ARTIST’S STATEMENT All things in life are connected. The nature of art seems to have followed me, and my pursuit of it, throughout my life. It is always there to sustain me, to nourish and enrich my …

[Ida M Trusch]

ARTIST’S STATEMENT
All things in life are connected. The nature of art seems to have followed me, and my pursuit of it, throughout my life. It is always there to sustain me, to nourish and enrich my life. I feel privileged to have been granted this special gift to cherish and anchor my spiritual well being; sharing this gift seems the natural thing to do. It is our choice whether or not to recognize the message.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Principal and President, Trusch Gilbert Design, Inc., Richmond, VA, (present)
Principal, In the Wood, Aylett, VA (present)
Director of the Exhibits Design and Fabrication Department and Senior Exhibits Designer,
the Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond, VA
Designer and Design Consultant, Informal Science Instructional Services, Richmond, VA
Designer and Design Consultant, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
High Commission for the Development of Arriyadh, High Executive Committee, Arriyadh, Saudi Arabia
Graduate Faculty, School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Adjunct Faculty, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, School of the Arts,
Graduate Museum Studies Program
Art Director, Kings Dominion Theme Park, Doswell, VA, a Division of Taft Broadcasting Corporation,
Theme Park and Entertainment Division, Cincinnati, Ohio
Designer, Kings Dominion Theme Park, Doswell, VA, a Division of Taft Broadcasting Corporation,
Theme Park and Entertainment Division, Cincinnati, Ohio
Design Consultant and Project Manager, Canada’s Wonderland Theme Park, Montreal, Canada
Instructor of Art and Curator of Exhibits, Sawyer-Colby College, New London, New Hampshire

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Richmond Professional Institute, Richmond, VA, B. F. A. Sculpture/Art History
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, M. F. A. Sculpture

HONORS AND AWARDS

“Individual Artists’ Fellowship Grant,” The National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC
“Virginia Artists”, Certificate of Distinction, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
“Individual Artists Fellowship,” Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
“Best in Show, Richmond Art,” Federated Arts Council of Richmond, The James Center, Richmond, VA
“Award of Excellence,” the Virginia Society of Association Executives, Virginia Transplant Council
“Award of Excellence,”Apex Awards for Publication Excellence, Virginia Transplant Council
“Award of Excellence,” The American Institute of Graphic Arts, Richmond Chapter,
“Virginia’s Finest” Graphic Design Competition

EXHIBITIONS/GALLERIES

Ward-Nasse Gallery, Soho District, NYC
The New Hampshire Art Association Gallery, Manchester, NH
Sawyer-Colby College (formerly Colby Junior College), One-Person Show, New London, NH
The Currier Gallery of Art, “New Hampshire Art Association Invitational,
the New Hampshire Art Association
Regional, and Art in New Hampshire,” Manchester, NH
Proctor Academy, Group Show, Andover, NH
The James Center (formerly the F&M Center Gallery), “Richmond Art,” Richmond, VA
Radford University, the Flossie Martin Gallery, “Women in Art,” Radford, VA
Virginia Intermont College, Two-Person Show, Bristol, VA
Longwood College, the Bedford Gallery, Two-Person Show, Farmville, VA
Randolf-Macon College, Group Show, Ashland, VA
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, “Virginia Artists Exhibitions and Traveling Sculpture Exhibition,”
Richmond, VA
“Forty Years of Funding Artists in Virginia,” the Institute of Contemporary Art of
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Peninsula Fine Arts Center, “Richmond Wood Sculpture and Regional Artists Competition,”
Newport News, VA
The Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, “VCU Alumni Exhibition,” Richmond, VA
The Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, “One-Woman Show,” Richmond, VA
The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, “Southeastern Arts Competition,” Winston-Salem, NC
Duck Blind Ltd. Gallery, Group Show, Duck, NC
The Gallery of Mountain Secrets, Monterey, VA
The White Swan Gallery, Staunton, VA
Crossroads Arts Center, Richmond, VA
Black Rock Gallery, Wintergreen, VA

Artwork in public corporations and private collections.