HAZEL MIOT BUYS

8659 Irving Lane

Richmond, Virginia 23229

(804)740-7159

Email: hazelmbuys@yahoo.com

Web Site: www.HazelBuys.com

Nov/Dec 2009                      “ThinkSmall 5” International Invitational Exhibition, art6 and Artspace, Richmond, VA

Jan/Mar 2009                      Solo exhibition of still life paintings, VA Senate Office Building, General Assembly Building,

                Richmond, VA

Jan/Mar 2008                      Solo exhibition of landscape paintings, VA Senate Office Building, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA

Nov/Dec 2007                      “ThinkSmall 4” International Invitational Exhibition, art6 and Artspace, Richmond, VA

Oct/Nov 2007                      Invitational Exhibit, Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, Richmond, VA

Nov/Dec 2005                      “ThinkSmall 3” International Invitational Exhibition, art6 and Artspace, Richmond, VA

Jan/Feb 2005                       Invitational Exhibit, Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, Richmond, VA

September 2004                  Member Exhibition, art6, Richmond, VA

August 2004                         “The Art of Seeing – Botanical Works by Regional Artists”, Invitational Exhibition, Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, Maryland.

July 2002                              Hampton Bay Days 20^th Annual Juried Art Show, the Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA                Juror: James Gadson

Award: Hampton Arts Commission Special Purchase Award

March 1998                          Award: Excellence in Art, Women’s Caucus for Art

July 1994                              “Crucifixion of the Feminine” Invitational Exhibit, Martha Mabey Gallery, Richmond, VA

September 1993                  “Border Beings, A Gatherings of Angels” Invitational Exhibit, Martha Mabey Gallery, Richmond, VA

1990-1991                            “Bright Visions: The Making of Myth”, Rahr-West Art Museum, Manitowoc, Wisconsin   Jurors: Ruth DeYoung Kohler,

Bev Harrington and Margaret Fish Rahill

1980 – 2000                         Multiple exhibitions in VA.

McSweeney, Burtch and Crump, P.C., Richmond, VA                Melvin and Mildred Spicer, Charlottesville, VA

City of Hampton, VA                                                                         Joan Lee Carmody, Wilmington, DE

Luciano Nonella, Kilchberg, Switzerland                                        Milton and Bridgitte Goodwin, Tulsa, Ok

Pat and Rita McLoughlin, Dungarvan, County Cork, Ireland   Hirschler Fleischer, Richmond VA

Jacqueline and Kieran McLoughlin, Paris, France                        Marilyn and Don Martin, Richmond, VA

PUBLICATIONS

11/05 - Present     Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database, reviews of children’s and YA books.

12/09                     OLAF’S DOOR, a narrated picture book, available at the iTunes Store for the iPod Touch/iPhone.

MEMBERSHIPS

10/09 – present    VSA Arts Committee of Charlottesville/Albemarle.    

VA Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, Certificate in Information Systems, August 1987

                Honors: DPMA Scholarship, January 1987

University of VA, Charlottesville, VA, M.Ed., August 1976

Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, B.A. French, August 1969   Honors: Dean’s List

American College in Paris, Paris, France, 1/66 – 6/67

1995 – Present     Writer/Illustrator, Artist, YA novels and children’s picture books; narration of children’s books.

7/01 – 6/02           Consultant, Adoptive Family Preservation Initiative, RRP/VDD, VCU, Richmond, VA

2/00 – 5/00           ESL Instructor, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Corporate Program, Richmond, VA

10/97 – 5/00         Assistant teacher and art teacher at the Tuckahoe Montessori School, Richmond, VA

5/81 – 1/92           Programmer/Systems Analyst, Information Systems, State Government and private industry.

9/71 – 5/81           Counselor, State Government and private, non-profit rehabilitation agencies in Virginia