Mildred Torres-Speeg
Mountain City, GA USA
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"It is a
privilege for
me to create works
of art that serve to
depict the soul of our
Native American Indians,
for in so doing, I have
re-discovered my own Taino
history, culture and roots.
"My artistic journey has been good,
after all, because it has taught me
to recognize that in the faces of
the indigenous is their
humanity...
and mine."
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privilege for
me to create works
of art that serve to
depict the soul of our
Native American Indians,
for in so doing, I have
re-discovered my own Taino
history, culture and roots.
"My artistic journey has been good,
after all, because it has taught me
to recognize that in the faces of
the indigenous is their
humanity...
and mine."
_______________________________________________
Mildred Torres-Speeg, better known as Millie to everyone she meets, has many interests covering a variety of subjects and media, but prefers painting in pastels and oils depicting the life and culture of the Indians of North and South America.
Millie, a native of New York City, was born of Taino (Native American) Indian and Spanish ancestry. Her intense compassion, love and respect for her heritage is evident when spirit, pain, and pride leaps out at you from her paintings. Each piece she creates bears her signature of extensive research to authenticate the work.
Like many artists, her love for painting began in her childhood. And, after graduating from the School of Industrial Arts in New York City, she studied with such leading portrait artists as Frank Szasz and Alex von Volborth, a University of Cincinnati Art Professor, as well as Daniel Greene, N.A., PSA, Anna K. Singly and Kay Polk, PSA, APSC.
Millie is a past president of the Albany, Georgia Artists Guild. She has exhibited at the Georgia Council for the Arts, the Albany Museum of Art, the State Capital Gallery in Atlanta, at Andrew College, the Jimmy Carter Library, Georgia Southwestern State College and the Atlanta Spirit of America-Native American and Wildlife Art Festival 2000. She was a featured Artist at the Colquitt County Arts Center in Moultrie, Georgia where she exhibited with the HOPI Indians of the Second Mesa and has also exhibited with the Southwestern Pastel Society at Dekalb College in Atlanta, Georgia.
She now resides near the western North Carolina Cherokee Nation and is conducting research to accurately portray the "Spirit of the Cherokee Nation" as well as the Taino Indians of the Caribbean and South America. She founded the World Community Foundation, a non-governmental grassroots organization (NGO), to better the conditions of the community and of our planet and believes education is a lifelong pursuit toward well-being and peace, and currently serves as Liaison Officer for the United Confederation of Taino People (UCTP) for the state of Georgia.
Millie has lived and traveled throughout the United States, Asia, the Caribbean and Central America. And, after spending more than 25 years traveling with her husband, Roger, while he served as a Marine Corps Officer, she has painted in basements, attics, screened-in-porches in Okinawa, Japan, extra rooms, laundry rooms, backyard cottages - all of which she called her "nomadic studio" and developed an attitude of accepting the sometimes-frustrating conditions and turning the situation into a "challenge" rather than an "obstacle". She and her husband, Roger, who serves as her biggest supporter and business manager, are now settled in the mountains of northeast Georgia. "This time", she says, "my home-based studio is 'almost perfect' ".
Millie, a native of New York City, was born of Taino (Native American) Indian and Spanish ancestry. Her intense compassion, love and respect for her heritage is evident when spirit, pain, and pride leaps out at you from her paintings. Each piece she creates bears her signature of extensive research to authenticate the work.
Like many artists, her love for painting began in her childhood. And, after graduating from the School of Industrial Arts in New York City, she studied with such leading portrait artists as Frank Szasz and Alex von Volborth, a University of Cincinnati Art Professor, as well as Daniel Greene, N.A., PSA, Anna K. Singly and Kay Polk, PSA, APSC.
Millie is a past president of the Albany, Georgia Artists Guild. She has exhibited at the Georgia Council for the Arts, the Albany Museum of Art, the State Capital Gallery in Atlanta, at Andrew College, the Jimmy Carter Library, Georgia Southwestern State College and the Atlanta Spirit of America-Native American and Wildlife Art Festival 2000. She was a featured Artist at the Colquitt County Arts Center in Moultrie, Georgia where she exhibited with the HOPI Indians of the Second Mesa and has also exhibited with the Southwestern Pastel Society at Dekalb College in Atlanta, Georgia.
