EDUCATION
2000 Rank I Teacher’s Certification, Murray State University, Murray KY
1984 MA Painting, Murray State University, Murray KY
1977 BFA Painting and Printmaking/ BFA Art Education, UNC Greensboro, Greensboro NC
FELLOWSHIPS/ GRANTS/ AWARDS/ SERVICE
2016-20 Board Member, Murray Art Guild, Murray KY
2015 Outstanding Alumni in the Fine Arts Award, Murray State University, Murray KY
2006 Sara Shallenberger Brown Foundation Fellowship, Teacher Institute on Dutch Art in the Golden Age, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
2006 Faurest Art Educators’ Residency Fellowship, Mary Anderson Center for the Arts, IN
2002 Individual Artist Fellowship, Kentucky Foundation for Women
1991 Professional Assistance Award, Kentucky Arts Council
1990 Individual Artist Fellowship, Kentucky Foundation for Women
1989 Professional Development Grant, Kentucky Arts Council
1987 Individual Artist Fellowship, Kentucky Foundation for Women
1985 Al Smith Fellowship, Kentucky Arts Council
SELECTED TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1995, 2016 Instructor, Drawing & Painting Workshops, Arrowmont School of Art & Craft, Gatlinburg TN
1995-1997 Visual Art Faculty, Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts
1990-1993 Instructor, Mixed-Media Drawing, Penland School, Penland, NC
1984-1993 Adjunct Instructor, Department of Art, MSU, Murray, KY
EXHIBITIONS
2020-Present
Magic Silver 2021, Photography, Work donated for Permanent Collection, Eagle Gallery, Murray KY
Art Through The Lens, Honorable Mention, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah KY
2019
Magic Silver Show: Elena Diane Curris Juried Exhibition, Eagle Gallery, MSU, Murray KY
2018
New Work: Solo Show, Freight House Restaurant, Paducah KY
2017
Mare Crisium: Sea of Crisis, Solo Show, Murray Art Guild, Murray KY
Different Times: Different Places, Ruth Baggett Gallery, Paducah KY
Legacy, Paducah School of Art and Design, Paducah KY
2016
Looking Back. Drawing Forward, Solo Show, Ruth Baggett Gallery, Paducah KY
Landspirations, Group Show, Murray Art Guild, Murray KY
Side by Side, Curris Center Gallery, Murray KY
Arrowmont Faculty Show, Arrowmont School of Arts & Craft, Gatlinburg TN
2015 Simply Graphite, Ruth Baggett Gallery, Paducah KY
Sketchbooks, Murray Art Guild, Murray KY
Visual Evidence, Murray Art Guild, Murray KY, 2nd Place in Painting
2014
Uncommon Wealth; Group Show travelled to Glema Mahr Center for the Arts, Madisonville Community College, Madisonville KY; Berea Arts Council, Berea KY; Rowan County Arts Center, Morehead KY; Huff Gallery at Spalding University, Louisville KY.
Member’s Show, Murray Art Guild, Murray KY
2012
Kentucky Visions at the Capitol, Capitol Building, Frankfort KY
Garden Party: Wastelanders Summer Solstice Show, Viterisi Building, Paducah KY
2011
Member’s Show, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah KY
2010
Holidazle II, Invitational, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Ownesboro KY
2009
Art & Design Alumni Show, Murray State University Curris Center Gallery, Murray KY
2008
Women of Wisdom, Mary Craik Gallery, Louisville, KY.
2007
Kentucky Visions at the Capitol, Capitol Building, Frankfort KY, Traveled to Living Arts & Science Center, Lexington KY
Family Matters, Mary Anderson Center for the Arts, Mount Saint Francis IN
Zephyr Gallery 20th Anniversary Exhibit, Zephyr Gallery, Louisville KY
2006
53rd Mid-States Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science, EvansvilleIN
Uncommon Wealth: Legacy of the Kentucky Arts Council Fellowships, Lexington Art League, Lexington KY
2005
Fall Exhibit, Mark Palmer Gallery, Paducah, KY
A Kentucky Investment: The BB&T Collection, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro KY, Purchase Award
2004
Recent Paintings, Solo Exhibit.Eagle Foyer Gallery, Murray State University, Murray KY
Summer Faculty Exhibit, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg TN
The Bluegrass Biennial: A Kentucky Juried Exhibition, Claypool-Young Art Gallery, Morehead State University, Morehead KY
2003
Small Packages 9, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville TN
2002
Arts Meets Activism, ArtsWatch Gallery, Louisville KY
51st Mid-States Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville KY
Talking to Ourselves Out Loud: the Art of Paul and Sandy Miller Sasso, Maiden Alley Cinema Gallery, Paducah KY
2002
20-Year Buddies: The Art of Paul and Sandy Miller Sasso, Icehouse Gallery, Mayfield KY
2001
Kentucky’s Women Artists: 1850-2000, Owensboro Museum of Fine Arts, Owensboro KY
Electronic Gallery Membership Exhibit, NAEA Conference, New York NY 2001
Yeiser 2001, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah KY, Cash Award
Impressions 2001, Icehouse Gallery, Mayfield KY
2000
Impressions 2000, Icehouse Gallery, Mayfield KY
Alumni Exhibit, Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray KY
1998
Murray Art Guild Annual Exhibit, Murray KY, Cash Award
