors: Elizabeth F. Barker, Dir., Ficker Art Gallery, Colgate Univ.; Sydney L. Waller, Ex. Dir. of Sculpture Space, Utica, NY. July 2007

15th National/Regional Juried Photography Show. The Louisville Art Association, Louisville Center for the Arts, Louisville, CO. Best of Category. Juror: Malia Thompson, Executive Director, Old Firehouse Art Center, Longmont, CO. July 2006.

19th National Juried Art Exhibition. South Cobb Arts Alliance, Mable House Arts Center, Mableton, GA. Award of Excellence. Juror: Marcia Goldenstein, Professor of Drawing and Painting, University of Tennessee School of Art. July-August 2006.

Cape Cod Art Association 2006 Annual New England Exhibition. Cape Cod Art Association, Barnstable, MA. First Place, Photography. Jurors: Cindy Nickerson, Director/Curator, Cahoon Museum of American Art in Cotuit; Elizabeth Ives Hunter, Executive Director, Cape Cod Museum of Art in Dennis, MA. June-July 2006.

National Juried Art Exhibition. Walter Greer Gallery, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina. Hilton Head Art League, Hilton Head Island, SC. Honorable Mention. Juror: Judi Betts, NWS, AWS, painter, instructor, juror and author. May 2006

Brush with Art – the 14th Havre de Grace International Juried Art Exhibition. Harford Artists Assoc., Inc. & Havre de Grace Arts Commission; Riverview Gallery, Havre de Grace, Maryland. Honorable Mention. Juror: Stephen Bennett Phillips, Curator, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC. July 2005

National Juried Art Exhibition. Regional Artist Consortium, San Antonio, Texas. Honorable Mention-Award of Artistic Excellence. Juror: Charles Field, Prof Emeritus in Painting, University of Texas at San Antonio. July 2005.

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