ARTIST STATEMENT
What work do I do?
I am communicating and listening. My visual art work encompasses artistry in paper & book arts – mostly through art journals, visual diaries or sketchbooks. This includes a love of ephemera assemblage, mixed media, and collage. Most of my work involves a growing and heavy use of paper, graphic images, and transitory written and printed matter used to assemble new images with reinvented meanings. I like reusing found, discarded, or overlooked items. My professional arts concentration is in the area of art writing, design, consulting, and coaching. My personal goals and aspirations are ones of communication, exploration, and developing new motivations for an audience. Lately, this has been manifested through progressive (feminist) art, global women’s issues, and creative empowerment themes. I also have a keen interest in the public arts arena and outsider or visionary art. In 2006, I founded a full service professional arts advisory firm within the metropolitan DC area and then relocated that practice to Southwest Florida in 2011.
How?
I make decisions based on mood, color, and composition. I often collect pieces of mixed media, ephemera, collages, photographs, printed matter, and various papers for months on end. When an idea has solidified, I go searching for items previously put aside. I compile the items, intuit the design for the message I want to convey, and then I define the whole lot with interwoven language and visual meaning. As life has holes, I am seeking not only to show a finished work, but to accept the space between each component and to accentuate it. I select materials based on layered texture, meaning, and color in spurts. My techniques are rough, experimental, and constantly changing. I try new adhesive methods, new windowing methods, and new incorporations of small accent items. Themes I focus on include matters of the heart; following one’s heart, listening to one’s inner voice, and being true to one’s self. Many works end up having a cultural, political, or social sub-message. Overall, I have learned to embrace the fact that I am a big systems thinker; a true analyst. I am always trying to make a whole out of the sum of parts; always trying to find larger meaning for myself and others. I am constantly amazed at how subjects, people, and events intersect in unusual and unexpected ways.
Why?
I didn’t plug in to the energy embedded in happy childhood memories involving art until I reached my early forties. My then college-aged daughter left to reside in the big city. Suddenly alone in my empty-nest syndrome, I spent a great deal of time trying to figure out who I had become, who I had been, and what there was left to love. My current work grows out of these rediscovery experiences and the new journey of being mom to a change-of-life son born in 2007. I am still exploring how all the pieces come together – attempting to make sense out of the past and make a statement, a map of sorts, a personal geography for a new future. I am challenged to find the medium, the artistic expression, or the venue for half a life lived without a dedicated focus on art and faith. At times, the ideas feel like they are streaming river-fast as if some gate has been opened, yet I still worry there isn’t enough time to realize them all! I am self-taught, I am emerging, and I want to communicate with art-loving others (figuratively and literally).
ARTIST RESUME
(note: This document last updated Sept 2011 – next scheduled update late Jan 2012. This document is also intended to serve as a representation of my arts advisory and working artist experience, I hold a host of professional experience not shown here. )
shauna lee lange
Port Charlotte, FL 33952
941.875.9090 – direct
more art is more love
summary
Visionary arts administrator and advisor. Creative director with over six years formal experience in the arts industries (primarily visual arts). A working and exhibiting self-taught artist and educator. Driven arts advocate, speaker and proponent. Holds a 15-year business and regulatory background in systems project management and program analysis for the U.S. Government and military (U.S. Navy Veteran). Accomplished ability to interact with a variety of stakeholder interests in highly organized and descriptive materials. Depth and breadth in managing a broad range of arts, media and institutional demands. Licensed Florida Auction House business in art, antiques & collectibles and appraisals.
talents
Founder, Shauna Lee Lange Studios / Arts Advisory
Radio & Internet Broadcasting Personality, KONK Broadcasting Network, Key West, FL
Founder, Creative Art Consultants (International Linked-In Arts Organization)
Founder, The Center for Lovingly Used Art Supplies (CLUAS)
Arts Writer – Editor, Idea Generator, Art Criticism, Artistic Creator, Designer
Large Scale Public Art – Proposal, Design and Installations
Research and Analysis – Quantitative, Qualitative, Appraisals & Valuation
Project Management – Quality Assurance, Quality Control & Contract Review
Strategic Planning – Systems Thinking, , Business Process Improvement, Time Management
Public Administration (Arts Concentration) – Foundation & Relationship Developer, Social Media Networking
Consensus Builder – Leader & Organizer, Communicator and Coach.
select public art installations
- September 2011. Los Alamos Next Big Idea: Festival of Discovery, Invention and Innovation, Los Alamos, NM Commerce and Development Corporation. Compulsion to Draw Circles Series.
