Jennifer Cawley Alvillar is an artist and art educator based in Atlanta, GA. Her work addresses identity, memory, and communication in mixed-media paintings, drawings, and installations.
Education
2014 MFA Savannah College of Art and Design Major: Painting
1991 BFA The Atlanta College of Art Major: Printmaking
Certification
2012 Standard Professional Teaching Certificate, SRT ART (P-12) [FLD764] Georgia Professional Standards Commission, License #840856 valid from July 2012 – June 2027
Employment
2020 - present, D.M. Therrell High School, Atlanta Public Schools, International Baccalaureate Visual Arts Instructor
2009 - 2020, Our Lady of Mercy Catholic High School, Archdiocese of Atlanta, Fine Arts Department Chair/Visual Arts Instructor
Professional Memberships
NAEA (National Art Education Association)
GAEA (Georgia Art Education Association)
High Museum
Awards
2019 Bright Ideas Grant (for innovative teaching and global learning)
2019 Art Educator of the Year, Justice & Peace Ministries of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta
2018 Archdiocesan Outstanding Educator, Justice & Peace Ministries of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta
2017 Teacher of the Year, Our Lady of Mercy Catholic High School
2011 Dean’s Fellowship, SCAD-Atlanta
2010 Sterne Scholarship, Atlanta Printmakers Studio
Residencies
1994 Resident artist, Hermitage Comprehensive School, County Durham, England
1991 Internship, Nexus Press, Atlanta
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016 Reload/Refresh Pop-Up Show, Faulkner+Locke Atlanta, GA
2014 Bradley Observatory and Delafield Planetarium, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA.
2012 Emily Amy Gallery, Atlanta
2008 Tinney+Cannon Contemporary, Nashville
2007 TEW Galleries, Atlanta
2005 Lanoue Fine Art, Boston
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 Reimagine Peace: The Art of Resistance, ArtsXchange, Atlanta
2020 The Artistic Approach to Advancing Human Rights, United Nations Association USA
2013 Cut, Altered, Assembled, Bobick Gallery, University of West GA
2010 Down the Rabbit Hole, Emily Amy Gallery, Atlanta
2007 Language, Spruill Gallery, Atlanta