Sandra J. Hildreth
art@sandrahildreth.com
Professional Experience
  • 1990 - 2005: Adjunct Professor, St. Lawrence University , Canton, NY.
  • 1972 - 2001: Art Teacher, Madrid-Waddington Central School, Madrid, NY.
  • 1971-72: Art Teacher, Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Franklin County, NY.
  • 1970-71: Acquisitions Clerk, Pratt Institute Library, Brooklyn, NY.
  • 1969-70: Art Teacher, grades 7-8, DuPont Manual Jr./Sr. High School, Louisville, KY.
  • Education
  • Numerous graduate courses
  • 1977: Permanently certified by State of New York, Art, K-12.
  • 1969: Bachelor of Fine Arts degree plus all the requirements for Teacher Certification, Western Kentucky University , Bowling Green, KY.
  • 1964-66: Whitewater State University, Whitewater, Wisconsin.
  • Gallery Affiliations
    Exhibitions
  • 2011: "8 Views / 4 Seasons", solo show, Adirondack Artists' Guild, Saranac Lake, NY
  • Art Plein Air, Invitational, Harris Art Center, Calhoun, GA
  • "Three Views", plein air paintings by Sandra Hildreth, Jacqueline Altman & Nancy Brossard, Adirondack Exhibition Center, Star Lake, NY
  • Summer Art Show, Beth Joseph Synegogue, Tupper Lake, NY
  • "Local Fare", exhibit with Larry Poole at Pendragon Theatre, Saranac Lake, NY
  • "Life on the Lakes", Juried Art Show, Paul Smith's College VIC, Paul Smiths, NY
  • 3rd place, 8x10 People's Choice Art Competition, The Fringe, Saranac Lake, NY
  • ACNA "Cover Art" Juried Show, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
  • "Native Blooms", Mill Pond House Gallery, Smithtown Township Arts Council, St. James, NY
  • 1st Place, H20, Arts Center, Old Forge, NY
  • Honorable Mention, Portfolio Magazine "Realism" competition.
  • "Giving Paws", Adirondack Artists' Guild Benefit Show for the Tri-Lakes Humane Society, Saranac Lake, NY
  • "122", Adirondack Artists' Guild Member Show, Saranac Lake, NY
  • 2010: Paint America's "Paint the Parks" competition (2nd 100)
  • Saranac Lake ArtWorks "Art Under $100" Show, Bluseed Studios, Saranac Lake, NY
  • "The Big Little Show", Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
  • Central Adirondack Show, Arts Center, Old Forge, NY
  • Regional Show, Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, NY
  • ACNA "Cover Art" Juried Show, Honorable Mention, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
  • "Farmscapes", Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
  • "Birds of a Feather" Juried Exhibition,  Sixth St. Gallery, Vancouver, WA
  • 2009: "Artistic Interpretatons of the Environment", Best in Show, ACNA, Paul Smiths, NY
  • National Small Painting Show, The Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY
  • "Winter Whites", Ceil Gallery, Charlotte, NC
  • "Best in Show", Adirondack Juried Show, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
  • American Women Artists Association National Juried Show, Easton, MD
  • National Juried Show, Point of View Gallery, Lake Placid, NY
  • Adirondack Artists' Guild at Pendragon Theatre, Saranac Lake, NY
  • "Adirondack Waters", 2 person Show, Tannery Pond Community Center,  North Creek, NY
  • ACNA Cover Art Show, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
  • "Painting Time: Adirondack Plein Air Paintings",  Solo Show, Adirondack Artists' Guild, Saranac Lake, NY
  • "Adirondack Wildflowers", Solo Show, A Point of View Gallery, Lake Placid, NY
  • The Artists Within, Group Show, Adirondack Artists' Guild, Saranac Lake, NY
  • 2008: 3rd Place, Adirondack Juried Show, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
  • NCPR Artisan Show, Asgaard Farm, Jay, NY
  • "Saranac Lake 5" Norte Maar group show, Plattsburgh, NY
  • Juried Show, For ArtSake, Malone, NY
