ALLISON RUNYAN [email protected]

Education BFA; Fine Art, Art Education, College for Creative Studies; , MI—2019 International Printmaking Intensive Workshop, Paris College for Art; Paris, France — 2017

Exhibitions 2020 Worldwide Juried Online Art Show, Anton Art Center, Mount Clemens, MI Hatchback 14, Hatch Art Gallery, Hamtramck, MI Our Changing Climate, Huron Valley Council for the Arts, Highland, MI 2019 If You Throw A Toy In Jail, Hatch Art Gallery, The Jail Cell, Hamtramck, MI Story Time With Princess Penelope (Performance), YMCA Children’s Center, Detroit, MI Student Exhibition 2019, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI Story Time With Princess Penelope (Performance), Manoogian Visual Resource Center, Detroit, MI I Make My BIGGEST MOVES, 333 Midland St., Highland Park, MI WC Safe Voices Survivors Art Show, Holding House, Detroit, MI The Gilda Snowden Memorial Exhibition, The , Detroit, MI Finding Out About Feelings, U245 Gallery, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI Child’s Play, Foundation Art Center, St. Charles, MO 2018 Cash and Carry, U245 Gallery, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI Fine Art Senior’s Open Studio Night, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI Student Exhibition 2018, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI Detroit Art Auction: a Gallery Event, The Scarab Club, Detroit, MI “Woman” Art Exhibition, The Carr Center, Detroit, MI 2017 Student Exhibition 2017, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI Paris Experience International Exhibition 2017, Paris College of Art, Paris, France Spirit of Detroit Mural, The Spirit of Detroit Plaza, Detroit, MI Veer, Collaborative Installation, Herman Kiefer Hospital Complex, Detroit, MI 2016 Student Exhibition 2016, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI Venus Rising, Tangent Gallery, Detroit, MI 2015 Behind The Shadows, Walled Lake Northern, Commerce Twp., MI 2014 Summer Expressionists, Cranbrook Art Institute, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Lectures, Presentations, Workshops 2020 Visiting Artist Lecture and Demonstration, Romeo Guild of Arts, Starkweather Arts Center, Romeo, MI, February 11 2019 "Beneath the Surface: Structures and Systems”, 333 Midland Thesis Panel Discussion, panelist, Detroit, MI, April 18 2017 Visiting Artist Lecture/Presentation, Detroit Society of Woman Painters and Sculptures, The Detroit Yacht Club, Detroit, MI, September 21 Awards/ Honors 2019 Certificate of Recognition, College for Creative Studies; Detroit, MI 2018 10th Annual David Robert and Sylvia Jean Nelson Foundation for Arts and Letters Scholarship, Honorable Mention; Detroit, MI CCS Scholarship, Awarded based on academic merit and artistic skill, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI CCS Tuition Grant; College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI B. and E. Ford Scholarship; College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI 2017 Society of Woman Sculptures and Painters; scholarship awarded based on artistic achievement and work ethic; Detroit, MI CCS Tuition Grant; College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI B. and E. Ford Scholarship; College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI CCS Scholarship, Awarded based on academic merit and artistic skill, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI 2016 CCS Scholarship, Awarded based on academic merit and artistic skill, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI B. and E. Ford Scholarship; College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI 2015 CCS Scholarship, Awarded based on academic merit and artistic skill, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

Curatorial Experience: 2019 Assistant Curator for the 2019 Student Exhibition Opening; CCS Taubman Center, Detroit, MI 2018 Assistant Curator for the 2018 Student Exhibition Opening; CCS Taubman Center, Detroit, MI 2017 Exhibition Preparatory for Evisceration: a Study in Intimacy, Hatch Gallery, Detroit, MI Assistant Curator for the 2017 Student Exhibition Opening; CCS Taubman Center, Detroit, MI 2016 Assistant Curator for Printmaking Exhibition; U245 Gallery, Detroit, MI Assistant Curator for the 2016 Student Exhibition Opening; CCS Taubman Center, Detroit, MI

Professional Experience: 2020 Administrator and Social Media Director, Community Arts Partnerships, Detroit, MI Facilitating Artist, Soul Studio, Friendship Circle; West Bloomfield, MI 2019 Studio Assistance, Learning Center, Detroit Institute of Arts; Detroit, MI 2018 Director and Writer of the Fine Art News Letter, College for Creative Studies; Detroit, MI (2018-2019) 2017 Crit Club: Contemporary Development Organizer and President, College for Creative Studies; Detroit, MI (2017-Present) Student Government President, College for Creative Studies; Detroit, MI (2017-2019) Assistant Painter of Spirit of Detroit Mural; Sprit of Detroit Plaza, Downtown Detroit, MI Olympia Entertainment Public Sculpture Competition, College for Creative Studies; Detroit, MI 2016 Student Ambassador, Admissions Office, College for Creative Studies; Detroit, MI (2016-Present) Social Ambassador, Marketing, College for Creative Studies; Detroit, MI Bibliography (Articles and Interviews) 2020 Michael H. Hodges “Hatchback 14 Review- Instruments Performance Line” The Detroit News, April 21. http://www.hatchart.org/virtual-hatchback-14?fbclid=IwAR1b2rB5oksXemIQiZ_70cCK

2020 Hazel Park Arts Council, “Featured Artist Interview”, Featured Artists, April 14. https://www.instagram.com/p/B-9s4XYjJ-Z/

2020 Joe Myrick, “At this ‘jail cell’, its not made for people- just toys”, The Hamtramck Review, January 10th, 2020. http://www.thehamtramckreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/HR-1_10-USE-1.pdf

Certifications and Memberships 2020 All She Makes Female Artists Directory Crisis Prevention Training 2019 First Aid/ CPR AED National Arts Education Association 2017 Michigan Society of Woman Painters and Sculptures