Michael Nichols
born, St. Louis, Missouri
education
2000 MFA in Painting, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO
1997 BFA in Painting, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO
1995 AFA, St. Louis Community College at Meramec, St. Louis, MO
workshops - attended
2019 “Strappo” Fresco Workshop, The Fresco School of Andrea Sala, Monza, Italy
2007 Professional Fresco Workshop, The Fresco School, Los Angeles, CA
academic positions
2016–Present, Professor of Art, Foundations, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
(Asst. Prof. 2004–10, Assoc. Prof. 2010–16)
2019 (Jan-April), Visiting Professor of Art, Harlaxton College, Grantham, England
2009 (Jan-April), Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, Harlaxton College, Grantham, England
2001–2004, Lecturer, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO
1998–2004, Instructor of Art (Adjunct), St. Louis Community College Meramec, St. Louis, MO
selected exhibitions (present—2006)
2025
Contemporary Fresco Installations, Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY, Solo (October)
17th Members-Only Juried Exhibition, Artworks Inc., Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY
2024
Surface Matters, Frescoes and Silverpoints by Michael Nichols, Saint Meinrad Archabbey Library Gallery, St. Meinrad Monastery, St. Meinrad, IN, Solo
62nd Mid-States Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, IN
15th Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Competition, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
Art from the Heartland, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
37th September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
Dogwood Regional Fine Art Exhibit, Emporium Center Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Artworks Inc. Fall Juried Exhibition, Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green, KY
MFA/MA Alumni Exhibit Retrospective, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO
Exhibition of Former Faculty, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO
16th Annual Members-Only Juried Exhibition, Artworks Inc., University Galleries, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
2023
Time Constraints, IU Kokomo Art Gallery, Indiana University Kokomo, Kokomo, IN
Masur Museum of Art’s 60th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
Flora, Sager Reeves Gallery, Columbia, MO
Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College Art Gallery, Rinelander, WI
Dogwood Regional Fine Arts Exhibit, Emporium Center Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Small Works Exhibit, Sager Reeves Gallery, Columbia, MO
OAG Juried Exhibition, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY
Members-Only Exhibition, Artworks Inc., Ellis Walker Gallery, Bowling Green, KY
Holiday Group Exhibit, Ellis Walker Gallery, Bowling Green, KY
Faculty Exhibition, University Galleries, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
All Kentucky Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Downing Museum, Artworks Inc., Bowling Green, KY
Abound, Celebration of the Arts, Kentucky Museum, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
Making the Jonesville Fresco, FAC Corridor Gallery, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY (Curatorial Project by Elizabeth Jones and Michael Nichols)
Artworks Inc. Summer Art Exhibition, University Galleries, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
2022
Refresh, Buon Fresco Paintings by Michael Nichols, Manifest Galleries, Cincinnati, OH, Solo
Plastered, LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA, Solo
61st Mid-States Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, IN
Five and Under, Arcadia Contemporary, New York, NY
2022 Baker/Lunt Memorial Juried Art Exhibition, Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY
Dogwood Regional Fine Arts Exhibit, Emporium Center Gallery, Knoxville, TN
29th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, Jasper Arts Center, Jasper, IN
2022 Juried Show, Janice Mason Art Museum, Cadiz, KY
All Kentucky Exhibition, Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY
US Bank, Celebration of the Arts 2022, Kentucky Museum, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
2021
Present Perfect, Stephen P. McCutchan Art Center/ Palmina F. and Stephen S. Pace Galleries, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN, Solo
International Painting Annual 10, exhibition-in-print, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
ArtWorks, Inc. July Exhibition, Skypac, Bowling Green, KY
US Bank, Celebration of the Arts 2021, Kentucky Museum, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
December Exhibit, Ellis Walker Gallery, Bowling Green, KY
2020
Resurfaced, Explorations in Fresco Painting, Joan Derryberry Art Gallery, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN, Solo
Portraiture Exhibit, Sager Reeves Gallery, Columbia, MO
Family, LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA
Alumni Exhibition, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO
Small Works Exhibit, Sager Reeves Gallery, Columbia, MO
ArtFields 2020, Lake City, SC (presented online due to COVID-19)
Portraits, Fine Art Gallery, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO,
Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Regional Showcase, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
US Bank, Celebration of the Arts 2020, Kentucky Museum, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
2019
2019 October Exhibit, Sager Reeves Gallery, Columbia, MO, Small-group
About Face, Janice Mason Art Museum, Cadiz, KY, Trio
International Painting Annual 9, exhibition-in-print, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Drawing Down, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
Potluck, 1: a selection of works by past exhibitors, Cochenour Gallery, Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY
Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Competition, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
Celebration of the Creative Arts at Harlaxton, Gold Room & Great Hall, Harlaxton Manor, Grantham, England
12th Annual Members Only, Artwork Inc., WKU, Bowling Green, KY
2018
Mike Nichols Pop-Up Fresco Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR, Solo (In conjunction with fresco workshop)
"And Now for Something New" Vol 1., LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA
International Painting Annual 8, exhibition-in-print, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2018 Juried Show, Janice Mason Art Museum, Cadiz, KY
11th Annual Members' Art Exhibition, Artworks Inc., Bowling Green, KY
2018 Jack Lunt Memorial Exhibition, Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY
2017
Limelight: Contemporary Buon Frescoes by Micheal Nichols, Cochenour Gallery, Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY, Solo
Through the Looking Glass, New Works by Michael Nichols and Kristina Arnold, Ellis Walker Gallery, Bowling Green, KY, Duo
Art of the South 2017, Number Inc. Magazine, Ground Floor Gallery, Nashville, TN
National Juried Painting Exhibition, Univ. of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI
Half-Truth, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
9th Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Competition, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
24th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, Krempp Gallery, Jasper Arts Center, Jasper IN
Kentucky Visions at the Capitol 2017, KAC, Capitol Annex, Frankfort, KY
Artworks Inc. 10th Annual Members Juried Exhibition, University Gallery, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
Studio Time, 2017 Faculty Works, University Galleries, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
2016
Refresh, Frescoes and Silverpoints by Michael Nichols, Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY, Solo
International Painting Annual 6, exhibition-in-print, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Just In: Buon Fresco Paintings by Michael Nichols, Garvey Simon Art Access, New York, NY
Jack Lunt Memorial Juried Art Exhibition, Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY
Instructor Exhibit, Sandra J. Blain Gallery, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Past and Present, Ellis walker Gallery, Bowling Green, KY
2015
On the Surface, John Cross and Michael Nichols, Fine Arts Gallery, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO, Duo
Metalpoint Now!, Garvey Simon Art Access, New York, NY
International Painting Annual 5, exhibition-in-print, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Dogwood Regional Fine Arts Exhibit, Emporium Center Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Contemporary Portraits, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL
Face It, Eichold Gallery, Spring Hill College, Mobile, AL
State of Painting, Anne Wright Wilson Fine Arts Gallery, Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY
Jack Lunt Memorial Juried Art Exhibition, Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY
