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
| 2006-present | Free-lance web design — Tallahassee, Florida, and Bozeman, Montana |
| 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
| 2010 | My Alaska, Too -- with Gail Rubini and Conrad Gleber Permanent media installation in the Centerpoint West Building Lobby in Anchorage, Alaska I designed and programmed the interface with Flickr to present tagged photos of Alaska in an everchanging stream across six monitors. |
| 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 I designed and programmed a Flickr interface to present photos of the Delaware River as they are uploaded to Flickr albums and collections. |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2009 | "20th Annual Summer Showcase," a juried art exhibition at the Thomasville Cultural Center in Thomasville, Georgia |
| 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 – Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design, spring 2010 |
| 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
| CS5 | Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Flash |
| Web Design | HTML, CSS, 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, kayaking, skiing, photography |