Susan Talbot Hoffmann
Professional Accomplishments
Solo Shows
Nicholls State University Lula Ameen Art Gallery (Thibodaux, LA) - September-October 2004
Bayou Terrebonne Water Life Museum Art After Dark Show (Houma, LA) - September - October, 2001
Southdown Plantation House/ Terrebonne Museum (Houma, LA) - October-November, 2000 & 2002
Nicholls State University Lula Ameen Art Gallery (Thibodaux, LA) - April 1999
Group Juried Shows
American Color Print Society, Free Library of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 11- September 8, 2008.
American Color Print Society 65th Exhibition, Chestnut Hill Gallery,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 1- April 26, 2008.
The 35th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art (Monroe,
Louisiana) March 9-April 26, 2008.
Capital Waters: Art at the Archives- Louisiana Watercolor Society
member show, Louisiana State Archives, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March
1-31, 2008.
Online exhibition at BECA Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana, Top Ten finalist
www.becagallery.com
2007 Southern
Open Exhibition, Acadiana Center for the Arts (Lafayette, Louisiana)
May 12-July 28, 2007.
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images]
The 34th Annual
Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art (Monroe, Louisiana) March 11-April
28, 2007.
The Eleventh Annual Cajun/Zydeco
Music and Dance Exhibit, Ellender Memorial Library Art Exhibit, Nicholls
State University (Thibodaux, Louisiana) March 14-April 28, 2007.
Capitol Waters: Art at the Archives-
Louisiana Watercolor Society member show, Louisiana State Archives, Baton
Rouge, Louisiana March 1-30, 2007.
"Soap Box Prints: For a Cleaner Environment", an open portfolio exhibition and sale to benefit the American Print Alliance, October 6, 2007 - present
American Color Print Society: 64th Member’s Exhibition, Plastic Club,
Philadelphia, November 4-21, 2007.
Louisiana Watercolor Society Juried Member Show, Beauregard Gallery &
Bistro, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, November 1-30, 2007.
“Images of Southdown” Juried Exhibit of artworks depicting Southdown
Plantation, Southdown Plantation House/ Terrebonne Museum, Houma,
Louisiana, June-July 2007.
American Color Print Society: 63rd National Open Print Exhibition, Cheltenham Art Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 10-June 29,
2007.
Myths and Monsters Kappa Pi Honorary Art Society Exhibition, Nicholls
State University Art Gallery (Thibodaux, Louisiana) January 18-February
3 and Jean
Lafitte Acadian Wetlands Center March 15 to April 28, 2006.
UPROOTED: Hurricane Katrina/Rita Louisiana Artists Invitational, Louisiana
State University Art Gallery, (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) January 22
to February 17, 2006. Additional Link: LSUNEWS
The Art of Printmaking, An Exhibition of Prints by Members of the American
Color Print Society and the Printmaker’s Network of Southern New England
(Newport, RI) June 3-July 30, 2006.
7th
Annual Collage & Mixed Media Juried Online International Art Exhibition,
Upstream People Gallery, May 1, 2005 - May 1, 2006. Link to Selected Image: Christmas
Magnolia
Art Melt 2006
a Multi-Media Juried Art Exhibition July 14-July 22, 2006...Brunner Gallery
inside the Shaw Center for the Arts in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Additional
Links: http://www.artmelt.org/art.html
Included a forum & festival of art & Jazz
Nicholls State University Folk Life Festival - Jubilee - March 2000, 2001,
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
American Color Print Society 62nd Members Exhibition, The Plastic Club
(Philadelphia, PA) October 29-November 22, 2006
University of New Mexico - Los Alamos/New Mexico Printmakers Exhibition
"Hand Prints II" Invitational (Santa Fe, New Mexico) May 3 - July 1, 2006.
American Color Print Society 58th Open Exhibition, Cheltenham Arts Center
(Cheltenham, PA) January 28-February 28
University of Mobile Thomas L. Martin
Fine Arts Gallery, 14th Annual Art With A Southern Drawl, (Mobile, AL)
- April 1- 30
BOOKS .05 works of imagination...image as text as image, An
Exhibition of Artists' Books,
Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland , Australia, September 9 - October
2005
Upstream People Gallery, 7th Annual Collage & Mixed Media Juried Online
International Art Exhibition June 1 2005-June 1 2006 website:
www.upstreampeoplegallery.com/archives
Women Printmakers of Austin Multiple Originals X Julia C. Butridge Gallery
Daugherty
Arts Center, (Austin, Texas) October 4–October 30, 2005
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/dougherty/gallery.htm
American Color Print Society 60th Anniversary Members Exhibition, the
Plastic Club
(Philadelphia, PA) November 6-23, 2005
IMPRINTS: the New Mexico Printmakers Society juried show, Albuquerque
Arts
Alliance Gallery (Albuquerque, NM) November18-December 13 2005.
