Resume

W James Taylor

Life Experience

Management/Supervisory Skills

Retired 2010 - Montgomery County Public Schools / MCPS 

Security _ John F. Kennedy High School, Silver Spring, Md

Friendship Heights Village Center Summer Arts Camp

 Teacher/ 2010 to present

Strathmore Hall Arts Camp

Art Teacher and Musician/1999 t0 2009

Montgomery County Aquatics

Facility Operator/ 2000

Fast Frame, Inc.

 Manager for the Retail Art and Framing Franchise / 1985

Founder/CEO/Geneva Galleries Inc.

A Fine Art Publishing Company/ 1979 to present

Muralist/ D C Artworks

Murals in Public Schools Project/1983

Knoxville Police Department

 City Patrolman and community Outreach Coordinator/ 1974 - 1979

Draftsman TVA/ Tennessee Valley Authority

Civil Design Branch/ 1969

Education

Fast Frame Retail Management / 1985 / Graduate

Knoxville Police Academy / Police Officer / 1974 / Graduate

University of Tennessee / Engineering Graphics / 1969

Awards

The Society – Outstanding Contribution to the Arts / D. C. based Black Women’s Organization

Bureau of Engraving & Printing - Commissioned Portraits / MLK& Mahalia Jackson

Affiliations

Knoxville City Arts Council Comittee Member

Fountain City Art Center / Board Member

Knoxville Art Alliance / Member



Black Art In America / Member

Fine Art America / Member

Art Wanted.Com / Member

ArtExpo New York / Industry Expert Panelist 

Highlights from my Career:

1982: First Solo Exhibition, University of Tennessee, Black Student Union -    Black History Month Exhibition and Lecture

1983: Solo Exhibition, Howard University Blackburn Center

1986: Commissioned by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

2010: Establishing Giclee Printing Division for Geneva Galleries Inc.

2013: Speaker/Industry Expert Panelist ArtExpo 2013 NYC

2014: Speaker/Industry Expert Panelist ArtExpo 2014 NYC

2014: Establishing The Geneva Group / Interior Design Fulfillment Center

2014: Opening Knoxville, Tennessee Studio / Gallery @ Cedar Bluff

2015: Opening 2nd Location @ The Emporium Art Center ,100 South Gay Street, Knoxville Tennessee

2015; Selected as Board Member for the Fountain City Art Center, Knoxville Tennessee

2016: Appointed By Knoxville  City Mayor( Madeline Rogero )  to the Arts Council Committee , Knoxville Tennessee