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Linda J Beeman

Instructor of Visual Arts

About Linda

Linda Beeman is a lifelong Michigan resident and an award-winning, environmental printmaker. Through the non-toxic water-based Japanese process of mokuhanga (woodblock prints), Beeman is able to capture the subtleties of color and tone unavailable in other media to represent the common beauty of rural landscapes, lakes, rivers, wetlands and waterfalls found in her travels. Linda's detailed prints have garnered top awards in juried competitions and her work can be found in private and corporate collections around the world. Known for both the precision of her carving and her subtle, quiet colors, Linda's prints transport the viewer to a place worth knowing and protecting. Says Beeman, "I am taking you to a destination, a secret place that you can experience and will want to know personally. Creating a sense of stillness, peace and shelter...the journey awakens you to the vulnerability of our natural spaces. The significance of protection is stimulated and the rarely noticed or hidden becomes elevated to the sacred."

My goal is to make mokuhanga - a rare and ancient Japanese art form - enjoyable, accessible and relevant to contemporary times. Taught in three steps, students will learn mokuhanga history while creating beautiful prints.

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

  • 2019 – Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
  • 2014 – Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Glen Arbor Art Association, Glen Arbor, MI
  • 2014 – Pinea-Linea de Costa, Cadiz, Spain
  • 2012 – Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory, Mt. Fuji, Kawaguchi-ko, Japan
    (invited by Japanese Government Cultural Ministry)
  • 2011 – Porcupine Mountain Wilderness State Park, MI
  • 2010 – 2011 – Michigan Governor’s Residence, Lansing, MI

CURATOR PROJECTS

  • 2013 – 2018 – Director and Curator | Art From the Lakes, Founder -Art From the Lakes is a multi-year exchange program dedicated to integrating professional
    artists from the sister-states of Michigan and Shiga Prefecture in a bicultural exchange

    celebrating the 50 year Sister State relationship through the visual arts.
    www.mishiga.org
  • 2018 – Michigan and Shiga “Art Brut” Disability Art Exhibition at Meijer Garden and Sculpture Park Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI.
  • 2017 – All previous Shiga and Michigan artists exhibition, Otsu Prince Hotel, Shiga, Japan.
  • 2015 – 1 Shiga and 1 Michigan artist exhibited at Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, MI
  • 2014 – 4 Michigan artists exhibited at Gallery Karahashi, Otsu, Shiga
  • 2013 – 6 Shiga artists exhibited at Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI
  • 2017 – Curator | Contemporary Mokuhanga: Three Interpretations of Japanese Woodblock,
    Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium, Interlochen, MI
  • 2014 – Curator | Peddle Back Through Time, Shiawassee Art Center, Owosso, MI, August – Historical bicycle collection of Richard Morris

FACULTY/INSTRUCTOR

  • Interlochen College of Creative Arts, Interlochen, MI
  • Virginia Museum of Fine Art Studio School, Richmond, VA
  • Les Cheneaux Art Center, Cederville, MI
  • The Morgan Conservancy, Cleveland, OH
  • The Workhouse, Lorton, VA
  • Japan Center for Michigan Universities, Hikone, Shiga, Japan
  • College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
  • Peninsula School of Art, Door County, WI
  • Shiawassee Art Center, Owosso, MI

GRANTS & AWARDS

  • 2019 - Michigan Council for Art and Cultural Affairs Professional Development Grant
  • 2018 – Michigan All Media Competition, Shiawassee Art Center, Owosso, MI – Honorable Mention
  • 2018 – Glen Arbor Art Center, New Gallery/New Work, Glen Arbor, MI – 2nd Place Award
  • 2017 – Tioga (N.Y.) Historical Society International Competition – Honorable Mention
  • 2015 – Chris Clark Fellowship, Arts Council of Greater Lansing, MI
  • 2015 – Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs Professional Development Grant
  • 2013 – Michigan All Media Competition, Shiawassee Art Center, Owosso, MI – 3rd Place Award
  • 2013 – Drawing and Printmaking Competition, Lowell Art Center, Lowell, MI – 4th Place Award
  • 2012 – Alma College 29th Annual Print Competition, Alma, MI – Alumni Purchase Award
  • 2011 – Michigan State of the Arts Competition, Saginaw, MI – Bierlien Special Merit Purchase Award
  • 2011 – Michigan Art Guild All Media Competition, Lansing, MI – Honorable Mention
  • 2011 – KIWA (Kyoto International Woodblock Association), Kyoto, Japan – People’s Choice Award,
  • Honorable Mention, Lansing Art Gallery, Mid-Michigan Art Guild Autumn Exhibit, Lansing, MI
  • 2010 – Michigan All Media Competition, Shiawassee Art Center – 2nd Place Award, Owosso, MI
  • 2010 – Individual Artist Grant, Arts Council of Greater Lansing, MI

Visual Arts/Printmaking - Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas, Ontario, Canada

Art History - University of Kansas, Lawrence