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

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Education

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

Relevant Course Work

2026                           Senior Project Independent Study, Painting, Art 498, GVSU, Allendale, MI

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

2026                            {un}veiled, GVSU Senior Exhibition, Padnos Gallery, Allendale, MI

2026                            GVSU Student Scholars, Calder Art Center, Allendale, MI 

2026                            Art at the Museum, Lakeshore Visual Arts, Tri-Cities Historical Museum, Grand Haven, MI

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          Lakeshore Visual Arts Collective, Executive Board, Secretary 

2022 — current          Lakeshore Visual Arts Collective Member

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