Charis Lillene Fleshner
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Master of Fine Arts in studio art University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico May 2018
Graduate certificate in women’s studies University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico May 2018
Master of Art in art and design University of Northern Colorado Greeley, Colorado August 2015
Bachelor of Fine Arts in visual arts studies University of North Texas Denton, Tx December 2005
Teaching Experience
Summer 2024 Lead teacher for Art and Social Action summer camps at the Denver Art Museum in Denver, Colorado
May 2022 - current Creative classes teacher at the Denver Art Museum in Denver, Colorado (courses taught: craftivism, embroidery: drawing with thread, embroidery with mixed media, memento mori, and colored pencil drawing)
Fall 2020-current adjunct professor of art and women’s studies (courses taught: art appreciation, art history 1900- present, women and social action, figure drawing, and multiple levels of painting and drawing) at Aims Community College in Greeley, Colorado
Fall 2021- Fall 2022 adjunct professor of art (courses taught: life drawing, painting 1, and 2 d design) at University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado
Spring 2020-Spring 2021 adjunct professor of Women’s Studies (course taught: Women and Social Action) at Front Range Community College in Fort Collins, Colorado
August 2018 -May 2020 Colorado Early College Middle School 7th and 8th grade art and fiber arts teacher in Fort Collins, Colorado
March 19, 2019 Visiting artist to Professor Abbey Hepner’s University of Colorado Colorado Springs Art and Activism course in Colorado Springs, Colorado
April 2018 Assisted Gina Beavers with children’s workshop at the Albuquerque Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Spring 2018 Instructor of record, Drawing 2, University of New Mexico
October 2017 Developed performance workshop for professor Szu Han Ho’s politics of performance class, University of New Mexico
Fall 2017 Instructor of record, Art Practices 1, University of New Mexico
January 2017 Shape making community workshop at the Graft gallery in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Fall, 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, and Summer 2017 Instructor of Record: Drawing 1, University of New Mexico
2007-2013 Art teacher at the Coulson Tough K-6 School in The Woodlands, Tx
Curatorial Experience
October 2021 curated “Scones and Bones” show of UNC figure drawing students work at “The Blue Mug” in Greeley, Colorado
March 2017 Curator of “Salon des Refuses” graduate student group show at the Masley Gallery in Albuquerque, New Mexico
2008-2011 founded, organized, promoted and hosted an annual “Painting with Coffee” art show event at Starbucks, The Woodlands, Texas
Solo Art Exhibition Experience
September- October 2024 “I’m not one to air my dirty laundry in public” at The Atlas Theater in Greeley, Colorado
July-September 2022 “Pool Party” at the Aims Community College Ed Beaty Gallery in Greeley, Colorado
March 2- March 25, 2022 “Frantic Joy” at Arts Visalia in Visalia, California
June 2021- ongoing “Emotional Storage: What do you do with the leftover you?” installation at elsewhere in Greensboro, North Carolina
October 23- November 9, 2019 “Lobo Alert” at CFA Downtown Studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico
August 8 - November 5, 2019 “The Bell Jar” at The Coffee Tree in Loveland, Colorado
March 2018 “All The Feels” MFA Thesis show at CFA Downtown Studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico
January 2017 “Welcome to Shapetopia” solo show at Graft gallery in Albuquerque, New Mexico
May 2015 “The Experiment” Masters of Art thesis show at Artworks Loveland in Loveland, Colorado
February 2014 “The Bell Jar” at crvsh gallery in Greeley, Colorado
January 2014 “The Bell Jar” at AIMS Ed Beaty gallery in Greeley, Colorado
Two person Exhibition Experience
March 8- April 14, 2022 “Splish Splash” with Caitlin Carcenero at The Harwood in Albuquerque, New Mexico
June 27-July 26, 2019 “Oddities” with Krusty Wheatfield at The Holland Project in Reno, Nevada
Group Art Exhibition Experience
May 22- Jun 26, 2024 “Patchwork: A Community Fiber Exhibition” at The Holland Project in Ren, Nevada
April 23- May 10, 2024 “Inner Sanctuaries: Exploring Domestic Spaces” at Strata Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Spring 2023 and Spring 2024 Mask artist at the Museum of Art in Fort Collins, Colorado
July 7-8, 2023 “Domestic Violence: An Artist’s Perspective” to benefit Alternatives to Violence at Artworks Loveland in Loveland, Colorado
