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Amanda Dunbar
Amanda Dunbar
	File:AmandaDunbar.jpg Painter Amanda Dunbar
Born	Amanda Dunbar
Nationality	Canadian
Known for	Painting, Oil Painting, Impressionism
Awards	2006 Induction to Texas Women's Hall of Fame, 2009 SMU Distinguished Alumni Award, (see below).

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Amanda Dunbar (born 1982) is a Texas-based artist who gained notoriety at an early age for her oil painting skills. Amanda Dunbar began painting in an after school art class at the age of 12. Her spontaneous and advanced works acquired significant interest immediately. Amanda is currently listed as a prodigy of the visual arts in the current textbooks for advanced university education entitled “Child Psychology” by John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd.

Career

Amanda began her professional career as an artist with a solo exhibit in Dallas, Texas when she was 16. Of the 60 paintings on exhibit, most sold on the opening night. Amanda has done over 50 solo exhibits to date. She is a phenomenon whose colorful palette and bold brushwork capture her experiences, passion and empathy on canvas. She has been profiled on numerous TV shows including Oprah (twice) and has appeared in multiple magazines including People Magazine, Southern Living and Artnews. Amanda’s art can be found in many private and corporate collections around the world and her works have continues to gain respect and momentum in the art world for over a decade.

Her decision at 15 to become an advocate for children’s and artist’s causes has garnered her a large following among youth where she has also become a positive role model.

Amanda Dunbar has had the honor of being named a State Artist of Texas. At 23 she became the youngest inductee and the only painter in history to be inducted into the Governor’s Texas Women’s Hall of Fame in the arts category. Amanda was honored for her extraordinary accomplishments in the arts as well as her generous philanthropy. Amanda joins such esteemed company as former First Lady Barbara Bush and astronaut Sally Ride.

Amanda Dunbar is the founder and CEO of Dunbar Studios in Dallas Texas where she is also the lead designer for the Precious Rebel line of Art Guitars. Her cutting edge concepts and ingenuity are already making waves in the fashion and music industries where she graciously crosses over boundaries. Amanda was recently nominated by the board members of Fashion Delivers NY for the AAFA Image awards 2008.

Education

Amanda Dunbar was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, and moved to Allen, Texas with her family. At the end of the eighth grade she signed up for an after-school art class where the instructor asked the class to paint something - anything - so that he could gauge their skill level. Dunbar picked up a brush and created "Mother's Touch", a portrait in the French impressionist style of a woman in a blue dress drying her small daughter after her bath. The impressed instructor quickly notified Dunbar's parents of her ususual skill. When she was young she liked many things such as cooking,drawing, acting, singing, etc. She never knew what she wanted to as she grew up. She thought she could be a nurse like her mother. But, she never thought that her career would be becoming an artist. *[1] *[2]

From 2007 to 2009, Amanda attended Southern Methodist University doing Art History graduate studies. She has completed her Masters of Art, minus the thesis. In 2006 she attended the Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art, receiving her Post Baccalaureate Degree in Fine Arts France. In 2005, studied photography in Manus, Brazil and on the Amazon river with Roger Moore *[3]. In 2004, took a painting residency on Turtle Island (private island), Fiji. 2003, through the Southern Methodist University Study Abroad Program, studied art history and drawing in Venice, Rome, Siena, and Orvieto, Italy. From 2000 to 2004, Dunbar studied at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and received her Bachelors of Fine Arts cum laude with Honors and Distinction.^[1]*[4]

Television Appearances

The Oprah Winfrey Show, ABC *[5]
The Early Show, CBS
World News Tonight, ABC *[6]
Good Morning Texas, ABC
PBS
CNN News
Designing Texas
Dick Clark's The Other Half
Our Town Hero, CBS 11
Soap Talk
The Spirit of Texas, News 8, ABC
Living Large

AM Northwest

The Big Idea, CNBC *[7]

Honors & Awards

- SMU Distinguished Alumni Award: 2009 *[8]
- Awarded the 2009 DAR "Americanism Award" * [9]
- 2006 - Inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame. *[10]
- Ambassador to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children *[11] - Certificate of Commendation, United States & U.S. Senator Diane Feinstein.
- Keys to the cities of: Colleyville, Southlake, Grapevine, Allen, TX & West Palm Beach, FL.
- October 14, 2000 designated "Amanda Dunbar Day" by the Mayor of the City of Allen, Texas.
- Texas Health Resources Community Star Award, 2002.
- Commissioned "State Artist of Texas", 2005.