1997
Riversticks: A Driftwood Invitational, Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville KY
1997 Water Tower Annual, Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville KY
Juried Alumni Exhibition, Eagle Gallery, MSU, Murray KY
1996
Mississippi River: Ten States, Ten Artists; Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Five Kentucky Artists, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff AZ
Group Show, Gallery 121, Murray KY
Inner Landscapes, Solo Show, Shawnee Community College, Ullin IL
Visual Art Faculty Exhibit, Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts, Cralle Gallery, Bellarmine College, Louisville KY
1995
The Education of an Artist: Thirteen Women, Houchens Gallery, Capital Arts Center, Bowling Green KY
Faculty Exhibit: Summer ’95, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg TN
1993
Revising Boundaries: Southern Women Artists, Washington State Convention & Trade Center, Seattle WA
Faculty Exhibit, Eagle Gallery, MSU, Murray KY
1993
Instructor’s Exhibit, Horner Gallery, Penland School of Arts & Crafts, Penland NC
Owensboro National Bank and the Arts: A Kentucky Investment, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro KY, Purchase Award
1992
45th Annual Mid-States Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts & Science, Evansville IN
Sandy Miller Sasso: Pastels & Prismacolors, Solo Exhibit, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah KY
Instructor’s Exhibit, Horner Gallery, Penland School of Arts & Crafts, Penland NC
1991
Fragments: Drawings and Text, Solo Exhibit, ArtsWatch Gallery, Louisville KY
Drawing from Experience, Gallery 600, Paducah KY
Instructor’s Exhibit, Horner Gallery, Penland School of Arts & Crafts, Penland NC
My Vision, Women’s Caucus for Art Conference, Sumner School Museum and Archives, Washington DC
Collective Contrasts: Making Feminism Visible, Zephyr Gallery, Louisville KY
Penland Show, Vespermann Gallery, Atlanta GA
Art Department Faculty Exhibit, Eagle Gallery, MSU, Murray KY
1990
Womanspirit: Myth and Metaphor, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami FL
The Red Clay Survey: A Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Southern Art, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville AL
CWCA Hangs Together, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago IL
The Fifth Annual Juried Show, Henderson Arts Council, Henderson KY, Cash Award
Artforms’90, Greater Lafayette Museum of Art, Lafayette IN
Solo Exhibit, Dawson Springs Museum and Art Center, Dawson Springs, KY
1989
New Artists, H.L. Stine Fine Arts Gallery, Atlanta GA
Post Marked Kentucky, Lexington Art League, Lexington KY
Solo Exhibit, Sommerset Community College, Sommerset KY
Images of Paducah/ Images of Western Kentucky, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah KY
Paducah ’89, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah KY, Honorable Mention
Night Visions, Solo Exhibit, Gallery 600, Paducah KY
The Faculty Works, Eagle Gallery, MSU, Murray KY
1988
Reject ’88, Two Street Studio, Paducah KY
Southdown Fine Arts Biennial, Terrebonne Historical and Cultural Society, Houma LA, Best of Show Award
Alumni Invitational, Eagle Gallery, MSU, Murray KY
Kentucky Foundation for Women Fellows Exhibit, Café Dog, Louisville KY
1987
Two Person Exhibit, Capital Gallery of Contemporary Art, Frankfort KY
Two Person Exhibit, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony IN
1987
State of Mind: Twelve Progressive Kentucky Artists, Water Tower Art Association, Louisville Ky. Traveled to Northern Kentucky Arts Council Gallery, Covington KY
Solo Exhibit, Joe L. Evins Appalachian Center for the Crafts, Smithville TN
Women Artists Invitational, Hollins College Art Gallery, Roanoke VA
1986
Precious Pieces, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony IN
Society of Fellows First Annual Invitational, Arts Place Gallery, Lexington KY
Paduach ’86, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah KY, Best of Show $500 award
The 1986 All Kentucky Art Exhibition, J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville KY, Purchase Award
1985
Paducah ’85, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah KY
20th Annual Juried Exhibit, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro KY
Artist in Residence Invitational, Kentucky Center for the Arts, Louisville KY
14th Annual Coca-Cola Art Show, Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Elizabethtown KY
1985
Solo MA Thesis Exhibit, Eagle Gallery, MSU, Murray KY
Out of Towners Invitational, Gallery 200 East, Knoxville TN
Collections
Kentucky Fried Chicken Corporation, Louisville KY
Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro KY
Yeiser Art Center, Paducah KY
Tennessee Valley Authority, Pickwick Landing State Park
PAST EMPLOYMENT
2008-2015 Art Instructor, Calloway County High School, Murray KY
1994-2008 Art Instructor, North Calloway Elementary School, Murray KY