- March 2010. Art Whino, National Harbor, MD & Crystal City, VA Business Improvement District. “G40”.
- November 2009. DC Takoma Park Metro Underpass, Takoma Park, MD & City of Washington, DC.
- September 2010 & September 2009. Nationals Baseball Stadium & Half-Street Corporation, Washington, DC.
- June 2009. Artomatic09, Washington, DC.
- September 2008. Chalk for Peace, Washington, DC.
- February to June 2008. Alexandria, VA City Council Chambers. .
- January 2008. Crystal City, VA. Boeing Corporation. Crystal City Marriott Gateway/Marine Corps Marathon.
select group shows
- August 2011. The Art of Collage and Assemblage, Marnie Sheridan Gallery at Harpeth Hall School, Nashville, TN One mixed media collage featuring Bingo ephemera “Bingo”. Juror and Curator Marla Faith.
- July 2011. “Studio, Studio!”, online exhibition http://www.gitouttamyface.com and physical exhibition at Salt Creek Artworks in St. Petersburg, FL. Four original art studio photographs. Juror and Curator Sheree Rensel.
- June 2011. “Love: 10th Anniversary of the One Human Family”, The Studios of Key West, FL. Four mixed media art journaling collage pages featuring themes on the GLBT lifestyles.
- February 2010. 50/50 for Haiti, Del Ray, VA. Independent auction donation to raise funds for Haiti. Two large art journaling pieces depicting issues of faith and spirituality.
- January to March 2010. United States Department of Transportation Sloan Gallery,Washington, DC. Four micro-circle series drawings depicting amorphous movement in transportation.
- December 2009. Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA. “Postcards”. Three micro-circle series drawings on 4×6 postcards.
- December 2009. Art House, Brooklyn, NY. “Sketchbook Library”. Multiple public museum & gallery exhibitions featuring “The Circles/Outside Myself” containing drawing & art journaling pen on paper.
- December 2009. Climate Gallery, Long Island, NY. “Die Zeit of Drawing”. Four micro-circle series drawings.
- October 2009. The Torpedo Factory & The Art Outlet, Alexandria, VA. “Third Annual Ofrenda: Day of the Dead”. Installation altar featuring “The God of My Art”, mixed media and “Lady Luck”, mixed media in a reverential altar. Juror Henrik Sundquist.
- August 2009. International Sketchbook Project, Global Internet. Participating art journalist. Curator Kenya Bevans.
- May 2009. APW Gallery, Long Island, NY. “Vinyl Records”. Four vintage chromolithograph collages on vinyl records. Penciled Renaissance Printers Blocks.
- February 2009. Del Ray Artisans, Del Ray, VA. “Nocturne: From Dawn to Dusk”. Two diptych collage works. Juror Seana Gallagher.
- January 2009. Pyramid Atlantic, Bethesda, MD & Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA. Three construction installations made from bound books demonstrating book arts, paper arts & sculpture. Juror Helen Frederick.
- December 2008. Art House Sketchbook Exchange, Atlanta, GA. “Everything You Know”. Multiple public museum and exhibition sites. A single bound journal featuring collage, book arts & paper arts.
- October 2008. Brooklyn Art Gym, Brooklyn, NY, “BKLYN: 111”. Color film photography of nature & still life.
- September 2008 & 2009. A Show of Hands, Del Ray, VA. Penciled renaissance Printers Blocks Series shown in 2008. In 2009, I exhibited handmade map journals and chromolithograph vintage collage.
- January 2008. NBC4, Washington Convention Center, Washington DC. “15th Annual Health & Fitness Exposition”, “2nd Annual DC Scene Artists Exposition”. Photography works in collaboration with Brooklyn’s Lauren Kelly Turnbull.
jury activities
- February 2010. The Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA. Independent Juror for the 2010 Open Exhibition.
- October 2009. The Art League, Alexandria, VA. Independent Juror for the 2011 Solo Show Awards.
