Deborah Skinner

My experience as a creative art educator began with a BS in Art Education at Daemen College in Buffalo, New York where I taught in private and public schools for six years after graduation. I then spent the next 17 years teaching art through community education while raising my three remarkable children. In 1999 I came to New Hampshire and became involved with and eventually served two years as President of the Women’s Caucus for Art. During that time, I continued teaching community education art classes and added art for home schooled children while also pursuing a large commission for the New Hampshire State Archives building. I returned to the classroom full time as a Para educator for two years then accepted a full time art teaching position in 2008 at Newport Middle and High School where my focus has been on establishing higher levels of student learning related to the curriculum competencies. I am dedicated to helping my students stay current with technology by teaching them how to make cutting edge digital portfolios of their work. I am current in my certification and licensed K-12 in New Hampshire as an Art Teacher. I regularly participate in juried exhibitions through local galleries. My love of Black and White Silver gelatin print photography originated with my grandfather who passed it on to my father who passed it down to me. Being first generation American enabled me to begin travelling at a very early age. I have been to my father's home country of Scotland and my mother's home country of Canada and received citizenship to Canada in 2016. I have also traveled to England, Honduras and Puerto Rico and I am planning a trip to Mexico via Toronto Canada this July to spend time with my two son's who have been travelling the world.

• 2004 LAC Juried Regional Exhibit at Library Arts Center Gallery in Newport, NH
• 2004 “6x6” exhibit in Laconia, NH
• 2004-2005 Winter Solstice Exhibit at Artstream Gallery in Rochester, NH
• 2005 Juried WCA Ten Year Anniversary show in the McIninch Art Gallery at Southern NH, University Manchester, NH
• 2005 Juried Exhibit at Kimball Jenkins in Concord, NH
• 2005 “In Our Hearts and On Our Minds” at Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery at Keene State College NH
• 2005 “Six By Six” Exhibit at the Gallery @ WREN in Bethlehem, NH
• 2006 WCA-NH board members exhibit in Borders Café, Concord, NH 2006 Juried Exhibition at Bunker Hill Community College 2006 Juried Cyber Art Festival at Prospect Hall - Boston, MA
• Juror: Carole Anne Meehan Curatorial staff at the Institute of Contemporary Art
• 2007 Jury selected commission from the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts
• 2007 June 27-August 30th The National Arts Program in Manchester, NH called “Art on the Wall at City Hall”
• 2008 Jury selected two pieces at the Library Arts Center in Newport, NH 2008 Hues and Views Exhibit at the Gallery at Wren Bethlehem NH 2008 “Making her Mark” WCA/NH Juried Exhibition at Plymouth State University, Silver Center 2009 Invitational WCA Exhibit at the Art Institute in Manchester, NH 2009 “Small Jems” WCA/NH Juried Exhibition at Derryfield School 2009 “Gnu’s of New London” fundraiser for the Kearsarge Community Center 2012 Hands on Pianos in celebration of the Hopkins Center for the Arts 50th anniversary
• 2015 Journal52 online 52 week art journal project with weekly prompts 2015 WCA 6x6 signature exhibition 2016 LAC Juried Regional exhibition
• COMMISSION and PUBLICATION 2008 Percent for Art Project for the New Hampshire State Archives & Division of Vital Records (waiting area) Collaboration piece: “Celebration of Life” http://www.nh.gov/nharts/newsandcalendar/newsletters/NHSCA-JournalSum09.pdf http://www.nh.gov/nharts/newsandcalendar/spotlights/2010/Volume1/statearchives.htm
• 2016 Published a children’s middle grade fantasy novel Queen Sllabruos The Mirror World
• OTHER WORK RELATED EXPERIENCE
• President of the Women’s Caucus for Art in New Hampshire 2007-2009 Vice President of the Women’s Caucus for Art in New Hampshire 2005-2007
• Taught in various schools –private and public- in New York and New Hampshire for thirty years
• Displayed work in galleries in Buffalo, Detroit, various cities in New Hampshire and in private collections in the US, Canada, and the UK
• Published an article in the Intertown Record (Summer Fall Guide)
• Member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators for three years
• Volunteer as “Picture Person” for two years teaching local elementary school students about artists
• Volunteer as adaptive ski instructor at Mt
• Sunapee for five years
• Operated a TV camera, created graphics and assisted with editing for PBS show Focus on Women for three years
• Created and published a cartoon called “Lucy and her Fun...ctional Family” for “her” magazine
• Designed logos for professional business cards, including the new logo for the Western New York Chapter of the National Organization for Women
• Designed logo for the Corporate Challenge race for A.D.F
• Construction Co
• And Acres International Inc
• In 1986-’87
• Worked as a freelance photographer for A.D.F
• Construction Co
• And Uniland Dev
• Corp.

• AWARDS / COMMUNITY SERVICE / ART EXHIBITS . , 1978 & 1979 Daemen College art scholarship and the Hoover Craftsman Award . 1984 – 1999 various exhibits in the Greater Buffalo / Niagara Region . 1985 Advisor for an award winning Disaster Preparedness Competition . 1997-1999 Created and recorded a song and video introduction for the PBS Focus on Women. . 1999 – 2000 exhibited in Chicago and New Hampshire . 2001 Solo exhibit in Concord, New Hampshire . 2002 “Solitude of Self” Collaboration exhibit at LAC in Newport, NH . 2002 “6x6” exhibit in Laconia, NH . 2003 Franklin Pierce Law School exhibit in Concord, NH . 2003 “6x6” exhibit in Laconia, NH . 2003-04 Created a 60’ Native American Labyrinth on my property . 2004 Spring Cleaning exhibit in Rochester, NH . 2004 Visualizing the Spirit in Nature at the Turner Group Concord, NH .