Background
Alberga, Alta Wheat was born in Alabama, United States. Daughter of James Richard and Leila Savannah (Sullivan) Wheat.
Alberga, Alta Wheat was born in Alabama, United States. Daughter of James Richard and Leila Savannah (Sullivan) Wheat.
Bachelor, Wichita State University. Master of Arts, Wichita State University, 1954. Bachelor of Fine Arts, Washington University, St. Louis, 1961.
Master of Fine Arts, University Illinois, 1964.
Member faculty Wichita (Kansas) State University, 1955-1956, Webster College, Saint Louis, 1969. art teacher Ossining (New York) High School, 1968. Assistant professor, head visual arts Presbyterian College, Clinton, South Carolina., 1969-1974. Private art teacher, Greenville, South Carolina., 1972.
Substitute teacher Greenville County Schools.
Teacher painting Tempo Gallery School, Greenville, 1974, Greenville County Museum School, 1975, Tryon (North Carolina) Fine Arts Center, 1986 (merit award 1987). Teacher Tri-County Technology College, Pendleton, South Carolina., 1975.
One-woman shows include Greenville County Museum, 1979, Greenville Artists Guild Gallery, 1979, 83, Wichita State University, 1954, Saint Louis Artists Guild, 1956, North Carolina State University, 1965, 66, Metropolitan Arts Council, Greenville, 1980, 83, 85, Tryon Fine Arts Center, 1988, South Carolina. State University, 1992, 93.
Exhibited in group shows at Pickens County Museum, 1979, 88-89, Internation, Washington,1981-1982, Greenville Artists Guild, 1982, 88, Art/7, Washington, 1983, North Carolina University, Charlotte invitational, 1989, Furman U. Women"s Show, 1989, South Carolina.
State University, 1992, Upstate Visual Arts, 1993, South Carolina. State University, 1993, Rolling Green Gallery, 1993, Internationale Grafiek Biennale, Maastricht, the Netherlands, 1993, South Carolina. Watercolor Society, 1994 (award), Greenville County Museum Art, 1995, Embry Foundation, Peace Center Greenville, 1997, Governor"s School Art, Bayerische Motoren Werke, Greenville, 1997.
Represented in permanent collections South Carolina.
State Museum, Columbia, South Carolina. Arts Commission, Pickens County Museum.
Represented in private collections. Board directors Greenville Artists Guild, 1977-1979, president, 1985.
Board directors Guild Gallery, 1978, Guild Greenville Symphony, 1989-1990.
Member faculty Wichita (Kansas) State University, 1955-1956, Webster College, Saint Louis, 1969. art teacher Ossining (New York) High School, 1968. Member Artists Equity (president Saint Louis chapter 1962), International Platform Association (life), Art Students League (life), Guild Greenville Artists (president 1984-1985), South Carolina. Artists Guild, Southeastern Council Printmakers, Greenville Symphony Guild, Museum Association (invited Greenville County Museum 1993), Kappa Pi, Kappa Delta Pi.
Married Alvyn Clyde Alberga, December 3, 1930.