dingbat barBeth 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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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.

 

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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

 

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Technical Competence

CS3Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash
Web DesignHTML, CSS, Dreamweaver, PHP, JavaScript
Hand LetteringBroad-edge, pointed pen, and brush styles
AnimationFinal Cut, Apple Motion

 

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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

 

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Other Interests

Piano accompaniment, reading, photography