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Jan Anderson-Paxson

Education

B.S. Journalism, University of Kansas, 1977.

M.A. Communications, Stephen F. Austin State University, 1992.

M.A. Art, Stephen F. Austin State University, 2006.

M.F.A., Stephen F. Austin State University, 2007.

Work Experiences

Television news-photographer for KARD-TV, NBC affiliate in Wichita, KS.

Photojournalist for The Lufkin Daily News and The Diboll Free Press.

Freelance photographer.

Since 1992, worked as a communications and graphic arts instructor at

Angelina College in Lufkin, TX.

Awards

I was the first female television news-photographer in the state of Kansas.

1st place award for spot-news photography in “Texas Managing Editors

Newspaper Competition” along with receiving other photojournalism awards.

Selected and attended “Round-up for Great Teaching” 2004, Kerrville, TX.

Honorable mention in national contest, Photographer’s Forum Magazine,

2006.

Portfolio featured in Photographer’s Forum Magazine, Fall 2007.

Juried group and solo shows

Museum of East Texas “Horace Cardwell Competition Exhibit” 1996, TX.

Museum of East Texas “Horace Cardwell Competition Exhibit” 1997, TX.

The Art Center, “Graduate Student Exhibit” 2004, TX.

The Art Center, “Graduate Student Exhibit” 2005, TX.

“New Texas Talent 2006 Exhibition,” Dallas.

Art League of Houston's “Celebration Art Exhibition” 2007.

The Center for Fine Art Photography

The 22nd Members' Only Show of the Texas Photographic Society

Texas National 2007.

The Art Center “The Exquisite Corpse Box Project” 2007, TX.

First Street Art Center “Shades of Red” 2008, TX.

The Center for Fine Art Photography

2008 Kellicutt International Photography Show “Through A Lens: Patterns of

People or Patterns in Nature” California.

Yearly art faculty exhibits, Angelina College.

Solo show, Angelina Center for the Arts Gallery “Altered and

Unaltered” 2004, TX.

Solo show, Griffith Gallery “ Perceived Impressions” 2006, TX.

Solo show, Griffith Gallery “Quiet Reflection” 2007, TX.

Solo Show, Angelina Center for the Arts Gallery “Quiet Reflection” 2008, TX.

Professional organizations

Texas Intercollegiate Press Association

Texas Community College Journalism Association

Society for Photographic Education

Texas Photographic Society