Linda Harris is a retired mathematics teacher who has lived with her husband in Mesquite since 2017. They were drawn to Mesquite by the golf, arts and culture, and the beautiful desert landscape. Linda received a B.S. in Applied Mathematics and a Masters in Education. She taught in Missouri for 25 years, and was also a curriculum specialist for her district.
Linda is a self-taught artist, receiving no formal training after 9th grade art class. While in Missouri, Linda enjoyed porcelain art in her spare time. She attended porcelain art workshops around the country, and after retiring, bought her own kiln and taught porcelain art in her home. Upon moving to Mesquite, Linda became interested in watercolor, oils and acrylics. She took some watercolor classes and workshops, and found that she especially like painting portraits. She won awards in the Mesquite Fine Arts Gallery Exhibitions for four of her portraits, “Earth, Wind, and Fiery Redheads” (1st Place/2018), “A Special Sliver of Light,” (Best of Show/ Sponsor’s Choice/2019) and “Moonlit Vigil” (1st Place/2020), and Mesquite Mayor Al Litman (Honorable Mention/ 2021).
Linda taught two of the GSWA classroom lessons in 2019, and became coordinator of the program the following year. She now oversees the free educational programs and workshops for VVAA, believing strongly in the mission “to promote the power of the arts for all ages and all cultures,” and the educational goals which support this mission. She is responsible for working with VVAA volunteers to plan, advertise and implement the programs, write grants which support the programs. She previously wrote the FY 2022 Arts Learning Project Grant to bring Artist/ Photographer Larry Burton to Mesquite as VVAA's first Artist in Residence during February 2022. She worked closely with Mr. Burton and the Project Director to plan activities and workshops, host community events, organize data, and write the final report. A recent grant has just been approved to bring Recycle and Reuse Artist Deborah Lambin here as February’s Artist in Residence.
When not at the art gallery, Linda enjoys hiking in the beautiful desert landscape near Mesquite. She has two sons, a granddaughter, and two brothers and their families still in the Midwest.
The Art Box - Episode 192 - Meet the 2024 Ms. Senior Mesquite Contestants
The Art Box - Episode 191 - Ms. Senior Mesquite History - Jean Watkins and Becky Boyd
The Art Box - Episode 190 - Meet Ms. Senior Mesquite Bronzie Dabney
The Art Box - Episode 193 - The Heart of Creativity - Meet Romy Umholtz
The Art Box - Episode 194 - Interviewing ChatGPT - Meet Jessica
The Art Box - Episode 187 - Connect, Dream, Pursue - Meet Lindsey Packingham
The Art Box - Episode 195 - Sonic Warrior - Meet Captain Kevin Smith USN Retired
The Art Box - Episode 188 - Blessings of Nature - Best in Show - Meet Lynn Craven
The Art Box - Episode 186 - Reaping Colors, Patterns, and Shapes - Meet Jeannie Hua
The Art Box - Episode 182 - Celebrating Life - Meet Bobbie Ann Howell and Robin Stark
The Art Box - Episode 183 - Shaped by Wilderness and Wildness - Meet Michael Engelhard
The Art Box - Episode 185 - Dreaming of Junipers - Meet Cody Chamberlin
The Art Box - Episode 184 - It's a Small "art" World - Meet Sean Russell
The Art Box - Episode 189 - Coyotes are Among Us, Relax - Don Molde
The Art Box - Episode 181 - Off the Rails
The Art Box - Episode 180 - Muskegon, Trappers and Writing - Meet Brian Cornett
The Art Box - Episode 179 - The Great Gallery - Meet National Park Service VolunteersTeresa and Dave
The Art Box - Episode 177 - Imagine Nature - Meet Liana Morales
The Art Box - Episode 178 - Mesquite Public Arts Comission
The Art Box - Episode 176 - A Little Bit Country - Meet DJ Van Dyke
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