APRIL HAMMOCK
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EDUCATION
M.F.A. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Major in Painting and Drawing
Summa Cum Laude
EXHIBITIONS
2023 “Capricious Games",” Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2023 Members+ Exhibition, Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA
2022 Guild Summer Salon, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
2022 “Art Flow,” Shell Gallery at Cary Saurage Community Art Center, Baton Rouge, LA
2021 “Truth, Beauty, Freedom, Love” The Painting Center, New York City, NY
2021 Guild Summer Salon, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
2021 “Art, Jazz & Pizzazz,” Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA
2021 “Wild & Free,” Hammond Regional Arts Center, Hammond, LA
2020 “Vor Kunst,” Van Der Plas Gallery, New York City, NY
2020 “Electric Edens,” Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2020 “About Women,” Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, Norwalk, CT
2020 “Conspicuous: Satirical Works by Caroline Durieux,”
Louisiana State University Museum of Arts, Shaw Center For the Arts,
Baton Rouge, LA
2020 Guild Summer Salon, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
2020 “Ensemble Together Again” The Painting Center, New York City, NY
2020 Baton Rouge Gallery, Artist Members Exhibition, Baton Rouge, LA
2020 Colors, Shapes, and Shadows, Van Der Plas Gallery, New York City, NY
2020 Ebb and Flow, Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA
2020 New Members Exhibit, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
2019 Snap to Grid, LACDA, Los Angeles, CA
2019 “Pandemonium’s Paradise,” Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2019 “Wish You Were Here,” A.I.R. Gallery, New York City, NY
2019 “The 8 Elements,” Van Der Plas Gallery, New York City, NY
2018/17 Black Box, Boecker Contemporary at:
Saarländisches Künstlerhaus, Saarbrücken Germany,
La 'S' Grand Atelier, Vielsalm Belgium,
The Faux Mouvement-Centre d'art contemporain, Metz, France,
Casino Luxembourg, Forum d'art contemporain, Luxembourg
2018 Summer of Love, Glassell Art Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2017 “Geoforms,” JanKossen Contemporary and Arte Ponte Art Gallery, New York City, NY
2017 "Off to see the Wizard," Glassell Art Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2017 “Divine Deviations,” Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2016 “The Retrieval of the Beautiful,” The Painting Center, New York City, NY
2016 “How High’s the Water, Mama?” Glassell Art Gallery, Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, LA
2016 “Mystic Shift,” Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2016 “Color Matters,” The Painting Center, New York City, NY
2015 Hot Art Cool Nights, Elizabethan Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2015 “Into the Mystic,” Glassell Art Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2015 “Surfaced,” Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2014 Prospect 3+Baton Rouge Exhibition, Baton Rouge, LA
2014 White Light Nights, Elizabethan Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2014 Annual Artist Member Exhibition, Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2013 “Splintered World,” Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2013 D’Angelo Gallery, Exhibition, Baton Rouge, LA
2013 Hot Art, Cool Nights, Elizabethan Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2012 Annual Artist Member, Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2012 White Light Nights, Elizabethan Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2012 Emerald City Exhibition, Frameworks Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2011 “Happy, Scary and Obscure,” Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2011 Hot Art, Cool Nights, Elizabethan Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2010 Third Annual Surrealist Salon, Baton Rouge Gallery, LA
2009 “Time, Motion and Space,” Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2008 Annual Artist Member, Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2008 A Tribute to Art Basel Exhibition, Essex Hotel, Miami, FL
2007 National Juried Exhibition, Impact Artists’ Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2007 Annual Artist Member, Baton Rouge Gallery, Exhibition, Baton Rouge, LA
