Jan Crooker
jancrooker@hotmail.com
Education
• M.F.A. Penn State University
• B.A.Ed. Toledo University
Solo Shows
• Lousia Gonser Library, Kutztown, PA 2006
• Moravian College, PA, 2005
• Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth, DE, 2005
Selected Shows and Awards
• The Natural World, Goggleworks, Reading PA, 2008
• Snow Hill Paintout Show, Bishop's Stock Gallery, Snow Hill MD, 2008
• Tea Show, Ambre Gallery, Bethlehem, PA, 2008
• Scenes of the Schuylkill, Montgomery Community College, 2007 (Award)
• Moravian Women, Moravian College, PA, 2007 (Painting Award)
• Alfresco Paint Out, Kutztown, PA 2007 (Third Place)
• Fine Arts Finalist in Modern Postcard Spotlight Award 2007
• Havre de Grace Plein Air Paint Out, Havre de Grace, MD, 2007
• Northeastern PA Regional, University of Scranton, Hope Horn Gallery, 2006
• Serious Business Invitational, Fowler Center NCC Campus, Bethlehem, PA, 2006
• Rehoboth Art League Paint Out, Rehoboth Beach, DE, 2006 (Third Place)
• Cheltenham Arts Center 64th Juried Painting Show, Cheltenham, PA 2006
• New Arts Program Salon Invitational, Kutztown, PA 2006, 2007, 2008
• The Art of the Flower, Philadelphia Sketch Club Juried Show, Philadelphia, PA, 2006
• Northeastern PA Regional Art, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA 2004
• Lehigh Valley Art Alliance Spring Show, Bethlehem PA, 2004 (Honorable mention)
• Moravian Women, Moravian College, PA, 2003 (Painting Award)
Media
2008 • Work selected for published calendar, Scenes of the Schuylkill
2007 • One of five finalists in Modern Postcard's Spotlight Awards. Five pieces of work featured on
Modern Postcard website
2007 • Artist of the week in "Buzz" online e magazine July 11-19, 2007
2007 • Interview in Baltimore Examiner, August 4, 2007
2007 • Article and photo in Kutztown Area Patriot, May 24,2007
2006 • Work selected for the cover of "Flatworks" art show |