Helen Kwiatkowski
By Appointment
Creative Art Spaces NWA Fooks #1
Mount Sequoyah
150 N Skyline Dr,
Fayetteville AR
Handmade Journals available at:
Folkways in Winslow AR
EDUCATION
Education
1986 MFA A&M University at Commerce Texas
1976 BA Upsala Collage, East Orange, New Jersey
1975 Tyler School of Art, Rome, Italy
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Mount Sequoyah Center, Fayetteville AR
2016 Artist Retreat Center, Bella Vista AR
2013 Fayetteville Underground, Fayetteville AR
2007 Central Texas College, Killeen, TX
Howard Gallery, Cultural Activities Center, Temple, TX
2006 Arla Rae Art Gallery, University of Mary Hardin Baylor, Belton, TX
Art Center of the Ozarks, Springdale, AR
2002 Polo Barn Gallery, Georgetown TX
2001 Central Texas College, Killeen TX
2000 The Art Center, Waco, TX
1998 Saulsbury Gallery, Temple Civic Theater, Temple, TX
1996 Central Texas College, Killeen TX
1991 McCreary Gallery, Cultural Activities Center, Temple, TX
The Art Studio,Beaumont, TX
1988 Bohem Gallery, Mira Costa College, Oceanside, CA
selected group exhibitions
2024 Women's Work, Fenix gallery, Fayetteville AR
2023 Celebrating 50 years, (Invitational), Waco Art Center, Waco TX
Looking Through, Mount Sequoyah Center Gallery, Fayetteville AR
Les Femmes Fâchees, Fenix Gallery, Fayetteville, AR
2020 Fenix Gallery, (Group Show), Fayetteville AR
2019 Fenix Gallery, (Group Show) Fayetteville AR
A Square Foot of Peace, Mary Hardin-BaylorUniversity, Belton TX
2018 A Square Foot of Peace, Mary Hardin-BaylorUniversity, Belton TX
2013 Modern Art History #2, Baugh Center for the Visual Art Gallery, Belton TX
2012 Peace Art Exhibition, Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler TX
Vive Les Arts, Killeen TX
2010 Howard Gallery, Cultural Activities Center, Temple TX 2009
Secret Drawing Society Exhibition, Croft Gallery, Waco TX
Art of Peace Exhibition, Arla Rae Tyson Gallery, UMHB, Belton TX
Texas Biennial: An independent survey of contemporary Texas Art
(juror, Michael Duncan, corresponding editor for Art in America) Austin TX
Altered & Handmade Books, Harker Heights Library, Harker Heights, TX
2007 Bits & Pieces, Kingfisher Gallery, Elgin TX
Under Pressure, Kingfisher Gallery, Elgin TX
2006 Protégé Exhibition, Cultural Activities Center, Temple, TX
2005 New Works, RoseMinn Gallery, Elgin, TX
2004 Ice Cold Art, Bell Fine Arts, Belton TX
2003 Do you See What I See, Cultural Activities Center, Temple, TX
2002 Naked Truth Exhibition, Davis Gallery, Austin Texas
Naked Truth Exhibition, Alexandria Museum of Art, LA
ConTEXure, ACA Gallery, Austin Texas
2001 Mary invitational St Luke’s Episcopal Church, Belton TX
2000 Hermanas en Arte,, Palacio Municipal, Aguascalientes, Mexico
Wacows, Organized by the Art Center, Waco, Texas
1996 Texas Competition, The Art Center, Waco, Texas
1999 Just Light, Cultural Activities Center, Temple, TX
1997 New Works, Vive les Arts, Killeen, TX
1996 Texas Competition, The Art Center, Waco, TX
(juror Ricardo Hernandez, Assistant Director of the Texas Commission on the Arts)
The Chalice Exhibition, Cultural Activities Center, Temple, TX
1995 Female Energy, Martin-Rathburn gallery, San Antonio, TX
Five Central Texas Artists, McLennan Community College, Waco, TX
1994 St. Charles Gallery, Austin TX (represented)
Past Directors Present Work, Cultural Activities Center, Temple, TX
Angels, Traditional & Contemporary Interpretations, CAC, Temple, TX
1993 St. Charles Gallery, Austin TX (represented)
