About Betty
 Member:
 
  • Mississippi State Committee/National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington,  DC  (past president)
  • National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. (charter member and on their National Advisory Board) 
  • Mississippi Museum of Art
  • Mississippi Art Colony
  • South Mississippi Art Association
  • Hattiesburg Arts Council (board member)
  • Palette of Roses Art League, Tyler, TX (past president)
 
Achievements:
 
Paintings in the permanent collections:
 
  • National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum, Chicago, Il.
  • University of Southern Mississippi (OLLI)
  • William Carey University
  • Southwest Mississippi Community College

     

 

 International Art Shows:

  • American Juried International Art Salon, TX
  • Guess Gallery International art show, GA
  • Red River Valley International Art Show, TX
 
 
National Art Shows:
 
  • AGNWG National Art show, GA
  • Artist Guild of NW Georgia National Art Show, GA
  • Arts Allicance Center national Art Show, TX
  • Atlanta Artists Center National Art Show, GA
  • Breckenridge Fine Arts Center National Art Show, TX
  • George Ohr National Challenge, MS
 
Solo Arts Shows:
 
 
  • Gulf South Gallery, McComb, MS 
  • Hattiesburg Country Club, Hattiesburg, MS
  • Hattiesburg Cultural Center, Hattiesburg, MS
  • Javawerks, Hattiesburg, MS
 
Other:
 
  • Betty has exhibited in many other juried and invitational art shows and has won numerous awards.
  • Nominated for the Mississippi Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts.
  • A featured artist in the celebration of Mississippi Arts event chaired by Mrs. Chip Pickering.
  • Exhibited in Mississippi Museum of Arts Mini Art Show.
  • The artist has paintings in many foreign countries,including Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Philippines and England.  In 1998 the artist was commissioned to do four paintings for a restaurant/bed and breakfast in Romania.
 
Workshops/Demonstrations: 
 
Mississippi artists:  Dana Stratton, Evelyne Breland; Texas artists:  Dick Turner, William Slaughter, J. W. Thrasher, Lajos Markos, Al Moore, T. W. Alston, Larry Weston, Bob Rohn, Jo Fowler, Margaret Keesler, Bettie Felder, Barbara Lane, Pat Kochan, Penny Nichols Sanders and Nancy Berkhouse; Mary Vernon. Other artists:  John Potoschnik (Kansas); Diane Maakestad (Tenn.), Edgardo Kerlegand (Mexico), Harry Ally (Georgia) and art teachers at the Tucson AZ Parks and Recreation Center.
 
Education:
 
Degree in Business Management, LaSalle University
 
Employment: 
 
NASA (Chrysler Space Division), New Orleans, La.
Department of State in Washington, D.C., Viet-Nam and North Africa
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Artwork inspired by the artist's travels throughout the U.S. and the world