Kay Westhues

Vita

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). Currently she is working on a project photographing rural culture in Indiana and posting the work-in-progress on her photoblog, www.fourteenplacestoeat.com.

Recent exhibitions

Focus: Midwest, Midwest Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis IN 2008

Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX 2008

3rd Annual African-American Arts Association Invitational, Colfax Cultural Center, South Bend IN 2008

Through the Lens: A Photographic Mosaic of Hoosier Life and Landscape, Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, Lafayette IN 2008

Holiday - Winter Exhibit, Prima Gallery, (Bloomington IN) 2007-08

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

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