Background
Teressa Marie was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. Daughter of James J. and Mary Theresa (Hopkins) Valla.
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Teressa Marie Valla
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Bachelor of Science, University Vermont, 1979. Student, Studio Art School Aegean, Samos, Greece, 1987. Student, Art Students League, 1989.
Student, Vermont Studio Center, 1991.
Career
Visiting artist Carnegie Hall, New York City, 1994. Stage & prop designer Video-Pollack Meets Picasso, New York City, 1993. Artist in residence Prague (Czeck Republic) Painters Workshop, 1994, Graffiti Alternative-New York City Housing Authority 2000 Mural Project, Mural Painting Workshop, New York City, 1997, Santa Fe (New Mexico) Art Institute, 2001, Fundacion Valparasio, Mojacar, Spain, 2006.
Achievements
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Recipient Ezra Jack Keats Memorial award, 1988-1989; grantee Art Students League, 1987-1988, E.D. Foundation, 1994, 98, Mellon Foundation, 2001-2002, New York Foundation for Arts/New York Recovery Fund, 2002, Gottlieb Found Recovery Grant; Annenberg Challenge grantee, artist in residence, 2001-2002.
Membership
Volunteer United Cerebral Palsy New York, 1980-1981, Earth Day, New York City, 1994-1995. Member Women's Caucus Art, Organisation Indiana Artists, Art Initiative.
