(updates coming soon!)

selected visual art exhibitions

2018

• Intersection of Math + Art Schack Art Center (juried exhibition)
• Visual Impressions Ryan James Gallery (juried exhibition)
• High in Fiber Era Living/Ida Culver House (juried exhibition)

 

2017

• Our Daily Armor 3 Virago Gallery, Seattle (invitational)

2016

 

• Intelligent Life: Laura Allen Twilight Gallery, Seattle, WA (solo exhibition)
• Abstract Catalyst Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR (juried exhibition)
• Atypical Topographies Juried Exhibition, Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adams State, CO (juried exhibition)
• World On Fire: Abstract Paintings from the Pacific Northwest (four-person exhibition) Chase Gallery, Spokane, WA

2015

• Abstract Catalyst Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR (juried exhibition)
• Arts on the Terrace Montlake Terrace, WA (juried exhibition)

2012

• Annual Juried Student Exhibition, CAVD, University of North Texas, Denton, TX

2010

• El Corazon Juried Invitational, BathHouse Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
• Forms Found: New Works by Rolando Saenz & Laura F. Walton, Croft Art Gallery, Waco, TX

2009

• Arthouse III Invitational, Waco, TX

2008

• Female/Female Juried city-wide Vday exhibition, Waco, TX

2007

• Arthouse II Invitational, 522 Herring, Waco, TX
• Reused, Reclaimed, Recycled Juried Exhibition, Firehouse Gallery, Fort Worth, TX
• Arthouse I Invitational, 2525 Washington, Waco, TX

2006

• New Works: Laura F. Walton, Waco Civic Theatre, Waco, TX
• Reagan’s Children Collective Invitational, Waco, TX
• Invited Artist & Demonstrator, Waco Cultural Arts Fest, Waco, TX
• Point of View Juried Exhibition, Barnes & Noble, Austin, TX
• Perspectives CAS Juried Member Show, Austin Comm. College, Austin, TX
• New Geometries Beatnix Coffeehouse, Waco, TX
• CAS Member Show- Chase Bank Corridor of Art, Austin, TX
• Austin Visual Art Assoc. Juried Exhibition, Austin, TX
• “Writes of Spring” Invitational, Southside, Dallas, TX
• 40th Annual FACET Juried Show, Austin, TX

selected press

• Interview on KKNW’s ArtBeat NW with Pat Pauley, January 2018
• “Poets take honors in open mic contest“ Auburn Report, August 16, 2017
• Laura Walton: Ticking Hearts & Blooming Cogs” (feature profile in Bohemia Journal of the Arts) July 2011
• “It’s art, but still a living” (featured as one of five professional artists, Waco Tribune Herald) April 2011
• “Waco Artists Share How They Find the Creative Spark” (Waco Tribune Herald) March 2011
• “Multimedia Improves ‘Anne Frank’” (critical review of a Waco Civic Theatre production on which I was scenic painter, Waco Tribune Herald) February 2010
• “Women take center stage” (critical review of “The Vagina Monologues” of which I was producer/coordinator, Waco Tribune Herald) March 2008
• “Art with your coffee” (coverage of “Art Lady” curatorial activities for local coffeehouses) August 2006
• “Working in 3-D” (Waco Tribune Herald) May 2007
• “Beatnix second anniversary boasts creativity, coffee” (article covering art coordination, Baylor Lariat) September 2007

