Maureen Church
Painter in Oils Mixed Media in Encaustic Plein Air Painter Teacher
Life Long Artist and Lover of Beauty and Nature
71 Mt. Airy Drive
Rochester, N.Y. 14617
(585)880-8330
poppipreston2@gmail.com
maureenoutlawchurch.com
EXPERIENCE:
Member of Pittsford Fine Art Gallery
4 North Main St.
Pittsford, N.Y.
Full Time Studio Artist
Suite #303 The Hungerford Building
1115 E. Main St., Roch. N.Y.
Sept. 2016 - Present
Shows monthly for First Fridays, and Second Saturdays Holds occasional workshops and encaustic demonstrations
Signature Member of GVPAP, (Genesee Valley Plein Air Painters) Member since 2018
TEACHING:
1987- 2017: Taught art for 30 years full time to Elementary, Middle, and High School students. Greece, N.Y.
2021: Plein Air group instruction at The Mill Art Center, Honeoye Falls. One day introductory workshop
July 2016: 2018, 2021 Children’s Summer Art Camp for The Mill Art Center, week - long art instruction sessions.
May 2017: Public School Art teacher one day in - service professional development, “Intro to Encaustic wax Painting”
Studio 303 Hungerford
Rochester, N.Y.
June 2017: Intro to Encaustic Wax Painting, 4 week course for adults. Flower City Center for the Arts
731 Monroe Ave.
Roch. N.Y.
AFFILIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS:
Genesee Valley Plein Air Painters, Rochester, N.Y.
Working With Wax, encaustic painters group, Rochester, N.Y.
Mill Art Center and Gallery, Honeoye Falls, N.Y.
International Encaustic Artists - online Gallery
Encaustic_Art_Institute - online Gallery
Rochester Contemporary Art Gallery, Rochester, N.Y. EXHIBITIONS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
“MUST LOVE CATS”
Art Exhibition and fundraiser
Studio 402 Gallery, Anderson Arts Bldg.
250 Goodman St. N.
Roch. N.Y. 14607
First Friday Opening. Dec. 3 to Dec. 31, 2021
OPEN NOW:
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“SMALL WORKS 2021”
Main Street Arts Gallery, Clifton Springs, N.Y.
National juried exhibition of work 12” or smaller.
Nov. 13 to Dec. 23, 2021
Online catalog and purchasing at
www.mainstreetarts.org
“ANNUAL MEMBERS GROUP EXHIBIT”
Paintings, Sculpture and mixed media
The Mill Art Center and Gallery
61 N.Main St.
Honeoye Falls, N.Y. 14472 ongoing, 2018 to Nov. 21, 2021 www.millartscenter.com
“PAINTING THE OPEN LAND”
Cornwall Land Trust, Pultneyville, N.Y.
Plein Air Fundraising Event, Planning Committee and Participation Sat. Sept. 25, 2021
www.geneseelandtrust.org
“PLEIN AIR IN CLIFTON SPRINGS 2021”
Painting competition and public exhibition
Hosted by Main Street Arts Gallery
Sat. Sept 18 to 2021
www.mainstreetarts.org
“MANY VOICES-ONE JOURNEY” Working With Wax Group The Village Gallery
3119 Main St. Caledonia, N.Y.
May, 2021
www.thevillagegallerycaledonia.com
“BRIDGES 2-ROUND TRIP” International Sister Cities Of Rochester juried cooperative virtual art exhibit, Caltanisetta, Italy May 15 to June 27, 2021
www.creative spaces.it
“FOR THE LOVE OF ART”
Members Invitational Exhibition
The Mill Art Center and Gallery
61 N.Main St.
Honeoye Falls, N.Y.
February to April, 2020
www.millartcenter.com
GENESEE VALLEY PLEIN AIR PAINTERS
Juried 16th Annual online members exhibit
*Merit Award for “Brickyard Trail”
Dec. 2020 to present
www.gvpap.com
“SURFACING” Working With Wax Group
Geisel Gallery at One Bausch + Lomb Place
Legacy Tower
Rochester, N.Y.