Louisiana State University Union Art Gallery, 20"x20"x20" A National Compact Competition (Baton Rouge, LA) - April 18 - May 14
San Diego Art Institute, 2004 47th Annual International Exhibition (San Diego, CA) - May 1- June 13
Print National - Lancaster Museum of Art (Lancaster, PA) - August 6 - September 12
The Profession of Art - A Mid-Career Show The Foundry Art Center (Springfield, Missouri) August 27 - October 10
49th Annual National Color Print Society Exhibition (Philadelphia, PA)
- November 17 - January 17
16th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition (Kenosha, WI) - January
19 - February 20
Noosa Regional Gallery, An Exhibition
of Artist's Books (Queensland, Australia) - August 29 - October 19
Louisiana State University Union Art Gallery, Louisiana Artists 2003 (Baton
Rouge, LA) - September 7 - 27
American Color Print Society 56th Annual Exhibition Widener University
(Chester, PA) - October 21 - December 6
American Print Alliance Traveling Exhibition,
"Theater of the Mind" - November 2003 - December 2006
Designed poster for Barrataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program 7th
annual La
Fete de Ecologie - September 2003. Additional Links: http://www.nationalestuaries.org/publications/update/update_11_03.htm
National Juried Print Exhibit 2002, Sumei Multidisciplinary Arts Center
(Newark, NJ) - April 20 - June 1
New Orleans Art Association 22nd National Juried Art Show (New Orleans,
LA) - May 1-31
Bright Hill Press 2002 Juried Book Arts Exhibit (Treadwell, NY) - October
Society of American Graphic Artists 69th National Exhibition, The Art
Students League of New York, (New York, NY) - August 3-17 http://www.clt.astate.edu/Elind/saga69.htm
Galerie Éclat: "Magnolias and Mint Juleps" (New Orleans,
LA) - May - August
Works on Paper 2001, San Jacinto College South (Houston, TX) - April
Summer Salon - 2001
Limner Gallery (New York, NY) - August
Three Rivers Juried Art Festival (Covington, LA) - November 11-12
Feminine Products Show, Zeitgeist Gallery (New Orleans, LA) - September 1998
New Orleans Museum of Art, Printmaking Show (New Orleans, LA) - November 18, 1999
Artist's Community Outreach
The artist at the Louisiana Center for Women & Government, New Orleans Leadership Council's celebrity fundraiser.
Susan is standing before two of her "Garden District" prints, which she donated to assist the LCWG in their fund raising efforts.
The Center acknowledges their grateful appreciation:
The artist at the Thibodaux, Louisiana Chapter of the Mad Hatters, during their 14th Annual "All Glamour & Glitz" fund raiser for local charities. Also pictured is one of the many patrons who bid on Susan's "Garden District" prints, which were offered to the club to assist their fund raising efforts.
Note of thanks from the Junior Auxiliary of Houma for the artist's participation as an art exhibitor in their fundraiser for children's causes:
Artist donated this print to a fundraiser for Hope For Animals. It brought in the 2nd highest bid level of the evening.
Medical Research Career
EDUCATION
Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana
1973-1976 Degree: Bachelor of Science in Chemistry magna cum laude
Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
1977-1979 Degree: Master of Science in Pathology (Clinical Chemistry)
ORGANIZATIONS / HONORS
Authored 30 scientific journal publications
American Association of Clinical Chemistry
National Association of Clinical Biochemistry
Southern Graphics Council
American Print Alliance
Kappa Pi International Honorary Art Fraternity
2004 57th American Color Print Society Members Exhibition - the Dorothy
and Hugh Hutton Award in Intaglio
2002 49th Annual National Color Print Society Exhibition - Honorable Mention
Nicholls State University Art Department
First Place in Printmaking - 1995
Special Merit Award in Drawing -1993
Nicholls State University Alumni Board of Directors 2005, 2006
Louisiana Watercolor Society Annual Show - 2003 - 1st place
Appointed by Governor Kathleen Blanco - Bayou Region Louisiana Women Leaders
2005
International Watercolor Society
2006 62nd American Color Print Society Members Exhibition - the Jeanne
Claire Memorial Award for Etching
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Florida
Printmakers, Univ. of Miami, Coral Gables.
Public Collections
Lafayette General Hospital extended care facility - Lafayette, LA
William Ferguson - Santa Cruz, California
Louisiana State Archives - Baton Rouge, Louisiana
New Orleans Historic Collection - NO, LA Lafayette City Club - Lafayette, LA
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center - Thibodaux, LA
Art Reviews & Announcements
The NAVIGATOR July 2000
The Houma Daily Courier 7/20/2000, 3/22/2004
GUMBO entertainment guide August 2000, November 2002
The Daily Comet 8/11/2000, 3/22/2004
Works on Paper 2001 exhibition catalog
The Grapevine August 2001, October 2002
The Houma Daily Courier August 30, 2001
Cultural Canvas August-October 2001
National Juried Print Exhibit 2002, Sumei exhibition catalog
Book Arts 2002 at Bright Hill Center exhibition catalog
Womens Action Network: womensactionnetwork.com is a project that helps build support for women in the arts. This project is a database of contemporary art and creative actions, which seeks to support individual women artists and those engaged in creative fields
"Awesome Art in Autumn Gardens" , Arts and Cultural Festival, October 11-12, 2008 at Houmas House Plantation, "Most Creative" Award Winner
Additional Training
Chen Yang-Chun Eastern Watercolor Techniques Course, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts (Gatlinburg, TN) - July, 1995
Studio One, Steve Perkins Sculpting the Human Figure Course (Gray, LA) - August, 2000
Japanese Sumi Painting Classes, Jae Levy (Covington, LA) - April-May, 2001
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Jennifer Nuss & Tomas Vu-Daniel, Printmaking & Book Arts (Snowmass, CO) - July, 2001
Abbey Art Works, John Malveto Realistic Drawing (Saint Benedict, LA), September, 2003
Katherine Chang Liu, Louisiana Watercolor Society Workshop, (New Orleans, LA) April 2003
Alan Flattmann, Portrait Painting & Drawing with Pastels, (Saint Joseph Abbey, Saint Benedict, LA) - February 2004
Michael del Priore, Fundamentals of Portraiture (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) - February 2005
Paul Jackson, Louisiana Watercolor Society Workshop (New Orleans, LA) - April 2005
Gary Chapman, "Unlocking the Secrets to Painting with Oils", Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts (Gatlinburg, TN) June 2006
Judy Morris, Louisiana Watercolor Society Workshop (New Orleans, LA) - April 2007
Contact Address: 602 E 1st St., Thibodaux, LA 70301
E-Mail Address: susan70301@yahoo.com
