Margaret Owen Mellott (1923-2018)Fort Worth artist, Margaret Owen Mellott attained a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1946. She studied under Yashuo Kuniyoshi and Robert Beverly Hale at the Arts Student League of New York in New York City and subsequently undertook graduate studies at Colorado Springs-Fine Arts Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Mellott continued refining her technique with summer studies in 1972 and 1974 at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio.Margaret's professional experience includes instruction and graduate level teaching at U.C.L.A., Sul Ross State College in Alpine, TX, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, TX, the Houston Settlement Association in Houston, TX and as the Art Librarian at the University of Texas in Austin, TX. Her professional affiliations include participation in the Art Education Conference on Teaching and Learning in 2000 conducted by the Fort Worth Independent School District and Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, TX, being a charter member of the Contemporary Art Center of Fort Worth and serves as a Board Member for the Committee for an Artists' Center in Fort Worth, TX. Mellott's work has been shown extensively in solo exhibitions, most recently including Cedar Valley Community College, Lancaster, Texas, 2005; Art on Site shown at various schools throughout Fort Worth, Texas, 2000-2003 and Templeton Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas, 1992. Additionally, Mellot's earlier solo exhibitions include Lowry Center, College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, 1971; Malone College, Canton, Ohio, 1966 and Gregory Gaines Gallery, Houston, Texas, 1953. The artwork of Margaret Mellott has been included in a number of group exhibitions, predominantly in Fort Worth and Arlington, TX. In 2006, her artwork was exhibited in "Fire and Ice" at the Arlington Museum of Art in Arlington, TX. She also participated in "Summer Vacation," Central Public Library Gallery, Fort Worth, TX, 2002; "Blue Skies," Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX, 2001; "Exchange 9," Wichita Falls Museum and Art Center, Wichita Falls, TX, 2000; "Artists in Monoprint," Tarrant County College, Southeast Campus, Arlington, TX, 1999 and "Three Artists," Tarrant County College, Northwest Campus, Fort Worth, TX, 1988.The award winning artist characterizes her own work as a reflection of her concern for the human condition. Through her art, she seeks to explore the inner realities of mankind's mind and spirit. EDUCATION1946 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, Austin, Texas: B.F.A. 1972,74 KENT STATE UNIVERSITY ART DEPARTMENT, Kent, Ohio 1953,54 U.C.L.A. ART DEPARTMENT, Los Angeles, California: Graduate Study1947 COLORADO SPRINGS-FINE ARTS CENTER, Colorado Springs, Colorado: Texas Fellowship1945-46 ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK, New York, New York: Student of Yashuo Kuniyoshi and Robert Beverly Hale1942-43 MUSEUM SCHOOL, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Houston, Texas SOLO EXHIBITIONS2013 David Dike Fine Art, Dallas, TX2005 Cedar Valley Community College Gallery, Lancaster, TX2000-03 "Art on Site," Camp Bowie Academy, McLean2003 Middle School, All Saints Episcopal School, Woodway Elementary School, Fort Worth, 1992 Templeton Art Center Fort Worth, TX1971 Lowry Center, College of Wooster, Wooster, OH 1966 Mallone College, Canton, OH1953 Gregory Gaines Gallery, Houston, TXGROUP INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS2014 Grackle Art Gallery, Fort Worth, TX. Curator: Ann Ekstrom2008 "Black and White," Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX2008 "Easl Art Heist," Art Space III, Fort Worth, TX2008 "Artists Against Aids," Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX2007 "Exchange 9," Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX2007 "Timeless: A Retrospective of Selected Women Artists of Texas, 1940 to Present," David Dike Fine Art, Dallas, TX; William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, TX; Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Wichita Falls, TX2006 "Fire and Ice," Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX 2005 The Gallery at The Frame Up, Fort Worth, TX 2005 Preservation is the Art of