Kay Westhues Photographer
Education
Kay Westhues studied photography at Rhode Island School of Design (80-82) and Indiana University, Bloomington. She has a BS degree in Photography and Ethnocentrism from the I.U. Individualized Major Program (1994), and an MS in Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University (1998).
Recent exhibitions
Salon Show, South Shore Arts, Munster IN 2009
Fourteen places to eat: A narrative, Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame IN 2009
Grand Prix Fotofestiwal 2009 – 8th International Festival of Photography in Lodz, Poland 2009
The Dream, Good Library Gallery, Goshen College, Goshen IN 2009
Everyday Mysteries: Photographs by Kay Westhues, Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City IN 2008
Rockford Midwestern, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford IL 2008
"Beyond Bloomington" Atypical Urbanscapes, through the lens of 7 photographers, Prima Gallery, Bloomington IN 2008
Focus: Midwest, Midwest Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis IN 2008
Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX 2008
Through the Lens: A Photographic Mosaic of Hoosier Life and Landscape, Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, Lafayette IN 2008
Mary Beth Creiger Memorial Photo Exhibition, Around the Coyote gallery, Chicago IL 2007
Photography What Now?, Lexington Art League, Lexington KY 2007
Group Show # 19, Humble Arts Foundation (online exhibit) 2007
7th Harvest Biennial, Arts Place, Portland, IN 2007
Salon Show, South Shore Arts, Munster IN 2007
Biennial 24, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend IN 2007
Kay Westhues: Photographs of Rural Indiana, Fire Arts Inc, South Bend IN 2007
Fort Wayne Photographers Invitational, Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Wayne IN 2007
Elkhart Juried Regional Art Exhibition, Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN 2006
Symbols of Patriotism, Cushwa-Leighton Library, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN 2006
Awards
Past Presidents' Award, Salon Show, South Shore Arts, Munster IN 2009
Indiana Arts Commission Individual Artist Project Grant 2010
Indiana Artisan Project Grant, 2009
Best 2-D award, Rockford Midwestern, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford IL 2008
Merit award, 7th Harvest Biennial, Arts Place, Portland, IN, 2007
Merit award, 64th Annual Salon Show, South Shore Arts, Munster, IN, 2007
Indiana Arts Commission Individual Artist Project Grant 2007
Best Photojournalism, 2007 Photobloggies Awards
Best Photography, 28th Elkhart Juried Regional Art Exhibition 2006