Published works:

• BOOK: A Place We Call Home, The Ernie Osborn Story of Cheyenne County
• TOURISM BROCHURES & MAGAZINES for the Cheyenne County Visitors Committee--1997 through the present
• EVENTS PROGRAM: 46th Annual Brush Open Rodeo Program, Brush, Colorado

Honors and Awards:

• AMERICAN PLAINS ARTISTS
  Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX; Great Plains Art Museum, Lincoln, NE; Kwahadi Kiva Indian Museum, Amarillo, TX; Loch Vale Fine Art Gallery, Estes Park, CO; Ellen Noel Art Museum, Odessa, TX; Nita Stewart Haley Library and History Center, Midland, TX -- National/International Juried Exhibit: 2009, 2008 Award of Excellence, 2007, 2006 Museum Purchase award and Elected to Signature Membership, 2005, 2004, 2002 Third Place award & "Select 27"
• Carnegie Arts Center, Alliance, NE -- Juried Anniversary Show: 2010
• AMERICAN SOCIETY OF BOVINE ARTISTS
  Cactus Jacks, Gruene, TX--2009 1st Annual Show, 2008 Charter Member
• WESTERN SPIRIT SHOW & SALE
  CFD Old West Museum, Cheyenne, WY--Juried Show: 2008 Quick Draw Artist, 2004 Quick Draw Artist, 2001
• CHEYENNE COUNTY ART GUILD
  Sidney, NE --Spring Show: 1994-Present, Numerous Awards including 2009 People's Choice, 2001 Best of Show
• ASSOCIATION OF NEBRASKA ART CLUBS
  Various Nebraska Cities--Awarded to be in the Show Several Years; Honorable Mention Awards 2009, 2004, 2001
• FORT ROBINSON WESTERN & WILDLIFE ART SHOW
  cRAWFORD, NE--Invitational: 2010, 2009, 2008, 2004, 2003
• 2005 -Phillips County Art Council Art Show, Holyoke, Colorado, March 31 - April 3, First in Professional Drawing, Second in Professional Watercolor, Honorable Mention in Professional Watercolor
• 2004 -"Nebraskaland" Art Show, Sidney Public Library, Sidney, NE, Dec. 3 - 16
• 2004 -Nebraska Gallery, Featured Artist Show, Sept. 1 - Oct. 15, Bayard, Nebraska. By invitation the show was extended to November 18.
• 2004 -The Moose & the Goose Gallery, Old Settlers' Reunion Art Show, Sept. 4-6
• 2004 -Cheyenne County Fair, Sidney, NE, Grand Champion/Best of Fair in Art, Aug 1
• 2004 -"Park Your Art in the Park", Greeley, Colorado, July 24-25
• 2004 -Cowboy Capital Arts Festival, Petrified Wood Gallery, Ogallala, NE, July 9-10
• 2004 -31st Fort Robinson Western & Wildlife Art Show & Sale, Crawford, NE, July 2-4
• 2004 -Golden West Art Show & Sale, Brush, Colorado, July 1-4
• 2004 -Cattlemen's Ball of Nebraska, Jay Novacek Ranch, Brady, Nebraska, June 5
• 2004 - Cheyenne County Art Guild Spring Show, May 7-9, Sidney, Nebraska, 2nd in Professional Drawing, Honorable Mention in Professional Drawing and Professional Watercolor
• 2004 - Phillips County Arts Council Art Show & Sale, Holyoke, Colorado, March 25-29, 2nd in Professional Watercolor
• 2004 - Western Spirit Art Show & Sale, Old West Museum, Cheyenne, Wyoming, March 6 - 28, Artists' Reception & Show Opening: March 6, Quick Draw Artist
• 2004 - "America, the Beautiful" Art Show, Sidney Public Library, Sidney, Nebraska, Febr. 13 - 26, Artists' Reception & Show Opening: Febr. 13th.
• 2004 - Chadron State College Juried Art Show, Memorial Hall Gallery, Chadron, Nebraska, Jan. 30 - Febr.18.
• 2003 - Petrified Wood Gallery, Front Street in Ogallala, Nebraska, Sept. 16 - Oct. 16, with Artist's Reception on Oct. 16
• 2003 - The Moose and the Goose Gallery, Framing, & Antiques, Lodgepole, Nebraska, Featured Artist Show, Aug. 29 - Sept. 1, with Meet the Artist on Aug. 30 - Sept. 1.
• 2003 - Sidney, Nebraska, County Fair - July 29, 2003. Grand Champion/Best of Fair.
