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Kathleen Laybourn

Education
1995 M.F.A., University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
1989 M.A., Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA.
1987 B.A., Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA.

Instructional Appointments
Kenosha Public Museum Arts Program, Kenosha, WI.
Lemon Street Gallery, Kenosha, WI.
Gateway Technical College, Kenosha, WI.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI.
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA.
College of the Redwoods, Arcata, CA.

Community Program Appointments
Present: Adult & Children’s Art Workshops, Kenosha Public
Museum, Kenosha, WI
2012, Artist Coordinator-Mosaic Project, Kenosha Union Park Project
(KUPP) for Lemon Street Gallery, Kenosha WI.
2010, Artist-In-Residence, Stephen Bull School of Fine Arts, Racine, WI.
2000-2009, Artist Coordinator-Mosaic Project,
Mayor’s Youth Employment in the Arts Program,
Kenosha Public Museum for City of Kenosha, WI.
2008, Artist-In-Residence, Goray Art Experience,
Kenosha Public Museum, Kenosha, WI.

Recent Exhibitions
2021, Racine & Vicinity Juried Exhibition, Wustum Museum, Racine, WI.
2020, Winter Juried Show, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI.
2017, Regional Artists’ Invitational, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI.
2015, Merge: Artist Collaboration Exhibition, ArtWorks, Kenosha, WI.
2015, "The Cry: Requiem for the Lost Child" Symphony Booklet Images,
Choral Arts Society of Southeastern Wisconsin, Kenosha, WI.
2014, Oil and Water, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL.
2014, The Brooch Show, Racine Arts Council Gallery, Racine, WI.
2013, More Than Icons, Solo Exhibition: Racine Art Museum Fellowship,
Wustum Museum, Racine, WI.
2012, Quick Response: Artists on the Root River, Black-Eyed Press,
Racine, WI, Coordinator: Patricia Briggs.
2012, Surface Tension:3-Person Exhibition, Racine Arts Council Gallery,
Racine WI.
2012, Out of Town: Artists from Racine and Kenosha,
Blutstein-Brondino Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.
2012, Solo Exhibition, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI.
The Three (Dis)Graces: Poverty, Neglect & Indifference
2011, Kenosha/Racine Artists’ Network, Racine Arts Council, Racine, WI.
2010, Invitational, Burn, Baby, Burn!: Four Encaustic Artists, Racine
Arts Council, Racine, WI.
2009, Works on Paper, Artworks Gallery, Kenosha, WI.
2008, Solo Exhibition, Recent Paintings: Encaustic Work,
Pollard Gallery, Kenosha, WI.
1998, Beyond Borders Exhibition, New Mexico State University Art Museum,
Las Cruces, NM.
1997, Beyond Borders, New Mexico State University Art Museum,
Las Cruces, NM.

Awards & Fellowships
2015, Siena Library, "The Cry: Requiem for the Lost Child" Booklet,
Racine, WI.
2012, Racine Art Museum Fellowship, Osbourne/Skekic Foundation,
Wustum Museum, Racine, WI.
2010, American Art Awards National Online Competition, First Place,
President: Thom Bierdz.
1998, Cash Award, Beyond Borders Exhibition, New Mexico State University
Art Museum, Las Cruces, NM.
1997, Purchase Award, Beyond Borders, New Mexico State University Art
Museum, Las Cruces, NM.
1995, Raymond Jonson Fellowship, University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque, NM.