Priscilla Block
About me
My work is reflective of my sights, sounds, and memories.
It often is landscaped based or a derivative of something in nature as well as incorporating my spiritual side and my travels around the world.
EDUCATION
M.F.A. (Master of Fine Arts), Washington University School of Art, 1997 B.F.A. (Bachelor of Fine Arts), Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville,
1995 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE ST. LOUIS ARTWORKS, Executive Director St. Louis, MO - 2001- 2020
AWARDS
Award from National Civic League
Led ArtWorks in receiving a Missouri Arts Council 2013 Arts Education Award
2014 CoFAC Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts, University of Missouri, St. Louis
2016 St. Louis Visionary Award Recipient
2016 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award from the President’s Committee on Arts and Humanities
2017 Best Youth Program in the City of St. Louis, St. Louis Economic Development Council
Teaching Experience
St. Louis Community College at Meramec - St. Louis, MO - 1998-2010 Provide instruction in Drawing I, II, Design I, II, Printmaking I, II, Advanced, and Intro to Art.
Curator for the Biennial Contemporary Printmaking Invitational Exhibition for the Midwest Region, years: 1999, 2000, 2004.
Maryville University - St. Louis, MO - 1998-2003 Provided instruction in Printmaking I, II, and Advanced Milwaukee School of Art & Design - Milwaukee, WI – 2001 Visiting Artist Led workshop on Cyanotype and Vandyke printing techniques and gave presentation on professional work.
Priscilla Fine Art Studio - St. Louis, MO – 1985-1995
Beaumont Studios – 1996 -present, fine art studio, exhibiting locally, regionally and nationally
VOLUNTEER & LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
CORO, Women in Leadership, class 42, 2004
Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri, Board of Directors, 2009-2011
FOCUS Leadership St. Louis, Fellow, 2009-2010
NSC Academy of Women Executive Directors, 2011-2012
Executive Director Symposium-2012 Americans for the Arts Advocacy Day Summit-2012
National Arts Strategies Chief Executive Program: Community & Culture, 2017-2017
AFFILIATIONS
FOCUS ST. LOUIS
Leadership St. Louis Americans for the Arts Social Enterprise Alliance CORO, St. Louis, MO,
ArtTable- National Group of Women Leaders in the Arts
National Guild for Community Arts Education
SPEAKER PRESENTATIONS
Social Enterprise Alliance – 8th Gathering, National Conference, Los Angeles, CA 2007
Washington University, Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Study, St. Louis, MO 2007, 2008
All America City Competition - National Civic League, Tampa, FL, 2008 ‘
E-Women Network - ArtWorks Enterprises; the Journey –Making Art to the Business of Art as Workforce Development Training, St. Louis 2009
Lions Club St. Louis, 2009
American Academy Commission on the Humanities & Social Sciences, The importance of theHumanities and Social Sciences in Local Communities, Missouri History Museum, panelist 2012
What is a City? 18 th annual conference, Center for the Humanities, University of Missouri St. Louis, How Art Builds Community, presenter - 2012
Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation Awards – 2008
Selected Recent Exhibitions
MarkinglivesCovid19 - 2021
Beaumont Studios – 2021, St. Louis, MO Beaumont Studios – 2015, St. Louis, MO
LaGrange National XXIII Biennial Exhibition-2004-Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum
Selected Corporate and Private Collections
Rung for Women St. Louis, MO
Commerce Design St. Louis, MO
Interiors Unlimited St. Louis, MO
Bayer (Monsanto) St. Louis, MO
Sutherland Fiber Long Beach, CA
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Eagleton
Mr. Don Royce
McCormick House
University of Missouri, St. Louis Truman University, Missouri
Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum
Ms. Beej Niergarten-Smith