Catherine E.

Altice
tinroofstudio@tinroofstudio.com
alticece@appstate.edu

www.tinroofstudio.com

EDUCATION

• Vermont State University- May 2011

Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art, Graduated with Honors
• The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC, 1989 -1990,
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting & Printmaking, Magna Cum Laude
• Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, 1983 – 1987,
Bachelor of Science, Mass Communications in Advertising & Marketing,
• Penn Foster University, Scranton, PA, 2006-2008,
Bench Jewelry Repair Technician, Certification
• American Dance Festival, Duke University, NC, Summer1987,
Certification of Completion

EXPERIENCE & EMPLOYMENT

• CURRENTLY EMPLOYED: Senior Lecturer, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 2020-

Present
• Adjunct Art Instructor, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 2020-2011
• Adjunct Art Instructor, Caldwell Community College, Boone, NC 2011, 2014
• Graphic Designer for Appalachian State’s Common (Summer) Reading Program 2012-2016
– designed artwork and layouts for: posters, tee shirts, and flyers used for CRC promotions
• Production Assistant and Photographer for the film, "Bathanti" - a documentary by Kevin
Balling about NC Poet Laureate, Joseph Bathanti and other NC writers
• Judge for Cheap Joe’s Art Contest, Spring 2014
• Visiting artist talk and critique for members of Blue Ridge Art Clan, Spring 2014
• Owner/Artist - Tin Roof Gallery & Studio, 114 N. Jefferson Ave., West Jefferson, NC
(brick & mortar storefront) 2002-2013, and home studio established 1990
• Demo Painting Workshop Instructor for Grumbacher and Michael’s Art Supplies.
• Painting demonstration & lecture, Florence Thomas Art School, Glendale Springs, NC,
March 2009
• Very Special Arts in Ashe County, taught art classes to children and teens in the county
elementary schools and Ashe Central High School, spring 2005
• Administrative Assistant, Faculty Senate, Appalachian State, 2002-2004. Designing and
maintaining the Faculty Senate’s website, faculty e-mail Listserv announcements,
administrative office duties, transcribing and writing monthly minutes from Senate
meetings, managing Faculty Senate elections, employing a work study student
• Gallery Assistant, Morning Star Gallery, Blowing Rock, 2000-2002
• NC Dance Alliance Board Member and Publisher/Editor of NCDA Newsletter &
Calendar of Events, and Membership Committee, 1997-2000
• Freelance graphics illustration - logos, ad layouts for regional businesses and non-profit
groups. Designed Footsloggers “The Tower” logo, Created graphics for: Todd’s First
New River Festival, Mountain Alliance, Friends of Grandfather, NCDA, Appalachian
Dance Ensemble, Trading Roots Gifts, and other small businesses
• Greenpeace, “Ban the Dam” posters & t-shirts, 1992
• Founding member of Todd’s New River Festival, NC, 1993 - designed logo & t-shirts,
managed & directed artists, craft makers, and non-profit booths, Treasurer
• Manager, Trading Roots Gallery, Blowing Rock, 1992-2000

HONORS, AWARDS, & PUBLICATIONS

• Photography, “Self Made” judged, juried, accepted into Kakalak 2023: Anthology of Poets & Artists
• Artwork, “Quilted Poems: An Ekphrastic Collaboration of Quilters and Poets”
• Artwork Included in the book, “Painters of Ashe County, NC” publication 2020
• 15th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Contest – Honorable Mention Award
 Award of Distinction, Blowing Rock Art in the Park, 2017
 Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC juried photography show, awarded 2nd Place
• One of 20 NC abstract artists juried and selected to present a Pecha Kucha slide
presentation, NC Outreach Project & Greenhill Center for NC Art,
Greensboro, NC – Feb.16, 2013
• “The Studio Arts Award” – top graduate honor for MFA in Studio Arts, May 2011,
Johnson State College, VT
• Judge for Regional Artist Project Grants, WNC Arts Councils – 2008 & 2010
• Grant Award – Regional Artist Project Grant of Northwest NC – Oct. 2007
• “Best of the Blue Ridge”, August 2007, Juried Art Show,
Ashe Arts Council, West Jefferson, NC
• “Arts on Fire”, A West Jefferson Public Arts Project, NC - selected artists painted town
fire hydrants as part of a public arts project
• Ashe County Arts Council’s 30th Anniversary, one of several artists selected to
paint/transform a blank white dinner plate into a work of art as part of a gala event for
Ashe Arts Council’s 30th Anniversary, a celebration & dinner event.
• “Best of the Blue Ridge”, August 2006, 3rd Place, Cheap Joe’s Art Award, Juried Art
Show, Ashe Arts Council, West Jefferson, NC
• “Art in the Park”, National Juried Outdoor Show, Spring 2006, Honorable Mention
• Regional Grant Project of Northwest NC, 2005, $500 Project Grant Award
• “Dimensions 1999,” Juror’s Honorable Mention Award, Winston-Salem Associated
Artists National Juried Show,” March 25, 1999
• Second Place Award, “Holiday Expo”, Winston-Salem Arts Council, January 1994
• “All the King’s Men,” performance art/installation, Honorarium, Weatherspoon
Museum, UNC-Greensboro, December 1990