Sept. to Oct. 2020
www.thegeiselgallery.com
"VIGNETTES IN WAX AND WORDS"
International Encaustic Artists juried exhibition in digital magazine format 40 artists from 10 countries
"Cow Love 2”
Aug. 2020 to present
Online issue can be viewed at:
https://www.international-encaustic-artists.org/vignettes-in-Wax-andWords
"PAINT PITTSFORD ART EXHIBIT AND SALE"
Masters Division at Pittsford Fine Art Gallery
Paintings of images from across the town of Pittsford as captured by ar tists from the community and region
4 N. Main St., Pittsford, N.Y.
Sept. 3 to 31, 2020
www.pittsfordfineart.com
"SEEKING BEAUTY” (with Phyllis Bryce Ely and Anne McCune) Landscape Paintings
First Unitarian Church, 220 South Winton Road
Jan. to March 2020
rochesterunitarian.org
“GENESEE VALLEY PLEIN AIR PAINTERS”ANNUAL MEMBERS EXHIBIT * Jurors choice award for “Seneca Lake Nocturne”
Barnes and Noble Gallery, Pittsford, N.Y.
Jan. 2019
www.gvpap.com
“SOME LIKE IT HOT”
Working with Wax Group invitational
Mill Art Center and Gallery 61 N.Main St.
Honeoye Falls, N.Y.
April 2019
www.millartcenter.com
"WORKS ON PAPER"
Members Group Invitational Exhibit
The Mill Art Center
61 N.Main St. Honeoye Falls,N.Y.
Feb. to March 2019
www.millartcenter.com
"SURVEY OF CONTEMPORARY ENCAUSTIC"
CHAFFEY MUSEUM OF ART
juried INTERNATIONAL ENCAUSTIC ARTISTS
Ontario, California
January to March 2019
www.chaffeymuseum.org
ROCHESTER CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER
ANNUAL MEMBERS EXHIBITION
137 East Ave.
Rochester, NY 14604
Dec. 2018 to Jan.2019
rochestercontemporary.org
“FEDERATION OF CANADIAN ARTISTS INTERNATIONAL MAIL-IN EXHIBIT” (AIMAE)
Juried exhibition
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Spring 2019
www.artists.ca
“GENESEE CONSERVANCY GV-100 PROJECT” A Regional Invitationional featuring 100 landscape paintings of the Livingston County area Silver Lake Brewery
14 Borden Ave.
Perry, NY 14530
silverlakebrewingproject.com
www.geneseevalleyconservency.org
“VILLAGE GALLERY GROUP EXHIBIT”
3119 Main St.
Caledonia, NY 14423
Nov. 2018 to Dec. 2018
www.thevillagegallerycaledonia.com
ANNUAL MEMBERS GROUP EXHIBIT
The Mill Arts Center & Gallery
61 N.Main St.
Honeoye Falls, NY 14472
Www.millartcenter.com
Nov.2018 to Feb.2019
“MEMBERS GROUP EXHIBIT”
Schweinfurth Art Museum
205 Genesee St.
Auburn, NY 13021
Schweinfurthartcenter.org
Nov. 2018 to Jan. 2019
“SONNENBERG ARTS IN THE GARDENS”
Juried outdoor art exhibition and sale
Canandaigua, New York
August 18 & 19, 2018
www.sonnenberg.org
"UNEXPECTED"
Mill Art Center & Gallery
61 N. Main Street
Honeoye Falls, NY 14472
May to July, 2018
www.millartcenter.com
!A CELTIC PERSPECTIVE” (with Phyllis Bryce Ely & Anne McCune) Paintings inspired by a recent artists trip to Ballyvaughan, Ireland The Little Theater Cafe Gallery 240 East Ave.
Rochester, NY 14604 Feb. to March, 2018
thelittle.org
"HOPEFUL DARKNESS"
Atlantic Gallery
Juried group exhibition
548 West 28th Street #540
New York, NY 10001
November 28 to December 16, 2017
International-Encaustic-Artists.org
"UTOPIA/DYSTOPIA"
Main Street Arts
A national juried exhibition featuring 39 artists
from 15 states
20 W. Main St.
Clifton Springs, NY 14432
*Jurors’ Choice Award for !Red Trees”
May 20 to June 30, 2017
www.mainstreetarts.org
ARTS PROVO MUSEUM AND GALLERIES
Encaustic seascape paintings
The Regent Village, Providenciales
Turks and Caicos Islands
March 2017 to March 2018
artprovo.tc
“LANDSCAPE INVITATIONAL”
Group exhibit featuring 12 local artists
I-Square Visions Gallery
Irondequoit, N.Y.Fall 2012
i-square.us
“FINGER LAKES EXHIBITION” New York State Regional MEMORIAL ART GALLERY, Rochester. NY juried 1992
mag.rochester.edu