Melanie Douthit Artist Resume
SELECT EXHIBITIONS AND SHOWS
- Delta Artists, 25 Artist Show, Tunica RiverPark, Tunica, Mississippi (2013)
- Spring Arts Goggle, Fort Worth, Texas (2012)
- True Colors, Solo Show, Crescent City Coffee House, Ruston, Louisiana (2012)
- Secret Garden, Featured Artist, Ouachita River Art Gallery, West Monroe, Louisiana (2012)
- Art With A View, Premier Plaza (Juried Show), Monroe, Louisiana (2011)
- Sifting the Exotic and Familiar, Three Person Show, 102A Bistro, Ruston, Louisiana (2011)
- Fish Out of Water, Old Post Office Museum, Winnsboro, Louisiana (2011)
JURIED COMPETITIONS
- "Too Much Pink/Venus Envy 2012", Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (2012)
- Louisiana Peach Festival, Ruston, Louisiana (2011) Honorable Mention
- Arkansas Oil & Brine Museum, Smackover, Arkansas (1997)
- South Arkansas Arts Center, El Dorado, Ark (1997)
- Barnwell Garden & Arts Center, Shreveport, LA (1998)
- Snyder Museum, Bastrop, LA (1998)
- Heritage Gallery, Natchitoches, LA (1998)
- Local Bi-Annual Group Shows via Ouachita River Art Gallery and River Cities Art Association
GALLERIES
-Sugar Gallery, Monroe, Louisiana (2014-present)
- Ouachita River Art Gallery, West Monroe, Louisiana (1998, 2011-2015)
- Piney Hills Gallery, Ruston, Louisiana (2011-2013)
- The Great Artists Collective, New Orleans, Louisiana (2011-2012)
- Rougarou Art Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana (2010-2011)
- Beauregard Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (2005)
- EBSQart.com, Juried Member since 2000
CHARITY ART AUCTIONS
- Blend of the Bayou, Northeast Louisiana Arts Council, Monroe, Louisiana, 2012-2016
- A Breath of Fresh Artists, Northeast Louisiana Virtual Clinic, Monroe, Louisiana April 2012
- Off The Wall, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana March 2012-2016
- Union Parish Chamber of Commerce, Farmerville, Louisiana February 2012
- American Heart Association Go-Red, Monroe, Louisiana, 2012, 2013
- American Cancer Society, Monroe, Louisiana, 2011, 2012
- Franklin Parish Breast Cancer Awareness, Winnsboro, Louisiana, October 2011
PUBLICATIONS, COMMISSIONS AND RECOGNITION
- Guest Artist for KEDMs Richard Harrison Celebrity Roast, 2014
- Bayou Artist, Bayou Life Magazine June 2013
- Surprise Artist for Breath of Fresh Artists Fundraiser, April 2012
- 30 Commissioned Mardi Gras Dachshund paintings, Mimi's Cafe Restaurants, Nationwide, US
- Finalist for Best Artist in Delta Style Magazine (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
- Cover Art for Union Parish Chamber of Commerce Visitors and Newcomers Guide 2011
- A Woman's Journey painting chosen for Breast Cancer Awareness Poster, Franklin Parish Medical Center, October 2011
- Christmas in the French Quarter painting used in promotional material for Christmas Magic 2011, Fundraiser, First Presbyterian Church, Grapevine, Texas
- Painted wooden spoons used for prizes at the Monroe-West Monroe Convention & Visitors Bureau 2011 Christmas on the River Chili Cookoff
NOTABLE COLLECTORS
-Louisiana Senator Mike Walsworth and wife, Dawn (2012)
-Marcello Dworzak, Owner of DaVinci Paint Company (2011)
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Ouachita River Art Gallery, West Monroe, Louisiana (Current)
Monroe Art Association, Monroe/West Monroe, Louisiana
Hoover Watercolor Society, Shreveport, Louisiana
Mississippi Watercolor Society, Jackson, Mississippi
