Kelly M. Houle

EDUCATION


Master of Fine Art, Creative Writing

Arizona State University, 2005


Coursework in Secondary Science Education, Northern Arizona University, 1995


Bachelor of Science, Atmospheric Science

University of Arizona, 1991




CONTINUING EDUCATION


Society of Botanical Art Distance Learning Diploma Course, 2018-2020


University of Oxford Department of Continuing Education, Visual Art and Art History Coursework, 2017-2018


Private Painting Mentorship with Abbey Ryan, 2017


Courses in Botanical and Natural History Art

Desert Botanical Garden, Tempe, AZ, 2008-2010




AWARDS, GRANTS, AND FELLOWSHIPS


Arizona Commission on the Arts

Research and Development Grant, 2019


Distinguished Book Award

Miniature Book Society, 2008


Virginia G. Piper Summer Creative Writing Fellowship, 2004


Professional Development Grants

Arizona Commission on the Arts

2001, 2003, 2008, 2017


Barbara Karlin Grant

Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators

2003




AFFILIATIONS


Linnean Society of London, Fellow


Society of Botanical Artists, Student Member


American Society of Botanical Artists


Miniature Book Society


Movable Book Society


Oil Painters of America




PRESENTATIONS



Arizona State University Holocaust Remembrance Day, 2019


Miniature Book Society Conclave

San Diego, CA, 2008


University of Washington

Bellingham, WA, 2007


Millennial Open Symposium on the Arts and Interdisciplinary Computing

University of Washington

Seattle, WA, 2000


National Science Teachers Association Regional Conference

Phoenix, AZ, 1996


California Science Teachers Association Annual Conference

Palm Springs, CA, 1994


Arizona Science Teachers Association Conference

Mesa, AZ, 1993


Arizona Society of Physics Teachers

Tucson, AZ, 1993


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS


American Society of Botanical Artists

(ASBA ) A Banner Year, 2019


Bulbs: Preparing for Spring,

21st Annual Botanical Art Exhibition at Filoli, Woodside, CA 2019


Nature Nurtures Us

Herberger Theater Center

Tempe, AZ 2016


Miniature Book Society

Traveling Exhibition, 2008  


Stenden University

Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, 2008    


Columbia College Chicago

Center for Book and Paper Arts

Chicago, IL, 2005  


Denver Public Library

Denver, CO, 2005  


Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL, 2005  


Arizona State University

Tempe, AZ, 2004  


Mesa College

San Diego, CA, 2004  


Brookfield Craft Center

Brookfield, CT, 2004  


Arts Centre Washington

S. Kensington, England, 2004  


University of Washington

Seattle, WA, 2000  


The Kunsthal, Museumpark

Rotterdam, Holland, 1999


Museo Laboratorio D’arte Contemporanea

University of Rome, La Sapienza

Rome, Italy, 1998  


Flandrau Science Center

Tucson, AZ, 1994  


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