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & GALLERIES

2024 – Home, Ashe Arts Gallery group exhibit
Wilkesboro NC Photography Juried Show, Wilkes Arts
2023 – Miniatures Art Exhibit, Ashe Arts
Selected Photography Group Show, Ashe Arts
“Summer Abundance” group art show, Ashe Arts
“Reflections” SAQA Southeast Region, Juried Art Quilt Show & Year-long Traveling Exhibit
throughout the southeast 2023-2024,
“Here, There and Everywhere” SAQA juried show, Sertoma Arts Center, Raleigh, NC
“Your Favorite Song”, Group Show, Ashe County Arts, West Jefferson, NC
2022 “Quilted Poems: An Ekphrastic Collaboration of Quilters and Poets”, group show,
Hampton, Va.
2022 Faculty Biennial, Appalachian State, NC
2021 Annual Group Photography Exhibit 2021, Ashe Arts, West Jefferson, NC
2020 Annal Group Photography Exhibit 2022, Ashe Arts, West Jefferson, NC
2020 Studio Art Quilt Association (SAQA) online exhibit and auction
2019 Ashe Arts Group Photography Exhibit, West Jefferson, NC
2018 Appalachian State Faculty Biennial, Turchin Center, Boone, NC
Appalachian Mountain Photography Contest, Turchin Center, Boone, NC
“Colorblind” group show – Ashe Arts
Ashe Arts Invitational Group Show – “Moonshine” paintings and photography
2017 Art in the Park, Blowing Rock, Award of Distinction: Jewelry
Through the Camera’s Eye, Ashe Arts Gallery
2016 “The Beginning of Everything”, V.A.E., juried photography show, Raleigh, NC
Appalachian’s Faculty Biennial, Appalachian State, Boone, NC
Hiddenite Center’s Appalachian State Faculty Exhibit, Hiddenite, NC
Winter Group Show, Jones House Community Ctr., Boone, NC
Jones House, invitational group show, Boone, NC
2015 National Juried Encaustic Exhibit, Encaustic Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
Solo show, “Immersion”, Jones House Community Center, Boone, NC, July
S.C.O.P.E., juried show, contemporary southern landscapes, VAE, Raleigh, NC
“Earthy Abstractions”, invitational juried exhibit, Ellington-White CDC,
The Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County, Mar.-May ‘15
Electron Salon: International Group Show, LACDA, Los Angeles, CA
2014 60th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC
LACDA, Snap to Grid, group photography show, Los Angeles, CA
Faculty Biennial Show, Turchin Center & Smith Gallery, ASU, NC
“Second Time Around” recycled, repurposed art exhibit, Ashe Arts, NC
2013 ArtSPARK Film & Analog Photography, national juried show, Raleigh, NC
Asheville Fringe Festival, “Turleen”, solo dance/spoken word comedy/satire
performance art
“Snap to Grid”, group photography show, LACDA, Los Angeles CA,
The Sketchbook Project, Art House Library, Brooklyn, NY,
Introspection, group show, Ashe Arts, NC,
“The Meaning of Wood”, group show, Lower Columbia College,
Longview, Washington
WAANC, Western NC Artists Postcards Show, traveling group show
Best of the Blue Ridge, regional juried show, Ashe Arts, NC
“Reflections”, invitational show of art, poetry, and writing, Ashe Arts, NC
2011-12 “At the Seams: Catherine Altice” solo show, Turchin Center for the Arts,
Boone, NC, summer 2012
Faculty Biennial Show, Turchin Center & Smith Gallery, ASU, NC
Tin Roof Gallery/Studio, grand opening show, West Jefferson, NC
2010-11 “Threadbare” MFA Thesis Exhibit and artist’s gallery talk, Dibden Center for
the Arts, Johnson State College, VT, May 2011
“Threadbare”, solo art installation, Ripples Gallery Space, West Jefferson, NC
“Soaking It All In”, solo art installation, Elkland Art Gallery, Todd, NC
“More Than Words” Collaborative group show of artists and writers
Ashe County Arts, NC
2008-09 “Snap to Grid,” group photography how, LACDA,
Los Angeles Center for Digital Photography, California
“Postcards from the Edge” Western NC Arts Traveling Exhibit
“A Feast for the Arts,” fundraiser painted plates for Ashe Arts Council
“Catherine Altice,” Beet Gallery, NoDa District, Charlotte, NC, solo show
“Dreams of Summer”, group show, Ashe County Arts, NC
“Art of the High Country”, group show, Wilkes Arts Gallery, NC
“Catherine Altice”, solo show, Jefferson Landing Country Club, NC
