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RELATED EXPERIENCE
Volunteer. Organizes and facilities internal and external events. This includes but is not limited to monthly and annual programming event: VAPAVERSARY, VSCS (vapa summer concert series), VAPTOBERFEST, The Holiday Crown Ball, Open Studios, and The Crown Party.
Present
2023
Temporary roles. Culture Blocks funding from ASC. Meets once a week. Instructing mono Gelli printing and cyanotypes.
2023
Present
Chair of Programming Committee
The VAPA Center
Art Teacher
The Light Factory
Arts Plus
McColl Center
Temporary Role. Teen and adult group classes. Each semester was six weeks meting for once a week. Taught beginner, intermediate, and advance painting techniques.
Temporary role. Worked along side Felicia Van Bork and hosted figure drawing sessions once a week.
2022 - 23
Art Teacher
The Arts and Empowerment Project
2022
Assistant Curator
Nine Eighteen Nine Studio Gallery
Temporary roles and volunteer. Facilitating curriculums for students ages 5 to 18. The Arts and Empowerment Project focuses on children and teens who have come from homes of violence or trauma.
2017 - 2020
Temporary roles and volunteer. Co-curating and assisting with art exhibitions in Raleigh, Highpoint, and Charlotte. Ms. Meikle also curated and hosted pop-up exhibitions with Nine Eighteen Nine Studio Gallery.
2018 - Present
Owner, Instructor, and Curator
Unorthodox Studios
Sole proprietor. Studio Gallery. Orchestrated marketing, finances, sublets, class instruction, lead curator in solo and group exhibitions, and class figure modeling.
Figure Modeling
Temporary roles. Figure modeling for artists at various studios, artists, and photographers.
2018 - 2019
Art Teacher
Noahs Art
Worked temporary roles. Created a full curriculum for ages 3 to 13, class size of about 15 to 30 children. Taught and hosted art classes, summer camp, and birthday parties.
2016 - 2017
Curator and Coordinator
Worked in temporary roles—curating and coordinating art exhibitions with Charlotte Art League, Spirit Square, and XFoundation.
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2020
MOFSA Grant Program
Mint Hill Arts in Charlotte, NC. The works in the exhibition were selected from local artists whom published their personal portfolio.
2020
Counting Up
Levine Museum in Charlotte, NC. The works in the exhibition were selected from local artists whom were given the direction of 'making your own ballot'.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Color Block
Exhibition at Artisans Pallet at 36th and Plaza in NoDa. All of these portraits range from digital to printmaking, all with a color-blocking technique.
2023
2023
Phases
The exhibition at Nine Eighteen Nine Studio Gallery is in The VAPA Center in Uptown Charlotte, NC. The artwork shown ranged from 2014 to 2023 truly going through the phases of the artist's work.
2018
2023
Phases
Solo exhibition at Catalyst Apartments in uptown Charlotte. The artwork shown ranged from 2014 to 2023truly going through the phases of the artist's work.
2017
Phases
This traveling exhibition can be viewed at Free Range Brewery in NoDa Charlotte, NC, and Amor Artis Brewery in Fortmill, SC. The artwork shown ranged from 2014 to 2023, truly going through the phases of the artist's work.
Private Show
Show at Legion Brewery and Blue Blaze Brewery in Charlotte, NC. The works exhibited were small to medium abstract pieces.
Alchemy
Solo gallery exhibition at Baku Gallery in Charlotte, NC. This gallery is unfortunately closed, but use to be owned Fu's Custom Tattoo's. The works shown varied from photography to paintings.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Unbound
Charlotte Art League Charlotte, NC. Curated by meridith Connely and sponsured by Safe Allaince. This exhbition focsed on artwork created by the survivors of sexual assualt, domestsic violence and much more.
2016
Et Pingere
Dacia Gallery in New York, NY. The exhibition was a closing ceremony to a figure painting residency with the gallery.
2016
McColl Center Member Show
McColl Center Gallery in Charlotte, NC. The exhibition was held for members only, a great experience all in all.
2015
Drawing Works
Alexander Hall at Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah GA. This show glorified the natural line work of sketching, in any shape or form.
RESIDENCIES
2019
Braitman Studio
2017 - 2020
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2016
Dacia Gallery
GRANTS
Creative Entrepreneur Initiative
2023
Charlotte Is Creative
Charlotte, NC
HUG Micro Grant
2023
Charlotte Is Creative
Charlotte, NC
AWARDS
Creative Entrepreneur Initiative
2023
Charlotte Is Creative
Charlotte, NC
Honorable Mention
2020
The Marianne Oberg Foundation for Spiritual Art (MOFSA)
Mint Hill Fine Arts Center
Mint Hill, NC
DONATIONS
2022
Art for Reproductive Choice
Reproductive Rights Coalition held a silent auction at Bird Song Brewery. Ms. Meikle donated three hand-painted Chalice's for the event.
The Arts and Empowerment Fundraiser held silent auctions for their annual Shine Fundraiser. Ms. Meikle donated several small mixed-media pieces for the event.
2018
Shine
2022
2016
D’Art for Art
Heart Ball
Crooked Tree Arts Center in Traverse City, MI. Eb and Flow GB1was accepted for a silent auction, proceeds benefited Cancer treatments. 4' x 6' expressionist piece.
American Heart Association at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, NC. Three abstract pieces were accepted for a silent auction where the proceeds benefited heart treatments.
