Cathryn R Leyland MFA
The Mansion at Strathmore,
North Bethesda, MD
Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head, NC
Bausch & Lomb Gallery, Rochester NY
Main Street Galleries, Kingston PA
Finger Lakes Gallery, Canandaigua NY
Memorial Art Gallery, Clothesline Exhibit, NY
ROCO Rochester Contemporary, NY
Hart 27 Gallery, Brockport NY.
Image City Photography Gallery, Rochester, NY
Shoe Factory, Rochester NY
RIT Rochester Institute of Technology, NY
City Center and Main Campus, NY
Wheaton College IL, Two-person exhibit,
painting acquired by Admissions Office.
EXHIBIT SPECIFICS
The Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, D.C. (MPSGS) Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature www.mpsgs.org
At The Mansion at Strathmore
North Bethesda, MD
Honorable Mention 2020
First place Acrylics 2024
Cider Painters of America
Annual International Exhibit
at Main Street Galleries in Kingston, PA.
Newbie Award 2020; CPA Small Award 2021; Objects Award 2022, Johnston & Johnston Law Offices Award #1 2023.
Sponsored Zephyr Award 2022-24
Seaside Art Gallery
Nags Head, NC seasideart.com
Annual miniature exhibit.
Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs NY
Invitational exhibit, workshops led, two-month artist residency, paintings and metalcraft sold, ongoing sales of prints.
Memorial Art Gallery, Annual Clothesline Arts Exhibit, Rochester NY https://mag.rochester.edu/
Bausch & Lomb Gallery invitational for ten large paintings, quarter year.
ROCO Annual Member exhibits with Day the Artist Spoke presentation; annual 6x6, juried exhibits.
Finger Lakes Gallery Canandaigua NY
Two-person exhibit.
Fundraisers -- Honeoye Falls 2019 for India Women's Centers, URMC graduate students' annual fundraiser, United Way/RIT Chairity Auction.
ACTIVITIES
MEDIA
Oil, watercolor, acrylic, gouache, collage, encaustic, stoneware handbuilt sculpture and wheel-thrown high-fire, fiber arts, wax sculpture, cast silver, brazed metals, solder, enameling, pastel drawing, graphite rendering, digital painting, fabric surface design.
Printmaking: Stone lithography, serigraphy, zinc plate etching, woodcut, gelatin plate,
linoleum,
ADJUDICATION
Genesee Valley Regional Media Fest, CCCSD arts scholarships, several years.
Short spurt adjudicating for Paul Fisher
AMi Juried Art Services.
GRANTS
Public Art through City of Rochester, NOTA, RCA/AGR, Sector 4 Development;
Public Art for ArtWalk, through Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester;
Bethel CF computer literacy: team-taught office software skills and pre-employment 2 yrs to underemployed/unemployed city residents.
WORKSHOPS
Main Street Arts multiple workshops in various art techniques
Genesee Valley Presbytery on church publicity
Bethel CF computer literacy classes
MPV community center, oversaw weekly Art&Noise sessions
Irondequoit Writer's Group presentation on illustrating books
Managed estate artwork of Doris M Carey. Coordinated appraisals, public and private sales, storage, gallery contacts.
2025
UPCOMING
Seaside Art Gallery
33rd International Miniature Art Show
May 2025, Nags Head, NC
The Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, D.C. (MPSGS)
92nd Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature
At The Mansion at Strathmore, Rockville MD.
Paintings 4x6" and under. Juried. (Member 2023+)
Cider Painters of America: 42nd Annual International Miniature Art Exhibit
Five paintings 3x5" and under. Member.
Sponsoring Zephyr Award for movement, wind.
www.ciderpainters.com
2024
Seaside Art Gallery
33rd International Miniature Art Show
May 2024, Nags Head, NC
The Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, D.C. (MPSGS)
91st Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature
At The Mansion at Strathmore, Rockville MD.
Paintings 4x6" and under. Juried. (Member 2023+)
*Awarded first place in acrylics category for Balkan Cafe.
Cider Painters of America: 41st Annual International Miniature Art Exhibit
Five paintings 3x5" and under. Member.
Sponsoring Zephyr Award for movement, wind.
2023
Studio in Hart 27 Gallery, 27 Market St., Brockport NY.
Openings First Fridays, Second Saturdays.
Seaside Art Gallery
32nd International Miniature Art Show May 2023, Nags Head, NC
The Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, D.C. (MPSGS)
90th Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature; At The Mansion at Strathmore, Rockville MD. Member 2023+
Two paintings 4x6" and under. Juried.
Cider Painters of America: 40th Annual International Miniature Art Exhibit
Five paintings 3x5" and under. Member.
*Johnston & Johnston Law Offices Award #1 for The House that Fred Built.
Sponsoring Zephyr Award for movement, wind.
2022
The Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, D.C. (MPSGS)
89th Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature; At The Mansion at Strathmore, Rockville MD. Juried. Three paintings 4x6" and under.
Seaside Art Gallery
31st International Miniature Art Show
Nags Head, NC. Three paintings 4x6"
Cider Painters of America: 39th Annual International Miniature Art Exhibit
Four acrylic paintings 3x5" and under.
Member. CPA "Objects" Award.
Initiated and sponsored Zephyr Award for movement, wind.
Opened Studio in Hart 27 Gallery
Brockport NY. hartgallery27.com
2021
The Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, D.C. (MPSGS)
88th Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature. At the Strathmore, Rockville MD.
Three paintings 4x6" and under. Juried.
Seaside Art Gallery
Nags Head, NC30th International Miniature Art Show, May 2021. Three acrylic and oil paintings 4x6.
Cider Painters of America: 38th Annual International Miniature Art Exhibit
Five paintings 3x5 and under. Member.
CPA Small Works /Nar Steel Award for "Young Sparrows"
Main Street Arts: Small Works 8th Annual
National Juried exhibit Nov. 2021
Clifton Springs, NY www.MainStreetArtsCS.org
ROCO: Last Year on Earth
Rochester Contemporary Gallery
March-May 8, 2021
Juried exhibit of Western & Central NY artists
137 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14604
ROCO Members Exhibit Dec.-Jan.
Exhibited painting in miniature.
RIT-United Way:
CHAIRity Auction
Donated painted chair to raise funds for Willow Center for Domestic Violence. Auction Feb 2021
2020
The year 2020 was difficult for artists, but I was graced with a Newbie Award for Cider Painters of America, Honorable Mention in Landscape, in the oldest and largest juried miniature art exhibit in the US: The Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers
Society of Washington, D.C. ( MPSGS ).
The Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, D.C. (MPSGS) 87th Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature
Exhibited 3 oil and acrylic paintings 4x6" and under.
Honorable Mention for oil, "Yellow Cassia"
www.mpsgs.org
Nov 22, 2020–Jan 9, 2021
At The Mansion at Strathmore
10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda, MD 20852
301-581-5109 Grosvenor-Strathmore Metro Stop
Cider Painters of America 37th Annual International Miniature Art Exhibit
Five paintings 3x5" and under.
Nov 15-Dec 20
Newbie Award for "Clematis at Tea". New Member.
Main Street Galleries, 370 Pierce St., Kingston PA 18704
Main Street Arts: 7th Annual Small Works Exhibition
National juried exhibition, 182 artists from 30 states.
Painting "Sequestered Swings II"
Ongoing prints, paintings, jewelry represented.
20 West Main Street, Clifton Springs, NY
www.MainStreetArtsCS.org
ROCO 30th Annual Members Exhibition
Dec 4, 2020 - Jan 09, 2021
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