Curriculum Vitae                                                    Dawn M. Leach 10966 Stump St., Grand Haven, MI

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Education

2022 – 2026                B.F.A., anticipated graduation, May 2026, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI

Relevant Course Work

2024 – 2025          Advanced Painting, Art 462, 463, GVSU, Allendale, MI

2025                        Issues in Art, Art 495, GVSU, Allendale, MI

2025                        Screen-print & Relief, Art 363, GVSU, Allendale, MI

2025                        International Studies, IS 380, Painting, Cycladic Art and Culture, Paros, Greece

2025                        Alternative Photographic Printing Process, Art 368, GVSU, Allendale, MI

2025                        Surrealism, Art 421, GVSU, Allendale, MI

2025                      Etching & Monotype, Art 264, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI

2024                      Life Drawing, Art 257, GVSU, Allendale, MI

Exhibitions

2025                            No Cohesion, GVSU Painting Student Exhibition, Padnos Gallery, Allendale, MI

2025                            Junk Drawer, GVSU Senior Seminar Exhibition, One Oh Six Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI

2025                            Art for the Parks, Lakeshore Visual Arts, Hemlock Crossing, Grand Haven, MI

2025                            Art at the Museum, Lakeshore Visual Arts, Tri-Cities Historic Museum, Grand Haven, MI

2024                            Bluebird Flock Party, Lynn Sherwood Waterfront Stadium, Grand Haven, MI

2023                            Bluebird Flock Party, Lynn Sherwood Waterfront Stadium, Grand Haven, MI

2022                            Artisan Market, Grand Haven Community Center, Grand Haven, MI

2022                            Art at the Point, Lakeshore Visual Arts, Adelaide Point, Muskegon, MI

2022                            A Walk in the Woods, Lakeshore Visual Arts, Duncan Woods, Grand Haven, MI

2021                            Art at the Yard, Lakeshore Visual Arts, D. Baker & Son Lumber, Grand Haven, MI

Honors

2025                            Dean’s List, Fall Term, Grand Valley State University

2025                      Nominated, Alexander Calder Honors Scholarship, Grand Valley State University

2025                            Dean’s List, Winter Term, Grand Valley State University

2024                            Dean’s List, Fall Term, Grand Valley State University

2024                            Dean’s List, Winter Term, Grand Valley State University

2023                            Dean’s List, Fall Term, Grand Valley State University

2022                            President’s List, Winter Term, Kendall College of Art & Design

Associations

2026 — current Secretary of the Board, Lakeshore Visual Arts Collective

2022 — current          Member, Lakeshore Visual Arts Collective

Workshops

2024                            Cyanotype Printing, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI  

2019                     Rev Up, Wyanne Thompson, Online

2018                            Alla Prima Painting, Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, MI

2018                            Abstract Painting & Mark Making, Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, MI