  • Group Show, Adirondack Park Visitor's Interpretive Center, Paul Smiths, NY
  • Solo Show, Maxwell Memorial Library, Camillus, NY
  • Central Adirondack Juried Show, Arts Center, Old Forge
  • National Juried Show, Montpelier Center for Art & Education, Montpelier, VA
  • Art Literally, Fundraising Exhibit and Auction for the Red Cross at the Flower Memorial Library, Watertown, NY
  • Saranac Lake Free Library, Cantwell Room Exhibit, Saranac Lake, NY
  • Paul Smiths College Library, Solo Exhibit
  • ACNA Cover Art Show, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
  • Adirondack Artists Guild 10 Year Anniversary Show, Saranac Lake
  • For Arts Sake Juried Show, Malone, NY
  • Artists in the Garden 10 Year Retrospective, Lake Placid Center for the Arts
  • Tupper Lake Art Show, Tupper Lake, NY
  • Long Lake Art Show, Long Lake, NY
  • 2007: Richeson 75 Landscape Exhibition, Kimberly, WI
  • "Mist", Adirondack Visitor Interpretive Center, Paul Smiths, NY
  • "Flora Borealis", Solo Exhibit, Adirondack Artists' Guild, Saranac Lake, NY
  • Artists in the Garden, North Country Community College, Malone, NY
  • Paint & Palette Show, Town Hall, Saranac Lake, NY
  • St. Lawrence Co. Art Teachers, Creative Spirit Gallery, Potsdam, NY
  • Adirondack Juried Art Show, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
  • 26th Annual National Exhibition of American Watercolors, Arts Center, Old Forge, NY
  • Exhibit Celebrating the 85th Anniversary of the Northville-Placid Trail (curated), ADK , Lake George, NY
  • Central Adirondack Art Show, Arts Center, Old Forge, NY
  • Small Works Show, For ArtSake Gallery, Malone, NY
  • "The Adirondacks as Inspiration", solo show, Arts Center, Old Forge, NY
  •  "Art Exposure Artists", Invitational Exhibit, Adirondack Visitor Interpretive Center, Paul Smiths, NY
  • Cover Award, Arts Council of the Northern Adirondack Show, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
  • "Elemental", Juried Show, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
  • "Women at Work", St. Lawrence County Council for the Arts Gallery, Potsdam, NY
  • "St. Lawrence County Art Teachers", Creative Spirit Gallery, Potsdam, NY
  • 2006: "Flight", Arts Council of the Northern Adirondacks Juried Show, Adirondack Visitor Interpretive Center, Paul Smiths, NY
  • "Intimate Views", (Sandra Hildreth & Anne Burnham), For ArtSake Gallery, Malone, NY
  • "Interpreting Wildlife", Wildlife Conservation Society, BluSeed Studios, Saranac Lake, NY
  • Art About Water, Arts Alliance of the Lower Hudson, Cornwall, NY
  • Finalist, Paint America Competition, Topeka, KS
  • Riverfest, Malone, NY
  • Adirondack Juried Art Show, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
  • Paint & Palette Show, Town Hall, Saranac Lake, NY
  • Central Adirondack Art Exhibit, Arts Center, Old Forge, NY
  • North Country Regional, Gibson Gallery, SUNY Potsdam, Potsdam, NY
  • North Country Cultural Center Juried Art Show, Plattsburgh, NY
  • "Spiritual Places: the Adirondack Landscapes of Sandra Hildreth", North Gallery, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
  • "Best of Show", ACNA Cover Art Show, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
  • "Adirondack Still Lifes", Guy Brewster Hughes Art Gallery, Lake Placid Public Library, Lake Placid, NY
  • "Dreamscapes", Greene Country Arts Council Gallery, Windham, NY
  • "Adirondack Eclectic", Adirondack Visitor Interpretive Center, Paul Smiths, NY
  • "Artists in the Garden II", Adirondack Artists Guild Gallery, Saranac Lake, NY
  • 2005: 1st Place and Honorable Mention: "Veritas in Veride", ACNA Juried Show, Adirondack Visitor Interpretive Center, Paul Smiths, NY
  • "Contemplations", solo exhibit, Elements of Art Gallery, Glens Falls, NY
