Education
M.F.A. in Art Theory and Practice, Northwestern University
B.F.A. in Art, concentration in Painting and Drawing, The Pennsylvania State University
Post Baccalaureate Program (not completed), The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Awards and Residencies
2022 Golden Artist Colors, College Art Association, and The Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts,
CAA-Golden Artist Colors Scholarship and Artist-in-Residence, New Berlin, NY
ChaNorth, ChaShaMa, Artist-in-Residence, Pine Plains, NY
Fiber + Materials in Practice, Virtual Artist-in-Residence, Curated by Alonzo Pantoja
2021 CONVERGE, Creator-in-Residence, Nashville, TN
Arts Letters & Numbers, Artist-in-Residence, Averill Park, NY
Vinegar, Shape: Art and Resilience, Virtual Artist-in-Residency, Birmingham, AL
COOP, member artist, Nashville, TN
2020 The Adventure Science Center, Maker-in-Residence, Nashville, TN
THRIVE Grant, Metro Nashville Arts Commission
Mineral House, Artist-in-Residence
Madison on My Mind Grant, Metro Nashville Arts Commission and National Endowment for the Arts
Global Art Grant Finalist, Burning Man Project
2019 The Ragdale Foundation, Artist-in-Residence, Lake Forest, IL
Glasgow Middle School, Visiting Artist, Glasgow, KY
2018 Pegram Elementary, Artist-in-Residence, Pegram, TN
Shakerag Workshops, Educator Scholarship, Sewanee, TN
2016 The Studios at MASS MoCA, Artist-in-Residence, North Adams, MA
2015 The Kentucky Foundation for Women, Artist Enrichment Grant
The Ragdale Foundation, Artist-in-Residence & instructor, Lake Forest, IL
Fermentation Fest Farm/Art DTour, Finalist, Sauk County, WI
2014 The Ragdale Foundation, Artist-in-Residence, Lake Forest, IL
2013 The Ragdale Foundation, Artist-in-Residence, Lake Forest, IL
2011 The Ragdale Foundation, Artist-in-Residence, Lake Forest, IL
2009 The Ragdale Foundation, Artist-in-Residence, Lake Forest, IL
University of Missouri, Visiting Artist, Columbia, MO
2005 The Ragdale Foundation, Artist-in-Residence, Lake Forest, IL
2003 Kansas City Art Institute, Visiting Artist, Kansas City, MO
2002 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Artist-in-Residence Program, Snowmass, CO
2001 Evanston Arts Council/City of Evanston, 2001 Cultural Art Fund Award, Evanston, IL
2000 The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Apprentice Training Program, Philadelphia, PA
Solo Exhibitions
2021 For There Is Always Light, collaboration with Hannah McCarthy, Alysha Isari Malo, and Tabitha Meeks,
CONVERGE, Grassroots Art Park, Nashville, TN
Dawn to Dusk: Meditative Walk, Peeler Park, Madison, TN
2020 We Lift Our Eyes, @weliftoureyes, #weliftoureyes, www.weliftoureyes.com
2019 Wonderland, Kindling Arts Festival, Track One, Nashville, TN
Bushel of Tomato Fun, Tomato Arts Festival, Nashville, TN
Community Garden, Batch & Bushel Festival, Wilson County Exposition Center, Lebanon, TN
2018 Stars Above and Water Below, Family Day, OZ Arts Nashville, Nashville, TN
Field of Dreams, Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY
2017 Frist Friday, collaborative project with ELEL, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN
2016 Geode, collaborative project with ELEL, touring the US, including SXSW, TX
Landforms, Green Gallery, Turnip Green Creative Reuse, Nashville, TN
2015 Art is Illuminating, SeedSpace, Nashville, TN
Groundwork, Art Matters, Bowling Green, KY
Geode, collaborative project with ELEL, touring the US
2013 Room for Imagination, Houchens Gallery, The Capitol Arts Center/SKyPAC, Bowling Green, KY
2011 A Room for Inspiration, Hammes Gallery, Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN
2008 Hope Springs Eternal, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 With Love, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
Art Fortune, Project Space, Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
2005 Spencer’s, Bowling Green, KY
2003 Telephonebooth, Kansas City, MO (collaborative installation with artist Laura Berman)
You Mean So Much To Me, Ohio State University, Marion, OH
2002 You Mean So Much to Me, Standard, Chicago, IL
2001 Flower Power, Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
Wishing Stars, Evanston Art Center Invitational, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Group Exhibitions
