Midwest Color 2008; Padzieski Gallery, Ford Community and Performing Arts Center, Dearborn, Michigan; September - November, 2008.
Publications:
American Artist Drawing Magazine Cover Competition; Finalist for "Whiskey Mountain Cowboy"; Summer, 2008.
Awards:
Michigan Colored Pencil 2008; 3rd Place for "Whiskey Mountain Cowboy"; Plymouth, Michigan; April 2008.
Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Center Juried State Competition; Honorable Mention for "Canadian Cowboy"; Birmingham, Michigan; March 2008.
CPSA 14th International Exhibition; The Phoenix, Arizona District Chapter 212 Award for Excellence for "Whiskey Mountain Cowboy"; Albuquerque, New Mexico; 2006.
Exhibition History:
Michigan Colored Pencil 2008; The Lotus Gallery, Plymouth, Michigan; April 2008.
Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Center Juried State Competition; Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, Michigan; March - April 2008.
Getting Real - A Realism Exhibit With Six Colored Pencil Artists; Group Show with Barbara Goodsitt, Kathy Kelley, Patti Mitchell, Dee Overly, and Diana Soisson; Mallet's Creek Branch Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan; December 2007 - January 2008.
CPSA 15th International Exhibition; The Strathmore Mansion, Bethesda, Maryland; July - August 2007.
Ella Sharp Museum Juried Statewide Competition; Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, Michigan; January - February 2007.
CPSA 14th International Exhibition; Expo New Mexico Fine Arts Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico; July - August 2006.
"Area Colored Pencil Artists 'Getting Real' "; Review, The Ann Arbor News; January 2008.
"Spreading the Word - Museum's Art Show Draws Wide Interest"; Review, The Jackson Citizen Patriot; January 2007.
Midwest Color 2008; Honorable Mention for "Whiskey Mountain Cowboy"; Dearborn, Michigan; September 2008.
Current / Upcoming
Exhibitions:
Colored Pencil Society of America 17th Annual International Exhibition; Jacqueline C. Hudgens Center for the Arts, Duluth, Georgia; July - August 2009.
"Line by Line - Three Women Working in Colored Pencil"; an exhibit with Bonnie Auten and Dianna Wallace Soisson; Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, Ohio; September 2009.
Email: lynda@lyndaschumacher.com
Phone: (517) 392-7389
Ann Arbor Women Artists Summer Juried Exhibit; Riverside Art Center Gallery, Ypsilanti, Michigan; June 2009.
Art Kudos International Exhibition; a juried online exhibition featuring 132 works by artists representing 15 countries; August 2009 - July 2010.
"Colored Pencil Art Earns Exhibit"; Exhibition Preview, The Exponent; September 9, 2009.
Lynda Schumacher
CPSA
Colored Pencil and Graphite Artist
Michigan Fine Arts Competition; Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, Michigan; April - May, 2010.
"Birds"; a group show at the Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, Ohio; April - May 2010.
2010 Statewide Fine Arts Competition; Ella Sharp Museum of Art and Natural History, Jackson, Michigan; January - March 2010.
Michigan Colored Pencil 2010; Award of Merit for "This Above All"; Plymouth, Michigan; April, 2010.
CPSA 18th Annual International Exhibition; The Art Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, California; July - August, 2010.
Michigan Colored Pencil 2010; Lotus Gallery, Plymouth, Michigan; April, 2010.
"Local Native Rises Up in World of Colored Pencil Art"; Feature Article, The Tecumseh Herald; August 12, 2010.
"Colored Pencil Society of America: Signature Showcase"; a book featuring the drawings and artists' statements of 177 signature members of CPSA; all artwork is colored pencil, and the volume includes insights into the inspirations and working processes of many of the artists; available through http://www.cpsa.org .
Selected original works can often be seen at the Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, Ohio.
Colored Pencil Society of America 19th Annual International Exhibition; Charles W. Eisemann Center, Richardson, Texas; July, 2011.
American Plains Artists Twenty-seventh Annual Juried Exhibit and Sale; New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, Las Cruces, New Mexico; September 9 - October 30, 2011; Opening Reception from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., Thursday, September 8, 2011.
Michigan Colored Pencil; Lotus Arts Gallery, Plymouth, Michigan; September 1 -30, 2011; Opening Reception from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m., Friday, September 16, 2011.
Michigan Colored Pencil 2011; Best of Show for "The Hand of Man"; Plymouth, Michigan; September, 2011.
Michigan Colored Pencil 2011; Award of Merit for "Canadian Cowgirl"; Plymouth, Michigan; September, 2011.
American Plains Artists 27th Annual Exhibit & Sale; Artist's Retreat Award for "Dust and Thunder"; Las Cruces, New Mexico; September, 2011.