  • "Travels with a Paintbrush", Solo Exhibit, Borders Book Store, Plattsburgh, NY
  • "Artists in the Garden", Pendragon Theatre, Saranac Lake, NY
  • Solo Exhibit, Adirondack Artists' Guild, Saranac Lake, NY
  • Adirondack Juried Art Exhibition, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
  • Community Invitational, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
  • North Country Regional, Gibson Gallery, SUNY Potsdam, Potsdam, NY
  • Honorable Mention, “Things with Wings” Exhibition, Arts Center, Old Forge, NY
  • Cover Art Show, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
  • Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks, Cover Art Show, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
  • 1st Place, Annual Juried Show, For ArtSake Gallery, Malone, NY
  • Tupper Lake Art Show, Tupper Lake, NY
  • 2004: The Frame Show, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
  • 1st Place, Adirondack Life Juried Art Exhibition, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
  • Preview Exhibition, Artist Studio Tour, Creative Spirit Art Gallery, Potsdam, NY
  • Adirondack Artists' Guild Group Show, North Gallery, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
  • Adirondack Artists' Guild Group Show, Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts, Blue Mountain Lake, NY
  • "People's Choice" Award, Adirondack Chairs Invitational Exhibit, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
  • 3 Person Show, Central New York Community Arts Council, Stanley Theatre, Utica, NY
  • North Country Regional Juried Show, SUNY Potsdam, Potsdam, NY
  • "A Year in the Life of the VIC", Solo Exhibition, Adirondack Visitor Interpretive Center, Paul Smiths, NY
  • Adirondack Artist Guild Annual Juried Exhibition, Saranac Lake, NY
  • Creative Spirit 1st International Juried Art Exhibition, Honorable Mention, Potsdam, NY
  • "Lakeside-Stateside", Juried Exhibit, Oswego Arts Center, Oswego, NY
  • "Still Life", Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Honorable Mention, Lake Placid, NY
  • 2003: "Local Color", Adirondack Visitor Interpretive Center, Paul Smiths, NY
  • Annual International Juried Exhibition, Frederick Remington Art Museum, Ogdensburg, NY
  • Adirondack Life Juried Art Exhibition, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
  • Adirondack National Watercolor Show, Arts Center, Old Forge, NY
  • North Country Regional Juried Art Show 2003, Gibson Gallery, SUNY Potsdam
  • 1st Annual Regional Exhibition, North Country Cultural Center for the Arts, 30 Brinkerhoff St., Plattsburgh, NY
  • Central Adirondack Regional Exhibition, 3rd Place, Arts Center, Old Forge, NY
  • 1st Place Award, "Connections... Past to Present", Juried Exhibition, Arts Center, Old Forge, NY
  • Solo Exhibition, Canton-Potsdam Hospital, Potsdam, NY
  • Juried Exhibition, Adirondack Artists Guild, Saranac Lake, NY
  • 2002: "Rocks", Adirondack Visitor Interpretive Center, Paul Smiths, NY
  • Solo Exhibition, "Landscapes of Enlightenment", Adirondack Mountain Club Headquarters, Lake George, NY
  • Adirondack Life Juried Art Exhibition, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
  • North Country Regional Art Exhibit, Gibson Gallery, State University of New York, Potsdam, NY
  • Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts, Members Exhibition
  • Honorable Mention, 2002 Georgia Watercolor Society National Show, Douglasville, GA
  • "In Honor of the Environment", Creative Spirit Art Gallery, Potsdam, NY
  • Juried Exhibition, Adirondack Artists Guild, Saranac Lake, NY
  • "Red", For Art's Sake Gallery, Malone, NY
  • "Expression through Contours", Group Show, Agora Gallery, Soho, NYC, NY
