Hazel Buys - Resume

	HAZEL MIOT BUYS 8659 Irving Lane Richmond, Virginia 23229 (804)740-7159 Email: hazelmbuys@yahoo.com Web Site: www.HazelBuys.com
	SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
	7/3 – 7/30/2011 2/26 – 3/21/2010 Nov/Dec 2009 Jan/Mar 2008 Nov/Dec 2007 Oct/Nov 2007 Nov/Dec 2005 September 2004 August 2004 July 2002 March 1998 July 1994 September 1993 1990-1991 1980 – 1990	“In Praise of Nature”, invitational exhibition, Asbury United Methodist Church, Harrisionburg, VA One person show, “Baker’s Dozen,” Helena Davis Gallery/Artspace, Richmond, VA “ThinkSmall 5” International Invitational Exhibition, art6 and Artspace, Richmond, VA Solo exhibition of landscape paintings, VA Senate Office Building, General Assembly Building, Richmond, VA “ThinkSmall 4” International Invitational Exhibition, art6 and Artspace, Richmond, VA Invitational Exhibit, Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, Richmond, VA “ThinkSmall 3” International Invitational Exhibition, art6 and Artspace, Richmond, VA Member Exhibition, art6, Richmond, VA “The Art of Seeing – Botanical Works by Regional Artists”, Invitational Exhibition, Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, Maryland. Hampton Bay Days 20th Annual Juried Art Show, the Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA Juror: James Gadson Award: Hampton Arts Commission Special Purchase Award Award: Excellence in Art, Women’s Caucus for Art “Crucifixion of the Feminine” Invitational Exhibit, Martha Mabey Gallery, Richmond, VA “Border Beings, A Gatherings of Angels” Invitational Exhibit, Martha Mabey Gallery, Richmond, VA “Bright Visions: The Making of Myth”, Rahr-West Art Museum, Manitowoc, Wisconsin Jurors: Ruth DeYoung Kohler, Bev Harrington and Margaret Fish Rahill Multiple exhibitions in VA.
	SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS 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.

	EDUCATION Certificate in Botanical Illustration, Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, May 2010 Dan Levine/Such A Voice, Master Class, November 2007 VCU, 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
	EMPLOYMENT
	2011 – Present 2009 – Present 11/05 – Present 7/01 – 6/02 2/00 – 5/00 10/97 – 5/00 5/81 – 1/92 9/71 – 5/81	Instructor, botanical painting, LewisGinter Botanical Gardens, Richmond, VA. Narrator, audio books. Reviewer, Children and YA Books, Children’s Literature. Consultant, Adoptive Family Preservation Initiative, RRP/VDD, VCU, Richmond, VA ESL Instructor, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Corporate Program, Richmond, VA Assistant teacher and art teacher at the Tuckahoe Montessori School, Richmond, VA Programmer/Systems Analyst, Information Systems, State Government and private industry. Counselor, State Government and private, non-profit rehabilitation agencies in Virginia