1992 Central Texas Competition, Waco Art Center, Waco, TX
Art View The Art Center, Waco, TX
1990 Tri-State Art Exhibition, (competition) Beaumont Art Center, Beaumont, TX
1987 Art in the Metroplex, TCU Art Gallery, Ft Worth TX
National Small Works Exhibition, Cobleskill, NY
(juror, Lisa Dennison, Assistant Curator, Guggenheim Museum, NYC)
Visual Articulation, A&M University Gallery, College Station, TX
(national competition, juror, Susan Freudenheim, art critic, LA Times),
1986 26th Delta Art Exhibition, Little Rock AR
NCECA ’86 Invitational, University of Texas Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX
1985 29 Midland Art Exhibition, Midland TX
10 Artists, Odessa College, Odessa TX
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & CATALOGS
publications
Her Texas: Story, Image, Poem & Song A collection by Texas women artists, writers and thinkers (Wings Press 2009)
CATOLAGS /CHAPBOOKS
Texas Biennial: An independent survey of contemporary Texas Art (2010)
Art of Peace Chapbook (Curran Center for Catholic Studies, Fordham University, 2003)
New Texas, Journal of Texas Literature & Art (UMHB, Belton TX 2000)
Wacows, (Waco Art Center 2000)
Hermanas en Arte, An Art Exchange between Aguascalientes Mexico (2000) /Chapbook
GRANTS
Grants Awarded
2021 3 60 Artist Grant, a program of Mid-America Arts Alliance
Project: Artist Book editions
2013 University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Summer Research Grant
Project: Artist book edition: I Build A Lighted House
2008 University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Summer Research Grant
Project: Development of studio work
2006 University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Summer Research Grant
Project: Artist residency at A.I.R. Studio Paducah,KY
Special Projects/Events/Fundraising
Upcoming-and PAST EVENTS
2022-current SEQUOYAH UKULELE SOCIETY (founder and facilitator)
Group strum at Mount Sequoyah Center, Fayetteville AR
2024 CONCERT FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE (organizer)
Proceeds benefit The Children's Safety Center, Fayetteville AR
Mount Sequoyah Center, Fayetteville AR
MAD HATTER DAY at the Ramble
Sponsored by City of Fayetteville Arts & Culture
BOOK LOVERS DAY on the Ramble
Makers table: one & two signature books
Sponsored by City of Fayetteville Arts & Culture
2023 LIFE IS A HOUSE PROJECT
Arkansas Immigrant Defense Convening
Mount Sequoyah Cetner, Fayetteville, Arkansas
MAD HATTER DAY at the Ramble
Sponsored by City of Fayetteville Arts & Culture
2022 A CLOSER LOOK
A 1stThursday Invitational Event
Sponsored by Experience Fayetteville
Installed at Fayetteville Square, Fayetteville AR
2019 PINWHEELS FOR PEACE
Self-sponsored Community Project
Hand painted Pinwheels by regional artists
Originally installed at St Paul’s Episcopal Church, Fayetteville AR
Currently installed at Omni Center for Peace & Justice, Fayetteville, AR
2016 - 2018 CONCERT FOR PEACE, Event Coordinator
Held at various locations in Belton TX
Proceeds benefited Children’s Advocacy Center in Belton, TX
2009 - 2015 THE ART OF PEACE FESTIVAL Founder & Event Coordinator
Event hosted by Cedarbreak Retreat Center, Belton TX
Proceeds benefited Children’s Advocacy Center in Belton, TX
1998-2009 CHRISTMAS WORKSHOP for Kids, Event Coordinator,
Event held at UMHB Belton. TX
Proceeds benefited Belton Communities-In-Schools
1990- 1998 COMMUNITIES-IN-SCHOOLS After school Art
Art Instructor
BISD, Belton TX
