Cat Quintanilla

ARTIST STATEMENT:

"As with life, in carving stone it's not what you take away but what you leave behind that counts."
StoneCarverCat

Art...is an opportunity for a shared human experience. 

That art even exists is a reflection of society's respect for the exercise of abstract thinking and is a celebration of the playful, universal and historical appeal of "all things beautiful".  

EDUCATION:
-Native Austinite born in East Austin and educated in AISD public schools
-BFA University or Texas at Austin.      
-Austin Museum of Art -Studied stone carving with Ricardo Puemape and Scott Sustek in Austin and with Myles Schachter at Myles Mountain in Kansas

RECOGNITIONS:
-2011 Recipient VOCES DE LATINAS EXIBITION:-Celebrating the Influence, Contributions and Legacies of Local Latinas by the Austin History Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center, Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders, Terrazas Branch Library, Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection and the Mexic-Arte Museum
-2011 Featured Faculty Artist 2011 All School Show, Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, Texas
-2009 Texas Originals Program-Recognized Artist with The Texas Commission of Arts  

SHOWS:
-Texas Folklife Festival Stone Carving Demonstrator 2011
-Sculpture Challenge, Annual Large Scale Sculpture Competition and Show
Dripping Springs, Texas (multiple year showing)   www.sculpturechallenge.com
-Sculptfest, Umlauf Garden, Austin, Texas (multiple year showing)
-Sculptors Dominion International Sculpture Show, San Antonio, Tx (multiple year showing)
-Southwest School of Art Faculty/Artist Juried show -( multiple years)
-Luminaria, San Antonio, Texas, show participant
-Gallista Gallery "Vanitas" Show, San Antonio, Texas 2010, featured artist

INSTRUCTORSHIPS:
-Adjunct Faculty- Stone Carving, Southwest School of Art 2005-present, San Antonio, Texas
-Southwest Carving Workshop, assistant instructor, Jemez Springs, NM  2007
-Austin Sculpture Academy, instructor, Austin, Texas 2004

AFFILIATIONS:
-Arts Commission, Sunset Valley, Texas, member
-ArtFest- Stone Carving Demonstrations, Sunset Valley, Texas
-Texas Society of Sculptors, Texas, member
-Women and Their Work, Austin, Texas, member
-SAVA, San Antonio Visual Artists, San Antonio, Texas, member
-The Stone Whisperers, San Antonio, Texas, member

OTHER LIFE EXPERIENCES:
-Twenty-five years Graphic Design Service, Austin, Texas. 
-Nine years in elected office including as mayor, City of Sunset Valley, Texas
-Multiple terms and chair of Planning and Environmental Committee
-Aquifer District Habitat Management Task Group member, Regional Water Quality Task Force member and Regional Trails "Hike and Bike" Planning Event Facilitator 

ADDITIONAL:
-Art Instructor- I am and adjunct faculty member at the  Southwest School of Art in San Antonio
-Outdoor sculpture- Many of my outdoor pieces exceed 1000 lbs and are for garden settings
-Stone - My main mediums are Texas Limestone and Alabasters from USA and Italy