Jean Banas, artist

Banas is a well-established Florida artist living and working in the community of New Smyrna Beach.
She can often be seen working in the studios at the Artists’ Workshop and the Atlantic Center for the Arts. Below is a sampling of recent accomplishments.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
            2019     United Church of Christ Gallery New Smyrna Beach, FL
            2017     The Hub on Canal New Smyrna Beach, FL
  
 INVITATIONAL EXHIBITS:
            2019      Peabody Auditorium Art Gallery, Daytona Beach, FL
            2018      Women in the Arts, Orlando Library, Orlando, FL
            2017      Museum of Arts & Sciences Macon, GA

JURIED EXHIBITIONS:
          2019  2018       The Center for Contemporary Political Art, Washington, DC
            2018        The Ellington-White Contemporary Art Gallery, Fayeteville, NC
            2019         "The Big Read" NEA sponsored Reading Exhibit, DeLand, FL
            2018          "The Big Read" 1st place award  
            2017         32nd Annual International Exhibition Tyler Univ., Tyler, TX
            2017          Art Center Manatee Bradenton, FL
            2015          9th Annual Human Rights Exhibition, S. Texas College Me Ellen TX 
            2015          Valdosta National, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA
            2015           An Abstract View, Arts Council of Martin County, Stuart, FL
                     
 PERMANENT COLLECTIONS:
             Lake Eustis Museum of Art, Eustis, FL
             Art and History Museum, Maitland, FL

 RESIDENCIES:
             2019, 2017, 2018   Atlantic Center for the Arts , New Smyrna Beach, FL
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PUBLICATIONS:
              Aimone, Steve. Live and Learn: Expressive Drawing. Lark Crafts: NYC