Beth Lee
6950 bradfordville road • tallahassee, florida 32309-1804
phone: (850) 893-8846 • e-mail: callibeth@callibeth.com • website: www.callibeth.com
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Professional Art & Graphic Design Experience
| 1983-present | Free-lance calligrapher, book artist and graphic designer — Tallahassee, Florida, and Bozeman, Montana |
Selected Solo Exhibitions
| 2005 | "Tallahassee" Exhibition — Tallahassee Little Theatre, Tallahassee, Florida |
| 2004 | "Still Life with Letters" — Thomasville Cultural Center, Thomasville, Georgia |
| 2000 | "Painting Speech" — Tallahassee Little Theatre, Tallahassee, Florida |
Selected Digital Media Exhibitions
| 2009 | "RiversProject::Delaware" — with Gail Rubini and Conrad Gleber 6/6-7/3 — Digit07, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance Gallery, Narrowburg, NY 11/6-12/6 — Ideas09: Arts at the Digital Edge, Ball State University Museum of Art, Muncie, IN |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2009 | "Student Book Works," a juried book arts exhibit — Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, Colorado |
| 2009 | "Maternal Legends," a juried book arts exhibit — 123 Sandy Gallery, Portland, Oregon |
| 2008 | "Feathers, Fins & Foliage", curatorial work — LeMoyne Center for the Arts, Tallahassee, Florida |
| 2007 | "Creative Tallahassee" – 2nd prize — City Hall, Tallahassee, Florida |
| 2003 | "Exhibition of Artist Books" — Thomasville Cultural Center, Thomasville, Georgia |
| 1995 | "Master Calligraphers' Juried Exhibition" —Juror's choice — Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville |
| 1995 | "Calligraphy: A Master's Class of Lettering" — Juror's choice — LeMoyne Art Foundation, Tallahassee |
Exhibitions Curator
| 2008 | "Feathers, Fins & Foliage", co-curator — LeMoyne Center for the Arts, Tallahassee, Florida |
| 2002 | "Manual Transmission", co-curator — 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida |
| 1997-2002 | Six Internet artist book swaps — some I hosted, some I participated in, and some I showcased on my website for the participants. |
Education
| 2007-present | Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida – currently pursuing a BFA |
| 2006-2007 | FSU Webmaster Certification Program — Tallahassee, Florida |
| 1983–2006 | More than 20 week-long workshops around the country on book arts, and a year-long master class taught by Reggie Ezell in Jacksonville, Florida |
Technical Competence
| CS3 | Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash |
| Web Design | HTML, CSS, Dreamweaver, PHP, JavaScript |
| Hand Lettering | Broad-edge, pointed pen, and brush styles |
| Animation | Final Cut, Apple Motion |
Professional Affiliations
| Council on Culture & Arts (COCA) for Tallahassee/Leon County |
| Association for the Calligraphic Arts –international organization for calligraphy guilds and calligraphers |
| Guild of BookWorkers (GBW) – national organization for book artists |
Other Interests
| Piano accompaniment, reading, photography |