2022 The End of the Impossible/Unconventional Art Exhibit, TedX Nashville, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN
(curated by Kimberly Sawyer and Danielle Krysa, The Jealous Curator)
Art of the South: Number Inc. Juried Exhibition, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN (curated by Katie Delmez, Senior Curator
at the Frist Art Museum)
Illumination 2022, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC
Art of Science, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN (curated by Tawny Skye)
Dream House, The Kindling Arts Festival, Ozari, Nashville, TN
AbstracTENN, Channel to Channel, Chattanooga, TN
Open Air 22, University of Connecticut Avery Point, Avery Point, CT
Locational Shift: COOP New Members Exhibition, COOP Gallery, Nashville, TN
2021 Comfort Riddle, Mineral House Media and Wavelength Space, Chattanooga, TN
Art and Resiliency, Vinegar Projects, Birmingham, AL
For There Is Always Light, Kindling Arts Festival, OZ Arts, Nashville, TN
2020 Home Work, North Park University, Chicago, IL
Art from Home, REACH Studio Art Center, Lansing, MI
Madison on My Mind Artist Showcase, Fiftyforward, Madison, TN
Mineral House group exhibition, Chattanooga, TN
Idea Festival Exhibition, SKyPAC Galleries, Bowling Green, KY
2019 ArtFields, Lake City ArtFields Collective, Lake City, SC
Nashville Visionaries, Hiram Van Gordon Gallery, Tennessee State University , Nashville, TN (curated by Carl Pope)
Modular Art Pods, Fort Houston, Nashville, TN
Under One Roof: Tikkum Olam: Repairing the World, OZ Arts and Gordon JCC, Nashville, TN
Way Late Play Date, The Adventure Science Center, Nashville, TN
Rags to Witches, The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
Kids in Nashville, Vanderbilt University Children’s Hospital, Nashville, TN
Secret ArtWorks, ArtWorks, Cincinnati, OH
2018 InLight, 1708 Gallery, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA (juror Kimberli Gant)
*Optimism*, 2018 Endless Editions Biennial, Endless Editions, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts –
The Project Space, New York, NY (curated by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo)
AHL/Paddle8, AHL Foundation, New York, NY
MusiCircus, OZ Arts Nashville, Nashville, TN
Crappy Magic, Track One, Nashville, TN (curated by David Hellams)
Secret ArtWorks, ArtWorks, Cincinnati, OH
2017 Extrasensory, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN
FIGMENT North Adams, Windsor Lake, North Adams, MA
Haunted, Track One, Nashville, TN
Nashville Lantern Festival, Nashville, TN
CONNECT, Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, Clermont, KY
25th Annual Jack Lunt Memorial Juried Exhibition, Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY
Friends and Family, Green Gallery, Turnip Green Creative Reuse, Nashville, TN
Solar Eclipse & Astronomical Art Show, FFOYA House, Bowling Green, KY
Studio Time, Corridor Gallery, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
2016 Modular Art Pods, OZ Arts Fest, OZ Arts Nashville, Nashville, TN (Best in Show)
CONNECTglow, Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, Clermont, KY (First Prize)
FIGMENT, Frank Wilson Park, FIGMENT, Chicago, IL
24th Annual Jack Lunt Memorial Juried Exhibition, The Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY (Purchase Award)
Celebration of the Arts, Kentucky Library and Museum, Bowling Green, KY (First Place Sculpture)
TIME + PLACE: Ragdale’s 40th Anniversary Exhibition, The Art Center, Highland Park, IL
Small Wonders, Lakes of Fire, Montague, MI
Secret ArtWorks, ArtWorks, Cincinnati, OH
2015 What Ought to Be: Envisioning the Impossible, BOX13 ArtSpace, Houston, TX
Mark, Ground Floor Gallery, Nashville, TN
Modular Art Pods, abrasiveMedia, Nashville, TN
You’ve Got Mail, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Holiday Show, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 A Wicked Problem, The Elizabeth Foundation For the Arts, New York, NY
W.here – We Are, Edwin W. Zoller Gallery, The Pennsylvania State University, PA
WKU Biennial Exhibition, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
Vom Anhalten des Verschwindens (From the pause of the disappearance), Elektro Becker,
Lanspringer, Germany