12x12”, Ellis Walker Gallery, Bowling Green, KY
Artworks Inc. 8th Annual Members Juried Exhibition, University Gallery, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
2014
Michael Nichols, Fresco & Silverpoint, Lucretia C. Begley Gallery, Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia, KY, Solo
The Red Clay Survey: 2014 Exhibition of Contemporary Southern Art, Huntsville Museum of Fine Art, Huntsville, AL
Drawing Discourse, University of North Carolina Asheville, Asheville, NC
6th Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Competition, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
33rd Annual All Kentucky Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green, KY
Biennial Faculty Exhibit, University Gallery Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
12x12”, Ellis Walker Gallery, Bowling Green, KY
US Bank, Celebration of the Arts 2014, Kentucky Museum, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
2013
Michael Nichols: Selected Works, The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center, Covington, KY, Solo
6th Annual Paint the Parks, Traveling, Coutts Museum of Art, El Dorado, KS
Biennial Juried Show, Janice Mason Art Museum, Cadiz, KY
Dogwood Regional Fine Arts Exhibit, Emporium Center Gallery, Knoxville, TN
OAG Juried Exhibition, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY
32nd Annual All Kentucky Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Thoroughbred Square, Bowling Green, KY
Uncommon Wealth, Kentucky Arts Council, Frankfort, KY
2012
Southwest Strata, Works by Michael and Leslie Nichols, Ellis Walker Gallery, Bowling Green, KY, Duo
International Drawing Annual 7, exhibition-in-print, Manifest Press, Cincinnati, OH
56th Mid-States Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts, History, and Science, Evansville, IN
Grayscale, Strathmore Mansion and Galleries, North Bethesda, MD
4th Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Competition, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
2011
Michael Nichols, Selected Works, Peter L. Youngers Art Gallery, Northeastern College, Sterling, CO, Solo
Confluence; Michael Nichols and Leslie Nichols, Visual Arts Center, Blackburn College, Carlinville, IL, Duo
Residue, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
“9 x 12”, Ferencvarosi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
3rd Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Competition, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
emè Exposition Internationale, Centre Culturel et de la Vie Associative Villeurbanne, St. Louis - Lyon Sister Cities Inc., Lyon, France
International Art Exchange Exhibition, World Trade Center Saint Louis, St. Louis - Lyon Sisters Cities Inc., Clayton, MO
Harlaxton Exhibit; 40th Anniversary Celebration, Krannert Gallery, University of Evansville, Evansville, IN
Drawing Resurfaced, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Dogwood Regional Fine Arts Exhibit, Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, TN,
Community of Artists, Center for Research & Development, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
2010
Group Dynamics, Arts Center Gallery, Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WY. Trio
Creative Inquiries; 2010 Chautauqua Lecture Series, Fred P. Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY
Sixth Annual Northeast National Pastel Exhibition, Arts Center Old Forge, The Arts Guild of Old Forge, Old Forge, NY
Juried Art Exhibition, Dorothy Herger Gallery, Solano Community College, Fairfield, CA
Annual Central South Art Exhibition, Tennessee Art League Galleries, Tennessee Art League, Nashville, TN
Germinate, Square Space Gallery, Gallatin, TN
Biennial Faculty Exhibit, University Gallery, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
US Bank Celebration of the Arts 2010, Kentucky Museum, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
Kentucky Visions, House and Senate Offices, State Capitol Annex, Kentucky Arts Council, Frankfort, KY
2009
Michael Nichols, Pastels, Doris Ulmann Galleries, Berea College, Berea, KY, Solo
Michael Nichols; Figures in Flux, University Art Gallery, John Brown University, Silaom Springs, AR, Solo
Opus Stratum, Harlaxton Manor, Harlaxton College, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, Duo
Nude 2009, Loudoun House Gallery, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
28th Annual All Kentucky Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Houchens Gallery, Capitol Arts Alliance Inc., Bowling Green, KY