References

Guided By Angels - Art Book *[12]

External links

^ http://www.smu.edu/News/2009/distinguished-alumni-2009.aspx

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-'''Amanda Dunbar''' (born 1982) is a Texas-based artist who gained notoriety at an early age for her oil painting skills.  Many consider her a child prodigy.
+'''Amanda Dunbar''' (born 1982) is a Texas-based artist who gained notoriety at an early age for her oil painting skills.  Amanda Dunbar began painting in an after school art class at the age of 12.  Her spontaneous and advanced works acquired significant interest immediately. Amanda is currently listed as a prodigy of the visual arts in the current textbooks for advanced university education entitled “Child Psychology” by John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd.
-== Early Life & Education ==
-Amanda Dunbar was born in [[Thunder Bay]], [[Ontario]], and moved to Allen, [[Texas]] with her family. At the end of the eighth grade she signed up for an after-school art class where the instructor asked the class to paint something - anything - so that he could gauge their skill level. Dunbar picked up a brush and created "Mother's Touch", a portrait in the French impressionist style of a woman in a blue dress drying her small daughter after her bath. The impressed instructor quickly notified Dunbar's parents of her ususual skill. When she was young she liked many things such as cooking,drawing, acting, singing, etc. She never knew what she wanted to as she grew up. She thought she could be a nurse like her mother. But, she never thought that her career would be becoming an artist. *[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB9CFE51378DB8A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM] *[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED823213493CAB4&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM]
-From 2000 to 2004, Dunbar studied at the Southern Methodist University in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], and received her Bachelors of Fine Arts cum laude with Honors and Distinction.<ref>http://www.smu.edu/News/2009/distinguished-alumni-2009.aspx</ref> During those years she toured the globe, studying Advanced Painting at Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art in Pont Aven, [[France]],  art history and drawing in [[Venice]], [[Rome]], [[Siena]], and [[Orvieto]], [[Italy]].  She performed a painting residency on Turtle Island (private island), Fiji in 2005.
 == Career ==
-. Amanda Dunbar began painting in an after school art class at the age of 12.  Her spontaneous and advanced works acquired significant interest immediately. Amanda is currently listed as a prodigy of the visual arts in the current textbooks for advanced university education entitled “Child Psychology” by John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd.
+Amanda began her professional career as an artist with a solo exhibit in Dallas, Texas when she was 16.  Of the 60 paintings on exhibit, most sold on the opening night.  Amanda has done over 50 solo exhibits to date.  She is a phenomenon whose colorful palette and bold brushwork capture her experiences, passion and empathy on canvas. She has been profiled on numerous TV shows including Oprah (twice) and has appeared in multiple magazines including People Magazine, Southern Living and Artnews. Amanda’s art can be found in many private and corporate collections around the world and her works have continues to gain respect and momentum in the art world for over a decade.
-.  At age 16, Amanda Dunbar had her first solo art exhibition in a Dallas art gallery. The exhibit showing approx. 70 paintings sold out in 2 weeks to an estimated $650,000.00. She began her first art exhibition tour in galleries across the country afterward.
+Her decision at 15 to become an advocate for children’s and artist’s causes has garnered her a large following among youth where she has also become a positive role model.
-At age 17, Amanda Dunbar had been profiled on multiple TV shows including the Oprah Show twice and she had been profiled in numerous magazines and newspapers internationally. Amanda’s coffee table book “Guided by Angels” was also released. It became a best seller in its category and sold out in less than a year. Amanda graduated from her local public high school the same year along with her peers.
+Amanda Dunbar has had the honor of being named a State Artist of Texas. At 23 she became the youngest inductee and the only painter in history to be inducted into the Governor’s Texas Women’s Hall of Fame in the arts category. Amanda was honored for her extraordinary accomplishments in the arts as well as her generous philanthropy. Amanda joins such esteemed company as former First Lady Barbara Bush and astronaut Sally Ride.
-By age18, Amanda Dunbar was invited to work and study at the esteemed Mourlot Ateliers in Paris France in order to learn the traditional craft of stone lithography. She also took over ownership, control and operations of her multimillion dollar studio art business. At the same time she became a full-time undergraduate student, living in a dorm at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Amanda also began her own not-for-profit organization to support children’s and artist’s causes.