Idea Festival, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
Secret ArtWorks, ArtWorks, Cincinnati, OH
2013 Gesturing Into Consciousness, Edwin W. Zoller Gallery, The Pennsylvania State University, PA
Alumni in Faculty Collections, Robeson Gallery, The Pennsylvania State University, PA
Celebration of the Arts, Kentucky Library and Museum, Bowling Green, KY
2012 Imagination Tree, The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
Secret ArtWorks, ArtWorks, Cincinnati, OH
Capitol Arts Celebration, Capitol Arts Center, Bowling Green, KY
2011 Drawing Connections, Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy
Chain Letter 2011, golden PARACHUTES, Berlin, Germany
Celebration of the Arts, Kentucky Library and Museum, Bowling Green, KY
Compassion Fatigue, Second Presbyterian Church, Nashville, TN
2010 Power to the People, Feature Inc., New York, NY
Going Postal, Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, UK
House, Dreaming, The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
EXPOSED, ArtWorks, Cincinnati, OH
Public Theatre of Kentucky, Bowling Green, KY
Spencer’s, Bowling Green, KY
2009 Cluster F**k, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
EXPOSED, Artworks, Cincinnati, OH
Hope Over Fear, Grace Lutheran, Evanston, IL
2008 Group Think, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
ArtWorks, Cincinnati, OH
2007 Heart and Soul, The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
Secret ArtWorks, ArtWorks, Cincinnati, OH
Summer Show, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 Repetitive Gestures, Steamboat Springs Art Council, Steamboat Springs, CO
Shag and Stripes, SPACES, Cleveland, OH
Summer Show, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Summer Show, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004 Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Shoebox Series, Bridge Magazine, Chicago, IL
2003 Artboat, Standard, Chicago. IL
*shoebox series*, Bridge Magazine/1R Gallery, Chicago, IL (in the collection of the Museum of
Contemporary Art, Chicago)
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2002 16th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial 2002, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
SPACES, Cleveland, OH
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
Carry On’ Drawing, Rapid Transit Gallery, Savannah, GA
2001 Artists/Alumni, Mary and Leigh Block Museum, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (catalogue)
Look; Paint, SPACES, Cleveland, OH
The Philadelphia Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
You Gotta Have Art, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Carry On’ Drawing, Artcore Gallery, Baroda, India and Jehangir Gallery, Sakshi, India
2000 Look; Paint, Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
6 Degrees, 2121 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
2000 Evanston + Vicinity 15th Biennial Exhibition, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Midway Airport Walkway Project, Midway Airport, Chicago, IL
1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
Art in Christian Communities, Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL
Memberships and Affiliations
Frist Art Museum, Artist Mentor and Teaching Artist, 2017–present
Western Kentucky University, Instructor, Department of Art, August 2013–December 2017; August 2021–
Nashville School of The Arts, Art Teacher, January 2022–
Nashville State Community College, Lecturer, August 2019–May 2020
Cheekwood Estate & Gardens, Teaching Artist, 2018–present
Turnip Green Creative Reuse, Teaching Artist, 2016–2019
Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL, Artist, June 2005–Present (www.zggallery.com)
College Art Association, Member, 1995–Present
Intellectual Property Committee, Dec. 2006–Feb. 2010 (three year term)
American Association of Picture Professionals (ASPP), Member, May 2007–May 2012
Collections
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Midway Airport, Chicago, IL
Teaching
2017– Artist Mentor and Teaching Artist: Frist Art Museum
Workshops for all ages, all abilities: Screen Printing , Sculpture, Drawing
Artist Mentor: Mentoring K–12 art teachers within Title I Metro Nashville Public Schools; lesson writing;