2007 Esopi Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2007 “Art Melt”, Brunner Gallery at the Shaw Center, Baton Rouge, LA
2007 “Kenophobia,” Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2007 “Hot Art, Cool Nights,” Elizabethan Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2007 Annual Artist Member, Baton Rouge Gallery, Exhibition, Baton Rouge, LA
2006 Nicholls State University, Exhibition, Baton Rouge, LA
2006 Elizabethan Gallery, Exhibition, Baton Rouge, LA
2005 Annual Artist Member, Baton Rouge Gallery, Exhibition, Baton Rouge, LA
2005 “Art Melt,” Brunner Gallery at the Shaw Center, Baton Rouge, LA
2005 Elizabethan Gallery, Exhibition, Baton Rouge, LA
2005 Annual National Women’s Exhibition, Impact Artists Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2005 Southeastern Louisiana University, Faculty Exhibition, Hammond, LA
2004 “Postcards to the CAC,” exhibition, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
2004 “Heart to Heart,” Indian Valley Artist’s National Open Art Exhibition, Novato
Art Center, Novato, CA
2004 “Art with A Southern Drawl Exhibition,” University of Mobile, Mobile AL
2004 Elizabethan Gallery Exhibition, Baton Rouge, LA
2004 Southeastern Louisiana University, Faculty Exhibition, Hammond, LA
2003 Baton Rouge Gallery, Group Exhibition, Baton Rouge, LA
2003 3rd Annual Miniatures Exhibition, Firehouse Gallery, Bordentown, NJ
2003 American Landscape and Still life 2003, The Studio Gallery, Hays, KS
2003 Annual Artist Member Baton Rouge Gallery, Group Exhibition, Baton Rouge, LA
2003 Loyola University, Group Exhibition, New Orleans, LA
2003 Southeastern Louisiana University, Faculty Exhibition, Hammond, LA
2002 Gallery 549, Group Exhibition, Lafayette, LA
2002 Baton Rouge Gallery, Duo Exhibition, Baton Rouge, LA
Lafayette Art Gallery, Group Exhibition, Lafayette, LA
Gallery 549, Group Exhibition, Lafayette, LA
Artists’ Alliance Gallery, annual juried membership exhibition,
Lafayette, LA
2001 Louisiana State University, Master of Fine Arts Exhibition,
Baton Rouge, LA
2000 Louisiana State Archives Gallery, Association for Women Artists,
Every Louisiana Women Artist, Baton Rouge, LA
Louisiana State University, “20X20X20” Competition, Baton Rouge, LA
2000 Louisiana State University, Graduate Student Show, Baton Rouge, LA
RESIDENCIES
2017 ArtLab Printmaking Residency, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2016 Sedona Art Residency, Sedona, AZ
PUBLICATIONS
2021 Art in New York City, Truth Beauty, Freedom, Love at the Painting Center, NYC, NY
2021 The Creatives: Painter and art instructor April Hammock, inRegister, Article by Jeff Roedel,
Baton Rouge, LA
2020 New Members 2020 Announcement by Silvermine Arts Center, Issuu.com
2020 Silvermine Arts Center launches into 2020 season with New Members Show, The
Ridgefield Press
2020 Meet The Newest Members of Silvermine Guild of Artists and See Their Work in A Dynamic
Exhibition, New Canaan’s Hamlethub, New Canaan, CT
2020 About Women, LiveNewCanaan, New Canaan, CT
2020 About Women exhibit features 42 artists in Norwalk, Stamford Advocate, Article by Joel
Lang,
2019 YoungSpace, Contemporary Art Platform
2018 Contemporary Art Curator Magazine
2017 Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 36, Open Studios Press
2017 Announcement of Black Box-Boecker Contemporary at Faux Mouvement, Centre d’ art, Contemporain, Metz, France
2017 Jankossen Contemporary, NY Elite Magazine, New York City, NY
2017 “Fresh! Annual Summer Show, “GEOFORM” Group Show, Artnet.com
2017 “3rd Annual FRESH! 2017: GEOFORM Jankossen, workpress.com
2017 Announcement at Jankossen Contemporary, Artcards, New York City, NY
2016 ”The Retrieval of the Beautiful at the Painting Center” Art in New York City, NY
2016 “Two Coats of Paint,” The Painting Center, When Color Matters, New York City, NY
2016 Art & Design Events and Exhibitions in the New York Area, New York Art Beat,
“Color Matters” Exhibition, New York City, NY
2016 The Painters’ Table, “Color Matters@ The Painting Center,” New York City, NY
2014 Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 25, Open Studios Press
2013 New Orleans Sun, “Baton Rouge Gallery spotlights latest works from Gould, Hammock,
Jahnke and Richard during July Exhibition.” Exhibition announcement with photographs, New Orleans, LA., July
2013 225 Magazine, “Baton Rouge Gallery shows off four artists’ works.”
