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The show will be on exhibit through Dec. 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yates, originally from Rochester, New York, began painting at age 5 with minimal direction at the Rochester Memorial Art Gallery using water-based pigments. In college, abstract figuration in oils was her concentration until graduate school, when she switched to painting and drawing directly from nature \u2014 work she still does today.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yates received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Syracuse University and a Master of Fine Arts from Tulane University. She taught at the Maryland Institute College of Art, the University of Louisville and the University of Maine. She has also been a visiting artist at the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland, the Studio Arts Centers International (SACI) program in Italy and George Washington University, where she was Smith Distinguished Visiting Artist.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her paintings have been exhibited nationally and won her several honors and awards, including the Prix de Rome, the Ingram Merrill Foundation Grant, the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Fellowship and the Shatalov Award from the National Academy of Design in New York City, where she is an academician member. She lives and works in Lubec.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact Bernie Vinzani at 207.255.1279 or email bvinzani@maine.edu.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paintings featured above: Windy (4 cows) Tide Mill Farms &amp; Childhood Landscape<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MACHIAS, Maine \u2014 The University of Maine at Machias will open its fall gallery show, \u201cChildhood Paintings and Current Work,\u201d by Sharon Yates, on Wednesday, Oct. 1 from 4-6 p.m. at the Powers Hall Art Gallery. The show will be on exhibit through Dec. 20. 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