147 Seminole Road
Aurora Pope Brunswick, GA 31525
apope@ccga.edu (423) 638-2125
Education: Master of Fine Arts, Studio Painting
East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee 2008
Artium Baccalaureatus, Anthropology
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 1989
Professional Experience: Associate Professor, College of Coastal Georgia, Brunswick, Georgia; Fall 2017; Courses taught: 2-D Design, 3-D Design, Drawing 1, Drawing 2, Art History Survey 1, Art History Survey 2, Topics in American Art, Art Appreciation.
Part-time Faculty, College of Coastal Georgia, Brunswick, Georgia; 2015-2017; Courses taught: Art Appreciation, 3-D Design, 2-D Design.
Interim Chairperson of Fine and Performing Arts, 2014-2015; Assistant Professor, Tusculum College, Greeneville, Tennessee, 2013-August 2015; Gallery Director, Clem Allison Gallery, 2011-2015. Courses taught: Introduction to Art, Service Learning in the Arts, Painting I-III, Painting Independent Study, Ceramics I-II, Art History Research.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Tusculum College, Greeneville, Tennessee, 2011-2013; Gallery Director, Clem Allison Gallery, 2011-2013. Courses taught: Basic Design, Introduction to Art, Service Learning in the Arts, Painting I - III, Ceramics I, Materials and Techniques of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Art History Research, Portfolio and Exhibition.
Adjunct instructor, Tusculum College, Greeneville, Tennessee, 2009 - 2011. Courses taught: Basic Design, Introduction to Art
Adjunct instructor, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, 2011 and 2008. Courses taught: Watercolor, 2-D Design
Adjunct instructor, Northeast State Community College, Blountville, Tennessee (Kingsport campus), 2009 - 2010. Courses taught: Art History Survey 1
Adjunct instructor, Northeast State Technical Community College, Blountville, Tennessee (Jumpstart class, Dobyns- Bennett High School), Spring 2010. Courses taught: Art History Survey I
Graduate assistant, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, 2007-2008. Courses taught: 2-D Design
Workshop instruction: Paper casting workshop, home studio, Brunswick, Georgia, August 2019
Papermaking demonstration, Firehall Glass Studio, Greeneville, Tennessee, December 2013
Bookmaking workshop, Nelson Fine Art Center, Johnson City, Tennessee, March 2009
Workshop participation: Barrel fired ceramics, CCGA ceramic studio, Brunswick, GA, July 2019.
Publications: “Parosol” (mushroom spore print and graphite on Bristol board), Drawing Discourse, 2015.
“Mandorla” (mixed media painting on panel), The Tusculum Review, Vol. 8, 2012.
Post graduate credits: 20th Century Art History
Classical Art History
Independent research: “The Downgoing and Uprising: Chthonia in Aegean Religious Practices”
Artist talks: “Organics in Visual Arts.” Coastal Scholars. College of Coastal Georgia, Brunswick, Georgia, February 2022.
“Time and Place.” Tusculum College, Greeneville, Tennessee, November 2007.
Lectures: “The Homo botanicus: an exploration of the relationship between human culture and the vegetative environment as it manifests itself in art history.” Kingsport Alliance for Continued Learning, Kingsport, Tennessee, November 2011.
“Dragons and Other Monsters in Art History.” Kingsport Alliance for Continued Learning, Kingsport, Tennessee, April, 2011. (Lecture series).
“Minoan and Greek Art.” Kingsport Alliance for Continued Learning, Kingsport, Tennessee, March 2010.
“Symbol Recognition among Paleolithic Artists.” Tusculum College, Greeneville, Tennessee, April 2005.
