Amelia Colette Jones
Amelia Colette Jones is originally from North Texas. She moved to St Louis in 2007 and received her Masters in Fine Art from Washington University in 2009. In 2010 she co-founded Sloup, a monthly soup dinner that generates funding for the arts, with Maggie Ginestra, a fellow artist, facilitator, and Sharky. Amelia has shown at Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts and Los Caminos in St Louis.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2009 MFA in Studio Art at Washington University in St. Louis
2005 BFA in Studio Art at Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX, Cum Laude
Awards
2011 52nd City Kick-Ass Award for Achievement for Sloup
2010 Riverfront Times Master Mind Award for Sloup
2009 St Louis Artist Guild Juried Exhibition Award for Recycled Tendencies
Exhibitions
2012 Sharky Sings Paul, Front / Space, Kansas City, Missouri 2011 Head Over Heels: Sharky’s First Love, Los Caminos. St. Louis, Missouri
2011 Change Order, Pig Slop St. Louis, Missouri
2010 This is Where I Have, Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts, St. Louis, Missouri 2009 Recycled Tendencies - juried exhibition, St Louis Artist Guild St. Louis, Missouri
2009 Runneth Over, CBC High School, St. Louis, Missouri
2009 MFA Qualifying Exhibition, Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
2006 Farewell to Bridge, Bridge Gallery, Dallas, TX
Teaching
2011 Instructor – Altered Books, Laumeier Sculpture Park St. Louis
2009 Graduate Teaching Assistant – Critical Frameworks, Washington University
2008 Graduate Teaching Assistant – Critical Frameworks, Washington University
2007 Graduate Teaching Assistant – Drawing, 3D Design, Washington University
Professional Experience
2010 Co-founder / Director, Sloup, St Louis, MO (through 2012)
2008 Technical Printing Assistant, Island Press, Washington University
2005 Technical Printing Assistant, Flat Bed Press, Austin, TX
Invitational Public Lecturing
2011 St. Louis Arts Project Conference
2011 Pecha Kucha Night St. Louis #5
Collections
Southern Graphic Council Archives
Iowa State University Print Society
Kansas City Art Institute Printmaking Archives
University of Wisconsin-Madison Printmaking Archives
Bibliography
Francesca Wilmott, Talk Soup: The Spread of Meal-Based Micro-Grants
Temporary Art Review April 18, 2011
Melissa Meinzer, Maggie Ginestra and Amelia Colette Jones: 2010 Masterminds
River Front Times August 25, 2010
David Weinberg, Dinner Parties Help Fund Arts Projects
Marketplace American Public Radio April 19, 2010
