Jessica Leigh Morris

Education
2018 - 2023 Master of Arts Candidate, Heritage and Museum Sciences
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2015 - 2017 Trauma, Grief & Renewal Graduate Certificate
Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NM
2012 - 2015 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Studio Ceramics
Social Practice Certificate
Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI), Kansas City, MO
2014 Summer Study Abroad Program in Hungary, Kansas City Art Institute
International Ceramics Studio, Kecskemet, Hungary
2001 - 2006 Associate of Arts, Fine Arts, Liberal Arts, and Psychology
San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX

Committees and Associations

2019 Team Advising Public Programming Student Representative, Museum of Texas Tech
University, Lubbock, TX
2019 Vice President, Museum & Heritage Student Association, Museum of Texas Tech
University, Lubbock, TX
2018 - 2019 Program Planning Committee Student Member, Texas Association of Museums, TX
2018 Member, Museum & Heritage Student Association, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2014 Exhibition Leadership Committee, ADDmix Ceramics Student Exhibition, Kansas City
Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

Awards
2019 Carolyn Garrett Pool Award for Outstanding Museum Studies Student, Mountain-Plains
Museum Association Conference, Albuquerque, NM
2012 - 2015 Kansas City Art Institute President’s Scholarship, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas
City, MO
2001 - 2006 President’s Full and Part Time Honors, San Antonio College, San Antonio TX

Conferences and Workshops

2020 Student Poster Presenter, Mountain-Plains Museum Association Digital Conference
2019 Student Poster Presenter, Mountain-Plains Museum Association Conference,
Albuquerque, NM
2015 Volunteer/Assistant, ARTicipation Workshop, Epsten Gallery, Overland Park, KS

Community Service
2019 Volunteer, Candlelight at the Ranch, National Ranching Heritage Center, Lubbock, TX
2019 Volunteer, Student Organization Fairs, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2019 Volunteer, Ranch Host Saturdays, National Ranching Heritage Center, Lubbock, TX
2019 Volunteer, Seventh Annual International Arts and Culture Symposium, Helen DeVitt
Jones Auditorium and Sculpture Court, Lubbock, TX
2018 Volunteer, Candlelight at the Ranch, National Ranching Heritage Center, Lubbock, TX
2018 Volunteer, Ranch Day, National Ranching Heritage Center, Lubbock, TX
2018 Volunteer, Sixth Annual International Arts and Culture Symposium, Helen DeVitt Jones
Auditorium and Sculpture Court, Lubbock, TX
2015 Volunteer/Assistant, ARTicipation Workshop, Epsten Gallery, Overland Park, KS
Media
2022 Mini Art Show Featured Artist, Online Mini Art Show Exhibition, Springfield, MO,
May 2022. https://miniartshow.com/Artists/jessica-morris_/
2018 “Preserving Railroad History,” M: The Magazine of The Museum of Texas Tech
University, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, Fall-Winter 2018, Pages 16-19.
2018 “Wild Heart Gallery,” SWC Heartlink Newsletter, Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NM,
Winter 2018, Page 13.
2017 Wild Heart Gallery Featured Artist, Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NM, July 2017.
https://www.swc.edu/wild-heart-gallery/wild-heart-gallery-featured-artist-jessica-morris-
3/
2017 Wild Heart Gallery Featured Exhibition, Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NM, May
2017. https://www.swc.edu/wild-heart-gallery/wild-heart-gallery-featured-exhibition-
vicissitudes/
2016 Wild Heart Gallery Featured Artist, Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NM, December
2016. https://www.swc.edu/wild-heart-gallery/wild-heart-gallery-featured-artist-jessica-
morris-2/
2016 Wild Heart Gallery Featured Artist, Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NM, August 2016.
https://www.swc.edu/wild-heart-gallery/wild-heart-gallery-featured-artist-jessica-morris/
2016 “Wild Heart Gallery,” SWC Heartlink Newsletter, Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NM,
Fall 2016, Page 11.

Collections
2022 Private Collection of Dustin Meredith, Pleasanton, TX
2013 Private Collection of Nancy Warren, Mission, KS
2012 Ken Ferguson Teaching Collection, Stern Building, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas
City, MO
2006 Private Collection of Judy Warren, College Station, TX
2005 Private Collection of Susan Budge, San Antonio, TX

Solo Exhibitions
2017 Vicissitudes, Wild Heart Gallery, Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NM

Group Exhibitions
2023 Women in Art, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2022 Art for All Seasons, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR
2022 Mini Art Show, Online Mini Art Show Exhibition, Springfield, MO
2017 Manifold, Wild Heart Gallery, Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NM
2016 Muliebrity: The State of Being Feminine, Wild Heart Gallery, Southwestern College,
Santa Fe, NM
2016 Honoring the Spectrum of Self, Wild Heart Gallery, Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NM
2015 Modulation, Stern Ceramics Building, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2015 BFA Exhibition, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
2014 Terraform, Stern Ceramics Building, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2014 ADDmix, Stern Ceramics Building, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2013 Objectivity, Stern Ceramics Building, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2013 Hotbox, Stern Ceramics Building, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2012 Flux, Stern Ceramics Building, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2006 Annual Student Juried Exhibition, San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX
2006 San Antonio Collegiate Student Exhibition, San Antonio Art League & Museum, San
Antonio, TX
2005 Sabra Booth and SAC Printmakers, One 9Zero6 Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2005 Student Show, Blue Star Art Silos, San Antonio, TX
2005       Annual Student Juried Exhibition, San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX
2004 Cup Show, San Angelo Museum of Art, San Angelo, TX
2004      Annual Student Juried Exhibition, San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX
2003            Annual Student Juried Exhibition, San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX

Curatorial Projects
2020-2022 So That Others May Remember – Diné Folk Art Traditions, The William C. and Evelyn
M. Davies Gallery of Southwest Indian Art, Museum of Texas Tech University,
Lubbock, TX
2017 Art Therapy Techniques: Studio Art Exhibition, Wild Heart Gallery, Southwestern
College, Santa Fe, NM
2017 Manifold, Wild Heart Gallery, Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NM
2017 Vicissitudes, Wild Heart Gallery, Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NM
2017 Ancestors Visible: An Art-Based Genogram Show, Wild Heart Gallery, Southwestern
College, Santa Fe, NM
2017 Capstone: Winter 2017, Wild Heart Gallery, Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NM
2017 Moment of Truth, Wild Heart Gallery, Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NM
2017 Prime Movers: The Annual SWC Staff and Faculty Show, Wild Heart Gallery,
Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NM
2016 Muliebrity: The State of Being Feminine, Wild Heart Gallery, Southwestern College,
Santa Fe, NM
2016 III, Wild Heart Gallery, Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NM
2016 Lead-in, Wild Heart Gallery, Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NM
2016 Capstone: Fall 2016, Wild Heart Gallery, Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NM
2016 Living Dreams, Wild Heart Gallery, Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NM
2016 Honoring the Spectrum of Self, Wild Heart Gallery, Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NM
2016 Capstone: Winter 2016, Wild Heart Gallery, Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NM
2015 Altered Book Show, Wild Heart Gallery, Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NM
2015 Capstone: Fall 2015, Wild Heart Gallery, Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NM
2014 Get Close to Someone, Baltimore Ave Apts., Kansas City, MO
2014 Elsewhere, Kansas City Cemeteries, Kansas City, MO
2013 Book Installation, Jannes Library, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO