The earth bore much substance, on the mountains the oak at its top yielded acorns and midway bees. – Hesiod (Works and Days)
Steven Munoz
Born in New Mexico
Lives & works in Washington, DC
Originally from New Mexico, Steven came to Washington, DC to attend American University where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a concentration in printmaking.
Today, his work is in the permanent collections of the Western Railroad and Mining Museum in Helper, Utah and Arlington County Government in Virginia.
Steven is the former Director of the Lee Arts Center, a program of Arlington Cultural Affairs. For several years prior to assuming the directorship of the Lee Arts Center in early 2009, Steven was the Grants Officer for Arlington Cultural Affairs managing the grant program for the arts, which supports arts organizations and individual artists in Arlington County, VA.
Steven enjoys spending time as: a board member of City Blossoms; a certified DC Master Gardener; a dog owner, and a coffee drinker. He appreciates a good gin; and he has a passion for sneakers. He is also very fortunate to have a husband who is patient and ever forgiving.
Midway Bee is the name of his print studio and comes from a quote from Hesiod's Works and Days, "The earth bore much substance, on the mountains the oak at its top yielded acorns and midway bees." Bees, gardening and oak trees have long been an interest and presence in Steven's life.
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Education
1993 - 1998 The American University
BFA - Printmaking
Grants & Awards
2020: DC Commission for the Arts and Humanities Individual Artist Fellowship Grant
2019: DC Commission for the Arts and Humanities Individual Artist Fellowship Grant
1998: Elizabeth Van Swinderen Award
1997: Allen M. Carney Memorial Scholarship in Fine Arts
Residencies and Projects
2020: Penland School of Crafts, Winter Residency, January 2020
2019: The Exquisite Gorge Project, Maryhill Museum of Art, White Salmon, WA June 2019
2019: Penland School of Crafts, Winter Residency, January 2019
Individual Exhibitions
2019: Woodcuts New and Old, LDT, White Salmon, WA
2006: Woodcuts The Late Bloomer, New Bern, NC
2006: Day Labor Woodcuts, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
2003: Recent Woodcuts, go mama go!, Washington, DC
Juried Exhibitions
2022: Fragile Beauty, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, Washington, DC
2022: TCP: The Contemporary Print 2019, PrintAustin Collective, The Big Medium, Austin, TX - Juror: John Hitchcock
2021: On Paper: Printmaking, Book Arts & Beyond, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Solomons, MD
2021: INK-IT: Contemporary Print Practices, Biennial Print Exhibition, Blackrock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
2021: Printmaking Exhibition, The In Art Gallery, theinartgallery.com - Juror: Ryan O’Malley
2020: Surface Impressions: International Printmaking Exhibition - LUX Arts Center, Lincoln, NE
2020: Four Rivers Print Biennial, Southern Illinois Printworks SIUC, Carbondale, IL
2019: TCP: The Contemporary Print - PrintAustin, Austin, TX
2018: PRINTWORK 2018, AIR: Artists Image Resource, Pittsburgh, PA
2018: Earth Matters, HIVE Artspace, York, PA
2018: Double Duty, Carroll Community College, Westminster, MD
2018: Impressions 2018: National Printmaking Exhibition, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
2017: Full Court Press North American Juried Competition, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX
2016: Line Upon Line, Falls Church Arts, Falls Church, VA
2015: Printmakers Exhibit, Falls Church Arts, Falls Church, VA
2007: 19th National Los Angeles Print Society’s Another View, Weingart Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
2006: National Small Works Exhibition, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington, DC
2005: 20” x 20” x 20” A National Compact Competition, LSU Union Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
Group Exhibitions
2022: County Collects III: Mother Nature, Montgomery County Public Art Trust, Silver Spring, MD
2021: DC Art Now 2021, DCAHC, Washington, DC
2020: 10 x 10 Invitational, Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center, Hyattsville, MD
2019: CROSSING BORDERS: Vecinos Unidos en la Nueva América, Marketview Arts, York, PA
2019: SYNERGY, DCAHC, Washington, DC
2018: 10 x 10 Invitational, Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center, Hyattsville, MD
2018: FIRST CONTACT, Carroll Community College, Westminster, MD
2018: Nature’s Grasp: A Printmaking Portfolio Exhibition, Gallery 3700, Arlington, VA
2018: Nature’s Grasp: A Printmaking Portfolio Exhibition, Frogman’s Print Workshops, Omaha, NE
2017: BIG INK, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD
2017: Nature’s Grasp: A Printmaking Portfolio Exhibition, Lee Arts Center, Arlington, VA
2016: Invisible Cities, Constellation Studios, Lincoln NE
2016: SGC International Member Exhibit: FLUX, Portland, OR
2015: SGC International Member Exhibit: Sphere, Knoxville, TN
Collections
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Art Bank Collection, Washington, DC
Maryhill Museum of Art, Education Collection, Goldendale, WA
Montgomery County Public Art Trust, Public Art Collection, Silver Spring, MD
Carroll Community College Library Archives, Westminster, MD
Arlington County Government, Permanent Collection, Arlington, VA
Western Mining and Railroad Museum, Permanent Collection, Helper, UT
Teaching Experience
2011: Woodblock Printing from Start to Finish, March 28- April 25, 2011, Lee Arts Center, VA
2010: Introduction to Relief Printing, September 10, 2010 - October 8, 2010, Lee Arts Center
Publications
2019: Printmaking Today, Autumn Issue, Oxfordshire, UK
2004: DC Area Artists 2004 (updated 2006), a publication of The Lab School of Washington
1998: American Literary, Spring 1998, Volume XXI