Lynette Miller received her MFA in Photography from SUNY Buffalo, taught darkroom photography at Niagara University and digital photography at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College. Her work explores alternative, innovative ways of creating and conceptualizing art, and has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. Her studio is in Black Mountain, NC.
Education
M.F.A. State University of NY at Buffalo, Photography/Printmaking,
B.F.A. State University of NY at Buffalo, Photography (cum laude)
Workshops - Color Photography Workshop with John Pfahl, SUNY Buffalo
Non-silver Photo Processes with Martha Madigan, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, New York
Professional Experience
2017 -
Instructor, McDowell Technical Community College, Marion,NC
2006 - 2015
Instructor, A-B Tech, Asheville
Visiting Instructor, Western Carolina University
Curatorial Experience
2019
2011- present
Member of the C.E.P.A. Gallery Board of Directors, Buffalo, New York
C.E.P.A. is a non-profit gallery dedicated to the exploration of the photographic arts, and supported by the NEA and NYSCA.
2017 Director's Award, Surreal Photography, Passporte Gallery
2009 Solo Award – Photography Unlimited 4 (Spring 2012) Foundry Art Center, St. Charles, MO
2005 Regional Artist Project Grant, Asheville Area Arts Council
1997 Niagara University, Recipient of Excellence in Teaching Award
1990
Bibliography
Education
M.F.A. State University of NY at Buffalo, Photography/Printmaking,
B.F.A. State University of NY at Buffalo, Photography (cum laude)
Workshops - Color Photography Workshop with John Pfahl, SUNY Buffalo
Non-silver Photo Processes with Martha Madigan, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, New York
Professional Experience
2017 -
Instructor, McDowell Technical Community College, Marion,NC
- History of Photography
2006 - 2015
Instructor, A-B Tech, Asheville
- Digital Photography I
- Digital Photography II
- Photography Appreciation
- Portfolio/Professional Development
Visiting Instructor, Western Carolina University
- Capstone Portfolio Course
- Gallery Director, Front Gallery, Asheville Area Arts Council,
- Adjunct Professor/Niagara University, Communication Studies Department, Niagara University, NY
Curatorial Experience
2019
- Juror, Knoxville Photo 2019 Exhibition, Knoxville, TN
- Curator, Smart Art: Images From the Digital Universe Exhibition, Upstairs Gallery, Tryon NC
- Annual Members Show, Artists Roundtable
- Underground Art Show, Arts2People
- Artists Roundtable Members Show
2011- present
- Coordinator and participant of World Pinhole Photography Day, Black Mountain Center for the Arts
- Pinhole Workshop for North Carolina Art Education Association,
- Professional Development Conference Co-chair, Asheville, NC
- Coordinator and participant of World Pinhole Photography Day, Asheville Area Arts Council (2008, 2009, 2010)
- Continuing Board member and Secretary of the Asheville Area Arts Council (AAAC)
- Scholarship Chair, Artists RoundTable
- Coordinator of the Artist’s Relief Fund Benefit
- Board member of the Asheville Area Arts Council (AAAC)
- Vice-Chair of the Artist’s Roundtable
- Board member of the Asheville Area Arts Council (AAAC)
- Member of the Artist’s Seminar Series Committee
- Panelist, Artist’s Roundtable Scholarship Committee
- Member of the AAAC Artist’s Roundtable, Scholarship Fund Chair
- Board member of the Asheville Area Arts Council
- Panelist of the AAAC Grants Committee
- Instrumental in the initial planning and implementation of AAAC Artist’s Seminar Series, an annual three-session educational series addressing professional development for the arts community
Member of the C.E.P.A. Gallery Board of Directors, Buffalo, New York
C.E.P.A. is a non-profit gallery dedicated to the exploration of the photographic arts, and supported by the NEA and NYSCA.
- Served as Interim Executive Director, 1993
- Board President 1992-1994
- Co-chaired C.E.P.A.’s first Bi-annual Auction Fundraiser which included event planning, auction catalog publication and training of volunteers
- New York State Foundation for the Arts Photography Panelist
2017 Director's Award, Surreal Photography, Passporte Gallery
2009 Solo Award – Photography Unlimited 4 (Spring 2012) Foundry Art Center, St. Charles, MO
2005 Regional Artist Project Grant, Asheville Area Arts Council
1997 Niagara University, Recipient of Excellence in Teaching Award
1990
- Award for Artistic Excellence, Niagara Frontier Art Exhibit, Kenan Center, Lockport, NY
- Citibank Award, 43rd Annual Western New York Exhibition Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Bibliography
- Asheville Citizen-Times, Artist Portfolio September 26, 2010
- Tech Talk,Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, November 2009
- Nisker, Dr. Jeff (editor) The Healthy Embryo, Cambridge University Press, 2009, book cover design
- Taylor, Janelle, Public Life of the Fetal Sonogram, Rutgers University Press, 2008, book cover design
- Connie Bostic, “Artists Roundtable Show 2008”, Mountain Express, January 2008, Asheville, NC
- Asheville Citizen-Times, photograph, Asheville, NC, November 28, 2004
- Arlene Winkler, interview, Western Carolina Woman, November 2004, Asheville, NC
- Connie Bostic, “Roads Taken and Not Taken”, Mountain Express, October 27, 2004, Asheville, NC