emè Exposition Internationale, Centre Culturel et de la Vie Associative Villeurbanne St. Louis - Lyon Sister Cities Inc., Lyon, France
International Art Exchange Exhibition, World Trade Center Saint Louis, St. Louis - Lyon Sisters Cities Inc., Clayton, MO
2008
Pastel National 2008, Wichita Center for the Arts Gallery, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
Buon Fresco Painting; Michael Nichols with Students, University Gallery, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
Annual All Kentucky Fine Art Exhibition, Houchens Gallery, Capitol Arts Alliance Inc., Bowling Green, KY
International Art Exchange Exhibition, World Trade Center Saint Louis, St. Louis - Lyon Sisters Cities Inc., Clayton, MO
US Bank Celebration of the Arts 2008, Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green, KY
Biennial Faculty Exhibit, University Gallery, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
2007
Mike Nichols and Jason Lascu, Houchens Gallery, Capitol Arts Alliance, Bowling Green, KY, Duo
Southern Realism, LeMieux Gallery, New Orleans, LA
New Beginnings, Hentschel Art Gallery, Des Moines
26th Annual All Kentucky Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Houchens Gallery, Capitol Arts Alliance Inc., Bowling Green, KY
It’s in your Head; Approaches to Likeness, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
National Drawing Annual 2006, exhibition-in-print, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2006
Michael Nichols; Selected Works, Thigpen Gallery, Volunteer State Community college, Gallatin, TN, Solo
Mike Nichols and Brent Oglesbee, Brownlee O. Currey Jr. Gallery, Watkins College of Art and Design, Nashville, TN, Duo
Contemporary Realism, Space 301, Center for the Living Arts, Mobile, AL
25th Annual All Kentucky Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Houchens Gallery, Capitol Arts Alliance Inc., Bowling Green, KY
US Bank Celebration of the Arts 2006, Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green KY
Art Faculty; Annual Show, University Gallery, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
International Art Exchange Exhibition, World Trade Center Saint Louis, St. Louis - Lyon Sisters Cities Inc., Clayton, MO
grants & professional honors
Sabbatical Leave, Contemporary Fresco Installations, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, 2023
Quick Turn-Around Grant, Contemporary Fresco Installations, Potter College of Arts & Letters, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 2023
Potter College Faculty Award for Research and Creative Activity, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY (2019-2020 academic year)
Quick Turn-Around Grant, Airbrushed Buon Fresco, Potter College of Arts and Letters, Western Kentucky University, 2020
Artist Professional Development Grant, Great Meadows Foundation, Louisville, KY, 2019
Quick Turn-Around Grant, Influences, Conversations about fresco in Italy, Potter College of Arts and Letters, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 2019
Research and Creative Activity Program Grant, Refresh: Exploring Contemporary Applications of Buon Fresco, Sponsored Programs, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, 2014
Sabbatical Leave, Refresh: Exploring Contemporary Applications of Buon Fresco, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, 2014
Al Smith Fellowship, Kentucky Arts Council, Frankfort, KY, 2010
Faculty Grant, Painted in Stone: the Art of Italian Fresco Painting, Office of Sponsored Programs, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, 2010
Junior Faculty Grant, Buon Fresco Technique, Office of Sponsored Programs, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, 2007
awards (selected, 2006 to present)
2nd Place, 17th Members-Only Juried Exhibition, Artworks Inc., Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY, 2025
Merit Award, 37th September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA, 2024
Merit Award, 16th Annual Members Juried Art Exhibition, Artworks Inc., Bowling Green, KY, 2024
3rd Place, Artworks Inc. Fall Juried Exhibition, Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green, KY, 2024
Best of Show, All-Kentucky Juried Art Exhibition, Artworks Inc., Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY, 2023
People’s Choice Award, Masur Museum of Art’s 60th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA, 2023
Susan and Daniel Horton Award, Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College Art Gallery, Rhinelander, WI, 2023
Honorable Mention, Dogwood Regional Arts Exhibition, Knoxville, TN 2023
