HELEN SUSAN HOLMAN
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION
1988 Louisiana State License in Art Education K-12 Grades, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1988 Licensed State Evaluation for Visual Arts, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1987 Master of Fine Arts (Sculpture), Full Fellowship and Teaching Assistantship, Tulane
University, New Orleans, Louisiana
1972-73 Radford College, Bachelor of Arts (Art Education), Radford, Virginia
1971-72 Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
1970-71 University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
1969-70 University of Maryland, Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy), Munich, Germany
1968-69 Schiller College, Kleiningersheim, Germany
1967 Goethe Institute, Certificate of Language, Graffing, Germany
1967-68 University of Maryland, Munich, Germany
1966-67 Radford College, Radford, Virginia
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE – ART EDUCATOR
1988 – 2018 Art Instructor, Lusher Charter School, New Orleans, Louisiana
1988 – 2018 Talented in the Visual Arts Instructor, New Orleans, Louisiana
1994-2000 Art Director, The Center for Development and Learning, Covington, Louisiana
1994-2000 Instructor, The Center for Development and Learning, Covington, Louisiana
1988 Art Instructor, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
1985-1987 Sculpture Instructor Teaching Assistantship, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
1980 Art Instructor, Psychiatric Institute of Washington, Washington, D.C.
TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE – 3 DIMENSIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS
DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS – Experience in a variety of materials, methods, and techniques (including bronze, cement, clay, paper, fiberglass, wood, and paper mache’)
TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE – 2 DIMENSIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS
DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS – Experience in a variety of materials and methods, and techniques (including still life, life drawing, charcoal, pastels and pe
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE – COMMERCIAL ARTIST
Art Director and Coordinator The Center for Development and Learning
Designed, directed and implemented the art program at The Center for Development and Learning. Directed
a three-year grant that was funded with a budget of $75,000, which was designed to use art as a vehicle to
reach at-risk students. Worked with five schools within five parishes, consisting of 225 students, and
managed a staff of two assistants and fifteen teacher aids. Responsible for creating the overall concept of the
“Smart Art” program and the curriculum of instruction, teaching 165 classes, managing the budget, and
dissemination of moneys. Arranged and coordinated three exhibitions at The Contemporary Art Center, and
one exhibit at The J. Paul Getty Institute for Education at Loyola University. The program was presented at
two national conferences. I was the recipient of two awards in two consecutive years by The National
Endowment for the Arts and the Presidents Committee on the Arts. The completed work over the course of
three years consisted of the creation of 75 life-size sculptures, five 12-foot totem poles, and five 8-foot
stained glass, self-standing windows. All of the sculptures are now permanently displayed in schools.
Exhibit Specialist Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.
Nationally competitive permanent position working in conjunction with designers and curators in the
preparation and installation of exhibits, involving every aspect of two to three dimensional construction; silk
screening, graphics, photographic development, sculpting, painting, fabrication, framing and matting (60
shows, 2 years experience).
Sculptor Walt Disney/Hanna Barbera Productions
Created original sculptures ranging from architectural pieces to life-size human forms. Work included all
types of fabrication from mold-making, painting, model-making, fiberglass layout and construction.
Resident Sculptor B’Nai Brith, Washington, D.C.
Resident sculptor for project “Dolls for Democracy”. Tasks included producing busts of famous and notable
people and reproducing hundreds of individual castings for distribution internationally.
Designer 1984 World’s Fair, New Orleans, Louisiana
Co-created various designs and models from which the entranceway to the Fair was composed.
Sculptor Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.
Commissioned to sculpt pieces to be permanently displayed in the museum.
Film Art Director TNT Productions, Hollywood Talking Pictures – “The Redeemer” and “The Homecoming”
Co-Director of Staff for Props, Costumes, and Set Design departments for movie produced by TNT
Productions. Coordinator of set decoration and makeup. Also commissioned to produce the three-
dimensional special effects, including life-sized mannequin.
Producer National Anti-Nuclear March on Washington
Co-producer of pre-recorded segment aired on national television; handled all aspects of production ranging
from storyboard direction, script writing, and collaborating with camera crews and editing.
Producer/Designer United States Postal Service
Producer and Designer of national traveling slide show exhibit commissioned by the United States Postal
Service; worked with government officials, bringing their vision into a visual format. Designed storyboard,
developed visuals, including layout and production, coordinating all steps through to completion.
Makeup Designer Consultant Time Magazine, Washingtonian Magazine, BBC Arena Stage, Washington, D.C./Folger Theatre, Washington, D.C. Over a six-year period, designed original three-dimensional images used in primetime television, film, and theatre. Designed, executed, and gave instruction to clients and over 400 cast members. Worked closely with directors, lighting designers, and actors.
