Education
Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL: Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, 1976
Garland Junior College, Boston MA: Associate Degree, 1970
2022 Third Place Award, “Anything Goes,” Art Center Sarasota (ACS), Sarasota FL
2021 Best of Show, “Elizabeth Morse Genius Memorial Award,” Florida Artists Group (FLAG) 71st Annual Member Symposium & Exhibition – Dunedin Fine Art Center (DFAC), Dunedin FL.
2020 Emerging Artist Grant Recipient – Creative Pinellas, Largo, Pinellas County FL
2020 Bill Vonsick Creative Award, 3-D Show, PFAC (Pasco Fine Arts Council), New Port Richey FL
2019 Honorable Mention, 33rd Annual “All Florida” Juried Exhibit – Alliance for the Arts, Ft. Myers FL.
2018/19 Artist in Residence Grant – Pinellas Community Foundation “ACT II: Aging in Place” Program, Pinellas County FL. 2017 Honorable Mention, FLAG (Florida Artists Group) Member Show
2017 Merit Award, “Florida’s Finest,” Art Center Sarasota. 2015 Second Place in Mixed Media, Pasco Art Council Art Annual. 2013 Best of Category in Drawing, Pasco Art Council Art Annual.
2012 Honorable Mention, PAVA (Professional Association of Visual Artists) Annual Member Show
2009 Best of Category in Mixed Media, Pasco Art Council Art Annual.
2007 Honorable Mention, Pasco Art Council Art Annual
2019 Juried, BIG INK Print Workshop, Morean Arts Center, September 28 and 29, St. Petersburg, FL
2018-2019 Artist in Residence, PFC (Pinellas Community Foundation) “ACT II: Aging In Place” Program, Largo FL
2022 Juried, ArtFields 10th Annual Art Festival, Lake City SC.
2022 “Small is Beautiful,” Dunedin Fine Art Center (DFAC), Dunedin FL.
2022 Juried, “Anything Goes,” Art Center Sarasota (ACS), Sarasota FL.
2021 Juried, ArtFields 13th Annual Art Festival, Lake City SC.
2021 71st Annual FLAG Member Symposium & Exhibition – Dunedin Fine Art Center (DFAC), Dunedin FL
2020 “2020 Emerging Artist Exhibit,” the Gallery at Creative Pinellas, Largo FL.
2020 “Eat, Sleep, (I Can’t) Breath” Juried Virtual Exhibition, The Vacant Museum, Online Exhibition Venue.
2020 National Juried Exhibition, “The Big Show,” Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota FL
2020 “2020,” Morean Arts Center Annual Member Show, St Petersburg FL
2020 Creative Pinellas “2020 Emerging Artist Virtual Exhibition”
2020 FLAG Annual Member Show – Foosaner Museum of Art, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne FL
2020 FLAG Area IV Member Show, Studio620, St.Petersburg FL
2020 PFAC (Pasco Fine Arts Council), “Arts Annual Exhibition & Judged Competition,” New Port Richey FL
2019 PAVA Annual Member Show, Creative Pinellas Pinewood Gallery, Largo FL
2019 “130 Years: Lynn Foskett, Leslie Neumann, and Roberta Schofield,” Gallery221@HCC, Tampa FL
2019 FLAG Annual Member Show, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota FL
2019 “This Is Me,” Morean Arts Center 101st Annual Member Show, St Petersburg FL
2019 Juried, 33rd Annual “All Florida” Juried Exhibit – Alliance for the Arts, Ft. Myers FL
2019 FLAG Area IV Member Exhibition – Studio@620, St. Petersburg FL
2019 PAVA Member Opportunity, by Invitation – Creative Pinellas, Largo FL
2019 By invitation, Juried, “Sunday in the Arts” (SITA), Las Damas de Arte Annual Fundraiser – Scarfone Hartley Gallery, University of Tampa, Tampa FL
2019 “Festival 50,” 50th Anniversary Event and ACT II: Aging in Place Program – Pinellas Community Foundation, The Gallery at Creative Pinellas, Largo FL
2018 Juried, Tampa Bay Lightning 7th Annual “Celebration of the Arts,” Amalie Arena, Tampa FL
2018 Group Show, “Readymade/Reinvented” – Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg FL
2018 Juried, “Florida’s Finest,” Annual Statewide Exhibition – Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota FL
2018 FLAG Area IV Member Exhibition – Studio@620, St. Petersburg FL
2018 PAVA Member Opportunity, by Invitation – Creative Pinellas, Largo FL
2017 FLAG Annual Member Show – Contemporary Art Museum of Coral Springs, Coral Springs FL
2017 FLAG Area IV Member Exhibition, Cornerstone Gallery, St. Petersburg College, Clearwater FL
2017 Juried, “On Your Mark” Exhibition, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin FL