• 2003 - 30th Annual Fort Robinson Western and Wildlife Art Show, Crawford, Nebraska, July 2-5
• 2003 - Honorable Mention in Professional Watercolor, Cheyenne County Art Guild Spring Show, Sidney, Nebraska, April 4-6
• 2002 - Chadron State College, "Then and Now" Alumni Art Show, Memorial Hall Gallery, Chadron, Nebraska, October 7 - 26.
• 2002 - Select 27 of American Plains Artists 18th Annual Juried Exhibit, shown at the Ellen Noel Art Museum in Odessa, Texas, June 19 - July 22, 2002.
• 2002 - Third place award at the American Plains Artists 18th Annual Juried Exhibit, at the Nita Stewart Haley Library and History Center, Midland, Texas, May 1-23.
• 2002 - Second place in professional acrylic, Cheyenne County Art Guild Spring Art Show, Sidney, Nebraska, April 5-7
• 2001 - Honorable mention at the Association of Nebraska Art Clubs Annual conference, North Platte, Nebraska, July 19-21
• 2001 - Exhibited at the Symbols of the West Art Show, Loch Vale Fine Art, Estes Park, Colorado, June 30 - August 5
• 2001 - Dr. and Mrs. John Ashley Patron Award, NEBRASKAland Days Competitive Art Show, North Platte, Nebraska, June 12
• 2001 - Sidney, Nebraska, Cheyenne County Art Guild Spring Art Show - April, 2001. Best of Show.
• Juried into Cheyenne Frontier Days (Cheyenne, Wyoming) Old West Museum's Western Spirit Art Show and Sale, March 3 - 25, 2001.
• Yuma, Colorado, Art Show - October, 2000. First place, professional water color landscape; first place and honorable mention in acrylic.
• Dalton, Nebraska, Fall Festival - Sept. 2000. Grand Champion.
• Sidney, Nebraska, County Fair - August, 2000. Grand Champion/Best of Fair.
• Brush, Colorado - July, 2000. Golden West (invitational) Art Show.
• Beatrice, Nebraska, Association of Nebraska Art Clubs Annual Show - June, 2000.
• Sidney, Nebraska, Cheyenne County Art Guild Spring Members' Show - April, 2000. First place and honorable mention in professional watercolor.
• Sterling, Colorado, 2000 Equinox Show.
• Sterling, Colorado, Northeast Junior College Juried Art Show - October, 1999. "2000 Equinox" Exhibitor Award.
• Omaha, Nebraska, ARTEL Pre-Millennium Show at the Antiquarium Gallery - 1999.
• Alliance, Nebraska, Carnegie Arts Center 4th Anniversary Show - 1997.
• Cheyenne, Wyoming, Cheyenne Artists' Guild's Western Art Show - 1997. Judge's Choice Award.
• North Platte Valley Artists' Guild Regional Show - 1995; Honorable Mention.
• Fort Morgan, Colorado, 7th Annual High Plains Heritage Art Show - 1995.
• Dubois, Wyoming, Wind River Valley Artist Guild's National Art Exhibit - 1995.
• 1998 and before: Numerous other shows and awards, including but not limited to: Yuma, Colorado, and Holyoke, Colorado.

Education

J. I. earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Chadron (Nebraska) State College in 1970, in Art and Business Administration.

Earlier in her career, she taught grade school and high school art, and recently has been teaching classes and workshops in drawing, beginning watercolor and individualized drawing as an adjunct instructor for Western Nebraska Community College, as well as for the many home-schooled children in the area.

For most years since 2002 she has been a Fine Art Presenter at the Western Nebraska Community College Career Fair.

Affiliations

• AMERICAN PLAINS ARTISTS, Signature Member, Show Chairman 2006-present
• CHEYENNE COUNTY ART GUILD, serving as president from 1996 to 1998, vice president from 1999 to 2000, and part time news reporter from 1996 to the present.
• ASSOCIATION OF NEBRASKA ART CLUBS