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Biography

1957    Born in Perry, IA

            Lives and works in Champaign, IL

Education

2009   M.F.A. California State University, Long Beach (CSULB)

1999    B.F.A. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Solo Exhibitions

2022     Women Who Painted - McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL

2020     Women Who Painted - Artist Of The Corridor, City Of Urbana Public Arts Program, Urbana, IL

Select Exhibitions

2024     Parkland College Art and Design Faculty Exhibition, Champaign, IL

2024     Under a Milk Moon, two person show at Springer Cultural Center, Champaign, IL

2023     Parkland College Art and Design Faculty Exhibition, Champaign, IL

2022     Illini Past and Present, Illini Union, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2022     35th Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI

2021      Parkland College Art and Design Virtual Faculty Exhibition, Champaign, IL

2020     Parkland College Art and Design Virtual Faculty Exhibition, Champaign, IL

2019     Parkland College Art and Design Faculty Exhibition, Champaign, IL

2018     1868 Collection Exhibition (Inaugural), Busey Wealth Management, Urbana, IL

2018     Illinois at 200, Giertz Gallery at Parkland College, Champaign, IL

2017     Around the Block, Giertz Gallery at Parkland College, Champaign, IL

2016     Parkland College 50th:  Art and Design Alumni Exhibition, Giertz Gallery, Champaign, IL

2016     2nd Annual Urbana Art Exposition, Civic Center, Urbana, IL

2016     Boneyard Arts Festival, Art Coop Gallery, Champaign, IL

2015     Around the Block, Giertz Gallery at Parkland College, Champaign, IL, curated by Aron Packer of Packer 

             Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL

2013     Boneyard Arts Festival, Dandelion Vintage Clothing, Champaign-Urbana, IL

2010     Recent Paintings, Peters & Bach, Long Beach, CA

2009    Outer Place, Inner Space, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Gatov Gallery, CSULB

2008    Approaching Memory, The Loft, San Pedro, CA

2008    Paintings from the Permanent Collection, Parkland Art Gallery, Parkland College, Champaign, IL

2008    CSULB Department of Art Graduate Student Exhibition, The Loft, San Pedro, CA

2008    Insights, University Art Museum, CSULB

2006    Recent Paintings, High Cross Art Studios, Urbana, IL

2005    Boneyard Arts Festival, Champaign-Urbana, IL

2004    Boneyard Arts Festival, Champaign-Urbana, IL

2003    Boneyard Arts Festival, Champaign-Urbana, IL

2003    Recent Paintings, High Cross Art Studios, Urbana, IL

2002    Launch Celebration for the Champaign County Arts Council (two-person show), Champaign, IL

1999    The Scratch-n-Sniff Show, Grand Rapids, MI

1999    Growing up Post Modern, Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL (curated by Barry Blinderman, Gallery                      Director)

1999    12th Annual Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI

1999    ARC Regional VI Exhibition, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL

1999    Illini Union Art Gallery, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL

Professional Experience

2023 - present            Adjunct Instructor, Parkland College, Champaign, IL

2017 - present             Designer and Curator of Exhibitions, Springer Cultural Center,  Champaign, IL                              2012-present               Art Instructor, Parkland College Community Education

2021 - 2024                  Exhibitions Coordinator, Giertz Gallery, Parkland College, Champaign, IL

2009-2020                   Self-employed Painting Instructor, Champaign-Urbana and Irvine, CA (2009-2011)

2021, 2020, 2019         Adjunct Instructor, Painting I & II, Parkland College, Champaign, IL

2012-2020                    Adjunct Instructor, Hospitality Program, Parkland College, Champaign, IL

2011-14, 2005-06        Exhibitions Coordinator, Parkland Art Gallery, Parkland College, Champaign, IL

2008                             CSULB: Graduate Teaching Internship, 2-D Design & Foundation Color

2008                             Studio Assistant, Painting II & Painting III, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA

2007                             Assistant to Gallery Director for Parks Exhibition Center, Idyllwild Arts Academy

                                      (Summer Program), Idyllwild, CA

2007                             CSULB: Graduate Teaching Internship, Foundation Painting

Awards

2019    Grant Recipient, Urbana Arts Grants Program for Women Who Painted Exhibition

2017    Ace Award Nominee: Annual Arts, Culture and Education awards presented by the Champaign County Arts 

             Council

2008    Marilyn Werby Memorial Thesis Exhibition Grant, CSULB

2008    Beverly G. Alpay Memorial Education Fund for the Visual Arts

1999    Juror’s Award, 12th Annual Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI (Juried                        by artist Christopher Brown)

 

Presentations/Critiques

2021    Juror, Youth Celebrate the Arts Competition, Giertz Gallery, Parkland College, Champaign, IL

2021    Virtual Faculty Lecture, Giertz Gallery, Parkland College, Champaign, IL

2021    Virtual Artist Talk, Giertz Gallery, Parkland College, Champaign, IL

2020    Virtual Artist Talk, Urbana Arts & Culture Program and The Urbana Free Library, Urbana, IL

2020    Guest Lecturer, P.E.O. International Women's Organization, Champaign, IL

2020    Juror, Champaign County Town and Country Amateur Art Exhibition, Springer Cultural Center, Champaign, IL

2019    Lecturer, Parkland College, Annual High School Art Seminar, Champaign, IL

2018    Juror, 62nd State Town and Country Amateur Art Exhibition, Springer Cultural Center, Champaign, IL

2018    Gallery Talk: Illinois at 200 Exhibition, Giertz Gallery, Parkland College, Champaign, IL

2017    Juror, Champaign County Town and Country Amateur Art Exhibition, Springer Cultural Center, Champaign, IL

2016    Juror, 60th State Town and Country Amateur Art Exhibition, Springer Cultural Center, Champaign, IL


Published/Broadcast Interview

UPTV6 Interview for Artist of the Corridor Women Who Painted Exhibition, March 2020,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93WjSmvaYSg&feature=youtu.be

WEFT Radio: Interview by Cope Cumpston, Womyn Making Waves, March, 2020

You Tube: Interview by Sara Jones for Art Now - Episode #83. Produced by the Urbana Public Arts Program & Commission in collaboration with Urbana Public Television, 2017 City of Urbana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MboEasuRH4s

Bibliography

Debra Domal, "Meet Paula McCarty, the artist behind the new Women Who Painted series", Smile Politely - Champaign-Urbana's Culture Magazine, March 3, 2020,

http://www.smilepolitely.com/arts/meet_paula_mccarty_the_artist_behind_the_new_women_who_painted_series/

Cope Cumpston, "C-U steps up for Women's History Month", Smile Politely, Champaign-Urbana's Culture Magazine, March 2, 2020

http://www.smilepolitely.com/culture/c_u_steps_up_for_womens_history_month/

GLAMFA MFA Open Studios Catalog 2008, Fine Arts Roundtable

GLAMFA MFA Open Studios Catalog 2007, Fine Arts Roundtable

The Octopus, October 2000 (alternative newspaper, Champaign, IL)

Collections:

Parkland College, Champaign, IL

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