Selected Exhibitions: Elementals, solo exhibition, Glynn Visual Arts, Saint Simons, Georgia – 2023
Organic Forms in Nature, juried exhibition, Glynn Visual Arts, Saint Simons, Georgia - 2023
Tenth Annual Traveling Exhibit of the Spring Paint-Out at Hofwyl, invitational group exhibition, six locations, Glynn County, Georgia – 2022
Textures, Forms, Patterns or Shapes, juried exhibition, Las Laguna Gallery, online – 2021
Art Market Soft Opening, invitational, Glynn Visual Arts, Saint Simons, Georgia - 2021
In Full Bloom, juried exhibition, J. Maine Gallery, online - 2020
Of a Feather, solo exhibit, Saint Simon’s Welcome Center, Saint Simons, Georgia - 2020
Organics, duo site-specific installation, Brunswick Stewdio, Brunswick, Georgia – 2019
Anything Goes, invitational group exhibition, Glynn Visual Arts Association, Saint Simons Island, Georgia – 2019
Seventh Annual Traveling Exhibit of the Spring Paint-Out at Hofwyl, invitational group exhibition, six locations, Glynn County, Georgia – 2019
CCGA Art Faculty Group Exhibition, invitational group exhibition, Ritz Theater, Brunswick, Georgia – 2018
Triptych; invitational group exhibition, SoGlo Gallery, Brunswick, Georgia – 2017
Mother Nature on the Move; members and instructors exhibition, Glynn Visual Arts Association, Saint Simons Island, Georgia; First Place – 2017
The Big Read; group work, site specific installation, Ritz Theater, Brunswick, Georgia – 2017
SECAC 2016 Juried Exhibition, juried exhibition, Eleanor D. Wilson Museum at Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia; Third Place – 2016
CCGA Arts Faculty Group Exhibition, invitational group exhibition, CCGA Southeast Regional Conference Center, Brunswick, Georgia – 2016
The Bridge: a year and a day, solo exhibition, Brunswick Stewdio, Brunswick, Georgia – 2016
5th Triennial 12 x 12: Small-Scale Art Works, juried exhibition, Todd Art Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee – 2016
5th Annual National Juried Exhibition, juried exhibition, Visual Arts Center Gallery, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia – 2016
5th Annual Armstrong National 2-D Competition Exhibition, juried exhibition, Armstrong Fine Arts Gallery, Armstrong State University, Savannah, Georgia – 2015/ 2016
2015 Exposition of Small-Sized Artwork WWW International, juried exhibition, Upstream People Gallery, online – 2015
6th Exhibit of Contemporary Drawing, juried exhibition, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, University of North Carolina Asheville, Asheville, North Carolina – 2015
Trilogy Art Show, juried exhibition, Marietta/ Conn Museum of Art, curated by Red Door Gallery and Studio, Marietta, Georgia – 2015
Small Works, juried exhibition, Upstream Gallery, Hastings on Hudson, New York – 2015
Journeys of Women, invitational group exhibition, McKinney Center, Jonesborough, Tennessee – 2014
Birds I Have Eaten, solo exhibition, Artspace 4, Greeneville, Tennessee – 2014
Icarus Rising, solo exhibition, Mason House Gallery, Greeneville, Tennessee - 2013
ReNEW, ReClaim, ReMIND, group exhibition, Ozone Fine Art Gallery, Newport, Oregon – 2013
Rock, Paper, Scissors, group exhibition, Clem Allison Gallery, Tusculum College, Greeneville, Tennessee – 2012
Primarily Greene, group exhibition, Slocumb Gallery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee – 2012
An Auguring, solo exhibit, Clem Allison Gallery, Tusculum College, Greeneville, Tennessee – 2011
Artscapes 2011, art auction, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee – 2011
Soaring: Nine Women, invitational exhibition, Tipton Gallery, Johnson City, Tennessee - 2011
Inside, Outside, juried competition, Goggleworks, Reading, Pennsylvania - 2011
Reunion: Invitational Exhibition of 100 Alumni, centennial commemoration exhibition, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee – 2010
Art in Academia: SECAC Member’s Exhibition, juried competition, Southeastern College Art Conference, Space 301, Mobile, Alabama – 2009
From the Earth, Nelson Fine Art Center, Johnson City, Tennessee – 2009. Exhibition curated by Aurora Pope.