model teaching, art making; Department of Education Grant
2012–2017; Instructor: Western Kentucky University
2021– Drawing, Two-Dimensional Design, Digital Photography, Galleries, Art Appreciation, Elementary Art Education,
Screen Printing
2022– Visual Arts Teacher: Nashville School of The Arts
Art 1, Art 2, Painting and Drawing
2018– Teaching Artist: Cheekwood Estate and Gardens
Summer Camp Instructor; Art Outreach Teacher in underserved elementary schools
2018–2021 Educational Coach: FUSION Home School Tutorial
K–12 Art and Human Geography classes
2019–2020 Instructor: Nashville State Community College
Introduction to Art
2016–2019 Teaching Artist: Turnip Green Creative Reuse
Workshops at Nashville Public Libraries, Southern Festival of Books, OZ Arts Nashville,
Art clubs: Metro Nashville Public Schools
2002 Lecturer: DePaul University
Two-Dimensional Design
1997 Lecturer: Northwestern University
Drawing
Relevant Gallery, Museum, and Artist Residency Experience
2020– Member and Co-President (2022–), COOP Gallery
Grant writing, press release writing, exhibition curation and installation, artist lectures, press releases,
social media and communications, administrative oversite of committees, event planning
2017– Artist and Teaching Artist: Frist Art Museum
Creation and installation of Favorite Things, a community artwork with over 1,000 participants, work created
during workshops; in support of Nick Cave’s exhibition
Frist Fridays: collaborative installation with musicians, ELEL: we installed art and music throughout the
museum for an evening of interactive art and music
2017–2019 Gallery Committee: Turnip Green Creative Reuse
Exhibition curation and installation at two gallery locations; artist liaison, gallery sales, social media,
scheduling; opening reception events; exhibition workshops; artist contracts
2012–2017 Gallery Director Sabbatical Replacement: Western Kentucky University
Exhibition scheduling and installation; BFA and BA exhibition installation and student support; press releases;
social media; artists’ contracts; visiting artist representative and scheduling of lectures and workshops;
Data Asset Management database oversight; cleaning/rescuing permanent collection which was infected with
black mold due to a water leak within the storage facilities (this included consulting with museum restoration
experts for restoration recommendations, documenting and photographing pre-cleaning state and
post-cleaning state of artworks, oversight in artwork cleaning).
2018 Family Day Lead Artist: OZ Arts Nashville
Artwork creation and installation throughout OZ Arts’ building and grounds; collaboration with ELEL, who
created improve music for event; artworks and art activities inspired by STEAM, focusing on Tennessee’s
earth, water, and air natural resources.
2005– Artist-in-Residence and Instructor: Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
Artist-in-Residence: seven times
Instructor: Partnership with Western Kentucky University’s Study Away program, leading students in art
creation for an interactive art and performance event within Ragdale’s buildings and on its grounds
Artist for interactive arts and performance fundraising installations: created artworks for each year’s open
house and fundraising events within Ragdale’s facilities and grounds.
2005– Artist: Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
Relevant Professional Publishing Experience
2020– Contributor, “ARTnews Recommends”, ARTnews
2010– Intellectual Property Resources Researcher: Freelance
Photo Researcher, Art Researcher, Art Asset Management, Graphic Design
Clients: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Cengage Learning, Sadlier, Symmetry
Titles: Read 180, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Literature, African American Literature, World Literature, iRead, HMH Spelling
2002–2010 Literature Lead and Photo Researcher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Evanston, IL
Literature and Language Arts Educational Materials: Lead Photo Manager, Photo Researcher, Art Buyer,
Graphic Design, Photographer, Illustrator
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2020 “A Round of Metro Arts THRIVE Awards Uplifts Nashvillians Sheltering in Place,” Nashville Scene, May 21, 2020.
