Education & Scholarships

2005 Bachelor of Fine Arts, the Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia
2001 Kuzmitchi-McCutchon Scholarship to UGA in Drawing/ Fine Arts
2025 Full Scholarship (General Artist) to Watercolor Live 2025

Artist Talks, Awards and Exhibitions

2025 Georgia Watercolor Society, National Juried Exhibition, Morris Museum, Augusta GA
2025 Women in Watercolor, Members Exhibition, Online
2025 Avondale Arts Alliance, Art of Noticing, Juried Exhibition, Avondale Estates GA
2024 Portrait Society of Atlanta, Invited Speaker for Making Friends with Watercolor with Jessica Lily
2024 Booth Artist Guild, Juried Members Show ~ Honorable Mention Award, Cartersville, GA
2024 Portrait Society of Atlanta, National Juried Exhibition, Sandy Springs, GA
2024 Georgia Watercolor Society, Members Juried Exhibition, Greensville, GA
2024 Avondale Arts Alliance, Bountiful Earth, Juried Exhibition, Avondale Estates, GA
2024 Portrait Society of Atlanta, Members Juried Exhibition ~ Honorable Mention Award, Stone Mountain, GA
2024 Louisiana Watercolor Society, International Juried Exhibition
2024 Georgia Watercolor Society, National Juried Exhibition
2023 Women in Watercolor, Members Show

Press

2025 Canvas Rebel, Meet Jessica Lily

Festivals and Markets

2024 Lawrenceville Harvest Festival
2024 Lilburn Holiday Pop-Up Market
2024 Break Coffee Roasters Juried Holiday Market