Barb Rohde
Barbara Rohde
Blue Sky Studio
Durham, NC 27705
919 383 4394
Barbara Rohde
Artist Bio
I was born and raised in a family of 9 noisy kids in a small town near Buffalo, New York. My mother was an art teacher and a gifted painter; my father was a talented musician and high school music teacher. I messed around with art and music my whole life. I filled notebooks with drawings and did my first paintings at the age of 10. I was a good student, graduating 9th in my high school class of 250, singing in the choir and playing in the band and orchestra, but rarely taking time for art classes. I developed a portfolio of art work on my own, and was accepted into art school.
In college I finally got to study art formally – loving my drawing, painting, ceramics, photography and design classes. I earned a bachelor’s degree in art education from Buffalo State, and began teaching elementary art for the Rochester Public Schools. Soon I had moved to Michigan with my husband and 1-year-old daughter where I attended night school at Michigan State, taking printmaking: lithography, etching and silkscreen.
At a few small summer art shows I experienced the excitement of selling my art for the first time. For many years I worked as a teacher, writer and illustrator in Michigan. When I took up watercolor and acrylic painting in 2000 I discovered the flow of the colors and how the medium allowed so much expression. I joined an active artist guild and continued to study drawing and painting. I began exhibiting my work seriously in 2004.
When we moved to Durham the following year, I continued to study watercolor and show my work in North Carolina. I established a professional website and currently have my own studio, teach weekly painting classes, and grow as an artist everyday.
Education in the Arts
1967 B.S. Art Education, State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
1979 Printmaking, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Continuing Professional Development
Since 2004, Advanced Watercolor, Water-media, Portraiture, Drawing workshops and classes in Michigan, North Carolina, and Ontario Canada with many talented artists: Lin Soliere, Sally Martin Stewart, Margaret Mead Turnbull, Lori Skoumal Reeves, Tom Lynch, Linda Kemp, Margaret Roseman, Helga Flowers, Sterling Edwards and Luna Lee Ray.
Professional Instructor
2007-present, Beginning/Continuing Watercolor for Adults, Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC
1994-1998 Curriculum Workshops for Teachers, Owosso Public Schools, Owosso, MI
1967-1969 Elementary Art K-7 Grade, Rochester Public School, Rochester, NY
Professional Memberships
Mid-Michigan Art Guild
Durham Art Guild
Watercolor Society of North Carolina
The Art Alliance
Galleries
Yew Tree Gallery, Greensboro, NC
Bull City Art and Frame Company, Durham, NC
Recent Exhibitions
Mar, 2009. BLUE SKY STUDIO Sale, Durham, NC
Dec, 2008. Durham Art Guild Holiday Show, Durham, NC
Nov, 2008. Paintings and Pots Studio Sale, Durham, NC
Oct, 2008. WSNC 63rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville (Charles Reid, Juror)
Sept, 2008. WSNC Exhibition Ambleside Gallery, Greensboro, NC (Jackson Mayshark, Juror)
Aug, 2008. WSNC Central Region Exhibition Halle Cultural Arts Center, Apex, NC
July, 2008. DAG Annual Member’s Exhibition, Durham, NC
April, 2008. BLUE SKY STUDIO Sale, Durham, NC
April, 2008. Durham Art Walk -Durham Arts Council Durham, NC
Feb, 2008. Our House Exhibition Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC
Nov, 2007. Durham Art Walk Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC
June, 2007. Annual Member’s Exhibition Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC
March, 2007. Featured Artist Francesca’s Dessert Caffee, Durham, NC
March, 2007. Annual Artscenter Show, Carrboro, NC
Feb, 2007. Our House Exhibit Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC
Nov, 2006. DAG 52nd Annual Juried Art Show Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC (Petah O’Coyne, Juror)
Oct, 2006. Serigraphs at Little Gallery. Raleigh, NC
July, 2006. Annual Members Exhibition Durham Art Guild, Durham NC
March, 2006. Annual Show, CarrboroArtscenter, NC
March, 2006. Lost and Found, Chapel Hill Public Arts Commission Exhibition, Chapel Hill, NC
Author/Illustrator
1991 Teaching Young Children Using Themes, Kostelnik et al. Good Year Books
1992 Team Teaching, Michigan Department of Education
1995 Themes Teachers Use, Kostelnik et al. Good Year Books
2002 Children With Special Needs. Kostelnik, Onaga, Rohde, Whiren. Teachers College Press
1994, 1999, 2004, 2007. “Aesthetic Development” in M. Kostelnik, Soderman, and Whiren. Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum, Merrill/Prentice Hall.