She now resides near the western North Carolina Cherokee Nation and is conducting research to accurately portray the "Spirit of the Cherokee Nation" as well as the Taino Indians of the Caribbean and South America. She founded the World Community Foundation, a non-governmental grassroots organization (NGO), to better the conditions of the community and of our planet and believes education is a lifelong pursuit toward well-being and peace, and currently serves as Liaison Officer for the United Confederation of Taino People (UCTP) for the state of Georgia.
Millie has lived and traveled throughout the United States, Asia, the Caribbean and Central America. And, after spending more than 25 years traveling with her husband, Roger, while he served as a Marine Corps Officer, she has painted in basements, attics, screened-in-porches in Okinawa, Japan, extra rooms, laundry rooms, backyard cottages - all of which she called her "nomadic studio" and developed an attitude of accepting the sometimes-frustrating conditions and turning the situation into a "challenge" rather than an "obstacle". She and her husband, Roger, who serves as her biggest supporter and business manager, are now settled in the mountains of northeast Georgia. "This time", she says, "my home-based studio is 'almost perfect' ".
CURRENT & UPCOMING EVENTS:More coming soon!
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:2005 - Indigenous Art Exhibition UN Headquarters, New York, NY 2005 - "Power of Spirit", One-person exhibition, Georgia Heritage Center for the Arts
Tallulah Falls, Georgia 2005 - "Works of Color-Diversity Among Us" Cherokee County Arts Center
Canton, GA 2004 - American Indian Gallery, Young Harris, GA 2004 - The United Nations Building, New York, NY 2004 - Georgia Heritage Center for the Arts, Tallulah Falls, GA 2004 - First Peoples Fair, Franklin, NC 2004 - Authors and Artists Book Fair, Georgia Heritage Center for the Arts,
Tallulah Falls, GA 2003 - Georgia Heritage Center for the Arts, Tallulah Falls, GA Albany Georgia Arts Festival (3 consecutive years) Thomasville Cultural Center - Thomasville, GA First State Bank, Albany, GA First State Bank, Valdosta, GA Albany Museum of Art - Albany, GA Lowndes Valdosta Cultural Arts Center - Valdosta, GA Jimmy Carter Library, Georgia Southwestern State College - Americus, GA Dekalb College (Southeastern Pastel Society Members Exhibition), Dekalb, GA State Capitol Gallery - Atlanta, GA Toccoa Harvest Festival, GA The Currahee Artists Guild Art Exhibit, GA Atlanta State Senate, Atlanta, GA North Georgia Arts Guild Gallery, Lakemont, GA Royston Art Show, Royston, GA Hartwell Art Show, Hartwell, GA Heritage Center for the Arts, Tallulah Falls, GA Currahee Artist Guild and North Georgia Artist Guild, GA Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School, Rabun Gap, GA North Georgia Artist Guild Native American and Wildlife Art Festival, Atlanta, GA
AWARDS:Award for Excellence - Thomasville Cultural Center, Thomasville, GA President's Choice Award - The Currahee Artists Guild Art Exhibit, GA 1st Place, Pastels - The Currahee Artists Guild Art Exhibit, GA 2nd Place, Oils - The Currahee Artists Guild Art Exhibit, GA 1st Place-Pastels - Royston Art Show, Royston, GA
PRIVATE EXHIBITS:Albany, Georgia City/County Governmental Offices, GA Andrew College, Cuthbert, GA Thomasville Cultural Center, Thomasville, GA Colquit County Arts Center, Moultrie, GA
PUBLICATIONS:2004 - Georgia Heritage Center for the Arts "Authors & Artists of Northeast Georgia". Collected works of 75 Northeast Georgia Artists and Writers. A full color, coffee table quality book promoting local arts and artists. Millie illustrated 2 works color pencil drawings) for a poem and a story.
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
Tallulah Falls, Georgia
Canton, GA
Tallulah Falls, GA
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