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Arkenberg's Art

LaVerne Arkenberg

6106 Toebbe Lane

Louisville, KY. 40229

502-968-4475

Larkenberg131@cs.com

Mini Bio:

Although I was born in Louisville, KY. I spent my early childhood years in West Point, KY. It was on the banks of the Ohio, that I learned that sand and mud could be transformed into other forms, the awakening and perhaps acknowledging my creativity.

 

Education:

Primarily self-taught I still realized the need for more art related training. I therefore attended:

 

The Louisville School of Art,

The University of Louisville,

Jefferson Community College

Studied art history in Paris, France.

I also studied under both nationally known and local artists including:

 

Edna Wagner Piersol Windes KWS, Destin Fl.

Aline Barker, Louisville, KY

Margaret Martin, AES, NWS, Buffalo, NY.

Marilyn Hughey Phyllis, AWS, KWS, Wheeling W. VA.

Carol Orr, NWS, MWS, LaConnor WA.

Nita Leland, Dayton, OH.

Jonas Howard, Indiana University,

Rex Robinson, KWS Aqua Media, LVAA

Carolyn McTigue, KWS, Louisville, KY..

Dean Davis, AWS, KWS Evansville, IN.

Keith Spears Jr. KWS, Louisville, KY.

Joe Fettingis, NWS.

Jan Kunz, AWS. KWS

 

I served on the Board of Directors of the Kentucky Watercolor Society for eight years three of which I served as President. I am now an honorary lifetime member and a Signature Artist.

I am also a member of the Central Kentucky Art Guild, based on Elizabethtown, KY. A member of the Buillitt County Arts Council in Shepherdsville, KY. And the Kentucky Watercolor Society. My work can be seen at the Salt Box Gallery, 395 Paroquet Springs in Shepherdsville KY, and the KY. Watercolor Society Co-op Gallery at The Mellwood Center in Lousville, KY.

 

 

Selected Exhibitions:

 

Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, KY.

McGrath Gallery, Bellarmine College, Louisville, KY.

Kentucky State Fair. Louisville, Ky.

Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, IN.

Oglebay Institute, Wheeling W. VA.

Aqueous USA (Ky. Watercolor Society National Exhibition) 1993, Western Ky.

Museum, and 2003, 2005, 2005 at Actors Theatre, Louisville, KY.

Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences, Evansville, IN.

And others

 

 

Selected Collections:

 

Mr., and Mrs. Gordie Gahme, Louisville, KY.

Mr. and Mrs., David Evans, Vancouver, WA.

Brown and Williamson Tobacco Co., Louisville, KY.

Whip Mix Corp. Louisville, KY.

Louisville Public Library, Okolona Branch.

Law offices of:

Mr. Lane Miller, Woodbridge, N.J.

Mr. Robert Claycomb, Hodgenville, KY.

And others

 

 

Publications/Publicity

 

The Courier Journal, Jan. 21, 1993 Article

Today’s Woman March 2000

Arts Across Kentucky, May 2000

Kentucky Monthly, March 2003, Article

Included in a Video “Learn to Paint in Five Days” by Edna Wagner Piersol Windes

And others

 

Additionally, I have won numerous awards ranging from first to Honorable Mention.

 

I taught art in my private studio for twenty plus years. I held both classes and private sessions. My students ranged from seven to seventy. Many of my young students went on to become art teachers themselves. This alone made it all worthwhile.