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 State University, Kansas, 1955—1956, Webster College, St. Louis, 1969. Art teacher Ossining High School, New York, 1968. Assistant professor, head visual arts Presbyterian College, Clinton, South Carolina, 1969—1974.
Private art teacher Greenville, since 1972. Substitute teacher Greenville County Schools. Teacher painting Tempo Gallery School, Greenville, since 1974, Greenville County Museum School, since 1975, Tryon Fine Arts Center, North Carolina, 1986.
Teacher Tri-County Technology College, Pendleton, South Carolina, 1975.
One-woman shows include Greenville County Museum, 1979, Greenville Artists Guild Gallery, 1979, 1983, Wichita State University, 1954, St. Louis Artists Guild, 1956, North Carolina State University, 1965-1966, Metropolitan Arts Council, Greenville, 1980, 1983, 1985, Tryon Fine Arts Center, 1988, South Carolina State University, 1992-1993, exhibited in group shows at Pickens County Museum, 1979, 1988-1989, Internation, Washington, 1981-1982, Greenville Artists Guild, 1982, 1988, Art/7, Washington, 1983, North Carolina University, Charlotte Invitational, 1989, Furman University Women's Show, 1989, South Carolina State University, 1992-1993, Upstate Visual Arts, 1993, Rolling Green Gallery, 1993, International Grafiek Biennale, Maastricht, 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, private collections.
President Greenville Artists Guild, 1985, board directors, 1977—1979, Guild Gallery, 1978, Guild Greenville Symphony, 1989—1990. Member of Museum Association (invited Greenville County Museum 1993), Greenville Symphony Guild, Southeastern Council Printmakers, South Carolina Artists Guild, Guild Greenville Artists (president 1984-1985), Artists Equity (president St. Louis chapter 1962), International Platform Association (life), Art Students League (life), Kappa Delta Pi, Kappa Pi.
Married Alvyn Clyde Alberga.