Workshops:

• Artist Inc. Express Workshop, hosted by the Mid-America Art Alliance, lead by Anna Zusman – visual artist, Kai Coggin – poet, & Veronica Wirges – musician, June 10-11, 2023

Shows:

• “Flower Fields, Biodiversity in Art”, duo show of Cindy Magee and Cherie Bright, Louisiana State Exhibit Museum, May 9-31, 2024.
• Scripture Through Many Eyes Year Long Exhibit, “Locust”  3-D multimedia wire, thread, plastic wings with acrylic and oil marker on canvas, Biedenharn Museum and Gardens – Monroe, LA, 2024.
• Member Show, “The Baptism of Christ” acrylic and oil marker on canvas, and “Ode to Ertes” acrylic and oil marker on canvas, South Arkansas Arts Center, December 2023.
• Shine Show Ornament Dash, El Dorado Conference Center, artist participant, December 2023.
• Sensory Show, “Cat Toy”, interactive multi-media: sticks, yarn, blown farm eggs with rhinestone stickers, Bossier Arts Council, April – May 2023.
• Viewfinder Photography Show, “Peace & Light” photo, South Arkansas Arts Center, February 2022.
• Member Show, “Madonna and Child” acrylic and oil marker on canvas, and “Chat Snap” multimedia diptych: acrylic on canvas and yarn, South Arkansas Arts Center, December 2022.
• Year Long Exhibit, “3rd Station of the Cross” acrylic and oil marker on canvas, Biedenharn Museum and Gardens – Monroe, LA, 2021.
• Member Show, “Parade Giraffe” interactive sculpture and “Prayer Labyrinth” interactive multimedia, South Arkansas Arts Center, January 2021.
• Under Quarantine Show, “Tiger, Tiger” multi-media acrylic on glass and “Madonna and Child” acrylic on paper, Summer 2020.
• Member Show, “Tired Mother Earth” oil on canvas and “Window Fan” oil on canvas/multi-media, South Arkansas Arts Center, November 2019.
• Member Show, “Love From Within” acrylic on canvas and “Against the Sun” acrylic on paper, South Arkansas Arts Center, November 2018.
• Woodlands Art League, Object d’Art Exhibition, 2010.
• The Woodlands United Methodist Church Art Ministry Show, October 2009
• Woodlands Art League Spring Show 2008

Mail Art Shows:

• “Flower Fields, Biodiversity in Art”, 2024
• Grade school mail art project, France, 2009
• Postcard Readings Trail, B.C., Canada, 2009
• Post It & Mail It, ACHILL ISLAND – COUNTY MAYO – IRELAND, 2009
• fe: Mail Art- Ideas for maintaining a healthy planet, Los Altos, CA, 2009
• MAIL ART EXHIBITION AT NCCC, Sanborn, New York, 2008
• Tea Time, Richmond, VA, 2008
• Frips Mail Art, Belgium, 2008
•  Instructional Drawing: Rachael Elwell, Lancashire, England, 2007
• Parade of Animals, British Columbia, Canada, 2007
• Surrealism Mail Art Exhibition, Modesto, California, 2009, International Surrealism Festival Surrealism: The Cutting Edge of Art
• Mail Ant, Austin, TX, 2007
• Coffee Mail Art Project, Louisville, KY & Jeffersontown, KY, 2007
• Public Art – Snail Art, Prescott, AZ, 2006
• Breast Cancer Awareness: Celebration of Courage II, Los Altos Hills, CA, 2006
• 3rd International Mail Art Call from the Kootenay Region
• Night –What does the night mean to you?, ACHILL ISLAND – COUNTY MAYO – IRELAND, 2005-2006

Artistic Awards & Honors:

• Woodlands Art League Spring Show 2008, “Me, Myself, & Eye”, 2nd Place, Non-Professional “A”

Memberships:

• South Arkansas Arts Center, member 2000 -2005, 2018-present
• Arkansas Arts Registry, member, 2018 – present. http://www.arkansasarts.org/artist-registry/bright-cherie
• Woodlands Art League: Member, 07-14; Still Life Group, 09-10; Group Show in spring 2010; Monday Portrait Group, 08.
• Woodlands Art Festival Volunteer, 07-11.
• International Union of Mail Artists (IUOMA), 09-present
• TCMPA (Texas Association of Concerned Mail Artists), 07-14
• The Woodlands United Methodist Church: Art Ministry member, 09; Group show in fall 2009.

Artist Bio:

Cherie Bright

I am Not an artist. I don’t care for the label as it feels limiting, as most people think of an artist as someone who paints a realistic style landscape or portrait. I am anything, but that.

I AM a Creative.

I create from my imagination and dreams and life. I tell stories, evoke feelings, invite you the viewer to participate. Come into my world. Feel. Do you remember? Do you dream? Want to join me? It is a journey. A lovely journey.

How I started? I don’t know. I have no formal training. I have read many books and visited many galleries/museums and listened to many artists talk about why and how they do things. I remember watching the guy on PBS with big hair talking about happy little brush strokes while he made tree branches. My mom exposed me to many galleries and museums as a child. I remember my mom telling me about various artists. Of course, I learned more about architecture, because that was her interest. Also, as a child we did many craft and art projects. I remember my mom always making sure my brush strokes were precise when we painted rooms in the house.

Then as an adult, I slowly meandered to the place I am today. First, I began painting furniture in wild colors. Then I started painting canvases with my children for each season. Then it seems that my sister and some of my friends, began inspiring me and encouraging me to reach out and create more. My sister brought me into the world of mail-art, which I love. For a stint there, this was where I created the most. Then, life and dark happened. And a break from my inner being. And now a rebirth so to speak.

And here I am creating. Sometimes paint, sometimes interactive art, sometimes Christmas Garages, big installations you can walk through, things found swirled together. I put no limit on my creations. If you have to put me in a genre, I would say Contemporary Folk, but put in that box, which I will happily crawl out of, deconstruct and remake into a spaceship of the mind.