  • 2001: 1st Annual International Juried Show, Frederic Remington Art Museum, Ogdensburg, NY
  • Spiritual Art IV, National Juried Exhibition, Period Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska
  • "Weather Effects" Adirondack Visitor Interpretive Center, Paul Smiths, NY
  • "Responding" (9-11-01), Adirondack Artist Guild Gallery, Saranac Lake, NY
  • Frederic Remington Art Museum International Juried Exhibition, Ogdensburg, NY
  • "Adirondack People & Places: Inner & Outer Visions" (3 person exhibit), Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts, Blue Mountain Lake, NY
  • "Forever Wild... Branching Out" Exhibition, Arts Center at Old Forge, Old Forge, NY
  • "Back to Black & White", Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
  • "Midwest Winter", The Center for the Visual Arts, Wausaw, WI
  • Honorable Mention, Juried Exhibition, Adirondack Artists Guild, Saranac Lake, NY
  • 2000: Solo Exhibition: "Adirondack Landscapes: Places of the Spirit", Lake Placid Center for the Arts, December 2001, Lake Placid, NY
  • Adirondack Life Juried Art Exhibition, Honorable Mention, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
  • North Country Regional Art Exhibit, Gibson Gallery, State University of New York, Potsdam, NY
  • 48th Annual Central Adirondacks Art Show, Arts Center, Old Forge, NY
  • Laighton Galleries 7th Annual Juried Exhibition, Schenectady, NY
  • West Harlem Arts Fund Exhibition: View from Inside the Blue Line - Expressions From the Adirondacks, Columbia University, NY, NY
  • Retro Art, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
  • 3rd Place, Juried Exhibition, North Country Artist Guild, Saranac Lake, NY
  • Adirondack North Country Association "Cover Art" & "Traveling Exhibition", Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake, Placid, NY
  • 1999: 1st Place, Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks "Mountain Streams" Exhibition, Adirondack Park Visitor Interpretative Center, Paul Smiths, NY
  • North Country Regional Art Exhibit, Gibson Gallery, State University of New York, Potsdam, NY
  • Solo Exhibition, North Country Artist Guild Gallery, Saranac Lake, NY
  • 1st Place, Adirondack Life Juried Art Exhibition, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
  • Rivers Exhibition, Purchase Award, Brush Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
  • 47th Annual Central Adirondacks Art Show, Masters Division, Arts Center, Old Forge, NY
  • Adirondack Women Exhibition, Arts Center, Old Forge, NY
  • 1st Place, Juried Exhibition, North Country Artist Guild Gallery, Saranac Lake, NY
  • One Person Show, "Adirondack Landscapes: Places of the Heart", North Country Art Gallery, Canton, NY
  • 1998: 46th Annual Central Adirondacks Art Show, Masters Division, "Outstanding Watercolor" Award, Arts Center, Old Forge, NY
  • "Creative Responses to Global Warnings", Brush Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY (painting selected for the permanent collection of St. Lawrence University)
  • 1997: 45th Annual Central Adirondacks Art Show, Arts Center, Old Forge, NY
  • Arnot Museum "Regional 1997", Elmira, NY
  • Adirondack North Country Association "Cover Art" & "Traveling Exhibition", Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake, Placid, NY
  • 1996: "Midwest Winter", The Center for the Visual Arts, Wausaw, WI
  • 1995: "Dawn to Dusk: Artistic Interpretations of the Environment" Adirondack Park Visitor Interpretive Center, Paul Smiths, NY.
  • "The Genetic Zip Code", 'Mail Art', Brush Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY.
  • 1994: North Country Regional Art Exhibit, Gibson Gallery, State University of New York, Potsdam, NY
  • 1988: St. Lawrence County Art Teachers, Teachers' Learning Center, Canton, NY.
