Artist's Statement

Sandra Halat has made art for most of her life in one way or another, not realizing her potential as a "real" artist until 1980 when she returned to college as one of those "late bloomers." She received her Associate Degree in Fine Arts from MGCCC. Moving to North Carolina, Sandra continued her studies at the University of North Carolina. She received both a BFA and an MFA in Drawing, Painting, and Studio Arts. Sandra also studied at San Miguel de Allende Institute of Art in Mexico
Sandra is a well-known and respected local artist. She has won many honors and awards both nationally and locally. In 1998 she was awarded a scholarship to attend the Vermont Studio School in Johnson, Vermont. While there she was an artist in residence and was able to continue her studies in printmaking. When she returned to the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 1999 she won Best in Show for the National Ohr Rising Competition.
Sandra has taught Drawing, Design, and Art Appreciation at the University of North Carolina and High Point University in North Carolina before returning home to the Coast. Sandra has been affiliated with all three of the MGCCC campuses. In 2003 Sandra became a full-time faculty member at MGCCC, Jeff Davis campus as a Visual Art Instructor.
Sandra has traveled extensively throughout Europe and Mexico studying great works which have influenced her art and sense of creativity.
Presently Sandra lives in Ocean Springs with her mother Dorothy McKinnon and cat ANGUS McFarland!
She is presently a member of the Ocean Springs Art Association, The National Women in the Arts Organization, Friends of the Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Center, The George Ohr Museum of Art, The Walter Anderson Museum of Art, and the MS Art Colony, of which she is currently serving as a member of the Art Colony Board.
Her works are presently in corporate as well as private collections throughout the United States and Mexico.
Currently, Sandra is showing her artworks at The Art House, A Gallery, Hattiesburg, MS, and Touchstone Gallery in Hendersonville, North Carolina.

 

Halat's work may be seen at The Art House
and at her studio by appointment.

 

Contact Information:

228-282-2468

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