TSU Library Art Gallery
Presents Art 
by 
Lillie Mae Bond

Lillie Mae Bond was born August 1926 in a small community near Murfreesboro.  She received her former education of 12 years in Rutherford County schools.  Lillie was an active mother during her children’s' education .She was a Girl Scout leader for 12 years and a Den leader for Boys Scout 2 years. Volunteered for numerous jobs in the school her children attended. In 1979 she became interested in art again remembering the joy of painting on the school house windows with watercolor and boni. Lillie enrolled in classes at the Watkins Institute on Church Street Nashville Tennessee. Here she had the opportunity to enroll in a class taught by Anton Weiss located in Fairveiw Tennessee. She continued with both classes, Watkins and Antons' until 1984.

Art Education:

1979 Watkins Institute
Introduction of basic art Janice Pollard
Introduction water color Janice Pollard
Figure drawing Carol Reid
Portraiture Madelene Reed
1982 Anto Weuss

Work Shop:

Glen Bradshaw 3 day
Alex Powers 5 day
Keith Crown 3 day
Jidu Betts 3 day
Janice Pollard 10 day
Christopher Schink 3 day

Exhibition:

Juried:
Watkins-Parthenon Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
Tennessee Watercolor Society, Johnson City, Tennessee
Central South Exhibition
Parathion Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
Tennessee All State - Parathion Gallery
Cheekwood Botanic Hall - NAG, Nashville Tennessee Tennessee Watercolor Society Chattanooga Tennessee
Tennessee Watweco for Society, Nashville Tennessee

None Juried:

1982-2007 Nashville Artist Guild Nashville Tennessee Silver; Dollar Saloon; Fidelity Federal Building; Leu Gallery Belmont; Harpeth Hall; Montgomery Bell Academy Gordon Jewish Community Center; Watkins Gallery; Nashville City Club; Credit Union Bank; Doubletree Hotel; Vanderbilt University Club; Cheekwood Botanic Hall; Tennessee State University Library of Nashville Tennessee; Southwest Corner Gallery; Albuquerque New Mexico; Picture This Gallery; Murfreesboro City Hall Murfreesboro Tennessee; Murfreesboro Art Center Murfreesboro Tennessee; Watercolor Fiesta; Albuquerque New Mexico

Awards:

Richards Medical Company Award (For traditional realism) 1986
Tennessee Watercolor Society Honorable Mention Central South Exhibition Nashville Tennessee 1984
1990 an award for contribution to the Pearl Crest
Restoration Fund
Traveling Show of Tennessee Watercolor Society for one year.
Honor Member Nashville Artist Guild 2006

Publications:

Nashville Tennessee; Nashville Banner; Nashville Scene, Johnson City News; Knoxville News Albuquerque Journal Albuquerque News

Corporate Collections:

Richards Medical Company Memphis Tennessee Fidelity Federal Loan Assn. Nashville Tennessee Southwest Corner Gallery Albuquerque New Mexico Nashville Abuse Center Nashville Tennessee Murfreesboro Abuse Center Murfreesboro Tennessee

Professional Organizations:

Tennessee Watercolor Society Nashville Artist Guild Tennessee Art League

Azure Blue	Blossoms 2	Lilium	Violet and Czar	Spring Gathering	Sunlit
Aechema	Butterfly Beauty	Caladium '89	Peony	COMAS	Dream Garden
Dressed in Lilac	Echo's Reflection	Ibiskos	Pot Pourri	Late Summer	Out of Darkness

Narcissus

Lilac Vision

Summer Shadows

Radiant Prelude

Treescape

Ms. Loretta Divens, Curator
Dr. Yildiz B. Binkley, Dean

Estella R. Whitaker, Library Web Manager

 

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