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Shout out LA: shoutoutla.com/gina-herrera-artist/
Voyage LA: voyagela.com/interview/meet-gina-herrera-gina-herrera-artist-southern-california-bakersfield/
Balisle Blog: RISE
balisle.com/2018/07/22/rise/
Record Searchlight: "3D Artist Strives to Inspire" by Julie Marsh
www.redding.com/story/entertainment/2017/04/18/artist-spotlight-3-d-artist-strives-inspire/100604820/
Current Exhibition:
Moments of Zen, Santa Clarita City Hall, Santa Clarita, CA(July 30 - October 1, 2021)
Upcoming Exhibition:
Work From Home, Santa Paula Art Museum, Santa Paula, CA (September 18 - January 9, 2022)
Austin Veterans Art Festival, Estrada Garcia Gallery, Austin, Texas (October 16 - November 14, 2021)
Artist Lab: Art Meets History in New Mexico, 516 Arts, Alburquerque, NM (Summer 2022)
2021 News
Awarded Veteran's Atelier Art Residency at Self Help Graphics in Los Angeles, CA
Awarded fellowship to participate in Artist Lab: Art Meets History in New Mexico
2020 News
Selected to be part of Prospectus #254 Native and Indigenous Artists Purchase Initiative
Awarded Norman Levan Summer Grant for Bakersfield College Faculty
Awarded full fellowship to attend Studio Midwest Residency, Galesburg, IL
www.galesburgarts.org/studios-midwest-artist-residency
2019 News
Awarded Norman Levan Summer Grant for Bakersfield College Faculty
AwardedHelen Longmire Award
www.stlouisartistsguild.org/ann-metzger-biennial-exhibition/
2018
Awarded Norman Levan Summer Grant for Bakersfield College Faculty
Cover photo for Folios Body (War, Literature & The Arts)
2017
Awarded Puffin Foundation Grant for 2017
Showcase Winner for Art Slant Sixth Round
Showcase Winner for Art Slant Fourth Round
Chosen for a 2 year exhibition at South Bend Art Museum called "Sightlines"
Honorable Mention Winner for "A Mystified Prancer" in Artist Portfolio Magazine Q1 Competition
Finalist for HERstory, Manhattan Arts Online Exhibition
Showcase Winner for Art Slant Third Round
Showcase Winner for Art Slant Second Round
2016
Awarded The Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation Grant for 2016
Awarded a Peripheral Vision Arts Fully funded Publication Fellowship for Emerging Women Artists
Juried Winner for "Tree Whisperer"
Full Summer Arts Faculty Fellowship,Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, MI
United States Veteran Fellowship, Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA
Showcase Winner for "Rocking for the Future" in Art Slant Round 1
Featured in Fresh Paint Magazine, April 2016
Solo Shows
Procession: Gallery 825
Invoking the Unseen Temporary Public Art Exhibition at Valencia Town Center, Santa Clarita, CA
Group Shows:
Chaos National Juried Exhibition, Arc Gallery and Studios, San Francisco, CA
Annual Contemporary Art Survey, The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO
Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
Made In California, City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA
The Foolish Game, Gallery 825, Los Angeles
Smaller Footprints: Women Respond to Climate Change, Lancaster Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA
Festoon, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Recycled, Repurposed, Recovered, A.D. Gallery, University of North Carolina, Pembroke, NC
2015
Awarded Honorable Mention (Top 25) from Dave Bown Projects 11th Semiannual Competition
(Curators: Katherine Pill, Ron Platt, Kelly Shindler)
Showcase Winner for "Matrimony" in Art Slant Round 6
Showcase Winner for "Out of Frequency" in Art Slant Round 5
Awarded a Merit Award by Juror, Charles Long on www.artkudos.com
Publication in the Winter Edition of "Studio Visit"
Awarded partial fellowship to attend VCCA in Amherst, VA