  • First Annual Wildlife Art Exposition, Kohn Galleries, Upland, CA
  • 1987: 2nd Place, Wildlife Art Competition, Pope & Young Club Banquet, Tulsa, OK.
  • 1986: One-Person Show, Maxfield's Restaurant, Potsdam, NY.
  • 1985: St. Lawrence Co. Art Teachers Exhibit, Brainard Art Gallery, State University of New York, College at Potsdam.
  • North American Wildlife Art Show, Cheyenne, WY.
  • "1 + 1 = 2" (Artist couples), Brainard Art Gallery, State University of New York, College at Potsdam.
  • 1983: 2nd Place, Wildlife Art Competition, Pope & Young Club Banquet, Milwaukee, WI.
  • 3rd Place, National Western Small Painting Exhibit, Bosque Farms, NM.
  • Spencer Crest Nature Learning Center & Museum, Corning, NY.
  • 1982: "Nature Interpreted", Cincinnati Museum of Natural History, Cincinnati, OH.
  • 1981: 4th Annual Arkansas Wildlife Federation Exhibit, Southeast Arkansas Arts & Science Center, Pine Bluff, AR.
  • 2nd Place & Honorable Mention, Wildlife Art Competition, Pope & Young Club, Spokane, WA.
  • "North Country Artist/Educators", Lake Placid School of Art, Lake Placid, NY
  • 1980: 3rd Annual Arkansas Wildlife Federation Exhibit, Southeast Arkansas Arts & Science Center, Pine Bluff, AR.
  • Traveling Exhibition, Arkansas Wildlife Federation.
  • 1980: "Nature Interpreted", Museum of Natural History, Cincinnati, OH.
  • 1976: Women Artists", Brainard Art Gallery, State University of New York, College at Potsdam.
  • Professional Activities/Honors
  • 2009: Cover: Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce Visitors Guide
  • 2009: Centerfold, Franklin County Tourism Magazine
  • 2008 - 2005: Graphic design for Adirondack Mountain Club annual fund-raiser
  • 2008: Cover, Franklin County Tourism Magazine
  • 2007 - present: Web Site Design - Saranac Lake Community Store
  • 2007: Graphic design for interpretive signs on the Stone Valley Trail, Colton, NY
  • 2003: Logo & Fund-Raising brochure for the Azure Mountain Friends
  • 2002 - 2004: Web site design for the Racquette River Corridor Project
  • 2001 - present: Web site design for the Adirondack Curriculum Project
  • 2001 - present: Web site design for Adirondack Mountain Club Adventure Travel Program
  • 1999: Cover, Adirondack Park Agency Annual Report
  • 1993: Cover art & illustrations, "The Masters' Secrets of Bowhunting Deer", by John E. Phillips
  • 1978-1993: Master Instructor, St. Lawrence County, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Bowhunter Education Program.
  • 1986: Cover art, "North American Bowhunter", Precision Shooting Equipment, Tucson, AZ.
  • 1981: Cover art, "Western Bowhunter", Squaw Valley, CA.
  • 1980-81: Donated 14 life-size deer, bear, turkey, and small game animal drawings as instructional materials for the International Bowhunter Education Foundation.
  • References

    Available upon request. Artwork can be viewed on the Internet. A slide portfolio, hard cover self-published book, or CD can also be provided.

    Professional Affiliations

  • Saranac Lake ArtWorks
  • Arts Council of the Northern Adirondacks
  • Arts Center in Old Forge
  • Plein Air Painters
  • Oils Painters of America
  • Adirondack Mountain Club
  • Adirondack Curriculum Project
  • St. Lawrence County Art Teachers Association
  • New York State Art Teachers Association
  • National Art Education Association
  • New York State United Teachers
  • Association for Curriculum Development & Supervision
  • Madrid-Waddington PTA
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