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"In the Studio with Nfocus: Beth Reitmeyer," Nfocus Magazine, October 2020, p.38. www.nfocusnashville.com/magazine.
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"Episode 14 with Beth Reitmeyer," The Art of Outreach podcast, November 2020, play.spotify.com.
2019 “An Artful Harvest,” Northwestern Magazine, Fall 2019, p. 47.
Will Perkins, “Internationally Known Artist Visits GMS, Collaborates with Students,”Glasgow Daily Times, April 12,
2019. www.glasgowdailytimes.com/news/
Aaron Mudd, “Glasgow Middle School to Host Nashville Artist Known for Colorful Sculptures,” Bowling Green Daily
News, April 5, 2019. www.bgdailynews.com/news/
Jessica Pasley, “’Kids in Nashville’ fashion show unites local artists and Children’s Hospital patients,” VUMC Voice,
April 8, 2019, voice.vumc.org/
2018 Amy Stumpfl, “Art + Science: Family Day Blends Art, Science,” The Tennessean, August 12, 2018, pp. 1E, 4E.
2016 Sara Estes, “OZ Art Fest a Weeklong Celebration of the Visual Arts,” The Tennessean, June 21, 2016.
www.tennessean.com/story/life/arts/2016/06/19/oz-art-fest-weeklong-celebration-visual-arts/85826840/
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“OZ Art Fest – Modular Art Pods,” Locate Arts, June 2016.
locatearts.org/exhibitions/nashville/oz-art-fest-modular-art-pods
2015 Elizabeth Michelman, “The Perils of the Possible: We Are All Curators Now!,” Artscope, January/February 2015, pp. 34–35.
Andri Alexandrou, “You Can Take It With You,” SeedSpace: On Exhibition, Summer 2015.
2012 Myrna Petlicki, “Retreat to Lake Forest’s Ragdale for Inspiration,” Chicago Sun-Times, June 1, 2012,
wilmette.suntimes.com/entertainment/12723023-421/retreat-to-lake-forests-ragdale-for-inspiration.html.
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Technical Expertise and Skills
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Redesign and implementation of in-person Professional Development for digital online training for K-12 art educators
within Metro Nashville Public Schools -
In-person and digital Foundations college level courses, including lectures, demonstrations, workshops, and critiques
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Variety of drawing techniques: dry and wet materials; linear and value based drawing; representational, abstract,
non-objective drawing -
Variety of painting techniques: oils, acrylics, watercolor, gouache, casein; mixing paints from scratch safely using
pigments and binders; building a variety of matrixes -
Variety of printmaking techniques: screenprinting, relief, monoprints
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Variety of photographic techniques: film and digital
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Variety of digital techniques: vector, pixel-based, motion
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Variety of fiber skills: sewing, weaving, piecing, printmaking on fabric, dying
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Researching, writing articles, and editing images based upon parameters provided by clients, (ARTnews and
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) -
Grant writing, for community artworks (National Endowment for the Arts, Metro Nashville Arts Commission, Burning Man)
and for galleries (COOP Gallery and Turnip Green Creative Reuse) -
Experience with the use of digital tools within the art making process, including CSS (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign,
Acrobat) -
Writing and modelling art lessons for art educators and museum professionals which are scalable for artists at a variety
of art making levels and skill sets, including ESL students, artists with disabilities, and artists with developmental delays -
Experience with art gallery installation, art handling, curation, and press release writing (COOP Galllery, Turnip Green
Creative Reuse, the galleries at Western Kentucky University, Kindling Arts Festival) -
Website design and updating within Wix and Squarespace templates and tools
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Office software: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, GoogleSuite
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Social media: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter
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Creative digital spaces: Discord, Slack, Basecamp, Schoolology, Dropbox, GoogleDrive, Blackboard
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Video-based platforms: YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch
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Email communications within Mailchimp
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Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapist, specifically working with individuals on the autism spectrum