Corina S. Alvarezdelugo
Mixed Media Painter & Sculptor

CURRÍCULUM VITAE

EDUCATION
ART INSTRUCTION
HONORS AND AWARDS IN ART

PUBLICATIONS

IN THE NEWS

JURIED EXHIBITIONS
EXHIBITIONS

LANDSCAPING/GARDENING COURSES
HONORS AND AWARDS IN GARDENING AND PLANTS
COMMITTEES

EDUCATION

Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, May 2004
Bruce Sinkey Award for Excellence in Art
Cum Laude

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ART INSTRUCTION

Summer 2009,
Draw & Paint the Figure. Christopher Zhang. Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT

January 2009, Versatility in Wax: The Basics of Encaustic. Ruth Sack. Creative Arts Workshop. New Haven, CT

Winter-Spring 2008, Figurative Sculpture. David Millen, North Haven, CT

Winter 2007-present, Mixed media and collage, conceptual art. Sheila Kaczmarek, Guilford, CT.

Winter 2005-present, Sculpture. Lisa Wolkow, Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT.

Fall 2005, Sculpture. Chotsani Dean, Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT.

October 2004, 8th Annual Plein-Air Painters of America Workshop and Seminar, sponsored by Scottsdale Artist' School and the Lyme Art Association. Instructors: Skip Whitcomb,Gay Faulkenberry, Joe Paquet and Brian Stewart.Old Lyme, CT.

February 2004 Layers of Time and Space, Mixed media and collage Workshop. Sheila Kaczmarek, Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT.

2003 Plein Air, Impressionist Oil Painting.
Margaret B. Dean (Maggie) , Madison, CT.

Summer 2002 Watercolors.
Sante Graziani, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT.

Summer 2002 Exploration in Clay and Glazes.
Anne Baldwin, Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT.

September 2002 Complex and Beautiful, Pottery Workshop.
Liz Quackenbush, Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT.

1983-2000 Drawing and Painting: Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Oil, Watercolor. Venezuelan impressionist painter and sculptor Luis Alvarez de Lugo, Caracas, Venezuela.

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HONORS AND AWARDS IN ART

2010 "Keep on Swimming " encaustic mixed media paiting, Second Place Cash Award at the Annual All About Water Exhibition, Old Saybrook, CT

2010 "Lady Environmentalist" sculpture, First Place People's Choice Award at the Annual Summer Sculpture Show at the Acton Library, Old Saybrook, CT

2010 "Unsettled Waters" and "Gentle Flow" acrylics and plaster on canvas painitngs, Best in Painting, The Healing Power of Art, Manhattan Arts International. New York, NY 2010

2010 3rd Place Cash Award
for "Golden Pig", stoneware sculpture & People's Choice Cash Award for "Human Rights" stoneware, epoxy and metal sculpture, CT Women Artists, Open Juried Exhibition, CT

2009 "Rhino" stoneware & encaustic sculpture, the Joseph Gaultieri Cash Award at the 53rd Regional exhibition juried by artist Carolina Pedraza (Head of Youth & Family Programs at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum), at the Mystic Arts Association, CT

2009 "The Prince" stoneware sculture, Honorable Mention Cash Award at the 80th Annual Open Juried Exhibition presented by the Connecticut Women Artists, juried by Claudia Seymour at the Jorgensen Gallery, University of CT, Storrs, CT

2009 Second Place Cash Award at the 6th HerStory Competition / Online Exhibition presented by the Manhattan Arts International, and Best in Sculpture for: "About to Jump" bronzed epoxy and metal; "Awareness" stoneware and cedar; and "Mommy, Mommy, Mommy" stoneware and wood sculpture. New York, NY

2008 "Mommy, Mommy, Mommy" stoneware and wood sculpture, Honorable Mention at "New Haven Paint & Clay Active Members Exhibit 2008," New Haven, CT

2008 "Paradox of Plenty" oil on metal, Art Emporium Award at the 61st Annual Juried Exhibition>, presented by the Guilford Art League, in the Mill Gallery at the Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT. Juried by Gary Sussman, director of the Vaclav Vytlacil Campus, the new facility of the Art Students of New York.

2008 "Between Reality and Insanity" mixed media, Special Recognition Merit Award at the 10th Annual Collage, Digital and Mixed Media Art Exhibition, presented by Upstream People Gallery. Juried and curated by Larry Bradshaw.

