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JO LEMAY RUTLEDGE
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 International Guild of Realism show, juried selection, Carmel, CA
Bosque County Classic, juried selection, Clifton, TX
Art Center of Waco (honorable mention cash award), juried selection, Waco, TX
Coors Western Art Exhibit, National Western Stock Show, juried selection, Denver, CO
Acceptance into Oil Painters of America, Crystal Lake, IL
Group Show, Artspace111, Fort Worth, TX
Dallas Art Fair, Artspace111, Dallas, TX
2011 University of Texas at the Arlington Gallery selection for 897 by contemporary curator of the Dallas Art Museum’s Charles Wylie, Arlington, TX
Texas Artist Coalition juried selection, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX
Coors Western Art Exhibit, National Western Stock Show, juried selection, Denver, CO
Juried selection for International Guild of Realism show, Santa Fe, NM
Artspace 111, Santa Fe, NM
Group Show, Artspace111, Fort Worth, TX
Dallas Art Fair, Artspace111, Dallas, TX
2010 Preservation is the Art of the City, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX
Texas Artist Coalition Competition, juried selection, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX
Group Show, Artspace111, Fort Worth, TX
Selected Public Art
Baird Industries
Bell Helicopter
Baylor All Saints Hospital/Transplant Unit
Fort Worth Country Day School
Selected Portraits
Paul Mason, Bank President and Chairman of the Board of DFW Airport (posthumous): Paul Mason Middle School FWCDS
Kay Fortson, Chairman of the Board, Kimbell Art Museum: personal collection
Mike “Red” Redbaugh, former CEO Bell Helicopter: Bell Helicopter
Ben Fortson, Fortson Oil: personal family collection
Selected Corporate Collections
Baylor All Saints Hospital
Bell Helicopter
BNSF Railway Corporate Headquarters
Botanical Research Institute of Texas
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad Art Collection
Fort Worth Country Day School
National Hall of Fame Cowboys of Color showcase event
Selected Private Collections
Ben Fortson II, Fortson Oil Company
Kay Fortston, CEO Kimbell Art Museum
Karen Davis Fortson, Board of the Kimbell Art Museum
Ben/Lisa Fortson III, Board of the Kimbell Art Museum
Michael Eisner, former CEO Disney
John/Jane Justin, Justin Industries/Justin Boots
Ed Bass, CEO Bass Enterprises
Jerry/Elizabeth Baird, former VP Mrs Baird’s Bread
Erma Lowe
Mercedes Bass
Sid Bass
Kay Granger, House of Representatives US Congress
Mike/Rosie Moncrief, Mayor of Fort Worth
Charlie Moncrief
Tom/Therese Moncrief
Jenkins/Virginia Garrett
Virginia Smith
Vivienne Wilson
Steve Flory
Kimbell Fortson Wynne, Board of the Kimbell Art Museum
Publications
Star Telegram
Indulge
360 West
Heritage Auctions
Cowboys and Indians; Fort Worth Weekly
Art Walk
Star Telegram Life and Arts headline March 29, 2003
Star Telegram Rodeo Tie feature
Education
Oklahoma State, M.S
University of Texas, B.S.
Teaching
Fort Worth Country Day School