.....
...
HOME
Portfolio
Artist Bio
RESUME:
CAROL
A. WUBBENA, Painter, Printmaker, Poet
Painting and
Writing Name: CARA
ADDRESS:
Cara Studios
Carnegie Library Building
One Carnegie Way, Barnesville, Ga., 30204-1670
Location: Library and Greenwood Sts.
TELEPHONE:
770 358-3132
E
MAIL: cara@carastudios.com
WEBSITE: www.carastudios.com
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Fine Arts
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa and University of South Dakota,
Vermillion, S.D.
GRADUATE STUDY:
1987
Mississippi State University, Cobb Institute of Archaeology, Starkville,
Mississippi
1985 Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel through the Cobb Institute of
Archaeology
CONTINUING EDUCATION: 14 CE Courses Art, Archaeology, Poetry, Language, Concsiousness Studies
GRANTS/AWARDS
2000, 1999 Georgia
Council for the Arts Touring Roster
1994 Georgia Council for the Arts, Individual Artist Grant
1987 American Schools of Oriental Research, Summer Study Grant, Great
Britain and Israel
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005 Georgia
Public Broadcasting Television "State of the Arts"
2006 - 1991 Lamar Arts, Arts Center and Gallery, Cara Studios, and local
exhibitions, Barnesville, Ga.
2004 HGTV, documentation of paintings, prints and interdisciplinary
presentation
1995 Brewton-Parker College, Mt. Vernon, Georgia
1995 Third Congressional District Juried Art Exhibition, Clayton State
College, Morrow, Georgia
1994 Macon Little Theatre, Macon, Georgia
1994 Gordon College, Barnesville, Georgia
1990 Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting. Boston,
Massachusetts,
1989 Emory University. Biblical Archaeology Study Group of Greater
Atlanta, Georgia,
1989 American Schools of Oriental Research. SE District Meeting. Macon,
Georgia, *
1988 First Joint Archaeological Congress. Archaeological Institute of
America, Baltimore, Md,
1989, 1988 American Schools
of Oriental Research, Chicago, Ill and Anaheim, California
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1997 621 Gallery,
Tallahassee, Florida Two person show
1993
LVAC Cultural Arts Center, Juried Exhibition, Valdosta, Georgia
1988 Center for the Arts. Vero
Beach, Florida
1988 American Cancer Society Art
Exhibition Fort Pierce, Florida
1988 Center for the Arts. Stuart,
Florida
1989 John Hopkins University. Maryland Pastel Society, Juried
Exhibition, Baltimore, Maryland
1993 Thomasville Annual Juried Exhibition, Thomasville, Georgia
1990 Tula Arts Complex, "Counterpoint," Group Exhibition, Atlanta,
Georgia
1988 D-Art Visual Arts Center. Pastel Society of the Southwest Juried
Exhibition, Dallas, Texas
1988 Rue de Art Gallery. Jensen Beach, Florida
1988 Harbor Ridge Invitational
Art Show. Stuart, Florida
1987 Colt Gallery. Jensen Beach, Florida
1987, 1986 Museum of Science Invitational Fine Art Show Miami, Florida
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, Tennessee, Southwest Missouri State, Springfield, Missouri, Avarett
College, Danville, Virginia,
Martin Memorial Hospital, Rock Rapids, Iowa; Crest View Church, Cedar Rapids,
Iowa and private collections.
SELECTED ARTICLES
Ellington, Sherri, “Cara Studios on State Tour”
Herald Gazette, May 2005
Ellington, Sherri, "Wubbena to be on Georgia Public Broadcasting," Griffin
Daily News, February, 2005
"Lamar Arts to Honor Founder," photo, Herald Gazette, Barnesville, Ga. April
22, 2004
" HGTV Special to Air," photos, Herald Gazette, Barnesville, Ga. January
7, 2003 and July 2003
"Art Meets History in Barnesville," color photos, Southern Living Magazine,
August 1996
"Poets, Paper, and a PEO Who Lives in a Library," photo, PEO Record
(Magazine), July 1996
Daly, Tim," Imitating Life," color photos, Bob Freitag, Griffin Daily
News, July 19
"Here's to Art,” Herald Gazette, June 1996
Barrett, Joyce Durham, "At Home in the Library," Georgia Journal Magazine,
Athens, Georgia, 1994
Maley, Dan, "In the Presence of Art," color photos, Danny Gilliland, Macon
Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, 1994
Swanson, Peggy, "Past Meets Future", color photos, Bob Freitag, Griffin
Daily News, Ga., February, 1994
"Barnesville Artist," photo, Macon Telegraph, Macon, Ga., February, 1994
Julian Russel, "Group Offers Help to Aspiring Writers," color photo, Julian
Russel
Griffin Daily News, Griffin, Ga., April 1993
Wood, Douglas "A little Bit of the Past", photo, Douglas Wood, Griffin Daily
News, Griffin, Ga., June, 1991
Crawford, Kenneth, "Messages from the Past," photo, Martin County News,
Florida, Feb, 1988
Butler, Jeri, "Acrylic Artist Focuses on Antiquity." color photos. Stuart
News, Florida, March 1988
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
FINE ART
2005-2001 Board of Directors, Lamar Arts
2000-1992 Founder and President, Lamar Arts, Barnesville,
Georgia,
1998-95 Gallery talks at various
openings, Cara Studios, Barnesville, Georgia
1997 Coordinator and workshop
lecturer, Lamar Arts, Barnesville, Georgia
1994-91 Guest lecturer, Gordon College, various local
organizations
1988 Guest lecturer, Art and
Archaeology, Vero Beach Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, Florida
1985 Guest lecturer, Art and
Archaeology, Indian River Community College, Ft. Pierce, Florida.
1971-1969 Public School teacher,
Art , Sioux Falls, South Dakota
1968,1967 Public School teacher,
Art, Omaha, Nebraska.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: ARCHAEOLOGY
1992
Coordinator,
Biblical Archaeology Society Seminars Orlando, Florida.
1990 Coordinator, Biblical Archaeology
Society Seminar, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina
1988 Coordinator, Biblical Archaeology
Society Seminar Duke University, Durham, NC
1987, 1986 Staff, Lahav Research
Project Excavation, Tel Halif, Israel.
1985 Volunteer, Tel Dor Excavations.
Tel Dor, Israel
1987, 1986, 1985, 1984 On site
Coordinator. Biblical Archaeology Society Seminars Orlando, Florida.