Draft:Miriam Maddox

Miriam Jackson McClung is an American artist from Birmingham, Alabama. McClung is known for her colorful, impressionistic paintings, particularly in oils and pastels. In 2018, Miriam was recognized for a lifetime achievement by the Magic City Art Connection in Birmingham, Alabama, as a celebrated women artists in the Alabama art world.

Early Life
Miriam Maddox Jackson (McClung) (b. 1935) was born in Birmingham, Alabama to Philip C. Jackson, Sr. and Ellen Maddox. Miriam was the youngest of three siblings with an older sister, Margaret Jackson Bundy, and the eldest brother, Philip C. Jackson, Jr. She grew up in Mountain Brook, where she attended Mountain Brook Elementary School (1940-1949) then later Shades Valley High School (1949-1953) where she was in the Theta Kappa Delta Sorority.

Formal Education

 * Alverson-Draughn Business School. 1960.
 * Art Students League of New York. Manhattan, New York. 1958-1959.
 * Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama. 1953-1957.
 * Undergraduate summer study courses. Professor Mark Rothko and visiting lecturer William de Kooning. University of Colorado. Boulder, Colorado. Summer, 1955.
 * European Art Tour for Fine Art majors. University of Alabama Fine Arts Department. Summer 1956.
 * Shades Valley High School. National Honors Society. Birmingham, Alabama. 1949-1953.
 * Mountain Brook Elementary School. Birmingham, Alabama. 1949.

Continuing Art Education and Experience

 * Albert Handel Artist Workshop. Highlands, North Carolina. 2021.
 * Bob Rohm Landscape Workshop. Bucks County, Pennsylvania. c. 1990s.
 * SEECELO, The Burnsville Painting Classes. Teachers Frank Stanley Herring, John Bryans, Everett Kivette. Burnsville, North Carolina. 1981, 1986.
 * Mid-coast Maine Watercolor Workshop. Teachers Murray Wentworth and Larry Webster. Port Clyde, Maine. 1983.
 * Jerry Farnsworth School of Portrait Painting. Farnsworth School of Art. Sarasota, Florida. 1963.

Work Experience

 * Professional Artist. Drawing on the Promises LLC. 1958-present.
 * Assistant to Vice President, University of Alabama Medical School. Birmingham, Alabama. 1961.
 * Assistant to American Wing Curator, Marshall Davidson. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York City, New York. 1959.

Membership in Professional Organizations

 * Watercolor Society of Alabama
 * Alabama Pastel Society

Volunteer Work

 * Art Teacher. St. Martin's in the Pines. Birmingham, Alabama. 1985-1989.

Group Exhibitions and Shows

 * International Exhibition. Alabama Pastel Society. September 6 - November 1, 2019.
 * Annual Members Exhibition. Alabama Pastel Society. Hoover Public Library Gallery. Hoover, Alabama. 2018.
 * Those Who Weep Show. Inspero. Oak Mountain Presbyterian Church. Birmingham, Alabama. March 21 - June 1, 2018.
 * National Exhibition: Star Dust. Alabama Pastel Society. Kelly Fitzpatrick Memorial Gallery. Wetumpka, Alabama. March 13 - June 2, 2017.
 * Members Exhibition. Alabama Pastel Society. 2015.
 * International Exhibition. Alabama Pastel Society. 2014.
 * Birmingham Botanical Gardens Show. Birmingham, Alabama. c. 2008.
 * Member Exhibition. Alabama Pastel Society. Wright Fine Arts Building, Samford University. Birmingham, Alabama. October 2004.
 * ONB Magic City Art Connection's What They're Doing Now: The Best of 25 Years. "Damascus Gate" by Miriam McClung. Birmingham, Alabama. 2003.
 * Pastels 2002 - Second Biennial Members Exhibition. Alabama Pastel Society. Wright Fine Arts Building, Samford University. Birmingham, Alabama. September 21 - October 17, 2002.
 * Featured Artist of the Month. Tomatino's. Montgomery, Alabama. 2002.
 * Second Red Clay Survey: A Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Southern Art. Huntsville Museum of Art. Huntsville, Alabama. September 9 - October 28, 1990.
 * Sacred Art Exhibition. Chapels on Redstone Arsenal. Huntsville, Alabama. July 21 - 27 1990.
 * Art and the Alabama Woman. Juried exhibition. Mobile College. Mobile, Alabama. 1990.
 * Magic City Art Connection Show. Catching Birds Eating Alpo by Miriam McClung. 1989
 * Pastel Society of the West Coast Show. Pastel Society of the West Coast. California. 1989.
 * Birmingham - Hitachi Exhibition of Contemporary Birmingham Artists. The City of Birmingham and Birmingham Museum of Art. Hitachi, Japan, and Tutwiler Hotel in Birmingham, Alabama. September 12 - 15, 1989.
 * Mountain Brook Art Festival Show. 1989.
 * Birmingham Biennial. Two works: "Day Room" and "Studio Room". Birmingham Art Association and Birmingham Museum of Art. August 14 - September 29, 1985.
 * 42nd Annual National Competition. Watercolor Society of Alabama. "Rainy Morning" by Miriam McClung. Birmingham Museum of Art. October 3 - November 14, 1982.
 * Junior League of Birmingham Show. Montclair Baptist Hospital. Birmingham, Alabama. 1961.
 * Sidewalk Art Show. Birmingham Museum of Art Benefit. Woodrow Wilson Park, Birmingham, Alabama. May 14, 1960
 * Pensacola Florida Pastel Show, c. 1997.   