2017 99th Annual Morean Member Show – Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg FL
2017 Juried, “Florida’s Finest,” Annual Statewide Exhibition – Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota FL
2017 PAVA Annual Member Show – Creative Pinellas Pinewood Gallery, Largo FL
2016 FLAG Annual Member Show – Bonita Springs Art Center, Bonita Springs, FL
2016 PAVA Exhibition, by invitation, Brighthouse Corporate Headquarters, Largo, FL
2015 FLAG Annual Member Show – Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, Tarpon Springs, FL
2015 Juried, Las Damas De Arte 31st Annual “Sunday in the Arts,” Scarfone-Hartley Gallery, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL
2015 97th Morean Member Show, Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL
2014 Juried, 63rd annual “All Florida Artists Show,” Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
2014 Juried, PAVA Annual Spring Show – Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, FL
2014 Juried, Las Damas de Arte 30th Annual “Sunday in the Arts,” Scarfone-Hartley Gallery, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL
2012 Juried, PAVA Annual Spring Show – Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, FL
2011 “Embracing Creativity, “ by Invitation, Pasco Art Center, New Port Richey, FL
2009 Pasco Art Council Art Annual, New Port Richey FL
2007 Pasco Art Council Art Annual, New Port Richey FL
2019 “Take a Seat,” Pinellas Community Foundation “Festivale 50,” The Gallery at Creative Pinellas, Largo FL
2018 “The Empty Chair,” Pasco Fine Arts Center, New Port Richey FL
2013 “A Linear Perspective,” Artist’s Faire Gallery, Tarpon Springs FL
Hillsborough Community College Foundation, Tampa FL
City of Tarpon Springs, Tarpon Springs FL
2020 “Emerging From Behind the Studio Door,” 2020 Creative Pinellas Emerging Artist Grantee Blog. The blog is archived at www.creativepinellas.org/lynnfoskett/
2019 “Working Title,” Fall 2019 Edition, A Michael Crabb Project: 130 Years: Lynn Foskett/Leslie Neumann/Roberta Schofield,” pp. 7-10
2019 “Behind the Studio Door,” a blog series offering a perspective on the creative process by Lynn Foskett, as Artist In Residence for Pinellas Community Foundation’s “ACT II: Aging In Place” 2018-19 Community Outreach Program. Published by Pinellas Community Foundation, on occasion of their 50 years of support of and service to the people and organizations of Pinellas County. The blog is archived at www.pinellascf.org
TESA Member Show, Carrollwood Cultural Center, Carrollwood FL, 2021
St. Petersburg Women’s Club Annual Art Show, St. Petersburg, FL, 2021
St. Petersburg Women’s Club Annual Art Show, St. Petersburg, FL, 2020
St. Petersburg Women’s Club Annual Art Show, St. Petersburg, FL, 2019
Suncoast Arts Fest, Wesley Chapel, FL, 2018
Highlands Art Annual Festival, Sebring FL, 2017
Tarpon Springs Art Association Annual Member Show, Tarpon Springs FL, 2017
Palm Harbor Arts and Crafts Festival, Palm Harbor FL, 2015
Tarpon Springs Women’s Club, Tarpon Springs FL, 2015
West Pasco Art League Annual Member Show, New Port Richey FL, 2013
As of 2023:
Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Orono MN
Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, Tarpon Springs FL
Prior to 2023:
TSAA (Tarpon Springs Art Association), Tarpon Springs FL
FLAG (Florida Artists Group) Statewide Organization
PAVA (Professional Association of Visual Artists), Pinellas County FL
Pasco Arts Council, New Port Richey FL\
Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg FL
Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, Tarpon Springs FL
2020 Current – President, Tarpon Springs Art Association, Tarpon Springs FL
2011 – 2016 Chairman, Tarpon Springs Public Art Committee, Tarpon Springs FL
2008 – 2016 Tarpon Springs Public Art Committee, Tarpon Springs FL
2008 – 2012 Chairman of the Board, Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, Tarpon Springs FL
2004 – 2012 Board of Directors, Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, Tarpon Springs FL
2001 – 2013 Docent, Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, Tarpon Springs FL
Soft Water Gallery, St. Petersburg FL