1st Place, 61st Juried Exhibition, Owensboro Museum of Fine Arts, Owensboro, KY, 2023
Honorable Mention, 61st Juried Exhibition, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY, 2023
Best of Show, Baker / Lunt Memorial Exhibition, Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY, 2022
Manifest Grand Jury Prize Finalist, 17th Exhibition Season (2020-21), Cincinnati, OH
Honorable Mention, Dogwood Regional Arts Exhibition, Knoxville, TN 2022
Honorable Mention, Annual All-Kentucky Juried Art Exhibition, Downing Museum, 2022
Manifest Grand Jury Prize Finalist, 16th Exhibition Season (2019-20), Cincinnati, OH
Juror’s Choice, “And Now for Something New”, Vol 1, LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA, 2018
Best of Show, 2018 Jack Lunt Memorial Exhibition, Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY
Second Place, 2017 National Juried Painting Exhibition, Gallery of Art and Design University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, 2017
Best of Show, 10th Annual Members Juried Art Exhibition, Artworks Inc., Bowling Green, KY, 2017
Award of Excellence, 24th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, Krempp Gallery, Jasper, IN, 2017
Patron Award, 30th Annual Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College Art Gallery, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI, 2017
Second Place, International Painting Annual 6, Manfiest Press, Cincinnati, OH, 2016
Merit Award, Dogwood Regional Fine Arts Exhibit, Knoxville, TN, 2015
Best of Show, 8th Annual Members Juried Art Exhibition, Artworks Inc. Bowling Green, KY, 2015
Best of Show, All Kentucky Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Artworks Inc. Bowling Green, KY, 2014
Best of Show, US Bank Celebration of the Arts 2014, Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green, KY, 2014
Best of Show, OAG Juried Exhibit, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY, 2013
Third Place, Biennial Juried Show, Janice Mason Art Museum, Cadiz, KY, 2013
Juror’s Award, 6th Annual Paint the Parks, Coutts Museum of Art, El Dorado, KS, 2012
Third Place, 3rd Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Competition, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA, 2011
Julie Tabbitas Moore Award, Northeast National Pastel Exhibit, Arts Center Old Forge, Old Forge, NY, 2010
Great American Artworks Product Award, Northeast National Pastel Exhibition, Arts Center Old Forge, Old Forge, NY, 2010
Best of Show, US Bank Celebration of the Arts 2010, Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green, KY, 2010
Best of Show, Annual All Kentucky Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Capitol Arts, Bowling Green, KY, 2008
Best of Show, Annual All Kentucky Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Capitol Arts, Bowling Green, KY, 2007
Second Place, National Drawing Annual, Manifest Press, Cincinnati, OH, 2006
public collections
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (formerly Arkansas Center for the Arts), Little Rock, AR
Downing Museum / Jerry E. Baker Foundation, Bowling Green, KY
Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO (75th Anniversary Mural)
Harlaxton College, Grantham, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
John Brown University, Saliom Springs, AR
St. Mary’s High School, St. Louis, MO (Veterans Memorial Mural)
University of Evansville, Evansville, IN
Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY (Fresco Mural)
Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green, KY (Fresco Mural, Co-collaborator)
bibliography & press (selected)
Art students leave their mark on WKU with buon fresco installation, WKU News, Mary Bidwell, https://www.wku.edu/news/articles/index.php?view=article&articleid=11364 , June 7th, 2023
Mural Honoring Jonesville Now On Display At WKU's Kentucky Museum, WKYUFM WKU Public Radio, Colin Jackson, https://www.wkyufm.org/post/mural-honoring-jonesville-now-display-wkus-kentucky-museum?fbclid=IwAR21FHIyvQ12MKHoRxTZVv0kmYNmiZgoEv4Lk_1NCqsKl19Th_y-7hgnokA#stream/0 August 18th, 2021
Local artist, WKU students team up to commemorate Jonesville neighborhood, Bowling Green Daily News, Aaron Mudd, https://www.bgdailynews.com/news/local-artist-wku-students-team-up-to-commemorate-jonesville-neighborhood/article_1a5c5fea-ec24-50cf-8a93-816de5e9dee7.html August 5th, 2021
WKU Art Professor perfects and teaches ancient painting technique, WKU Research Foundation, Western Kentucky University, https://wkurf.org/wku-art-professor-perfects-and-teaches-ancient-painting-technique/ July, 2020