Solo Exhibitions

 * A Collection of Works. Roundhouse Gallery. Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama. October - November 2019.
 * Views of Birmingham & Alabama. Aldridge Gardens Historical Collections Museum. Hoover, Alabama. June 10 - August 2, 2019.
 * I See Him Everywhere. Webb Hall Gallery. University of West Alabama. Livingston, Alabama. August 23 - December 31, 2018.
 * Stations of the Cross. St. Peter’s Anglican Church. Birmingham, Alabama. 2018.
 * The Way of the Cross. Curated and sponsored by Inspero. Oak Mountain Presbyterian Church. Birmingham, Alabama. 2016.
 * Biblical Paintings. The Joy Gallery. Homewood Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Birmingham, Alabama. February 8 - March 8, 2015.
 * Drawing on the Promises. Crowe Building. Birmingham, Alabama. November 8 - December 2015.
 * Israel 2003: Walking in His Footsteps. Webb Hall Gallery. University of West Alabama. Livingston, Alabama. June 1 - July 31, 2012.
 * Scenes from the Holy Land: Israel-Jordan Show. Birmingham Women’s Committee of 100. Birmingham, Alabama. April 17, 2008.
 * Jesus & Beyond. Stephens Gallery, Walton Fine Art Center. University of the Ozarks. Clarksville, Arkansas, October 1-31, 2002.
 * The Gardener. East Gallery, Museum of Biblical Art. Dallas, Texas. October 16 - November 24, 1996.
 * Biblical Paintings and Drawings. Coleman Center for the Arts. York, Alabama. June 28 - August 30, 1992.

Distinctions and Awards

 * Birmingham Arts Journal Award. "Umbrella and Flowers at the Gallery" by Miriam McClung. International Exhibition. Alabama Pastel Society. 2019.
 * Magic City Art Connection, Celebrated Women Artists in Alabama, 2018
 * Ampersand Award. "Christ Anointed with Perfume" by Miriam McClung. Annual Members Exhibition. Alabama Pastel Society. 2018.
 * Girault Award. "Doctor and the Fountain" by Miriam McClung. Artist Mercantile Award, "Irish Puzzle" by Miriam McClung. Alabama Pastel Society. Pastels 2002: Second Biennial Members Exhibition. 2002.
 * Southeastern Pastel Society
 * St. Joseph’s Parrish Religious Show, Redding, California.
 * Second Place Mixed Media, Behold I Stand at the Door. Honorable Mention, The Massacre of the Innocent. Sacred Art Exhibition. Chapels on Redstone Arsenal. Huntsville, Alabama. July 21 - 27 1990.
 * Dauphin Street Church Religious Works Show. Mobile, Alabama.
 * Merit Award. Art and the Alabama Woman. Juried exhibition. Mobile College. Mobile, Alabama. 1990.
 * Best of Show. Catching Birds Eating Alpo by Miriam McClung. Mixed media. 60" x 48". Magic City Art Connection, Birmingham, Alabama. 1989.
 * First place, mixed media. Mountain Brook Art Festival Show. 1989.
 * Best of Show. Opelika Art Festival. Opelika, Alabama. 1989.
 * Side Show Gallery Purchase Award. "Rainy Morning" by Miriam McClung. 42nd Annual National Competition. Birmingham Museum of Art and Watercolor Society of Alabama. 1982.
 * Student Artist of the Week, University of Alabama. Jan 5, 1955.

Collections

 * St. Mary's School. Alexandria, Louisiana.
 * Cathedral Church of the Advent. Birmingham, Alabama.
 * South Trust Bank.
 * Briarwood Presbyterian Church. Birmingham, Alabama.
 * Dominick, Feld, Hyde P.C. Birmingham, Alabama.
 * First United Methodist Church. Birmingham, Alabama.
 * Shades Valley Lutheran Church. Birmingham, Alabama.
 * St. Simon Peter Episcopal Church. Pell City, Alabama.
 * St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. Birmingham, Alabama.
 * Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community. Ashville, North Carolina.
 * Private collections throughout the United States.

Artists Books

 * McClung, Miriam. The Way of the Cross. Blurb Books, 2011.
 * McClung, Miriam. Walking in His Footsteps. Blurb Books. 2012.

Publications

 * Elizabeth Sturgeon. "City as a Painting." Mountain Brook Magazine. pages 15 - 23. March 1, 2020.
 * Leigh Anne Monitor. "Collectors Find Jewels at Art Connection." Birmingham Post-Herald. Pages C1,C3. April 25, 2003.
 * "Umbrella and Flowers at the Gallery" by Miriam McClung featured in Birmingham Arts Journal, Volume 16, Issue 1, pages 24-25. 2019.
 * "Twenty-one at the Beach" by Miriam McClung. The Noble Army of Martyrs, pages 28-29. Beeson Divinity School, Samford University. Birmingham, Alabama. 2018.
 * "The Angel of Death" by Miriam McClung. Red Clay Survey of Contemporary Southern Art . Huntsville Museum of Art. Huntsville, Alabama. 1988.