2008 Special Recognition Merit Award for "Mommy, Mommy, Mommy" stoneware and wood sculpture, and "Spikey" stoneware sculpture, at the 10th Annual Contemporary Art Exhibition, presented by Upstream People Gallery. Juried and curated by Larry Bradshaw.

2008 "Book of Hours Leaves of Time" computer art, Special Recognition Merit Award at the 10th Annual Judeo-Christian Juried Online International Art Exhibition, presented by Upstream People Gallery. Juried and curated by Larry Bradshaw.

2008 "Escape C-89" mixed media collage, The New Alliance Bank Award at the 107th Annual Juried Show of works by artists of New England and New York, presented by New Haven Paint and Clay, John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT

2007 "Golden Pig" stoneware sculture, Third Place People's Choice Award at the 15th Annual Juried Sculpture Show by members of the Society of Connecticut Sculptors at the Acton Library, Old Saybrook, CT

2007 "Sunday Afternoon" mixed media, Mixed Media Award at The Annual Stonny Creek Summer Art Show presented by Friends of the Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library, Stony Creek, CT

2007 "Person of the Week" Interview by Ben Rayner, Senior Staff Writer for The Sound, local newspaper for the Branford and North Branford community, CT. June 14, 2007, Volume XI, Issue 24

2007 "Mommy, Mommy, Mommy" stoneware and wood sculpture, Honorable Mention at the 61st Annual Sculpture Exhibition, presented by The Pen and Brush, Inc, New York, NY.

2004 Bruce Sinkey Award for Excellence in Art. Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT.

2001-03 Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, Connecticut. Dean's List, 7 semesters

2003 "Remembering Bittersweet," acrylic painting, Third place "Viewers Choice Award" at the First Juried Students Art Show, theme: Autumn, presented by the Albertus Magnus College Art Club, in the Margaret L. McDonough Gallery, New Haven CT.

1983 "Mi Ranchito," oil painting, Third place prize award on The Juried art show commemorative of the 200th Birthday of the Liberator Simon Bolivar at the Metropolitan University in Caracas, Venezuela.

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PUBLICATIONS

2010 Latin Views 2010, The Fith Biennial (La Quinta Bienal). Alexey VonSchlippe Gallery. Exhibition Catalog, pages 9-10.
"Constitutional Dictator" Earthenware sculpture

2010 Open Doors of Downtown Milford. To benefit the Milford Fine Arts Cenetr. Auction Catalog. Page 13.
"Under Construction" mixed media painting on a cabinet door.

2010 Mixed Media Artworks by Corina S. Alvarezdelugo. Compilation of Alvarezdelugo's works in mixed media

2010 Fresh Pics, Contemporary Art in Connecticut.
Curated by Camilla Cook. Ridgefield Guild of Artists. Exhibition Catalog, page 6.
"Spikey" stoneware sculpture

2008-2009 Artist Directory,
ArtSpace's 11th Annual City-Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT
"Gran Cacao" stoneware, cocoa shells and cocoa beans

Artis, Art Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 2, February-March 2005
*"Paradox of Plenty" (the bird) oil drum art

Breakwater, The Albertus Magnus College Literary and Arts Magazine, Spring 2004 issue, New Haven, CT.:
* "Yalanda" acrylic painting
*"Dinowired" wire sculpture
*"Book of Hours, Leaves of Time" digital art
*"Freedom White" white clay
*"Evolution" Clay, clay, ash and glass
*"Lieutenant River" oil painting

Breakwater, The Albertus Magnus College Literary and Arts Magazine, Spring 2003 issue, New Haven, CT:
*"Clotilda," aquatint etching
*"Snow quad," digital imaging
*"Anna," charcoal drawing

Breakwater, The Albertus Magnus College Literary and Arts Magazine, Spring 2002 issue, New Haven, CT:
*"Serenity," black and white photograph
*"Branches," black and white photograph
*"Bird," white clay sculpture
*"Origins," clay sculpture

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LANDSCAPING/GARDENING COURSES

2010 Gardening Consultant, completed all four curses

2010 Gardening Study School, Course I. The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, New Haven, CT. Completed.

