About
Lisa Jennings
My name is Lisa Jennings and I am the Owner and Creator of Emmbyr Art. I am a painter, have taught art in the public schools in Maryland and DC for almost 30 years and run local Arts and Crafts Camps called YACA - Young Artists Creating Art.
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The name Emmbyr is a combination of my two childrens names (Emma and Byron) and my husbands love of fire building (embers) which he does with our Boys Scout son.
I decided to create Emmbyr Art as a result of wanting to share my love of Crafts with adults as well as kids.
My friends and I were always looking for something interesting to do for parties , weddings, etc., and now we have it!. Our Book Club Meetings have been so much more fun lately!
Functional Craft making techniques are fun skills to know because you can repeat them over and over again once you have been exposed. Adding your own personal touches along the way!
It is also so nice to see something that you yourself have made- and then adorn your home with!
Creating High End Functional and Decorative arts and crafts projects in a fun and relaxing environment with friends, is a unique way to learn something new!
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Don't forget that your referral is my highest compliment!
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My husband is a furniture maker!
Byron
Emma
I also love to create fused glass
MY RESUME
Education
University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
Master of Fine Arts, University Fellow
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA .
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Exhibition History
St. Bernadette GALA Silver Spring, MD
Corcoran Gallery of Art – Annual Washington Artists Show
February, 1998 and 1999 – Smithsonian Institution Annual Auction – Benefit for the African American Cultural Center
February , 1999- Northern Virginia Community College – Alexandria, VA. Group Show
November 1998 – Tina’s Gallery of Contemporary Art , Cabin John, MD. Solo Show
November 1998 – NBC. Washington, DC. Group Show
March, 1998 – Marshall University, Huntingdon, WVA. Visiting Artist and gallery exhibition.
February, 1997, West Virginia State College, Institute, WVA. Visiting Artist and gallery exhibition
Spring, 1996 – DC Arts Center, WDC. “At First Glance:, Group Show
January , 1996- Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA.
Juried Painting Exhibition
1995 – 901 E Street. Washington, DC group show
1994- DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Individual Grant Recipients Group Show
1992- School 33, Baltimore, MD. Group Show
1992- Anton Gallery, Washington, DC. New Artists”
1991 – Middendorf Gallery, Washington, DC. “The Drawing Show”. Group Show
1990 – Sumner School Museum and Archives, Washington, DC. Group Show
Achievements
l Pollock Krasner Foundation GRANT. Painting, 1994-1995
l DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities GRANT. Painting, 1993-1994
l Graduate Minority Fellowship. University of Maryland, College Park, MD. 1988
l Samuel Rosenburg Award. Award to most promising senior painter. Carnegie Mellon University.