Leah Newton

Leah Newton has a Master’s Degree in Education with a California Clear Single Subject Credential in Art, a California Clear Credential for Multiple Subjects, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Dance from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.  She has been teaching since 1996 in both public and private schools in grades K-12.  She is the new VAPA Curriculum Specialist for Elk Grove Unified School District in Northern California. 

Leah has shown her artwork in numerous art galleries throughout California.  She has been featured in the California State Fair twice, once earning an Award of Merit.  She has also been featured twice in the Wild and Scenic Art Festival, and twice in the Crocker Kingsley Art Exhibition and Competition.  Recently, she placed fourth in the ABSTRACT International Art Competition.  She is proud to have been selected for three shows with SIY Gallery in San Francisco, and San Bruno, where she most recently placed third, earning her a solo show in The Art for Healing Exhibition.  She published her first children’s book, “Of Wonder and Dreams” that she both authored and illustrated.  

As an artist, I am attracted to liminal space, and how intricately we are all connected with nature and her mysteries.  I strive to capture details and colors with my brush and enjoy the challenge of working with acrylic paints in order to create movement on my canvas.  

 

Art Resume

June 2014 Author and Illustrator, “Of Wonder and Dreams” Children’s Book 

May 2014 Featured Artist, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Sacramento

May 2014 Featured Artist, Effie Yeaw Nature Center Art Gala, Carmichael

July July 2014 Award of Merit, California State Fair, California Fine Art Exhibition

January 2015 Featured Artist, Crocker-Kingsley Art Competition and Exhibition

April 2018 Invited Instructor – Crocker Class “One Day Art Projects Marathon”

June 2018 Launch of website “www.LeahNewtonArt.com”

July 2018 Featured Artist, California State Fair, California Fine Art Exhibition

January 2020 Featured Artist, Wild and Scenic Art Festival, Nevada City

April 2020 Featured Artist, Into the Oaks, Elliott Fouts Art Gallery, Sacramento

March 2021 Featured Artist, Art of Healing, Siy Gallery, San Francisco

November 2021 Featured Artist, Elements of Nature, Siy Gallery, San Francisco

November 2021 Featured Artist, Botanical, Las Laguna Beach Art Gallery

December 2021 Featured Artist, Cats and Dogs, Red Bluff Art Gallery

January 2022 Featured Artist, Wild and Scenic Art Festival, Nevada City

June 2022 Featured Artist, FLOWERS 4 PEACE and PROSPERITY, Red Bluff Art Gallery

June 2022 Featured Artist, Emotions, Gallarium, Ontario, Canada

June 2022 Honorable Mention, Wide Open Spaces, Elk Grove Fine Arts Center

July 2022 Featured Artist, Children, Gallarium, Ontario, Canada

September 2022 Featured Artist, Grow and Learn, ACAI Art Exhibition, Fair Oaks

October 2022 Featured Artist, All Things Bookish, ACAI Art Exhibition, Fair Oaks

November 2022 Third Place Winner, The Art of Healing, Siy Gallery, San Francisco

December 2022 Featured Artist, Small Treasures, Elk Grove Fine Arts Center

December 2022 Featured Artist, Crocker-Kingsley Art Competition and Exhibition

January 2023 Featured Artist, Lottery for the Arts, Blue Line Art Gallery

February 2023 Fourth Place Winner, ABSTRACT International Art Competition

Art Focused Employment 

Summer 2002 Director of Art Curriculum, Pacific School for Music and the Arts

2013-2016 Art Docent at St. John Evangelist School

June 2013 Guest speaker for fine arts, St. Mary’s School

2014-2015 Painting Instructor, The Painted Cork Art Studio

2015-2016 Art Teacher – TK- 8     St. Robert School

2016-2021 Art Teacher – TK- 8     St. John the Evangelist School

Jan. 2019-2022  Guest Artist Instruction, Arts Integration, SCOE (Sacramento County of Ed)

Jan. 2019-2021  Painting Instructor/Education specialist, Crocker Art Museum

April 2019-2022 Sacramento County Office of Ed. Mentor and Arts Integration Specialist

July 2022-present VAPA Curriculum Specialist, Elk Grove Unified School District 

Commissions

April 2013 Mural for St. John Evangelist School

September 2013 Mural for KM Dance Arts Studio

September 2014 Zeller Kern Private Wealth/Management - Africa

April 2015 Mural for KM Dance Arts Studio

July 2016 Susie Perry Florida Coast

July 2019 Amanda Quinn Pennsylvania Farm

Dec.  2019 Jackie Montano Farmhouse

May 2020 Ginger Loomis Abstract

July 2020 Sam Christensen Clearlake

May 2021 Tracy Mlakar Manhattan Beach

April 2022 Carrie Kennedy Clover

Dec. 2022 Keith Hill Dreaming of Yosemite

March 2023 Amy Jensen Motherhood

 

 

Website: Leah Newton Art – www.leahnewtonart.com

On Etsy: LeahNewtonPrints 

Email: leahnewtonart@gmail.com 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leahnewtonart 

Instagram: @Leah_newtonart 

https://www.instagram.com/leah_newtonart/ 

Leah supports The Yellow Tulip Project as her non-profit.  The core mission of The Yellow Tulip Project is to smash stigma associated with mental illness and to build community to remind people that there is help and hope for those living with mental illness.  https://theyellowtulipproject.org/donate/