2009 Gardening Study School, Course IV. The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, New Haven, CT. Completed

2008 Gardening Study School, Course III. The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, New Haven, CT. Completed

2007 Gardening Study School, Course II. The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, New Haven, CT. Completed

2007 Flower Arrangement Workshop: Creative Line Design. Ann C. Simpson. Branford Garden Club, Branford, CT.

2007 Landscape Design Study Program, Course 1. The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, New Haven, CT.

2006 Flower Arrangement Workshop: Underwater Floral Design. Lois Nichols. Branford Garden Club, Branford, CT

2006 Flower Arrangement Workshop: Line to Mass Floral Design. Dee Mozzochi. Branford Garden Club, Branford, CT

2006 Flower Arrangement Workshop: Small and Miniature Floral Design. Kymrie Zaslow. Branford Garden Club, Branford, CT

2005 Flower Arrangement Workshop: American Traditional Mass Design. Jan Fenger. Branford Garden Club, Branford, CT

2002 Flower Arrangement Workshop. Branford Garden Club, Branford, CT.

2002 Landscape Design Study Program, Course 4, Series 6. The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, New Haven, CT. Completed.

2001 Landscape Design Study Program, Course 3, Series 6. The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, New Haven, CT. Certificate of Attendance.

1994 Bromeliads. The Bromeliads Committee of The Venezuelan Society of Natural Sciences, Caracas, Venezuela. Certificate.

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HONORS AND AWARDS IN GARDENING AND PLANTS

2010 "Farmers Market" A standard flower show presented by the Branford Garden Club .Branford, CT:
Horticulture Awards:
*Horticultural Excellence - Best in Show, for "Cosmos sulphureus 'Cosmic Orange'"
*Award of Merit for "Cosmos sulphureus 'Cosmic Orange'"
*Blue Ribbon, First Prize Award for "Cosmos sulphureus 'Cosmic Orange'"
*Blue Ribbon, First Prize Award for “Anemone x hibrida ‘Rosenda’"
*Blue Ribbon, First Prize Award for“Dendranthemum warm igloo 'Gretchen'"
*Blue Ribbon, First Prize Award for“Nipponanthemum nipponicum"
*Blue Ribbon, First Prize Award for“Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldstrum'"
*Blue Ribbon, First Prize Award for“Sedum spectabile 'Elsie's Gold'"
*Blue Ribbon, First Prize Award for “Buddleia davidii”
*Blue Ribbon, First Prize Award for "Rhododendrum ponticum 'Imbricatum'"
*Blue Ribbon, First Prize Award for "Juniperus horizontalis"
*Blue Ribbon, First Prize Award for "Ocimum basilicum"
*Red Ribbon, Second Prize Award for “Eupatorium rugosum ‘Chocolate’”
*Red Ribbon, Second Prize Award for “Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips'”
*Red Ribbon, Second Prize Award for “Eunonymus kiautschovica'"
*Red Ribbon, Second Prize Award for “Perrilla frutescens'”
*Red Ribbon, Second Prize Award for “Hoya carnosa"
*Red Ribbon, Second Prize Award for “Salvia officinalis 'Linn'"
*Red Ribbon, Second Prize Award for “Hydrangea Paniculata 'Grandiflora'”
*Red Ribbon, Second Prize Award for “Hosta"
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for “Hosta”
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for "Petroselinum neapolitanum"
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for "Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera Aurea'"
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for "Pieris forrestii"
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for "Juniperus (Thuja) occidentalis 'Nigra'"
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for "Pilosocereus pachycladus"
*White Ribbon, Honorable Mention for “Dendranthemum x grandiflorum 'Harmony'"
*White Ribbon, Honorable Mention for “Sedum spectabile ‘Autum Joy’”
*White Ribbon, Honorable Mention for "Hosta"
*White Ribbon, Honorable Mention for “Carex morrowii 'Variegata'"
*White Ribbon, Honorable Mention for“Polygonatum biflorum 'Variegatum'"
*White Ribbon, Honorable Mention for“Picea omorrika"
*White Ribbon, Honorable Mention for“Juniperus (Thuja) occidentalis 'Emerald Green'"