May 20- July 21, 2023 “Made in Colorado” at Emmanuel Art Gallery in Denver, Colorado
November 9, 2022- January 7, 2023 “Finding Common Ground in An Uncommon World - All Female Colorado Show” at The Collective Community Arts Center in Lafayette, CO
August 22- Sept 9, 2022 “School of Art and Design Faculty: Past and Present” University of Northern Colorado faculty show at University of Northern Colorado’s Campus Commons Gallery in Greeley, Colorado
May 7-May 23, 2021 “On Edge” at Edge Gallery in Denver, Colorado
July 30-Sept 4, 2020 “Bright” at Firehouse Art Center in Longmont, Colorado
July 31- Sept 20, 2020 “Rocky Mountain Biennial” at the Museum of Art Fort Collins in Fort Collins, Colorado
September 6, 2019 “She Show” at M2 Gallery in Little Rock, Arkansas
February 2019 Pandora’s Box installation in “Mental Health Art and Exploration” group show at Downtown Artery in Fort Collins, Colorado
October 5-27, 2018 “Fantastical” group show at 40 West Arts Gallery in Lakewood, Colorado
June 1-22, 2018 “Addressing Power” by Creative Advocacy group show at CFA downtown studios, Albuquerque, New Mexico
March-May 2018 “Here/Now” 24th Annual Juried Graduate Exhibition, University of New Mexico Art Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico
June 2017 Solo performance piece “Map of my Movement” for Cruise Control group art show at Graft gallery in Albuquerque, New Mexico
December 2016 Participant in “Talking Back, A Performance Event” at CFA downtown studios in Albuquerque, New Mexico
May 2016 “New Cartography” group show at Graft gallery in Albuquerque, New Mexico
September 2015 “At First Sight” group show at CFA downtown studios in Albuquerque, New Mexico
October 2014 “Liars and Dreamer” group show at Atlas in Greeley, Colorado
January 2012 participant in The Brooklyn Art Library’s 2012 “The Sketchbook Project”
November 2010- January 2011 group show at Art 6 in Denton, Texas
July - September 2009 Art House Co-op “Canvas Project” group show at the Hartsfield Jackson airport in Atlanta, GA
Bibliography
https://dailyutahchronicle.com/2023/05/02/lien-female-rebellion-craft/
https://issuu.com/harwoodartcenter/docs/encompass_2022_exhibition_catalog?e=2001522/93798576
https://www.longmontleader.com/arts/bright-lights-up-firehouse-art-center-with-color-texture-2630446
https://www.hollandreno.org/2020/04/homebodies-alisha/
https://www.dailylobo.com/article/2019/11/five-and-why-charis-lillene-fleshner
Spring 2019 featured artist in Murze magazine issue six
January 2019 featured artist in Uppercase magazine issue 40 https://issuu.com/uppercaseyyc/docs/uppercase40issuu
April 2018 "It's Really About Questions: Part 1 Here, Now Artists In Conversation", University of New Mexico Art Museum http://artmuseum.unm.edu/events/its-really-about-questions/
March 2018 “All The Feels” Thesis catalogue
March 2017 Guest blogger for Artworks Loveland http://artworksloveland.org/art/women-abstract-expressionism-still-matter/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/graftgallery/sets/72157684302993373
August 2015 “The Joan Mitchell Experiment” Masters of Art thesis http://www.worldcat.org/title/joan-mitchell-experiment/oclc/930803360
July 2015 article in the Loveland Reporter Herald http://www.reporterherald.com/loveland-art/ci_28448817/charis-lillene-fleshner-moves-toward-career-teaching-art
Scholarships, Honors, Residencies, and Awards
June 2024 Artist residency at Elsewhere in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Part time faculty of the year 2022-2023 at Aims Community College
Recipient of the Part Time Faculty Engagement Stipend for 2021-2022, 2022-2023, and 2023-2024 at Aims Community College
Spring 2022 Course Development Grant from Aims Community College to develop and add WST 2100: Women and Social Action to the women’s studies curriculum
Fall 2021 presenter at the Aims Community College fall faculty conference: Why didn’t I think of this before?: Connecting students to artists virtually
Summer 2021 Artist residency at Elsewhere in Greensboro, North Carolina
Nominated as a candidate for the Outstanding Online Teacher award for 2020-2021 at Front Range Community College in Fort Collins, Colorado
October 2018 Award of Excellence from 40 West Gallery, Lakewood, Colorado
2017-2018 Hilmer G. Olson Fine Arts Scholarship award, University of New Mexico
2017-2018 Betty Sabo Endowment Scholarship award, University of New Mexico
2016-2017 Phyllis Muth Fine Arts Scholarship award, University of New Mexico
Spring 2015 Honorable mention award at the University of Northern Colorado student juried art show