Exhibition announcement with photographs, Baton Rouge, LA., July 2013
2013 CW21BR, “Baton Rouge Gallery spotlights latest works from Gould, Hammock, Jahnke and Richard during July Exhibition. Announcement with photograph, Baton
Rouge, LA., July 2013
2013 The Times Picayune, “New Baton Rouge Gallery exhibition opens June 30
Exhibition announcement with photographs, New Orleans, LA.,
2013 Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 20, Open Studios Press
2012 Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 18, Open Studios Press
2011 The Advocate, “Could Gould’s Chicken Ruffle the Princess’s Feathers?” article with
photograph of painting, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
2011 225, “Living the Dream” article with photograph, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Country Road, exhibition announcement with photograph, Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
“A Place for Timelessness,” Baton Rouge, La. In register,
2004 “Lost Habitats, Lone Figures, Poetic Horses,” Baton Rouge, La. Country Road,
October 16, 2004.
The Park Bench, exhibition announcement with photograph, Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, Fall 2004.
In Register, exhibition announcement with photograph, Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
October 2004, 85.
Anne Price, “Art Notes,” The Advocate, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, October 2004.
2002 Anne Price, “Differences in Style flavor 4-artist show at BR Gallery,”
The Advocate, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, July 13 2003.
2000 Paintings Published in The Delta Review, Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, LA
GALLERY AFFILIATION AND REPRESENTATION:
Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, Connecticut
ARTIST LECTURES
2020 Baton Rouge Gallery
2017 Baton Rouge Gallery
2016 Baton Rouge Gallery
2015 Baton Rouge Gallery
2013 Baton Rouge Gallery
2011 Baton Rouge Gallery
2010: AWA, East Baton Rouge Parish Library
2004: Baton Rouge Gallery
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2024-
2005 Gifted and Talented Program, East Baton Rouge Parish
School Board, Baton Rouge, LA
Talented Visual Arts Instructor and Studio Art Advanced Placement Instructor. Tenured.
Full-time. Talented Art II-IV, Advanced Placement Studio Art/Design, Advanced Placement Drawing. Art in Technology
2005-
2002 Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA
Lecturer: Art in Education 371 (1 semester), Digital Intermediate Design 152,
Independent Study: Advanced Drawing 395, Independent Study: Advanced
Painting 395, Digital Basic Design 151, Intermediate Design 152: Color Theory, Basic Drawing 111, Advanced Drawing 211
2002-
2001 University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA
Instructor: Design 101, Drawing 111, Art in Education 215, Design 102 .
2005-
1999 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Instructor: Foundations of Design and Art Structure.
Graduate Instructor: Foundations of Drawing and Composition 1847,
Foundations of Design and Art Structure 1011
CONDUCTED WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES:
2017: Abstracting the Landscape, Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2020: Virtual Master Class on Color and Shapes (for East Baton Rouge Parish School System),
Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
ORGANIZATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS
2023-2001 Baton Rouge Gallery
2023-17 Art File Member, The Painting Center, NYC, NY
2023-19 Silvermine Art Center, New Canaan, CT
2023 National Art Education Association
2017-2013 College Board Organization
2023-22 Baton Rouge Arts Council, Baton Rouge, LA
2023-National Art Education Association
POST GRADUATE EDUCATION
2017 Kansas City Art Institute Educator’s Workshops
2015 Rice University AP Educator’s Workshops
2014 Memphis College of Art and Design
2013-2014 Advanced Placement workshops, Rice University, Houston, LA
2010 Savannah College of Art and Design
Educators Forum. Completed workshops: 2-D and 3-D Animation, Web Design using
Adobe Dreamweaver, Self-Promotion and Portfolio Building, Intermediate Photoshop,
Digital Design.
Technical Skills:
Knowledgeable with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Spark, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Scan, Adobe XD, iMovie. Microsoft Powerpoint, Excel, Word, Teams, Dropbox, Google Classroom, Google Drive, Google Meets, Google Sheets, Google Docs, Google Slides, Zoom, Facetime, YouTube, Loom, Web Design, Videoleap, Canva, Nearpod, Procreate, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, . Experienced with DSLR Camera.