About

Resume

Jennie Schut

Franklin, Tennessee 37064l(615) 400.9085

jennieschut71@gmail.com

www.jennieschutart.com   www.flyforward.org

Education

2013                     

Middle Tennessee State University – Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting

Professional Experience

2006-Present          

Founder and Owner, Fly Forward

Conducts creative and spiritual direction groups, as well as individual work, retreats, art events, maintains studio facility, facilitates website/blog, maintains social network and communications, bookkeeping and documentation, conducts leadership training, collaborates with other retreat leaders to facilitate creative and spiritual renewal in individuals.

2011-Present          

Private Art Tutor

Encaustic workshops conducted in my home studio

Worked in the Michael’s frame shop learning framing skills

Published book, Waking Up Grey: An Exploration of Creative Awakening, 2nd Edition, Franklin, Tennessee

2013                                    

Assistantship, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Assisted Professor Erin Anfinson in teaching an Encaustic painting workshop for one week on the Arrowmont campus

Break-out Workshop Leader, Conference on Focal Practices with Arthur Boers,  St. John’s Anglican Church, Franklin, Tennessee

2009-2011              

Speaker, Moms Together, Fellowship Bible Church, Brentwood, Tennessee

Published book, Waking Up Grey: A Leader’s Guide, Franklin, Tennessee

Speaker, Moms and More, Christ Presbyterian Church, Brentwood, Tennessee

Published book, Waking Up Grey: An Exploration of Creative Awakening,

Franklin, Tennessee

2008                     

Speaker, A Mom’s Heart, Christ Community Church, Franklin, Tennessee

Radio Guest, On The Homestretch, with Debbie Alan, Brentwood, Tennessee

2007                     

Speaker, A Mom’s Heart, Christ Community Church, Franklin, Tennessee

Solo Exhibitions

2017                     

The Figure, O’More College of Design, Franklin, Tennessee

A Plethora, Maryland Farms, Brentwood, Tennessee

2011-Present          

Commissions for private collections

2016                     

Solitude Solidified, StudioOneTwenty, Brentwood, Tennessee

2014                     

Collections, Ecco Salon on Main, Franklin, Tennessee

2013                                    

Facades, Michael Damico Frame and Art Gallery, Franklin, Tennessee

Flying Solo, The Heirloom Shop, Franklin, Tennessee

2012                                    

Transitional Reflections, Tennessee Art League, Nashville, Tennessee

Window Pains, The Good Cup Coffee House, Franklin, Tennessee

Group Exhibitions

2015                     

Artlightenment Arts and Film Festival, Nashville, Tennessee

Connections, Battleground Academy together with Arts Council of Williamson County, Franklin, Tennessee

2014                     

Artlightenment Arts and Film Festival, Nashville, Tennessee

Tennessee Art League juried show, Paul Polycarpou – Juror, Tennessee Art League, Nashville, Tennessee

2013                     

ArtLightenment Arts and Film Festival, Featured Visual Artist, Nashville, Tennessee

Art Comes Alive, Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, Ohio

Ouroboros: A Collective Exhibition of B.F.A. Candidates in Studio Art, Todd Art

Gallery, Murfreesboro Tennessee

Student Art Alliance student juried show, Emily Harper Beard – Juror, Todd Art

Gallery, Murfreesboro, Tennessee

C3 Arts Conference, St. George’s Episcopal Church, Nashville, Tennessee

2012                     

Tennessee Art League, Nashville, Tennessee

Merging of the Arts Gallery, Franklin, Tennessee

Figuratively Speaking, Moxie Art and Supply, Murfreesboro, Tennessee

2011                     

Student Art Alliance student juried show, Terry Thacker – Juror, Murphy

Center, Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Awards

2013                     

Best in Show, ArtLightenment Arts and Film Festival, Featured Visual Artist, Nashville, Tennessee

Charles W. and Ola Belle Massey Memorial Art Scholarship, Middle Tennessee State University Department of Art, Murfreesboro, Tennessee

2009-2012              

Received annual Vision Scholarship, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee

2011                     

Diversity Completion Scholarship, Middle Tennessee State University,

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Publications

2014                                    

Blink, Your Art Resource, 2015, Cincinnati, Ohio

CIVA Sourcebook, Wenham, Massachusetts

2013                     

Nashville Arts Magazine, November Issue, Nashville, Tennessee

2012                     

Transitory Rachel and Moving or Firmly Planted?, published in Collage: A Journal of Creative Expression, Fall Volume, Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Reflecting Maggie, published in Collage: A Journal of Creative Expression, Spring

Volume, Murfreesboro, Tennessee

2010                     

Haitian Boy, published in Collage: A Journal of Creative Expression, Fall Volume,

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Organizations

Williamson County Arts Council, Franklin, Tennessee

Pinnacle Honor Society of MTSU, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, Tennessee

References

Charlie Peacock, Director of Contemporary Music at Lipscomb University School of Music, Nashville, Tennessee

Professor Sisavanh Houghton, Department of Art, Middle Tennessee State

University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Houghton@mtsu.edu

Associate Professor Erin Anfinson, Department of Art, Middle Tennessee State

University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, (615) 668-6166 – mobile

Wayne Brezinka, Brezinka Design Company, Nashville, Tennessee,

wayne@brezinkadesign.com 

Elizabeth Davis, Gallery Director, Art Design Consultants, ADC Inc., Cincinnati,

Ohio, elizabeth@blinkartresource.com 

Nathaniel Mather, Visual Artist, Nashville, Tennessee, Nathanielmatherart@gmail.com,  (615)306-9994