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Faces of the Fallen taught me that art has the power to change lives. Teaching showed me that Creativity is a skill that can be taught and is accessed through the visual arts. Combining the two I have launched CAPITAL ARTPORTS, a series of visual arts workshops for corporations, non-profits, universities and scientific labs to stimulate innovation through development of Human Capital

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I graduated with a B.A. in Art History from Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, and completed additional studies at the Ecole du Louvre and the Tyler School of Art. I am currently a professor specializing in portraiture at the Corcoran College of Art and Design. Based on experiences from 30 years of teaching, I founded CAPITAL ARTPORTS, a series of visual art workshops for upper level Management to develop Human Capital.

I am known internationally as a portrait artist. I have photographed and painted the official portraits of leaders of industry and government including Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, (former) West Virginia Governor Gaston Caperton, Peter Tarnoff for the Council on Foreign Relations, Judge Rya Zobel for the Federal Judicial Center, Edward Villella for the Miami City Ballet, and Lord Baltimore for Kiplin Hall in Great Britain.

I taught and lectured on my work and contemporary American portraiture in Europe, Asia, and Australia, and have had numerous solo and group exhibitions in the United States and abroad. I was a participant in the U.S. Department of State’s Art in Embassy Program, with pieces showing in Denmark and Fiji. My interest in the narrative extends into video and site specific installations.

I was the Chair of Faces of the Fallen, an exhibition of 1323 portraits by 230 American artists to honor the servicemen and women who died in Afghanistan and Iraq between October 10, 2001 and November 11, 2004. The exhibition opened on March 23, 2005 at women in Military Service of America Memorial in Arlington Cemetery. For recognition of support of the men and women of the Armed forces and their families, I was awarded the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Outstanding Public Service Award, one of the highest honorary awards available to the Chairman for recognition of exceptional public service.

I am the former Chairman of the Painting Department at the Corcoran, and served on the on the board of the Washington Project for the Arts/Corcoran. I am on the Advisory Board of Smith Farm, a center for the Healing Arts. She is a member of Art Table, the International Women’s Forum and the Women’s Forum of Washington and the Cosmos Club. I am listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the East, Who’s Who of American Women, Who’s Who of American Artists, The Dictionary of International Biography, and The World’s Who’s Who of Women.

I haves developed CAPITAL ARTPORTS, visual art workshops to energize the world of business through exposure to the world of art. Inspired by 30 years of teaching experience, it consists of a flexible series of visual arts workshops based on the dual premise that:
∑ Creativity is essential for success in the current world economy
Creative thinking is a skill that can be taught through engagement with the arts.

Email

apolan@starpower.net

Website

http://www.annettepolan.com,www.capitalartports.com,facesofthefalle...

Address

4719 30th St NW
Washington DC 20008

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Lynn Hughes