2008 NEWS
University of North Carolina at Asheville, Art in Prisons Program. Drawing to Maximum Security Prisoners at Foothills Correctional. January - March and June - August 2008.
Note: Teal's portraiture class at Avery Mitchell Correctional Facility will receive special recognition for their notable work. Their art will be featured in a Fall 2008 exhibition and in a book published by the North Carolina Department of Corrections and the University of North Carolina. The book will be sold by the University of North Carolina around the state at its branch libraries, at state-owned art institutions, and all prison facilities in North Carolina.
2007 NEWS
University of North Carolina at Asheville, Art in Prisons Program. Drawing to Maximum Security Prisoners at Foothills Correctional. January - May 2007.
2006 NEWS
Joan Mitchell Foundation Award, 2006 Recipient - Sponsor: Atlantic Center for the Arts
Residency at Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
October 30 – November 17, 2006 (With Robert Colescott, Master Artist)
Gallery Szinhely, Budapest, Hungary - "Angels and Devils, Dogs and Cats"
October 10 – November 25, 2006
(Link to Opening Announcement)
NEWS ARCHIVES
Hello Bern Magazine - "A Sense of Place" by Querida Long, 2005 (Link to Article)
"Her paintings tend to be inwardly focused and often depict womanly themes such as connection to the earth, connection to animal life and free expression of emotion in ways that push the boundaries of what we are used to seeing."
Berner Rundschau Magazine - "Kinderfotos and Grimm-Marchen by Oliver Andres, 2005
(Link to Article)
Profile Published in Western North Carolina Woman, June 2003
http://wnc-woman.com/0603monikateal.htmlhttp://www.cubanart.org/english/news.htm
Monika Teal, American Painter in Cuba
Published in ArtDeadline.Com - New York, NY - Aug 26, 2002
"Monika Teal and Caridad Ramos opened at Galeria Oriente in Santiago de Cuba on August 4, 2002. Ms. Teal is the first American artist to show at Galeria Oriente in Santiago, and one of a few American artists who have been invited by the Cuban Union of Artists and Writers to show in eastern Cuba. The exhibition received national newspaper, radio and television coverage. Ms. Teal is showing in Cuba with permission from the U.S. Department of Treasury and a cultural visa from the Cuban government. The exhibition is a collaboration with Ms. Teal, a painter and Caridad Ramos, a sculptor. The exhibition ends on September 4, 2002." © Copyright 2001 by ArtDeadline.Com
See the following links for Teal's Cuban Diaries: PART 1 AND PART 2
