Lisa Fields Clark

After an extensive career in graphic arts, a BS in Human Services, and a second career in social services, Lisa shifted her focus toward fine arts, community outreach and arts education.

In 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2018 Lisa was awarded Jackpot Grants from the Nevada Arts Council and National Endowment for the Arts in support of the development of new contemporary mosaics shown in the exhibits INCLUSION, BLENDED CONTRASTS, and SHRINES.

Lisa's mosaic and mixed media work has been shown in galleries throughout the US including the Creative Arts Center (Burbank, CA), the Dougherty Arts Center (Austin, TX), the Maude Kerns Art Center (Portland, OR), DownTown LowDown (Los Angeles, CA), 2nd City Council Art Gallery (Long Beach), Las Laguna Gallery (Laguna, CA), as well as the Winchester Cultural Center, West Charleston Library, City Hall Bridge Gallery, Wonderland Gallery, the Mayor's Gallery, and the Olive Gallery - all located in fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada where she and her family currently reside.

Other:

• Best in Show at the Winchester Dondero Cultural Center Art Gallery juried show "Existing in Thought"
• First Place and People's Choice in Professional Mosaic category at America's largest Glass Craft & Bead Expo!
• Served as a panelist for the Nevada Arts Council FY19 Jackpot Grants
• Appointed to the Nevada Art's Council Teaching Artist Roster 2015-2020
• Author of "Good Luck Charms and Protective Amulets: Their Meanings and Origins" 2015. Cats After Dark Press, LLC
• Featured in "Bonnie FitzgeraId's Guide to Mosaic Technique" 2015. Quarto Publishing, London.
• Author of "Art Facilitation for Special Needs Populations" 2012. Cats After Dark Press, LLC

Selected Exhibits/Projects (last few years):

• 4/2021-6/2021: Solo Show, Spring Has Sprung, Mixed Media Mosaic Collection at the Whitney Library Art Gallery, Las Vegas
• 11/2020-1/2021: Solo Show, Springtime Fanfare 2, Mixed Media Mosaic Collection at the Laughlin Library Art Gallery, Las Vegas
• 2/2020-4/2020: Solo Show, Springtime Fanfare, Mixed Media Mosaic Collection at the Windmill Library Art Gallery, Las Vegas
• 1/2020-3/2020: Juried Show, Existing in Thought, "Expectation" (Best in Show) - Winchester Dondero Cultural Center, Las Vegas
• 2/2020: Group Show - Artist Invitational, Year of the Rat, Mayor’s Gallery: Historic Fifth Street School, Las Vegas
• 10/2019: Juried Show - Artist Invitational, Day of the Dead, Winchester Dondero Cultural Center, Las Vegas
• 6/2019: Group Show - Glass Craft & Bead Expo at SouthPoint Hotel and Casino - First Place in the Gallery of Excellence and People's Choice in Professional Mosaic category
• 4/2019: Group Show - Artist Invitational, Year of the Pig, Mayor’s Gallery: Historic Fifth Street School, Las Vegas
• 9/2018-1/2019: Solo Show - Olive Gallery, 7th floor, Las Vegas City Hall
• 3/2018: Featured Artist - Wonderland Gallery inside the Arts Factory, Las Vegas
• 11/2017: Juried Show - "Blush" - Las Laguna Gallery in Laguna Beach, CA
• 10/2017: Group Show - "New Awareness" - Wonderland Gallery inside the Arts Factory, Las Vegas
• 5/2017: Group Show - Artist Competition, Celebrating Life!, Charleston Heights Arts Center, Las Vegas
• 1/2017: Group Show - Artist Invitational, Year of the Rooster, Mayor’s Gallery: Historic Fifth Street School, Las Vegas
• 1/2016-4/2016: Juried Show "Seeking Social Justice Through Art" - "Expectation" at Left of Center Gallery, Las Vegas
• 10/2015: Featured Artist (showing "Shrines") at Jana's RedRoom Studio and Gallery inside the Arts Factory, Las Vegas
• 4/2015: Group Show-Glass Expo at SouthPoint Hotel and Casino - Placed 2nd: Best in Show - Professional Category
• 12/2014: Group Show, Down the Rabbit Hole, - "The Hat" In Skin City Body Painting and Gallery, Las Vegas
• 9/14-11/14: Artist Invitational - "Grateful For All of It" In the Bar+Bistro inside the Arts Factory, Las Vegas
• 12/2013: Artist Participant - Artists for Autism, Skateboards, Center of the World Gallery, Las Vegas
• 10/2013: Group Show Benefit - Un-masking the Mind, Stan Fulton Building at UNLV
• 10/2013: Artist Participant - Rotary Park Arts Fest, City of Las Vegas/Office of Cultural Affairs
• 5/2013: Solo Show at Jana's RedRoom Studio and Gallery inside the Arts Factory, Las Vegas
• 9/2012: Artist Participant - Mural at Fruitdale Elementary School in Oakland, CA