Inside, Outside, In-Between, thesis exhibition, Carroll Reece Museum, Johnson City, Tennessee - 2008
Fibers, New Work by ETSU Fiber Art Program, Tipton Gallery, Johnson City, Tennessee - 2008
Marks (ETSU Graduate Students), Carroll Reece Museum, Johnson City, Tennessee - 2008
The Artistic Revolution, Carroll Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN and Gray Fossil Site Museum, Gray, Tennessee - 2007
New Works, solo exhibit, Downtown Kingsport Association, DKA Gallery, Kingsport, Tennessee - 2007
Adjunxtaposition, (East Tennessee State University, Art and Design Department: adjunct faculty and graduate assistants), Slocumb Galleries, ETSU, Johnson City, Tennessee – 2007
Artist’s Books: An Exhibition. Slocumb Galleries, ETSU, Johnson City, Tennessee – 2007
East Tennessee State University Painting Exhibition, Nelson Fine Art Center, Johnson City, Tennessee – 2006
East Tennessee State University Graduate Art Show, Carroll Reece Museum, Johnson City, Tennessee – 2006
Appalachian Art Show, juried competition, The Kingsport Art Guild, Renaissance Center, Kingsport, Tennessee – 2006
A Sense of Time and Place, solo exhibit, Clem Allison Gallery, Tusculum College, Greeneville, Tennessee - 2006
Art Night, Carol Grotnes Belk Library, Appalachian State University, Boone, Tennessee; purchase award - 2006
An Evening with the Arts, Downtown Kingsport Association, DKA Gallery, Kingsport, Tennessee - 2006
ETSU Painters Show, Nelson Fine Arts Gallery, Johnson City, Tennessee - 2006
An Evening with the Arts, Downtown Kingsport Association, DKA Gallery, Kingsport, Tennessee - 2005
What was Seen and What was Said, solo exhibit, Renaissance Center, Kingsport, Tennessee – 2005
27th Annual First Tennessee Bank Art Show, juried competition, Reece Museum, Johnson City, Tennessee – 2005
From Dusk to Dawn – Rites, Rituals, and Symbolism, online juried competition, Caladen Gallery, Beverly, Massachusetts, www.caladengallery.com – 2004
A Sense of Place 2004, juried competition, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, Georgia – 2004
13th Annual National Show, juried competition, The Art Institute and Gallery, Salisbury, Maryland; second place – 2004
July National Show2004, juried competition, Associated Artists of Southport, Franklin Square Gallery, Southport, North Carolina – 2004.
An Evening with the Arts, Downtown Kingsport Association, DKA Gallery, Kingsport, Tennessee – 2004
Appalachian Art Show, juried competition, The Kingsport Art Guild, Renaissance Center, Kingsport, Tennessee; award of excellence – 2004
Tennessee Artists Exhibit II, Madison Arts Center, Madison, Tennessee – 2004
Southeastern Exhibit, juried competition, Dunwoody Fine Arts Association, Mabel House Cultural Center, Mableton, GA – 2003
Faces V, juried competition, Period Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska - 2002
Celebration, solo exhibit, The Healing Arts Center, Athens, Georgia - 2002
Art in the Park, solo exhibit, Providence Canyon, Georgia – 2001
New Works, solo exhibit, Warren Bush Gallery, Andrew College, Cuthbert, Georgia - 2001
Gallery Representation: Artspace 4 Gallery
107 N. Main Street
Greeneville, Tennessee 2014 - present
Ozone Fine Art
669 Bay Blvd.
Newport, Oregon 2010 – present
Public Collections: Penn Virginia Corporation
Carol Grotnes Belk Library, Appalachian State University
Friends of Hofwyl
Organizations: Glynn Visual Art Association
Southeastern College Art Conference
Languages: English, Italian