Artist Vitae
Miriam McClung is a native of Birmingham, Alabama and a graduate of the University of Alabama, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. She studied at the Art Students League in New York, under Mark Rothko at the University of Colorado Boulder, and at the Farnsworth School in Sarasota. Her work as been exhibited in Japan, in Dallas at the Museum of Biblical Arts and throughout the Southeastern United States. In 2018, she was recognized among Celebrated Women's Artists in Alabama at the Magic City Art Connection.
Education & Continuous Learning
DISTINCTIONS
- Magic City Art Connection, Celebrated Women Artists in Alabama
- Magic City Art Connection,What They’re Doing Now: A Retrospective of the Best of 25 Years
- Magic City Art Connection, Best of Show, 1989
- Opelika Art Festival, Best of Show
- Art and the Alabama Woman, Merritt Award
- Birmingham Biennial, Birmingham Museum of Art, 1975
AWARDS
- Alabama Watercolor Society
- Southeastern Pastel Society
- St. Joseph’s Parrish Religious Show
- Redstone Arsenal Inspirational Show
- Dauphin Street Church Religious Works Show
- Mountain Brook Art Festival Show
- Alabama Women Show, Mobile College, Award of Merritt
- Alabama Pastel Society – Birmingham Arts Journal Award
COLLECTIONS
- The University of Alabama, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art
- South Trust Bank
- First Methodist Church, Birmingham, Alabama
- Cathedral Church of the Advent, Birmingham, Alabama
- St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Birmingham, Alabama
- St. Mary’s School Louisiana
- Private collections throughout the Southeast
Special Shows & Exhibitions
- Magic City Art Connection, Celebrated Women Artists in Alabama
- Birmingham Biennial, Birmingham Museum of Art
- Inspero “Those Who Weep” Show, Birmingham, AL
- Aldridge Gardens, “Scenes of Birmingham and Alabama”, Hoover, AL
- Alabama Pastel Society International Exhibit
- Pastel Society of the West Coast Show, California
- Red Clay Survey of Contemporary Southern Art
- Exhibition of Contemporary Birmingham Artists, Hitachi, Japan
- Midwest Pastel Show
- Florida Pastel Show
- Jacksonville State University Roundhouse Art Gallery
- Briarwood Presbyterian Church, “The Art of Encouragement” Show
