Janice Rae Greene attended the Louisville School of Art, received her BFA and MAA from the University of Evansville, and has been employed at the Evansville Vanderburgh County Public Library since 1972 as Graphic Design Supervisor and has taught Figure Drawing and Printmaking at the University of Evansville. Ms. Greene is Past-President of the Artist Collaborative and the American Association of University Women, Evansville Branch.
Ms. Greene’s art includes prints, drawings, mixed media, and artist made books, exhibiting in numerous competitive, invitational and group shows such as New York City, Seattle, New Hampshire, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Australia and New Zealand. She has received many awards and recognition for her work. These include the Jo Ritz Memorial Award in the Mid States Craft Exhibition, Evansville Artist Guild Brian Daves Award, Best of Show in the 94 Artist Collaborative Exhibition, Best Art Display for “Business Arts Month”, Purchase Awards in the Celebrating the Arts...Center, 72nd Hoosier Salon Exhibition, Working Together Exhibition and Wabash Valley Exhibition.
Ms. Greene was the recipient of the 2007 Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana “Artist of the Year” Award.
In 1983, along with four other artist, she was the recipient of an Indiana Arts Commission Grant for the “Handmade Book Project”.
The images she creates are related to landscape and nature: representational or abstract. Her surroundings are a constant influence: nature, the city and rural landscape as well. She is particularly interested in textures, layers, reflective surfaces and their relationship with each other. Many times she combines printmaking with other materials, resulting in a mixed media work of art. Her most recent works consist of watercolor, ceramic and handmade paper.
Ms. Greene is represented in private and corporate collections such as the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library, University of Evansville, Bristol Myers-Squibb, Old National Bank, Solarbron Pointe, Deaconess Hospital, United Methodist, Stagg Safety Equipment, Visiting Nurses Hospice Center all of Evansville, IN, Yale-South Haven, Carmi, IL, Swope Museum, Terre Haute, IN, Henderson Fine Arts Center, Henderson, KY.
Janice is represented by The Begley Art Source: A Division of the Evansville Museum Shop, Evansville, IN, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, IN, Riverwind Gallery, Newburgh, IN
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