- September 2009. The Soundry, Vienna, VA. Group Jurist for the “12 Angry Women” selection of male artists.
- December 2008/January 2009. Friends of the Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA. Independent Juror for the 2009 Artist of the Year Award.
- November 2008. Torpedo Art Factory, Alexandria, VA. “Cultivate Your Taste For Art: Establishing an Art Collection. Presenter with Philippa Hughes and Suzanna Parnin.
- October 2008. Americans for the Arts & Vander Zee School of Painting. Panel on Creative Inspiration with multiple presenters.
- October 2008. Americans for the Arts & Vander Zee School of Painting. Panel on Sources of Creativity with multiple presenters.
- October 2008. Americans for the Arts & Art Whino. Panel presenter on Low Brow vs. High Brow Art with JimBot.
foundational development
- 2010. Combined Federal Campaign. Silent Auction contributing artist.
- December 2009. Downtown Baptist Church, Alexandria, VA. Prepared individual Christmas ornaments for over 300 guests.
- December 2009. Holloway Ventures, Washington, DC. Board Member.
- November 2009. Alexandria, VA Housing Association. Contributing Artist.
- August 2009. Habitat Galleries, McLean, VA. Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Fundraiser. Contributing Artist.
- December 2008. Vander Zee Foundation Holiday Event. Gala Consultant & Planning Committee Chair.
- December 2008. Service Members Legal Defense Networks. Washington, DC National Dinner & Charity Auction.
- February 2008. 41st Annual Art League Patrons’ Show Fundraiser, Alexandria, VA. Quadruplet original color nature photography.
select writing & public relations activities
- October 2009. Cloth, Paper, Scissors STUDIOS Magazine. Featured Studio & Interview of Shauna Lee Lange.
- June 2009. Voice of America. Radio Broadcast Interview on the importance of painter C. M. Dupre.
- 2006. USDA Graduate School, Washington, DC. Technical Editing.
- 2006. Plain Language Collaborative Writing.
- 2006 – 2010. Mid Atlantic Arts News/Daily Campello. Contributing Writer under Editor Lenny Campello.
- 2006 – Present. Shauna Lee Lange Arts Advisory. Website and Blog. Various contributing articles to independent art sites.
- 2005. Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI. Report: State of American Public Art & Culture Museums.
- 2005 and Prior – Sun Chronicle Newspapers, Attleboro, MA. Contributing Feature Writer on arts & humanities.
- 2004. Veteran’s Administration, Washington, DC. Report Writing.
education
- 2011 Florida Auctioneers Academy. Auction House Business License/Florida Department of Business Regulation.
- 2008 New York Art Expo. Collector Development Certifications. Various Art History and Art Appreciation Certificates.
- U.S. Department of Justice. National Advocacy Center for Law and Justice, Columbus, SC – Freedom of Information/Privacy Act.
- Rhode Island School of Design. Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practices.
- Graduate School U.S.D.A. Federal Executive Institute. Leadership Management Certification.
- Roger Williams University. Public Administration (Arts Management concentration).
- 1985 – 1990 U.S. Navy. Data Programming and Air Traffic Control.
other professional experience:
05/03 – 02/11 U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, DC
Information Resources Manager, Regulatory Analyst & Writer
Freedom of Information & Privacy Act Officer,
Transportation, Management, and Program Analyst
(Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration)
04/02 – 05/03 U.S. Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, AZ
Commercial Activities Manager OMB A-76 (Outsourcing),
Project Manager, Community Planning, Interservice
Agreements, Memorandums of Understanding
01/01 – 04/02 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Bedford, MA
Office of Inspector General, Auditor, Investigator,
Reports Writer, Analyst for Veterans Benefits Administration,
Veterans Health Administration and National Cemeteries
11/99 – 01/01 U.S. Department of Defense, Newport, RI
Business Reengineering Program Manager,
Commercial Activities Manager, Project Manager
Navy Education and Training Command
select professional memberships
2011. Key West, FL Chamber of Commerce.
2011. Key West, FL Business Guild.
2010. National Association of Professional Women.
2010. National Association of Professional Organizers.
2010. Alexandria, VA Chamber of Commerce.
2009. National Americans for the Arts.
2009. National Association of Investigative Sciences.
2008. Washington Project for the Arts.