selected publications

poetry

• first prize Auburn Literary Fest’s Open Mic contest, judged by Robert Lashley, Marjorie Rommel, and David Horowitz
• “The Quiet Year” chapbook, published April 2017 Two Ponies Press
• “Fate Machine” Pontoon (Floating Bridge Press) 2015
• “Andromeda” Tinderbox (December 2014)
• “The Dream” Dream & Nightmares (Vol. 100, 2014)
• “GirlsGirlsGirls” and “Peeling Sweet Potatoes” s/tick (Summer 2014)
• “Hierarch” Strange Horizons (June 2014, also featured in Strange Horizon June podcast, read by Julia Rios)
• “Cento for a Lightman” Heyday Magazine (April 2014)
• “The Grace of What Comes After” Bohemia Journal of the Arts (August 2012)
• “Space Traveler” Bohemia Journal of the Arts (July 2011, also nominated for Bohemia Poetry Award (2012))
• “Seed” First Place in Croft Gallery/Waco Tribune Herald Poetry Contest, and also appeared in exhibit catalog for sculptor T.J. Mabry’s “Seed and Pods” traveling exhibit
• “It’s Hot in Here” and “A Memory” Glitterpony (Issue 10, 2010)
• “The Sycamore Said” Poetry Depth Quarterly (March 2007)
• “Seven Songs of Goneril” and “A Wanting” Tex! magazine (Spring 2006)
• “The Day Aunt Peg Went Crazy and Left for Good” and “Practical Solution” (finalists for Dallas Poet’s Community’s national poetry contest 2005)
• “Practical Solution” from Dallas Poet’s Community (2005)
• “Americana: On the Night of the Bombing in Madrid” Bathtub Gin (March 2005)
• “Topsoil” Concho River Review (March 2005)
• “Full Moon in Winter” Ship of Fools (October 2004)
• “Purpose” Odyssey Journal of Literary Arts (received Honorable Mention in the journal’s annual poetry contest, 1999)
• “Guilty” from Odyssey Journal of Literary Arts (won second prize in the journal’s annual poetry contest, 1998)

other

• “Astrochick” regular syndicated astrology column in Astrowhat, La Casa Negron and Sasstrology (2007-2008)
• “Three Sculptors” The City Review, September 2007
• “Straighten Up and Fly Right” Odyssey Journal of Literary Arts (won first prize in the journal’s annual short fiction contest, 1998)

selected instructor experience

• “Mixed Media in 3D” Seattle ReCreative, 2016
• “Poetry Connection”, “Let’s Get Published,” “The Art of the Memoir,” “Writing the Wild Woman Within,” “Intro to Creative Writing,” etc. McLennan Community College Adult Education Program, from 2006-2011
• Waco Children’s Theatre- Lead Art/Set Design instructor for Summer Session, 2011
• “From Representational to Abstract” Invited artist/demonstrator for Art Guild of Central Texas, February 2007
• “Poets Are Funny Too,” “Divine Feminine in Modern Poetry,” “Fundamentals of Creative Writing,” “Intro to Poetry”, etc., Writer’s Garret of Dallas, 2005-2007
• “WordCraft: Workshop for Young Poets” McLennan County Library, Summers 2005 & 2006
• “Once More, With Feeling: Survivor’s Guide to Submission for Publication” Writer’s Garret of Dallas (with Celidh Charleson-Jennings) March 2005

selected theatre experience

• “Echoes of a Distant Time”- Producer/Set Designer (concert by Pink Floyd tribute band, Beat to a Pulp) Waco, Texas, April 2011
• “Woman in Black,” “Brigadoon” Set Designer- Waco Civic Theatre, 2008-2010
• “Dial M for Murder,” “Last of the Red Hot Lovers” Technical Director- Waco Civic Theatre, 2008-2010
• “The Foreigner,” “Diary of Anne Frank,” and others- Scenic/Drop Painter- Waco Civic Theatre, 2008-2010
• “Eve Ensler’s Vagina Monologues”- Set Director- Waco Hippodrome, 2007

selected volunteer & leadership experience

• West Seattle Junction Association- served as promotions staff volunteer for West Seattle Art Walk from 2016-present
• VDay Waco: Eve Ensler’s “Vagina Monologues”- served as volunteer, performer, coordinator, co-coordinator, advisor, etc. from 2006-2011
• Waco Civic Theatre Board of Directors- served as a board member and volunteer from 2012-2014
• Arthouse Waco- served as volunteer coordinator/curator for grassroots arts organization from 2007-2009
• Waco’s “Art Lady”- served as volunteer curator/coordinator for various local coffeehouses and pubs, including Beatnix Coffehouse from 2006-2011

etc.

• Mart Community Project- public artist, muralist, and arts coordinator for joint University of Texas/Baylor community project in Mart, Texas- Summer 2011
• Croft Art Gallery- gallery manager, Waco, Texas, 2011
• “The City Review” editor-in-chief of bimonthly arts magazine serving Central Texas, 2007-2008
• “All Hallow’s Eve City Masquerade”- producer of fundraiser gala, 2007
• Writer’s Garret of Dallas- CAMP Coordinator- administrated and taught for the adult professional development program, 2006-2008