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Carolyn Coffey Wallace (April 15, 1954-   ) is a professional artist and educator. Wallace is a realistic painter in Watercolor, Oil and Acrylics, and a Potter, working with Stoneware.

Art: Currently, Wallace has created over 100 paintings, more than 700 pottery pieces, over 200 commercial art images, numerous drawings, mixed media pieces, stained glass, baskets, mosaics, and other works of art. Wallace is a Juried Member of the Best of Missouri Hands (Missouri Artisans Association). She is Juried in four areas: Painting, Pottery, Drawing, Computer Graphics. Wallace has a painting, Sapphire, Pearls and a Smile currently on display in a national watercolor show, Watercolor USA 2011, in Springfield, MO.

Art Education History: Carolyn currently teaches virtual AP Art History, and Art Appreciation classes to students grades 7-12 in an online learning environment. For several years, Wallace and her sister operated Sisters Custom Products, a Freelance commercial art business. Carolyn is retired from the Ava Public School system after thirty-one years of teaching high school art, all at Ava. Wallace has also provided consulting work for MoVIP (Missouri Virtual Instruction Program).

Art Galleries: Primitive Thymes- Ava, Missouri The Metro Gallery- Dexter, Missouri The Frame Shop Gallery- West Plains, Missouri MFTHBA Shop- Ava, Missouri

Artistic Events: Watercolor USA 2011 P.E.O. 2011 International Convention Logo P.E.O. Magazine Cover and Article, March 2011 Best of Missouri Hands Featured Artist of the Month, Feb. 2009 Missouri Life Article October 2006 AAG- Best of Show- Biltmore Grapevines Overhead AAG- First Place- Watercolor- Hope in Winter AAG- First Place- Venice- Back Street AAG- People’s Choice Award William Woods Shows First one… William Woods Show Celebrating Creativity-2010- Amaryllis 1 SVAA Best of Show-  American Legion Posters for Artstravaganza Art Festival, St. Louis Healthy Planet Magazine Cover Art Two unpublished children’s books Hawthorn Gallery Show Bellweather Gallery? West Plains Gallery Red Barn Exhibit, Platte City MO She has work in numerous private collections

Life: Wallace was born Carolyn Jean Coffey in Leavenworth, KS, and grew up in Platte City, MO. Her parents, Oliver Franklin Coffey, Jr., and George Ann Ray Coffey were lifelong residents of Platte County. Both parents and her sister Anne were interested in the arts, and her mother was an avid knitter. This was to have an effect on Wallace’s art as an adult. Carolyn met her husband John Robert Wallace in college. They married in 1976 and moved to Ava, MO where both were high school teachers. John also owns and operates J&S Golf Cars. The couple have three grown children. Wallace taught high school art for 31 years in the Ozark Mountains area of Ava, Missouri, and has taught Art classes virtually online many years as well.

Education: Coffey/Wallace graduated from Platte County R-III High School in 1972. She attended the University of Missouri/Columbia where she majored in Art Education, K-12. She received her Master’s degree in Education from Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, MO, in 2003.

Sources: (Links and articles) Links: Carolyn Coffey Wallace Artist Website http://carolyn-coffey-wallace.artistwebsites.com/ Best of Missouri Hands sites for Carolyn Coffey Wallace http://www.bestofmissourihands.com/carolynwallace.htm http://www.bestofmissourihands.com/FeaturedArtists_Past/featured_carolynwallace.htm facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/KiteStar-Studio-Carolyn-Coffey-Wallace/155554671168390?sk=wall

Press Coverage: Springfield News Leader Watercolor USA article http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20110605%2FLIFE%2F106050310%2F1006%2FOPINIONS%2F&odyssey=nav|head Ozark County Times Article about CCW and Watercolor USA 2011 http://www.ozarkcountytimes.com/news/local/article_d89e6ebe-7ca2-11e0-b4db-001a4bcf6878.html Douglas County Herald article (incomplete) http://www.douglascountyherald.com/?s=Carolyn+Coffey+Wallace&x=12&y=7 Ozarks Creations article about Watercolor USA 2011 and Carolyn’s painting Sapphire, Pearls and a Smile http://ozarkscreations.com/Ozarks/ARTWALKV1ISSUE3.html KSMU mentioned Wallace in conjunction with Watercolor USA 2011 http://ksmu.org/article/50th-watercolor-usa-opens-june-11