Artwalk Gallery, Boone, NC, juried commercial arts & crafts gallery
2006-07 Beet Gallery, NoDa District Charlotte, NC, group show, juried member
Greenhill Center for the Arts, Greensboro, NC, juried member
Wholesalecrafts.com – art, jewelry and silk scarves
Artwalk Gallery, Boone, NC, juried commercial arts & crafts gallery
“Down By the River”, group show, Ashe County Arts, NC
“If the Shoe Fits”, group show, Ashe County Arts, NC
“Landscapes Mini & Maxi”, Ashe County Arts, NC
“It’s Raining Cats & Dogs!”, Ashe County Arts, NC
“Postcards from the Edge”, Western NC Arts Councils, traveling exhibit
“Women’s Art Show”, juried show, Turchin Art Center, Boone, NC
2004-05 Art Space, Boone, NC, juried member
“Stark Contrasts”, group show, Ashe Arts Center, West Jefferson, NC
“Studio Hop”, open studios, Ashe Arts Council, West Jefferson, NC
“When You’re Smiling”, group show, Ashe Arts Center, West Jefferson, NC
Tin Roof Gallery & Studio, West Jefferson, NC – gallery crawl
ERL Originals, Winston-Salem, NC (1999-2004) – juried member
Studio Italiana, Asheville, NC – juried commercial gallery
2003 Autumn Group Show, Tin Roof Gallery & Studio, West Jefferson, NC
Pandora’s Mailbox, Blowing Rock, NC – gift shop & gallery
Ruffin Street Gallery, Linville, NC – juried member, commercial gallery
“Studio Hop”, Ashe Arts Council, West Jefferson, NC
2002 Alley Cat Gallery, Boone, NC – juried member, commercial gallery
2001 “Catherine Altice”, solo show, Jones House, Mazie Jones Gallery,
Watauga Arts Council, Boone, NC
2000 “On and Off the Wall,” solo show,
Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville, NC
“Color, Movement & Rhythm,” group show, Caldwell Arts Council, NC
2000 “E-Race,” performance art & solo dance,
NC Dance Alliance, Choreographer’s Retreat, Charlotte, NC
1999 “Artists Hang-up,” group show, Green Hill Center for the
Arts, Greensboro, NC
1998 “New Works by Catherine Altice”, solo show,
Trading Roots Gifts, Blowing Rock, NC
1997 Taylor & Lively, group show, Spruce Pine, NC – juried commercial gallery
Pink Neck Gallery, group show, Asheville, NC – juried commercial gallery
“Benediction,” Group Performance and Exhibition
(dance, painting, music, video, spoken word)
Valborg Theatre, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
“The Push”, performance art & solo dance, Aug. 8, 1997,
Valborg Theatre, Appalachian State University, NC
“Freedom of Expression Invitational,” group show,
Spirit Square Center for the Arts, Charlotte, NC
“Through Women’s Eyes,” juried show, UNC Chapel Hill, NC
Blues Cafe, solo show, Banner Elk, NC
1996 Blowing Rock Frameworks Gallery, Blowing Rock, NC – commercial gallery
“Call to Artists,” Greenhill Center for the Arts, Greensboro, NC
1995 “Opposites Attract,” invitational exhibition,
Winston-Salem Arts Council, Winston-Salem, NC
Crossroads Gallery, juried member, Winston-Salem, NC
“Through Women’s Eye’s,” juried group show,
UNC Chapel Hill, NC
Studio Hop, open studio, Ashe Arts Council,
West Jefferson, NC
1994 “Best in the West,” traveling juried group show, exhibit throughout
Western NC arts councils (1994 show & 1995 show)
Studio Hop, open studio, Ashe Arts Council,
West Jefferson, NC
“Holiday Expo,” second place, juried show,
Winston-Salem Arts Council, Winston-Salem, NC
Cosmic Coffee House, solo show, Blowing Rock, NC – commercial gallery
“Two Artists”, Ashe Arts Center, West Jefferson, NC
1993 Morning Star Gallery, juried member, Banner Elk, NC – commercial gallery
Studio Hop, open studio, Ashe Arts Council, West Jefferson, NC
Atrium Gallery, Spirit Square, Charlotte, NC, solo show
1992 One-of-a-Find Gallery, Hickory, NC, juried member, commercial gallery
1991-1983 Exhibited artworks and choreographed or performed in dances as a student at
UNC-Greensboro’s Dance Dept. and Appalachian State University Dance Ensembles
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
• College Art Association
• Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, North Carolina

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Studio Art Quilt Association - SAQA
- Attending annual conference online summer 2022
Surface Design Association - SDA