nicoleemanuelstudios@gmail.com
Website: http://www.NicoleEmanuelStudios.com
(816) 589-8469
8001 Newton Street, Overland Park, KS, 66204
2017-2019 National Endowment for the Arts ‘Our Town’ Grant
2014 “Top 100 who make Kansas City…” KC Magazine.
2014 & 2016 Brown Fields Grant EPA and Kansas Department of Health & Environment
2012-2017 Kansas Creative Arts Industry Grants
2012-2014 National Endowment for the Arts ‘Our Town’ Grant
2011 Featured Artist - ArtsKC Awards - Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City
2011 Featured Artist - UMKC Women's Council
2011 Volunteer of the Year Award - University of Kansas City's Women's Council
2011-2017 Green Schools Grant "ArtSmart" programming – Kansas Department of Health & Environment
2011 Green Business Award - Briarwood Elementary's Recycling & Environmental Arts Program
2009 Research Award - Hadassah–Brandeis Institute for "Memoraphilia: The Life of Jewish Artist & Storyteller Liouba Golschmann" as a part of The Reuben/Rifkin Jewish Women Writers Series: A Joint Project of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute & The Feminist Press
2009 Recipient - Inspiration Grant - Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City
2009 Recipient - MAP Grant - Kansas City Artists Coalition
2009 Recipient - UMKC Women's Council Graduate Assistance Fund's Esther O. Loeb Award
1995 Valedictorian, Kansas City Art Institute.
1992- 1995 Gold Scholarship
1992-1995 Thomas Hart Benton Scholar
1993 & 1994 Binney & Smith Excellence in Art Award
1993 Chicago Art Institute.. Chicago, IL Summer Scholarship in Painting
1993 Vermont Studio Center.. Johnson, Vermont.. Spring Scholarship in Painting
Community ARTS Developer - ('87-'92, 2010-present, Overland Park, KS)
Present – Founder, Artistic Director - InterUrban ArtHouse
2010-2017 Executive Director, Founder – InterUrban ArtHouse – Developed a non-profit and raised over $1,200,000 to launch and run five community programs and to purchase and renovate an industrial building into affordable studios, events and exhibitions.
Muralist, Painter, Sculptor, Artist - Self-Employed (San Francisco, CA; Minneapolis, MN; Appleton, WI; Kansas City Metro Area ('82-present)