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RESUME

Art Education:

Art history/appreciation, Drawing, Charcoals, Pastels, Watercolors

Tarrant County College, Ft. Worth, TX

Associate of Arts in Marketing
Austin Community College, Austin, TX

Sumi-e (Japanese Ink Painting), Como Conservatory, St. Paul, MN

Drawing and Painting - Renaissance Techniques
The Art Academy, St. Paul, MN


Awards:

National Veterans Creative Arts Festival (2000)
(two First Places and one Third Place in regional competition)
http://www1.va.gov/vetevent/caf/2007/default.cfm


Exhibits:

Austin Community College Student Art Exhibition, Austin, TX      
http://www.austincc.edu/stdioart/

Contemporary Colours by Michael Ray Bruce  
A  Fine Grind Coffeehouse, St. Paul, MN     http://www.afinegrind.com/

Artists in Recovery, 
Hazelden Book Store, St. Paul, MN  
http://www.hazelden.org/

Artists in Recovery, St. Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN     
http://www.augsburg.edu/galleries/ 

Images of Love (February 2007), 
Lisan Gallery, St. Paul, MN   
http://www.lisangallery.com/

Contemporary Colours by Michael Ray Bruce (Feb-Mar 2007) 
Starbucks, Victoria & Grand, St. Paul, MN    
http://www.starbucks.com/

Lorenzo's Bread Circus (April 2007)
Mill City Museum, Mpls., MN  http://www.millcitymuseum.org/  

Contemporary Colours by Michael Ray Bruce (June 2007)
Amore Coffee, St. Paul, MN    http://www.amorecoffee.com/

Contemporary Colours by Michael Ray Bruce (December 2007)
Java J's Coffee, Minneapolis, MN    http://www.javajason.com/

Contemporary Colours by Michael Ray Bruce (December 2007)
Gingko's Coffeehouse, St. Paul, MN   
http://www.ginkgocoffee.com/

Orbs and Flowers by Michael Ray Bruce (March 2008)
Ngon Bistro, St. Paul, MN   http://ngonbistro.com

Many Moons (March 2008), Blue Moon Coffee Cafe, Mpls., MN   
http://www.drinkbluemoon.com


Participation in Art Crawls and Sales:

St. Paul Art Crawl (Spring & Fall 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
St. Paul, MN
http://www.stpaulartcrawl.org/   

Bloomington Art Center Spring Art Sale (April 2007), Bloomington, MN
http://www.bloomingtonartcenter.com/

Art-A-Whirl (May 2007), 
MinneapolisMN   
http://www.art-a-whirl.com/webpage.php?webpage_name=ART-A-WHIRL

Art Attack (November 2008), MinneapolisMN   
http://www.northrupkingbuilding.com/artattack/


Consignments

SaraCura (2008)
St. Paul, MN  http://www.saracura.com/


TwinFinity Creations (2008)
Golden Valley, MN  http://www.t-creations.net/ 


Sales of Note:

at Summit Academy Art Auction (2006, 2007)  

Hazeltine Golf Club, Chaska, MN
     http://www.summitinc.org/

to Northland Community & Technical College
via Minnesota State Art Board's Percent for Art in Public Places (2007)
http://www.arts.state.mn.us/other/percent.htm

 


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