AWARDS AND GRANTS FOR FINE ARTS AND ART EDUCATION
• Who’s Who in American Education Awards 2010 and 2020
• The J. Paul Getty/Annenberg Award for Art Education, Washington, D.C., 2004
• Loyola University Art Teaching Grant, New Orleans, Louisiana 2001
• The J. Paul Getty/Annenburg Grant for Arts Education, Staff Artist/Educator, Lusher Elementary and Middle School. One of 6 grants awarded in the Southeastern United States. New Orleans, Louisiana 1997, 1999
• The National Endowment for the Arts and The President’s Committee on the Arts Award for “Children at Risk”, one of 50 programs chosen nationally as exemplary art programs. Washington, D.C., 1999
• Tulane University Southern Institute Educators’ Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana 1997
• Southern Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 1997
• The Center for Development and Learning, Covington, Louisiana, 1997
• Arts-Tourism Partnership Award, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1997
• Young at Art Association Art Grant, New Orleans, Louisiana 1996 and 1997
• Special Education Art Grant, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1996
• Tulane University Law School Art Grant, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1996
• John F. Kennedy Center Artists Conference, Lafayette, Louisiana 1995
• National Award Recipient (1 of 5 in country), Arts and Entertainment Educational National Video Competition, New York, New York, 1993
• National Finalist, National Endowment of the Arts (NAE), Arts Education Fellowship, Washington, D.C., 1993
• Louisiana Artist Roster, Governors’ six-year appointment, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1987-1993
• Full Fellowship in Sculpture and Teaching Assistantship in Sculpture, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1985
• Purchase Award: Juried Women’s Caucus of Art of 1984, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1984
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
• Louisiana Competition (917 pieces, 87 chosen), juried by Curator of New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, Louisiana Arts and Sciences Museum, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1987
• Metropolitan Museum and Arts Center, Coral Gables, Florida, 1986
• Fort Smith Center, Fort Smith, Arkansas, 1986
• Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences, Evansville, Indiana, 1986
• Karsl Art Center, St. Joseph, Michigan, 1986
• Whirlpool Corporation Juried Competition, traveling exhibit (14 state competitions, 1000 pieces, 47 chosen), Benton, Michigan, 1986
JURIED EXHIBITIONS/GROUP SHOWS/COMMISSION PIECES
• Hurricane Katrina Exhibit, New York, New York, 2007
• Southeastern Sculpture invitational Exhibition, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana 1996
• Eighth Juried Exhibition for Louisiana Women, Association of Women in the Arts, Hammond, Louisiana 1996
• By Herself, Juried Competition, Hanson Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana 1996
• The Seventh Exhibition of Louisiana Women Artists Juried Exhibition of 1994, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1994
• Sculptors of Louisiana Invitational Juried Exhibition, The New England Fine Arts Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, 1993
• State of Louisiana Juried Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana 1992
• “Four Plus Five” Masters Thesis Show, Academy Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1988
• “Neometix – The Second Year”, Windows Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana 1987
• New Orleans Women’s Caucus for Art Juried Exhibit, Satterlee, Mestayer and Freeman Law Firm, New Orleans, Louisiana 1987
• The Owl Gallery, San Francisco, California, 1986
• State of Louisiana Juried Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1985
• Summer Non-Affiliated Artists Juried Exhibit, Academy of Fine Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1984
• Un-Affiliated Artist Show, Aaron Hastings Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1984
• Nightscraper Show, Optima Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1984
• The National Juried Sculpture Competition of Washington, D.C., Washington, D.C., 1981
• The International Washington Armory Juried Art Exhibition, Washington, D.C., 1981
GALLERY REPRESENTATION & ONE-WOMAN SHOWS
• Venerable Neslage Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1992-1999 Gallery Representation
• Venerable Neslage Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1994
• Bronwen White Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1992
• Dashka Roth Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana 1990
COMMISSION WORKS
• Center for Development and Learning, Covington, Louisiana 1996
• Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana 1995
• B’Nai Brith, Washington, D.C., 1989
• 1984 World’s Fair, New Orleans, Louisiana 1984
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Assistant to Sculptor), New Orleans, Louisiana 1983
• Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. 1982
• King’s Dominion, Taft Broadcasting and Walt Disney, Boswell, Virginia 1980
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
• Plain Talk National Summit, C.D.L., New Orleans, Louisiana 1999
• The Getty Summer Institute, Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana 1998
• The Center for Development and Learning Culture, New Orleans, Louisiana 1998
• National Art Educators Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana 1997
• The Creative Ticket, Louisiana Alliance for the Arts, New Orleans, Louisiana 1997
• J. P. Getty Institute for the Arts, New Orleans, Louisiana 1997
MEDIA AND PUBLICATIONS
• “Portrait of a School: Healing Through the Arts”, Association of Childhood Educators International, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2007
• Times-Picayune Articles, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
• The Windows of the Soul, Channel 4 Television, New Orleans, Louisiana 1998
• The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, Louisiana 1990,1995, 1996, 1997
• The Learning Magazine, September/October 1996
• Families and Freedoms, Judy Beck Productions, New Orleans, Louisiana 1993
• Arts Council of New Orleans Publication, New Orleans, Louisiana 1989
• Art Logue, New Orleans, Louisiana 1989
• Stepping Out, New Orleans, Louisiana 1988
SHOWS AND AWARDS BY MS. HOLMAN’S STUDENTS
Google National Art Contest, 3 1st Place Winners, National Finalist, Black History Art Contest, NOCAP Art Contest, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Tulane University, Young at Art Contest, New Orleans Museum of Art – Art in Bloom, 9-11 Art Contest, Holocaust Museum – Wall of Remembrance; The National Endowment for the Arts, The President’s Committee on the Arts, Overture to the Cultural Season, The Contemporary Arts Center, J. P. Getty Arts in Education National Award, National Arts Educators Conference, Loyola University, Tulane Law School, Art Against AIDS, New Orleans Children’s Museum of Art, Arts Connection Poster Competition, Art on the Bus, Walt Disney Art Award, Monet and Friends at NOMA, B-97 Logo Contest Grand Prize Winner, Caring Institute, Teacher Grant Competition, Batman in the Park, NOPS at NOMA, Louisiana School Board Association Contest, Trash Art Museum, Art Attacks Show, National Safety Poster Contest, TAV Show, LASA Art Contest, Louisiana Start School Board Association Contest, New Orleans Special Arts Festival, NOMA Art Exhibit, New Orleans Christmas Competition