the City, Fort Worth Public Library Gallery, Fort Worth, TX2004 Artists Against Aids, Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX2004 Preservation is the Art of the City, Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX; Awards selected by Margaret Blagg (award)2003 "Exchange 9," Fort Worth Central Public Library Gallery, Fort Worth, TX Work selected by Jim Malone2002 "Summer Vacation," Central Public Library Gallery, Fort Worth, TX2002 "Blue Skies," Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX2001 "Exchange 9," Wichita Falls Museum and Art Center, Wichita Falls, TX 1999 "Artists in Monoprint," Tarrant County College, Southeast Campus, Arlington, TX1988 "Three Artists," Tarrant County College, Northwest Campus, Fort Worth, TX SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS1998, EXPO '98, 500x Gallery, Dallas, Texas. Juror: Edmond P. Pillsbury1998, EXCHANGE 9, LES NEUF FEMMES, CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER OF FORT WORTH, Fort Worth, Texas. Selected by Ed and Linda Blackburn1996, TEMPLETON ART CENTER MEMBERSHIP COMPETITION, Fort Worth, Texas. Juror: Chris Goebel (award)1993, TEMPLETON ART CENTER MEMBERSHIP COMPETITION, Fort Worth, Texas. Juror: Mark Thistlethwaite (award)1991, NATIONAL SPRING OPEN EXHIBITION: Texas Visual Arts Association. Trammell Crow Center, Dallas, Texas. Juror: Dr. Annegreth Nill1990, WOMEN OF WORTH, YWCA, Fort Worth, Texas. Jurors: David Conn, Paulette Booth, George Hallmark, Jan Muhlert, Tiffany Russell1989, WINTERFEST FINE ARTS COMPETITION, Texas and bordering states, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas. Jurors: Julie Bozzi and Hung Liu 1989, DREAMSPACE, Group Exhibition of Texas Artists, Sundance Square, Fort Worth, Texas. Curator: Julie Phillips-Seymour1988, ANNUAL CAC COMPETITION, Committee for an Artists' Center, Fort Worth, Texas. Juror: Vernon Fisher1988, FIRST 10-COUNTY ANNUAL ART EXHIBIT, Tarrant County Junior College, Fort Worth, Texas. Juror: Eugene Binder (award)1987, ANNUAL CAC COMPETITION, Committee for an Artists' Center, Fort Worth, Texas. Juror: David Hickey (award)1987, MAIN STREET ARTS FESTIVAL, Knights of Pythias Building, Fort Worth, Texas. Jurors: Bill Runyon and Mark Thistlethwaite (award)1987, NEW AMERICAN TALENT 1987, Texas Fine Arts Association, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas. Juror: Ned Rifkin1986, TEXAS FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION REGIONAL EXHIBIT, Tarrant County Junior College, Fort Worth, Texas. Juror: Susan Harrington (award)1986, CURRENT VISIONS II, Germanow Gallery, Rochester, New York. Juror:1977, ANNUAL HALLINAN-NEWMAN RELIGIOUS ART SHOW, Hallinan Center, Cleveland, Ohio1974-75, ANNUAL MAY SHOW, The Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield Ohio1974, 1966, OHIO ARTISTS AND CRAFTSMAN SHOW, The Massillon Museum, Massillon, Ohio1973, OHIO FINE ARTS EXHIBITION, The Massillon Museum, Massillon, Ohio1973, THREE ARTISTS, Lynn Kottler Gallery, New York, New York 1971, ANNUAL SPRING SHOW, Akron Art Institute, Akron, Ohio1965, 1968, 1970, ANNUAL MAY SHOW, Mansfield Fine Arts Guild, Mansfield, Ohio (award)1965, 1968, 1970, ANNUAL NEWMAN RELIGIOUS ART SHOW, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio (award)1965, 1967-68, ANNUAL FALL SHOW, Canton Art Institute, Canton, Ohio1963-64, ANNUAL EXHIBIT, Wooster Guild of Arts and Crafts, Wooster Community Center, Wooster, Ohio (award)1952, 27TH HOUSTON ARTISTS EXHIBITION, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas (award)1950-51, ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF TEXAS PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, Museum of Fine Arts of Houston, Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts1949, 1951, HOUSTON ARTISTS ANNUAL EXHIBIT, Museum of Fine Arts of Houston, Houston, Texas (award)1947, TEXAS GENERAL EXHIBIT, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, Museum of Fine Arts of Houston1947, HOUSTON ARTISTS ANNUAL EXHIBITION, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas (award)1946, TEXAS FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP EXHIBIT, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas (award)PRIVATE COLLECTIONS AND COMMISSIONSEstate of Flora Armitage, New York, New YorkDr. J.R. 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