Resume2023
SUSAN NEVILLE SIDEBOTTOM
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EDUCATION
SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE CHICAGO
2022-24 MFA in Studio Art, Photography
Visionary Scholars Award: merit scholarship awarded by faculty
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
1990 B.A., Journalism, Hussman School of Journalism and Media
B.A., Speech Communications
SOLO
EXHIBITIONS
2023 Forthcoming exhibit, Suspended in the Balance, Iowa State University
2022 A Place in the Sun, Art Center Sarasota
2010 On the Edge: Homeless and Working Among Us, UNC-Chapel Hill’s School of Journalism and Media
2009 On the Edge: Homeless and Working Among Us, Levine Museum of the New South in conjunction with
The Light Factory
2007 Lifeline to the Community, permanent exhibit personifying aging with dignity for the homebound elderly
participating in Mecklenburg County Department of Social Services
COMMISSIONS &
PUBLICATIONS
2022 Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Sarasota-Manatee’s Affordable Housing Crisis
2022 NPR Affiliate, WUSF Public Media, Through a Different Lens
2022 SRQ Magazine, Finding a Home in the Sun
2022 Rangefinder Magazine, Serving, the eye-catching photo of the week
2021 Bloomberg Businessweek +Equality, Women Are Entering a Trucking Industry Not Built for Them
2021 Suspended in the Balance, a 14-page photo essay, Iowa Business Record for Iowa Stops Hunger
2017 United Way’s National Report, ALICE: Asset Limited Income Constrained Employed, 40-image photo essay to
accompany 80-page national report
AWARDS
2021 Exhibit Sponsorship, Gulf Coast Community Foundation, Sarasota, FL
2020 Merit Award Recipient, National Council on Aging, Austin, TX
2008 Grant Recipient, Arts and Science Council Cultural Arts Grant, Charlotte, NC
2009 Grant Recipient, Foundation for the Carolinas, Charlotte, NC
WORK
EXPERIENCE
Board of Visitors, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2021-Present
Co-President; Co-Vice President, Summit High School PTO, 2016-2018
Board of Directors, Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts + Culture, Charlotte, NC, 2005-2007
Board of Directors, Levine Museum of the New South, Charlotte, NC, 2002-2008
Founder, Susan Sidebottom Photography Portrait Studio, Charlotte, NC 2001-2009
Chair, Board of Directors, The Volunteer Center of San Francisco, 1997-1999
Founder and Chair, Street Project San Francisco, 1991-1994
West Coast Magazine Sales Manager promoted from Northwest Manager, Barbara Bella & Associates, July ‘95-Aug. ‘96; Oct. ‘92-March ‘94
Media Planner promoted from Assistant Media Planner, Foote, Cone & Belding, 1991-1992