1998 – 2008 WACO ARTS FESTIVAL, Waco TX
Volunteer (Paper Hats Booth)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
UNIVERSITY LEVEL
1998 - 2019 Professor, Art Department, University of Mary Hardin Baylor, Belton, TX
1992 - 1998 Instructor, Art Department, University of Mary Hardin Baylor, Belton TX
1990 - current Instructor, Art Department, Central Texas College, Killeen TX
1987 - 1989 Instructor, Art Department, Palomar College, San Marcos CA
1983 - 1986 Instructor, Art Department, A&M University, Commerce TX
SELECTED WORKSHOPS
2024 Ethiopian Coptic, Mount Sequoyah (Fayetteville AR)
Mixed Media Trading Cards, FYRE Program at Mount Sequoyah (Fayetteville, AR)
Flag Books, FYRE Program at Mount Sequoyah (Fayetteville, AR)
2023 Storybook Collage Workshop, Mount Sequoyah (Fayetteville, AR)
Collage/Mixed Media Workshop, Mount Sequoyah (Fayetteville, AR)
Acordion Sketckbook Sketchbook,FYRE Program, Mount Sequoyah (Fayetteville, AR)
Book Basics, Mount Sequoyah (Fayetteville, AR)
Collaged Alter-Egos, Mount Sequoyah (Fayetteville, AR)
Clamshell Hinged Box Workshop,Mount Sequoyah (Fayetteville, AR)
Ethiopian Coptic Workshop, Ozark Folkways (Winslow, AR)
2022 3 Books, 2 Days, Eureka Springs School of Art (Eureka Springs, AR)
Flagbook Workshop, Mount Sequoyah Retreat Center, Fayetteville, AR
2020 Photobook Workshop, Ozark Folkways (Winslow, AR)
Bookbiding Workshop, Girl Scout Troop 5301, Fayetteville AR
2019 Long stitch Workshop, Little Mountain Bindery (Fayetteville AR)
2018 Book Arts Makers Table, U. of Mary Hardin-Baylor (Belton, TX)
Mixed Media Workshop, Little Mountain Bindery (Fayetteville, AR)
2017 Mixed Media Workshop, Belton ISD Art Teachers (Belton, TX)
Book Arts Makers Table, S.E.E.D Festival (Belton, TX)
Flag Book Workshop, Little Mountain Bindery (Fayetteville, AR)
Flag Book Workshop, U. of Mary Hardin-Baylor (Belton, TX)
Accordion Book Workshop, UMHB Writers’ Festival (Belton, TX)
Collage Workshop, U. of Mary Hardin-Baylor (Belton, TX)
2016 Book Arts Makers Table, Dallas Book Festival (Dallas, TX)
Flag Book Workshop, Killeen ISD (Belton, TX)
Mixed Media Workshop, UMHB Writers Festival (Belton, TX)
2014 Accordion Books, UMHB Writers Festival (Belton, TX)
2013 2-Signature pamphlet with Case, UMHB Writers Festival (Belton, TX)
2012 2-Signature pamphlet with case, Austin Book Workers (Austin, TX)
Accordion Book with Collage, Laguna Gloria Museum (Austin, TX)
Mixed-Media Workshop, UMHB Writers Festival (Belton, TX)
2011 2-Signature with Case Workshop, Austin Book Workers (Austin, TX)
2010 Leather Journal Workshop, Belton ISD (Belton, TX)
Leather journal Workshop, UMHB Study Abroad group (Belton, TX)
2009 Collage Techniques for Bookbinders, Austin Book Workers (Austin TX)
Wax Collage Workshop, UMHB Writers Festival (Belton, TX)
2008 Storytelling with Collage, UMHB Writers Festival (Belton, TX)
2007 Flag Book Workshop, UMHB Writers Festival (Belton, TX)
2-Signature Case Book Workshop, U. of Mary Hardin-Baylor (Belton, TX)
2006 Visual Narrative, Fordham University (Bronx, NY)
Visual Narrative, UMHB Writers Festival (Belton, TX)
2005 Japanese Stab Binding, Langton Review Weekend (Granbury, TX)
Mixed Media Workshop, UMHB Writers Festival (Belton, TX)
2004 Bookbinding for Writers, UMHB Writers Festival (Belton, TX)
2003 Word & Image Project, UMHB Writers Festival (Belton, TX)
2002 Wordless Books, UMHB Writers Festival (Belton, TX)
2001 Collaborative Mixed Media, UMHB Writers Festival (Belton, TX)