Virgene Tyrrell

                               Resume

TRAINING
Stained glass class, Gene's Stained Glass, Kansas City, Missouri, 1998
Mosaic class, Urban Arts, Kansas City, Missouri, 2004
Mosaic class, Mad About Mosaics, Overland Park Kansas, 2005

Mentoring with artist Cassie Edmonds, Tyler Texas, 2013

TEACHING
North Country Arts and Crafts Workshop, Beginning Mosaic Class, September, 2012
Bemidji Community Arts Council, Beginning Mosaic Class, October, 2012
Bemidji Community Arts Council, Beginning Mosaic Class, November, 2012
Various small classes at my studios in Bemidi, MN and Georgetown, TX, 2012-present
Fifteen students from the Stained Glass Club in Sun City, Georgetown, TX, 2017-2018

ART SHOWS
Bemidji First City of the Arts Studio Cruise, Bemidji, Minnesota, October 2011
Featured Artist, Gallery North, Bemidji, Minnesota, April 2011
Art in the Park, Bemidji, Minnesota, July 2011
Art Show, Northern Lights Event Center, Walker, Minnesota, 2012
Bemidji First City of the ArtsStudio Cruise, Bemidji, Minnesota, October 2012
Old Salem Hall Art Show, Turtle River, November, 2012
​Art in the Park, Bemidji, Minnesota, July 2012
​Old Salem Art Fair, Turtle River, Minnesota, November 2012
​Art in the Park, Bemidji, Minnesota, July 2013
​Art in the Park, Bemidji, Minnesota, July 2013
Art in the Park, Bemidji, Minnesota, July 2014
​Hill Country Art Fair, Georgetown, Texas, November 2014
Art in the Park, Bemidji, Minnesota, July 2015
Art in the Park, Bemidji, Minnesota, July 2016
​Bemidji First City of the Arts Studio Cruise, Bemidji, Minnesota, October 2016
Featured Showcase, Gallery North, Bemidji, Minnesota, June 2017
Art in the Park, Bemidji, Minnesota, July 2017
Forestedge Winery Art Show, LaPorte, Minnesota, August 2017
Art in the Park, Bemidji, Minnesota, July 2018
​Forestedge Wintery Art Show, LaPorte, Minnesota, August 2018

COMMISSIONS
​Mosaics have been commissioned for individuals from the US and Europe

GALLERIES
Artist's Mall, Walker, Minnesota, 2009 to 2016
Yeldarb Gallery, NOTO Art District, Topeka, Kansas,, 2012-2014
Gallery Off the Square, Georgetown, Texas, 2015 to 2017
​Art on 12, Wimberley, Texas, Guest Artist, 2018
Imagine, juried show at Texas State University, Round Rock Texas, 2016 and 2018
Lillian Yahn Gallery, O'Fallon, Missouri, juried show of Black and White, 2019
Stone Soup Gallery, Chesterfield, Missouri, juried show Wild at Heart, 2019
Missouri Artists on Main, St. Charles, Missouri, juried show Winter Wonderland, 2021, honorable mention
Stone Soup Gallery, Chesterfield, Missouri, juried show, You in the Lou 2022
Crossroads Arts Council, Wentzville, Missouri, juried show, Creativity Unleashed 2022, 2nd place ribbon
Crossroads Arts Council, Wentzville, Missouri, juried show, Spanning the Generations 2022
Lillian Yahn Gallery, O'Fallon, Missouri, 2021-222

AWARDS
Emerging Artist Grant, Region Two Arts Council, Bemidji, Minnesota, 2013

TV CREDITS
Seven for my mosaic suns have appeared on CBS Sunday Morning
One of my suns is on the list of 34 of CBS Sunday Morning's favorite suns

SOCIAL MEDIA
@MosaicsbyVirgene on Etsy, Instagram, Facebook and Blog