“About Face' exhibit now open at art museum” Kentucky New Era, July 11th, 2019
“Alla Scuola d’Affresco Sala una settimana internazionale”, Monza Chronicle, https://giornaledimonza.it, Monza,Italy, May 6th, 2019
Apicella, Barbara, “Dagli USA a Monza per Apprendere L’Arte Dello Strappo Nell’Affresco”, www.seietrenta.com , May 5th, 2019
Schwalb, Susan & Mazzullo, Thomas, Silverpoint and Metalpoint Drawing: A Complete Guide to the Medium, Routledge/Focal Press, December, 2018
Gardner, Stephen CP, Gateway to Drawing, A Complete Guide, Thames and Hudson, December 1st, 2018
Loosterboer, Lorena, “Idiosnycratic Monochromes”, PoetsArtists Magazine #85
Cole, Megan, “In the ‘Limelight’, Art professor featured at Downing Museum”, College Heights Herald, WKU, September 21st, 2016, p. B1
“Arrowmont Instructor Exhibit Opens”, Mountain Life, The Mountain Press, Section B, June 3rd, 2016
Furman, Anna, “10 Metalpoint Artists Redefine a Traditional Technique in Contemporary Terms”, Artsy Inc., Web, June 25th. 2015
“The Antique Art Technique Finding New Flavour”, Phaidon, June 18, 2015
Corona, Sarah, “Metalpoint Art: An unexpected revival”, Wall Street International Magazine, Web June 2nd, 2015
Muente, Kevin, “Michael Nichols at the Carnegie”, ÆQAI, October 22nd, 2013
Jenkins, Mark, “VisArts at Rockville Marks 25 Years; ‘Grayscale’”, Washington Post, Washington D.C.: December 20th, 2012, p. 2
video & television
Kentucky Life, Season 28, Episode 11, “Honoring the Jonesville Community.” Aired: April 15th, 2023, KET/PBS https://www.pbs.org/video/wade-houston-flavors-from-home-first-vineyard-iMPvSK/
Kentucky Museum fresco mural depicts demolition of Jonesville, WNKY News 40, Meghann Stamps https://www.wnky.com/kentucky-museum-fresco-mural-depicts-demolition-of-jonesville/?fbclid=IwAR0xfUk6V4m2wtPDib_unzCdHyDLEhU-uspsBW3LvUTAEwt33prl2E1CzEE August 4th, 2021
New fresco mural at Kentucky Museum to pay tribute to historic Jonesville, ABC 13 WBKO, Katey Cook, August 2nd, 2021
Badetti, Barbara, “Antico e modern, Affreschisti di tutto il mondo uniti dal web”, The Fresco School of Andrea Sala”, Civic Gallery, Monza, Italy, November 26th, 2017
Beckley, Cheryl, “New, Old, & Natural”, Main Street, Bowling Green, KY; WKYU-PBS, July, 2012
Collins, Lindsey, “WKU Connection”, Bowling Green Today, Bowling Green,KY; Bowling Green television WNKY NBC/CBS 40, August 27th, 2010
Knipp, Michael A., The People Project, St. Louis, MO: DHTV Video Documentary, St. Louis Public Access Television channel 21, 2001
buon fresco workshops - led
2024
Private 5-day Buon Fresco Workshop, Bowling Green, KY
Cartoons Fresco Workshop: Butler County High School and WKU Art Education, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
2023
Buon Fresco Workshop, Owensboro Art Guild, Owensboro, KY
Cartoons & Superheros, Fresco Workshop for Jonesville Academy S.T.E.A.M Day, Western Kentucky University Department of Art & Design
Buon Fresco Workshop, Kentucky Educators Professional Development Day, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
2022
Buon Fresco Workshop, Artworks Inc., SKCTC, Bowling Green, KY
2020
Buon Fresco Workshop, Tennessee Tech University, Cookville, TN
2019
Buon Fresco Booth, Franklin Simpson Night of Innovation, Franklin Simpson Schools, Franklin, KY
Buon Fresco Workshop, Art Club and Campus Community, Harlaxton College, Grantham, England
2018
Buon Fresco Workshop, Arkansas State University
Buon Fresco Workshop, University of Louisville, KY
2017
Buon Fresco Workshop, University of Southern Indiana
Buon Fresco Demonstration, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO
Buon Fresco Workshop, University of Louisville, KY
Buon Fresco Workshop, Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY
2016
Buon Fresco Workshop, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg TN
2015
Buon Fresco Workshop. Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO
2014
Buon Fresco Workshop, Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia, KY
Two-day buon Fresco Workshop, ARTWORKS INC. Bowling Green, KY
2011
Buon Fresco Workshop, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO
2010
Buon Fresco Workshop, Kentucky Art Education Association Fall Conference, Western Kentucky University
2009
Buon Fresco Workshop, Society of Art History and Archeology, University of Evansville, Evansville, IN
Buon Fresco Workshop, Art Education Mini-Conference, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
2008
Buon Fresco Workshop, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY