EDUCATION
1965 -1969 George School, Bucks County, PA
1969 -1971 Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida
1981 Portrait Institute One-Day Seminars, Palm Beach, FL
1982, 1985 Daniel E. Greene Portraiture Workshops, Orlando, FL
1985 -1986 Christian Leadership Course at International Bible College and Seminary, Plymouth, FL
SHOWS AND EXHIBITIONS/FLORIDA; SPONSORS AND ATTENDANCE
1974 Saturday in the Park – Winter Park; Arts Guild of the Council of Arts & Sciences, 1000
Osceola Art Festival – Kissimmee; Osceola County Art Association, 30,000
Fiesta in the Park – Orlando 1976, 1980; City of Orlando,100,000
1975 Annual Outdoor Art Exhibit – Clermont; South Lake Art League, 30,000
College Park Art Show 1976, 78, 80, 85, 86; College Park Merchant Assoc., 50,000
1976 Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival; Winter Park Chamber of Commerce, 300,000
1977 WinterPark Mall, Artist’s Corner Exhibition; Winter Park Mall Merchant Assoc., 35,000
1979 Maitland Arts Festival 1981, 1983, 1984; Rotary Club of Maitland, 50,000
1980 Butler Plaza Art Festival – Casselberry; Butler Plaza Merchants Association, 25,000
Longwood Arts & Crafts Festival 1981; Central FL Society for Historical Preservation, 40,000
1982 Lake Howell Plaza Arts & Crafts Festival; Lake Howell Plaza Merchants Assoc.,15,000
1983 Lightning Photography Contest – Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival; Lightning Foto
Florida Frame house, One-Man Feature Artist Exhibition – Altamonte Springs, 500
1985 Apopka Art Foliage Festival 1986; Apopka Women’s Club, 35,000
1986 Piedmont Plaza Fine Arts & Crafts Show – Apopka; Statewide Arts, 20,000
1987 Springtime at the Gardens Arts Festival – Orlando; Harry P. Leu Gardens, 40,000
1995 Sidewalk Chalk Festival - Orlando; Central Florida businesses and churches, 20,000
INTERNATIONAL PORTRAIT COMPETITIONS:
2001 Portrait Society of America's International Portrait Competition, Chicago, Illinois
2003 Portrait Society of America's International Portrait Competition, Washington, D.C.
2005 The Art Renewal Center's 2nd International ARC Salon Competition, New York
AWARDS; PARTIAL LIST:
1975 First Place; Pine Hills Sidewalk Art Festival
1980 Second Place; Longwood Arts & Crafts Festival
1982 Second Place; Lake Howell Plaza Arts & Crafts Festival
1983 Second Place for People Category; and
Second Place Art Work; Lightning Photography Contest of Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival
1984 Best of Show; Pine Hills Sidewalk Art Festival
1987 First Place; Pine Hills Sidewalk Art Festival:
HONORS & MEMBERSHIPS:
1986 Invited to participate as a judge in the Florida Congressional Art Competition for High School
Students in Tallahassee, Florida.
1999 Mike received the great honor of being invited to attend the historical New
Millennium 2000 coronation of the capstone of the Great Pyramid in Egypt,
and to exclusively document the event artistically.
2001 - 2006 Portrait Society of America membership
CURRENT PROJECTS:
1994 - 2015 American Presidential Portrait Challenge
1986 - 2015 Book: Brilliant Minds, featuring celebrities; Book: Faces of God; inspirational
2004 - 2015 Book: Painting Positive-Realism Portraits; Instructional and retrospective
2005 - 2011 Video: Miracle Merki the Cat gives a Tour of Mike's Studio
E. "M I K E" M c V A U G H