Cathy Cotter-Smith

Professor of Art, Collin County Community College
Watercolor, Drawing I and II
 On-Location Drawing and Watercolor
 

 

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Paintings from the Hill Country

 

 

 

Paintings from the Hill Country
 
Education
1974 Texas A&M University-Commerce
Commerce, Texas
B.S.,  Art Education 
1977 Texas A&M University-Commerce
Commerce, Texas
M.S.,  Painting/Drawing
 

Work Experience  

1981-1985   Associate Art Professor 
Grayson Community College            
Dennison, Texas  
1986-Present   Art Professor 
Collin County Community College
Plano, Texas             
 
Honors, Awards, Exhibitions  
1970   Awarded 4-year Art Scholarship
Art Scholarship Competition Committee
Texas A&M Commerce  
1976 First Place Award
Richardson Civic Society Art Exhibition
1980 Noted for scrimshaw art work
National Geographic Book, “The Great Southwest” 
1986    Series of pen and ink drawings of Farmersville, Texas
Permanent Collection
Farmersville Chamber of Commerce  
1988-1989 Represented by Thrasher Gallery
Plano, Texas  
1990-Present Annual Art Faculty Exhibition  
THEARTS Gallery, Collin County Community College 
Plano, Texas
1990 One Woman Show
The Cultural Arts Gallery
Plano, Texas  
  Southwestern Watercolor Society
27th Annual Juried Exhibition  
1994 "Paintings by Cathy Cotter-Smith, Ceramics by Judy Ratliff "
THEARTS Gallery, Collin County Community College
Plano, Texas
  Series of on-location paintings from Paris, France
Permanent Collection
Courtyard Center for Professional and Economic Development
Plano, Texas  
1994-1995  Outstanding Faculty Award 
Collin County Community College  
Plano, Texas
1999  Northlight Book Award
Southwestern Watercolor Society
36th Annual Juried Exhibition  
2000-2004 Included in Marquis “Who’s Who in America”  
2000  Southwestern Watercolor Society
37th Annual Juried Exhibition
  Included in Marquis “ Who’s Who in the World”
2001 Southwestern Watercolor Society
38th Annual Juried Exhibition
2002 Southwestern Watercolor Society  
Awarded Signature Status  
2003  Western Federation of Watercolor Societies Exhibition  
    Exhibited in the rotunda of the Russell Senate building, Washington DC  
  Exhibited on the mall in front of the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC  
  One Woman Show
The Biblical Arts Center
Dallas, Texas  
2004 Jubilee Christian Art Show
Fallbrook, California
  "Cloud of Witnesses"
Permanent Collection, Webb Chapel Church of Christ
Dallas, Texas
2005 Wilshire Lenten Art Show
  "A Higher Call"
Three Woman Show, Hillshire Gallery
Dallas Texas
2006 10th Annual Cross Timbers Small Works Exhibit, Murray State College, Tishomingo,OK
  Southwestern Watercolor Society, 43rd Annual Juried Exhibition
   
 Professional Associations 
Southwestern Watercolor Society