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Dotti Stone: About the Artist

Exhibitions • Professional Recognitions • Publications • Biography • Memberships

Exhibitions:

2011
Future – October – Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg VA

2010      
Bower Center for the Arts, Bedford VA – Inspired by Africa, a group exhibition of work inspired by African art and culture (February 7 – March 29)

Rome Art Coterie. Rome GA - juried into RAC's 8th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition  (April 1 - 30)

Bower Center for the Arts, Bedford VA – Passing the Passion – an exhibition of the work of art teachers in the Bedford County School system and artists who teach classes to groups or private instruction (April 9 – May 7)

Vinton Municipal Building, Vinton VA – included in 4-person exhibit of members of League of Roanoke Artists (Mid April-mid June )

Jefferson Center - Roanoke VA - League of Roanoke Artists' 25th Annual Showcase (Sept 1-Oct 31)

United Methodist Home, Roanoke VA – included in 4-person exhibit of members of League of Roanoke Artists (Mid-Nov 2010-mid Jan 2011)

2009   
Ciel Gallery, Charlotte NC – accepted for Winter Whites Exhibition (Nov 6 ‘09 – Jan 9 ‘10)

Smith Mountain Arts Council Annual Exhibit – Moneta VA - Oct 2009
United Methodist Home, Roanoke VA – included in 4-person exhibit of members of League of Roanoke Artists (Mid Sept-mid Nov)

Jefferson Center – Roanoke VA – League of Roanoke Artists’ 24th Annual Showcase (Sept/Oct)

Vinton Municipal Building, Vinton VA – included in 4-person exhibit of members of League of Roanoke Artists (Mid July-Sept 29)

Ciel Gallery, Charlotte NC 
Sticks & Stones: Art Created from Natural Elements - juried exhibition (Mar/Apr)

2008
Jefferson Center – Roanoke VA 
League of Roanoke Artists’ 23rd Annual Showcase (Sept/Oct)
Received 2nd place award for “Jewel of the Hancock”

Australian Zoo – Brisbane Australia
Mosaic accepted for inclusion in The Steve Irwin Tribute Mural, a mosaic project in memory of the late Steve Irwin, “crocodile hunter” and wildlife conservationist. It is a compilation of mosaics of animals, birds and plant life assembled and installed by Oz Mosaics of Brisbane

Ciel Gallery, Charlotte NC
Contemporary Mosaic Art – juried exhibition (Sept)
The War Against Peace – juried exhibition (Oct)
Simply Red – juried exhibition (Dec)

Bower Center for the Arts, Bedford VA
Local/regional artist exhibit (Aug)

Moneta VA
Smith Mountain Arts Council Annual Art Show (Oct)

2007
Moneta VA
Smith Mountain Arts Council Annual Art Show (Sept)

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Professional Recognitions:

MAO (Mosaic Artists Organization – international mosaic artist forum) challenges

2009

1st Place for Neo-Plasticism theme with “Mosaics a la Mondrian”
1st Place for Art Deco theme with “Deco Doll” (19” 3-D mosaic)

2008

1st Place for Architectural theme with “French Quarter Arches”
2nd Place for Dark Side theme with “Psycho Revisited”
2nd Place for Pebble Mosaic with “Taurus Rising”

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Publications:

2010 Laker Magazine (Jan/Feb 2010) “Fragments to Fine Art”
2009 Bedford Bulletin (Oct 21, 2009) “Specializing in Mosaics”
2009 Mosaic Artist Org forum – “Remnant” featured mosaic of the month for October-December
2009 Art by Lee Ann Petropoulos blog – Stone featured as the October “Meet the Artist”
2009 Bedford Bulletin (Sept 23, 2009)– featured instructor in article “Bower Center for the Arts announces fall classes, workshops”
2009 Vinton Voice (09/02/09) “from around Town” – features 4-exhibit in Vinton Municipal Bldg
2009 International Portfolio of Contemporary Mosaic Art 5 - two mosaic entries accepted
2009 Smith Mountain Eagle (02/25/09) Stone interviewed for People in the Spotlight feature story
2008 Ciel Gallery – “Child of Rajasthan” included in Contemporary Mosaic Art exhibition catalog
2008 International Portfolio of Contemporary Mosaic Art 4 - two mosaic entries accepted
2007 International Portfolio of Contemporary Mosaic Art 3 - two mosaic entries accepted

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Brief Bio:

Dotti Stone studied art at Richmond Professional Institute (now Virginia Commonwealth University) and graduated in 1965. Her career for many years was as a professional photographer, owning two studios that passed on to staffers and are still in operation in the Wash DC area. In the late 70s and early 80s, Dotti worked in stained glass and operated as Great Falls Stained Glass outside Washington DC. She did commission installations in homes and for some commercial establishments in the greater DC area, as well as taught classes in Herndon VA.

In 2004 Stone took up mosaics and since relocating to Wirtz VA in 2007 has worked continuously as a mosaic artist and teaches this centuries old art form at Bower Center for the Arts in Bedford and for the Roanoke County Parks and Recreation Dept and in the spring of 2010 at Envisions in Moneta VA. She exhibits in local and national shows, and on international forums. She had a mosaic accepted for inclusion in the Steve Irwin Tribute Mural (a mosaic comprised of works from worldwide mosaic artists) – it was assembled and installed by Sandy Robertson and her team at OzMosaics, the originator of this memorial exhibit at the Australian Zoo in Brisbane for the beloved “crocodile hunter” and wildlife conservationist.

Dotti is teaching mosaics classes, funded by 21st Century Community Learning Centers after school programs, to elementary school students at Montvale ES and at Bower Center for the Arts to students from Bedford MS.

The timeless beauty and versatility of ancient mosaics and the ease with which it integrates into modern society is what attracted Dotti to this medium.

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Memberships:

SAMA    Society of American Mosaic Artists
BAMM    British Association for Modern Mosaic
LRA       League of Roanoke Artists
SMAC    Smith Mountain Arts Council
MAO      Mosaic Artists Organization – international mosaic artist forum
CMA      Contemporary Mosaic Art – international mosaic art forum

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