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Courtney Miller Bellairs

Foundation studies professor

Education

  • M.Arch., architecture, Yale University
  • B.S., architecture, University of Maryland

Credentials

Teaching experience

  • Professor, School of Foundation Studies, 2021–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
  • Adjunct assistant professor, 2020–21
    Adjunct assisting professor, 2015, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
    College of Design, School of Architecture
    2020–21: Architecture in Watercolor
    2015: Course leader for Design Fundamentals I, Visual Communication Workshop, Set Design Workshop, Architecture Design Workshop
  • Teaching artist, 2019–21, CommonBond Communities: Affordable Housing Organization, South Haven, MN
    Sequential learning with older adults. Online: Creative Sketchbook Project, You've Got Mail! and in-person: Collage and Mixed Media, Beginning Drawing, and Introduction to Watercolor.
  • Teaching artist, 2019, Westview Acres, Waconia, MN
  • Associate dean of student affairs, assistant director of architecture program, and senior lecturer, 2006–2010, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
    School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation: Drawing/Visual Media, Architecture Design Studio, Visual Communication
  • Senior lecturer, 2000–05, University of Greenwich, London, UK
    School of Architecture and Construction: Visual Studies, Architecture Design
  • Lecturer, 1999, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK
    Faculty of the Environment: Architecture Design
  • Lecturer, 1999, London Institute, London, UK
    Central Saint Martins School of Art: Spatial Design
  • Teaching fellow, 1994–96, Yale University, New Haven, CT
    Yale School of Architecture: Drawing, History of Art Ancient to Modern, History of Modern Architecture, Architecture Design

Leadership

  • Vice president and board member, 2016–18, Arts Consortium of Carver County (ACCC), Victoria, MN
    Launched ACCC Arts Center and served as ACCC representative to the Chanhassen Park and Recreation System Plan Advisory Board
  • Art director and set designer, 2013–17, Sherwood High School, Sandy Spring, MD
    Music program: Rock-n-Roll Revivals #46–#42
  • National president and board member, 1992–93, American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS), Washington, D.C.

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Honorable mention, "Fiber Options: Material Explorations," Maryland Federation of Arts, Annapolis, MD, 2012
  • Young Artists Award, "Annual Juried Exhibition," Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, London, UK, 1999
  • George Nelson Fellowship for Independent Research
    Moulton Andrus Prize for Excellence in Art and Architecture
    American Institute of Architects Scholarship, Yale University, 1994–96

Publications and presentations

Select collections and commissions

  • Hilton, Minneapolis, MN, 2017
  • Art Bank, Washington, D.C., 2006
  • The Crown Estate (manages property owned by HRH the King of England), Headquarters Regent Street, London, UK, 2005
  • McGraw-Hill Companies, Ltd., Canary Wharf, London, UK, 2003
  • Wingrave Yeats, London, UK, 2002
  • Commercial General Union, London, UK, 2001

Solo exhibitions

  • Figures in Space, representing Arts Consortium of Carver County, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, St. Paul, MN, 2017
  • I See Work, Sandy Spring Museum, Sandy Spring, MD, 2013
  • Eloquence of Absence: Urban Scenes, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD, 2012
  • Intellectual Property, A/Work Gallery, Hyattsville, MD, 2011
  • Modern Vintage, Yellow Barn Gallery, Glen Echo, MD, 2011
  • Annapolis: A Portal City, City Hall Gallery, Annapolis, MD, 2008
  • Courtney Miller Bellairs HOME, Architecture Week, Institute of Child Health, London, UK, 2004
  • Courtney Miller Bellairs, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw, London, UK, 2003
  • Reflections on Holiness, The Parish Church of St. Mary Woolnoth, London, UK, 2001
  • Fresh Art, Business Design Centre, London, UK, 2001
  • Inside Outside, Architecture Week, Institute of Child Health, London, UK, 2000
  • Influenced work, The Lord Stanley, London, UK, 1998
  • Influenced work, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, CT, 1997
  • Spirit, Space, Light, Wave Gallery, New Haven, CT, 1996
  • Scared Architecture: Form, Space, Light, Yale School of Architecture Gallery, New Haven, CT, 1995

Select juried exhibitions

  • Northstar Watermedia National Juried Exhibition, Lakeville Area Arts Center, Lakeville, MN, 2019
  • Saint Paul Art Crawl, Guest Artist Schmidt, Artists' Lofts, St. Paul, MN, 2019
  • Artistry Members' Juried Art Exhibition, Bloomington Center for the Arts, Bloomington, MN, 2019
  • Art Wander Studio Tour, Studio Host Site, Chanhassen, MN, 2016–21
  • Fiber Options: Material Explorations, Maryland Federation of Arts, Annapolis, MD, 2012
  • The Affordable Art Fair, London and Leeds, UK, 2005
  • City Intrigue, Signatures Gallery, St. James's, London, UK, 2005
  • The New Domestic, Gallery Top Matlock, Surrey, UK, 2005
  • View of the City, SE1 Gallery Studio, G1 Tea Building, London, UK. 2004
  • Summer and Winter Exhibitions, WOOLFF Gallery, Shoreditch, London, UK, 2003
  • Pop Culture, Beatrice Royal Contemporary Art and Craft, Eastleigh, UK, 2003
  • Gallery Launch, C2 Gallery Contemporary Art & Sculpture, Buckinghamshire, UK, 2003
  • British Representative and Figurative Art, Galerie Hettlage, Grunwald, Germany, 2001
  • The Discerning Eye, London, UK, 2000
  • The Affordable Art Fair, London, UK, 2000
  • Annual Juried Exhibition, Royal Society of British Artists, London, UK, 2000
  • Diminishing Boundaries, Pearson Education, Harlow, Essex, UK, 2000
  • Annual Juried Exhibition, Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, London, UK, 2000
  • Annual Juried Exhibition, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, London, UK, 1999
  • The Discerning Eye, London, UK, 1999
  • Annual Juried Exhibition, New English Arts Club, London, UK, 1999
  • Annual Juried Exhibition, Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, London, UK, 1999
  • Something to Build On, Stroud House Gallery, Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK, 1999