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Alix has accomplished a variety of positions within the field of art. This experience has opened her perspective of the real application of art in the community enabling her to speak with real information.
- Garden photo commission
- Landscaping
- Helped organize volunteer effort
- Designed wildlife habitat and vegetable garden
- Workshop presenter, schoolyard habitats at the Native Plant Symposium and Mercer Arboretum
- Language arts teacher, Charles R. Drew Academy
- Art teacher, Charles R. Drew Academy for mathematics, science and fine arts
- Art teacher, MacArthur High School
- Art teacher, Hastings High School
- Docent, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston
- Volunteer printmaker facilitator, Target Free Sunday at the Museum of Fine Arts
- Art judge, Children's Art & Poetry Contest for Houston-Texas-Online
Her recent studies have taken her knowledge to another level for art instruction based on the observation of nature. She believes this is quite simple, but extremely under-represented in present art education . . . tell the story of reality through a personal reality that is clear and understandable.
- Providence College, Summer-in-Europe
- Academy of Art, San Francisco, California
- University of Texas, Austin, Texas, BFA
- Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, MFA
- University of Houston, Art Education Certificate (K-12)
- Tony Ryder School Classic Realism
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Alix has participated in a number of community groups
- Houston Museum of Fine Arts
- Visual Arts Alliance
- Houston Women's Caucus, National Women's Caucus
- Art Leage of Houston
- Jung Center
- Women in Visual and Literary Arts
- Women's Caucus for Art
- Brigid's Place, Christ Church Cathedral
- National Art Educators Association
- Native Plant Society
Alix has attended a number of workshops to further enhance her artistic skills
- Hudson River Landscape Group - Informal study for totality of nature
- Portrait painting, Marvin Mattelson, Andreeva Portrait Academy
- Still life painting, Michelle Tully, Andreeva Portrait Academy
- Portrait and figure drawing, Tim Stotz, Andreeva Portrait Academy
- Portraiture, Michelle Tully, Andreeva Portrait Academy
- Portraiture and figure drawing, Tony Ryder, Andreeva Portrait Academy
- Chinese brush painting, flowers, landscape
- Business of Art, Ann Bell
- Life painting, Glassell School of Art, Patrick Palmer
- Portraiture, Santa Fe, Andreeva Academy, Yuqi Wang
- Monotype, Armando Rodriguez
- Egg tempera workshop, Koo Schadler, Sedona, Arizona
- Renaissance design for painting, Koo Schadler, Palm Beach, Florida
