Eleanor D. Gaston, Artist
Biography

1957 Born in USA

1977 Drawing Courses
University of Tennessee, Nashville

1987 Commercial Art
Cuyahoga Community College
Cleveland, Ohio

2002 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting
College of Mount St. Joseph
Cincinnati, Ohio

2005 "Sarah Center" an outreach ministry of
St. Francis of Seraph Catholic Church
Cincinnati, Ohio
Taught Water Color Painting

2006 Creator and Facilitator of - "Women Writing for Joy"
A weekly writing group

2008 Taught a one day self-portrait drawing class
1st graders
Saylor Park Elementary School
Cincinnati, Ohio

2008 New Thought Unity Center
Summer Musical Theatre Camp
"Shadow Dancer"
July - August
Created hand puppets
Lion, Panda, Dog, Cat, Unicorn,
Tiger

2009 New Thought Unity Center
Season for Non-Violence
February - April
"I of the Storm"
Co-Chair Art Team for design and creation
of banners and prayer flags.

2009 New Thought Unity Center - Uniteen Retreat
Co-organizer and facilitator
November 7-8
Assisted in the organization of a retreat for
Children 11-14 years of age
Facilitated the craft's portion of the retreat.

Group Exhibitions

2008 "Igniting the Spirit"
Featuring works by Eleanor Gaston & Zeta Wolf
October 10 - November 21, 2008
Peaslee Neighborhood Center
Cincinnati, Ohio

2008 The Blast: Red White and Shoe
3rd. Place Winner
Benefiting: Artworks &
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Cincinnati, Ohio

2006 Lilly Oncology on Canvas: Expressions of a Woman’s Cancer
Journey
Painting and narrative entitled "Grace" exhibited in London
as well as the Metropolitan Pavilion, New York.
2006 International Traveling Exhibition
Eli Lilly and Company

2005 Bricks along The Journey
5th Annual Breast Cancer Brick Auction
Cincinnati, Ohio
To view the brick go to my links page

2001 Senior Thesis Art Show
College of Mount St. Joseph
Cincinnati, Ohio

- Student Art Show
College of Mount St. Joseph
Cincinnati, Ohio

1992 Women Artists: A Celebration,
YWCA
Youngstown, Ohio

1990 After Five with the Artists
The Artisans Guild of the Artisan Emporium Gallery
Cleveland, Ohio

Publications

Lilly Oncology On Canvas:
Expressions of a Cancer Journey
Selections from the 2006 Intenational Art
Competition and Exhibition
Title: "Grace" (Pg. 72)

The Mount Magazine - Spring 2002
"Art Students Create Piglets for Awards"
(Pg. 21)

The Mount - Perspectives 2002
Delhi-Price Hill Press 3/6/2002
The Mount - Perspectives 2001

Commissions

2002 Children’s Hospital CARE’s Pig Project

Collections

Ms. Karen Hale, Cleveland, Ohio
Mr. Andre Morgan, Sacramento, California
Alpha-Omega Chemical Company, Cleveland, Ohio
Dr. Tyree Miller, Nashville, Tennessee
Mr. Chester Williams, MFA, Tallahassee, Florida
Ms. Olivia Freeman, Fairborn, Ohio
Ms. Marquerite Bolden, Cincinnati, Ohio
Ms. Annette Slaughter, Cincinnati, Ohio
Rev. Doris Hoskins, Cincinnati, Ohio

"Women Writing for Joy Creativity workshop"
June 30, 2007

The workshop was organized and conducted by Mary Cox, Grace Wilson, and Eleanor Gaston. It was a huge success. Through stories taken from the book "Women Who Run With The Wolves", we explored ways in which creativity can become blocked. From there we discussed ways to nourish and sustain a creative life.
Lunch was provided, which was a perfect opportunity to continue the mornings discussions. We laughed a lot and shared with one another our hopes and dreams for living more fully.
The workshop ended with each woman making her own creativity collage. The collages were to be used as gentle reminders to continue working on the creative life.