2008 Full Scholarship winner for the Gardening Study School. The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut.

2006 "Charted Course" A standard flower show and house tour presented by the Branford Garden Club .Branford, CT:
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for small flower arrangement (Design Award)
Horticulture Awards:
*Blue Ribbon, First Prize Award for “Tagetes-Marigold”
*Blue Ribbon, First Prize Award for “Sedum variegata”
*Red Ribbon, Second Prize Award for “Eupatorium rugosum ‘Chocolate’”
*Red Ribbon, Second Prize Award for “Tagetes erecta African”
*Red Ribbon, Second Prize Award for “Marigold Tagetes French”
*Red Ribbon, Second Prize Award for “Fallopia Japonica”
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for “Cosmosbipinnatus ‘Pinkie’”
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for “Buddleia davidii”
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for “Hydrangea Paniculata grandiflora Tardiva”
*White Ribbon, Honorable Mention for “Nicotiana alata Tobaco Plant”
*White Ribbon, Honorable Mention for “Anemone x hibrida ‘Bresingham Glow’”
*White Ribbon, Honorable Mention for “Rudbeckia Fulgida”
*White Ribbon, Honorable Mention for “Sedum spectabile ‘Autums Joy’”

1995-00 National Annual Exhibition of Bromeliads.The Bromeliads Committee, accredited by The Venezuelan Society of Natural Sciences. Caracas, Venezuela:
- XI National Exhibition of Bromeliads -2000
*Blue Ribbon, First Prize Award for Best Flower Arrangement using Bromeliads' Inflorescences. (Design Award)
*Blue Ribbon, First Prize Award for "Tillandsia Creation"
*Red Ribbon, Second Prize Award for "Aechmea Recurvata."
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for "Aechmea Fascini."
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for "Tillandsia Funckiana."
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for "Quesnelia Arvensis."
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for "Neoregelia King of Kings."
*White Ribbon, Honorable Mention for "Tillandsia Hildae."
*White Ribbon, Honorable Mention for Best Design in Flower Arrangement. (Design Award)

- X National Exhibition of Bromeliads -1999
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for "Neoregelia King of Kings."

- IX National Exhibition of Bromeliads -1998
*Blue Ribbon for Best Display up to 3 meters for "Las Bromelias de JOPANCO." (Design Award)
*Red Ribbon, Second Prize Award for "Cryptanthus Bromelioides."
*Red Ribbon, Second Prize Award for "Guzmania Wittmackii."
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for "Tillandsia Ionantha."
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for "Vrisea Chrysostachys."
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for "Billbergia 'After Glow' Hybrid."

- VIII National Exhibition of Bromeliads -1997
*Acknowledgement for my collaboration with the exhibition. Certificate.
*Blue Ribbon, First Prize Award for "Guzmania Orangeade."
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for "Guzmania Wittmackii."
*White Ribbon, Honorable Mention for "Tillandsia Filiforme."
*White Ribbon, Honorable Mention for "Wittrockia Campos Portoi."

- VII National Exhibition of Bromeliads -1996
*Plaque and Tricolored Ribbon, First Prize, The Alexander Stoddart Price Award for Best Didactic Display.(Design Award)
*Blue Ribbon, First Prize Award for "Tillandsia Juncea."
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for "Tillandsia Fendleri."

-VI National Exhibition of Bromeliads -1995
*Silver Bowl and Blue Ribbon, First Prize, Best Plant from a Novice Exhibitor, for "Nidularium Innocentti 'Striatum'."
*Red Ribbon, Second Prize Award for "Androlepis Skineri."
*White Ribbon, Honorable Mention for "Vrisea Poelmannii."
*White Ribbon, Honorable Mention for "Guzmania Orangeade."

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COMMITTEES

2007- present Member at Large. Mailings/members' address book keeper, Society of CT Sculptors.

2005-2009 Design Chair, Branford Garden Club, Connecticut

2003-2004 President, Art Club, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, Connecticut.

2003-2004 Art Editor, Breakwater, Literary and Arts Magazine, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, Connecticut.

2002-2003 Art Consultant, Breakwater, Literary and Arts Magazine, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, Connecticut.

2001-03 Photographer, Public Relations Committee, St. Mary School, Branford, CT.

1996-97 Secretary, The Bromeliads Committee. Venezuelan Society of Natural Sciences, Caracas, Venezuela.

1995-96 Secretary and Public Relations, The Bromeliads Committee. Venezuelan Society of Natural Sciences, Caracas, Venezuela.

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