Melissa K Stallard
*Worth The Trip at Virginia Intermont College*
My continuing series will be on exhibit October 9 - November 4 at the Anne R. Worrell Fine Arts Center on the campus of Virginia Intermont College in Bristol, VA. The gallery is open Monday - Friday from 9am to 7pm.

1013 Moore Street
Bristol, VA

*Photo2009 Summit Art Space*
I will be in an upcoming show, opening October 2, 2009 at Summit Art Space in Akron, OH. The show will feature local fine art photographers.

The exhibiting artists are:
Laura Bidwell
Arnie Tunstall
Daiv Whaley
Brian Babb
Tanner Young
Amy Koons
John Powers
Janice Kreitz
Melissa Stallard
Andrew McAllister
*University of Akron*
I'm pleased to announce that I have accepted a position at the University of Akron.
Beginning in August, I will be an Assistant Professor of Photography at the Myers School of Art.
This is an incredible opportunity, as it is a tenure track position. More importantly, they encourage their faculty to maintain an active exhibition and publication record while remaining dedicated to the education of future photographers and artists.
I'm excited to be working with a diverse and well respected faculty!

I am sad to be leaving my colleagues at Radford University and wish them the best in their future endeavors.
Two new shows!
Photo+Book: A Juried Exhibition of Self-Published On-Demand Photography Books, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR, March 6 - 28, 2009
http://www.23sandy.com/PhotoBo

This show was juried by Christopher Rauschenberg of Blue Sky Gallery. I was lucky enough to be one of four "Best of Show" entrants. I'll be showing photographs as well as my Blurb.com book, Worth the Trip. I'm not sure how many entries were accepted over all but I'm thankful for the opportunity to share my work and my book!

Best of Show Photographers:
Kristy Lynn Carpenter
Mercedes Dorame
Jonathan Sharlin
Melissa Stallard




Radford University Faculty Art Show, The Gallery at the Covington Center, Radford, VA
January – February 2009

"Coming Home" East Tennessee State University Alumni Show
October 18 – December 11, 2008
Opening Reception: Saturday October 18 @ Carroll Reece Museum on the campus of ETSU. The works of alumni nominated by art department faculty include:

Jennifer Anderson Hawthorn, CA
Katie Claiborne Greensboro, NC
Larry Millard Athens, GA
Alison Pack Radford, VA
Andrew Rogers New York
Melissa Stallard Chicago, IL
Gail Vollrath Washington, DC
Tommy Williams Penland, NC

Looking forward to visiting my old stomping grounds and seeing the work! More to come as information is released.
Radford University Adjunct Faculty Show
OpeningTonight! October 9, 2008
Powell Hall, Flossy Martin Gallery
5 - 8pm

Works by:
Antwinette Cofield
Jennifer Collins
Yumiko Ichikawa
Kendall Kessler
Kathleen Linkous
Paul Rossi
Melissa Stallard

Exhibition Closes October 31, 2008
Radford University
I will be teaching at Radford University this fall in their art department.
I'm looking forward to teaching and living in a beautiful part of the US.
This region is going to offer a wealth of material for a new body of work.

Chicago Art Open
Good things are happening in October at the Merchandise Mart. From October 3 - 19, the 11th Annual Chicago Art Open will be on display featuring work of over 250 Chicago based artists. I'm happy to be a part of such a large exhibition.

Opening reception: October 3, 2008; 6 - 10 pm

The 11th Annual Chicago Art Open curated by Candida Alvarez, Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing at SAIC, Catherine Edelman, owner and proprietor of Catherine Edelman Gallery (and the Chicago Project), and Kymberly N. Pinder, PhD, Associate Professor and Chair of the Dept of Art History, Theory and Criticism at SAIC.
The Chicago Project, Catherine Edelman Gallery Online!
Fortune has smiled upon me and the nice people at the Catherine Edelman Gallery have selected six images to display on the website. These pictures are for sale and they're reasonably priced!

Check it out:

http://www.edelmangallery.com/chiproject.htm

Catherine Edelman Gallery is proud to present The Chicago Project, an online gallery devoted to new and established photographers in the Chicago area who we feel deserve recognition. We hope this site will expose local talent to a wider audience and we plan on adding photographers as we find them. Please contact Raquel Ladensack at raquel@edelmangallery.com with any questions you may have regarding photographic sales from this project.

Photographers include: Michael L. Abramson, Jane Fulton Alt, Andy Barnes, Shannon Benine, Jennifer Bisbing, Jennifer Brown, Larry Chait, Gabriela Cifuentes, Paul Clark, Philip Dembinski, Sarah Faust, Douglas Reid Fogelson, Francine Gourguechon, William Green, Bill Guy, Ron Harris, Rob Hill, Pamela Hobbs, Anni Holm, Jim Hultquist, Julie Meridian, Sandro Miller, Nathan Millis, David Moenkhaus, Carlos Javier Ortiz, Leasha Overturf, Brian Palm, Colleen Plumb, Chris Raecker, Jason Reed, Dawn Roscoe, James Rotz, Laurie Rubin, David Schalliol, Ron Schramm, Matthew Shain, Daniel Shea, Ursula Sokolowska, Melissa Stallard, Tone Stockenstrom, Alan Thomas, Corrie Witt, Barry Wolf, Chi-Jang Yin, Dan Zamudio.

Columbia College Chicago Masters of Fine Arts Photography Exhibition
Artworks by
Melissa Stallard
Amy Wainwright
Nate Mathews
Curt Mann
Jon Cancelino

517 S State Street, Chicago
Between Congress and Harrison

May 9 - June 1
Opening Reception: May 16, 2008, 4 - 7 pm

Gallery Hours:
Sun - Fri 11am - 5 pm, Sat 10am - 5pm