Brooke - Rothshank Artworks

Gelatin Bracelet and Necklace

Brooke Rothshank

Education
•    Goshen College, Goshen, IN; BA Painting—2000

Craft Education
•    IGMA Intensive in Miniature Portraiture, Castine, Maine, 2007
•    Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado, June 2006
•    SCBWI Conference, Los Angeles. California, 2005
•    IGMA Intensive in Miniature Portraiture and Framing, Castine, Maine, 2005
•    Ongoing Classes, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA 2003-Present
•    Assorted Classes, Pilchuck Glass School and Penland Craft Center

Job Experience
•    Self-Employed, Pittsburgh, PA
    Children’s Book Illustrator, Studio Artist—June 2003-Present

Selected Shows/Exhibitions
01/07    32nd Annual International Miniature Art Show, Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, Tarpon Springs, FL. Miniature Art Society of Florida.
12/06    Unwrapped, Union Project, Pittsburgh PA
05/06    14th Annual Int’l Juried Miniature Show, Parklane Gallery, Kirkland, WA, Barbara Newton, Juror
04/06    Chicago International Miniature Exhibit, Schaumburg, IL
02/06    31std Annual International Miniature Art Show, Clearwater, FL. Miniature Art Society of Florida.
11/05    Unwrapped, Union Project, Pittsburgh PA
11/05    Student Exhibit, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh PA
11/04    Unwrapped, Union Project, Pittsburgh PA
07/04    Gathering Mass, 3 Person Show, Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh PA
07/04    Daniel Sadler Benefit, Gallery Chiz, Pittsburgh, PA
02/04    AMP @ The Warhol, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, Juried by Thomas Sokolowski & John Smith
11/03    Artists of the Union Project, EDGE Studios, Pittsburgh, PA
10/03    Flux No. 11, Mt. Washington/Allentown, Pittsburgh, PA
09/02    Norwin Art League Exhibit, Pittsburgh PA
12/02    Union Project Holiday Sale, Spinning Plate Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
04/00    Senior Art Exhibition, Goshen College, Goshen, IN
11/00    Elkhart Juried Regional Show, Elkhart IN
97-99    Annual Juried Student Art Exhibit, Goshen College, Goshen IN, May
09/97    Elkhart Art League Spring Show, Elkhart, IN

Publications

Cups Held Out, By Judith Roth, Illustrated by Brooke Rothshank, Herald Press, Scottdale, PA, Fall 2006
Seattle Times, Local News, May 8, 2006
Miniature Collector Magazine, Featured Artist, Page 9, March 2006

Awards
06/07    Full Tuition Scholarship, International Guild of Miniature Artists, Miniature Oil Painting with Johannes Landman.
06/06    Full Tuition Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Large Scale Watercolor with Chris Doyle
09/02     First Place Painting, Blanche Norwin Art League, Pennsylvania
11/00     Recognition Award for painting, Self-Portrait, Elkhart Juried Regional Show, Indiana
09/97     Best of Show Award. Lydia Elkhart Art League Spring Show, Indiana

Professional Affiliations
Member, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
Member, International Guild of Miniature Artisans, Ltd.