Publication in the Spring Edition of "Studio Visit"
Shout out LA: shoutoutla.com/gina-herrera-artist/
Voyage LA: voyagela.com/interview/meet-gina-herrera-gina-herrera-artist-southern-california-bakersfield/
Balisle Blog: RISE
balisle.com/2018/07/22/rise/
Record Searchlight: "3D Artist Strives to Inspire" by Julie Marsh
www.redding.com/story/entertainment/2017/04/18/artist-spotlight-3-d-artist-strives-inspire/100604820/
Current Exhibition:
Moments of Zen, Santa Clarita City Hall, Santa Clarita, CA(July 30 - October 1, 2021)
Upcoming Exhibition:
Work From Home, Santa Paula Art Museum, Santa Paula, CA (September 18 - January 9, 2022)
Austin Veterans Art Festival, Estrada Garcia Gallery, Austin, Texas (October 16 - November 14, 2021)
Artist Lab: Art Meets History in New Mexico, 516 Arts, Alburquerque, NM (Summer 2022)
2021 News
Awarded Veteran's Atelier Art Residency at Self Help Graphics in Los Angeles, CA
Awarded fellowship to participate in Artist Lab: Art Meets History in New Mexico
2020 News
Selected to be part of Prospectus #254 Native and Indigenous Artists Purchase Initiative
Awarded Norman Levan Summer Grant for Bakersfield College Faculty
Awarded full fellowship to attend Studio Midwest Residency, Galesburg, IL
www.galesburgarts.org/studios-midwest-artist-residency
2019 News
Awarded Norman Levan Summer Grant for Bakersfield College Faculty
AwardedHelen Longmire Award
www.stlouisartistsguild.org/ann-metzger-biennial-exhibition/
2018
Awarded Norman Levan Summer Grant for Bakersfield College Faculty
Cover photo for Folios Body (War, Literature & The Arts)
2017
Awarded Puffin Foundation Grant for 2017
Showcase Winner for Art Slant Sixth Round
Showcase Winner for Art Slant Fourth Round
Chosen for a 2 year exhibition at South Bend Art Museum called "Sightlines"
Honorable Mention Winner for "A Mystified Prancer" in Artist Portfolio Magazine Q1 Competition
Finalist for HERstory, Manhattan Arts Online Exhibition
Showcase Winner for Art Slant Third Round
Showcase Winner for Art Slant Second Round
2016
Awarded The Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation Grant for 2016
Awarded a Peripheral Vision Arts Fully funded Publication Fellowship for Emerging Women Artists
Juried Winner for "Tree Whisperer"
Full Summer Arts Faculty Fellowship,Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, MI
United States Veteran Fellowship, Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA
Showcase Winner for "Rocking for the Future" in Art Slant Round 1
Featured in Fresh Paint Magazine, April 2016
Solo Shows
Procession: Gallery 825
Invoking the Unseen Temporary Public Art Exhibition at Valencia Town Center, Santa Clarita, CA
Group Shows:
Chaos National Juried Exhibition, Arc Gallery and Studios, San Francisco, CA
Annual Contemporary Art Survey, The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO
Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
Made In California, City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA
The Foolish Game, Gallery 825, Los Angeles
Smaller Footprints: Women Respond to Climate Change, Lancaster Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA
Festoon, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Recycled, Repurposed, Recovered, A.D. Gallery, University of North Carolina, Pembroke, NC
2015
Awarded Honorable Mention (Top 25) from Dave Bown Projects 11th Semiannual Competition
(Curators: Katherine Pill, Ron Platt, Kelly Shindler)
Showcase Winner for "Matrimony" in Art Slant Round 6
Showcase Winner for "Out of Frequency" in Art Slant Round 5
Awarded a Merit Award by Juror, Charles Long on www.artkudos.com
Publication in the Winter Edition of "Studio Visit"
Awarded partial fellowship to attend VCCA in Amherst, VA
Publication in the Spring Edition of "Studio Visit"