+Amanda Dunbar is the founder and CEO of Dunbar Studios in Dallas Texas where she is also the lead designer for the Precious Rebel line of Art Guitars. Her cutting edge concepts and ingenuity are already making waves in the fashion and music industries where she graciously crosses over boundaries. Amanda was recently nominated by the board members of Fashion Delivers NY for the AAFA Image awards 2008.
-At age 19, and after 9/11, Amanda Dunbar became a naturalized US Citizen. She also became  a role model to young girls worldwide with the portrayal of her life as an artist in a documentary entitled “The Artist in Me”, a special feature on Mattel’s Barbie as Rapunzel DVD. Amanda Dunbar subsequently became a household name among young children and parents alike through the documentary. Her art program following 9/11 benefited those affected by the tragedies.
+== Education ==
-At age 20, Amanda Dunbar became an ambassador to The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. She also became a regular supporter of several charitable organizations including the Grammy’s Musicares Foundation for artists and the Los Angeles based Carousel of Hope supporting research into juvenile diabetes. She also opened her own private art gallery in Dallas TX after returning from international study in Italy and Spain.
+Amanda Dunbar was born in [[Thunder Bay]], [[Ontario]], and moved to Allen, [[Texas]] with her family. At the end of the eighth grade she signed up for an after-school art class where the instructor asked the class to paint something - anything - so that he could gauge their skill level. Dunbar picked up a brush and created "Mother's Touch", a portrait in the French impressionist style of a woman in a blue dress drying her small daughter after her bath. The impressed instructor quickly notified Dunbar's parents of her ususual skill. When she was young she liked many things such as cooking,drawing, acting, singing, etc. She never knew what she wanted to as she grew up. She thought she could be a nurse like her mother. But, she never thought that her career would be becoming an artist. *[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB9CFE51378DB8A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM] *[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED823213493CAB4&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM]
-At 21, Amanda Dunbar graduated from SMU with a BFA in Art History with honors. She acquired her first $1M painting commission the same week, from an international collector. Most of the commission was painted in her dorm room. Amanda later began a painting residency in Fiji and continued her charitable work.
+From 2007 to 2009, Amanda attended Southern Methodist University doing Art History graduate studies.  She has completed her Masters of Art, minus the thesis.
-At 22, Dunbar’s successful art exhibitions travel and speaking engagements took her around the country. She was a key note speaker to numerous groups including the Texas Art Education Association and has lectured on subjects ranging from complex issues such as ethics, intellectual properties and marketing to motivation and philanthropy. Her favorite theme is the return to simple pleasures and gratitude. Amanda also took part in foreign studies in photography in Manus, Brazil and the Amazon River.
+In 2006 she attended the Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art, receiving her Post Baccalaureate Degree in Fine Arts [[France]].  In 2005, studied photography in Manus, Brazil and on the Amazon river with Roger Moore *[http://www.rogermoorephotography.com/index.php].  In 2004, took a painting residency on Turtle Island (private island), Fiji.  2003, through the Southern Methodist University Study Abroad Program, studied art history and drawing in [[Venice]], [[Rome]], [[Siena]], and [[Orvieto]], [[Italy]].  From 2000 to 2004, Dunbar studied at the Southern Methodist University in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], and received her Bachelors of Fine Arts cum laude with Honors and Distinction.<ref>http://www.smu.edu/News/2009/distinguished-alumni-2009.aspx</ref>*[http://smu.edu/alumni/daa/dunbar.asp]
-. At the age of 23, Amanda Dunbar was inducted into the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame in the Arts Category by Texas Governor Rick Perry. She is the youngest honoree to date and the only painter in history to join the elite group of accomplished women that includes former First Lady Barbara Bush and astronaut Sally Ride. Amanda Dunbar has supported artists and artist’s causes nationally through her participation in such causes as Gibson Guitar’s “Guitartown” projects, by judging Red Bull’s “Art of the Can” projects and through the Grammy’s Musicares Foundation and the Grammy Foundation. Although she supports many causes, her most visible children’s cause in Texas saw one of her paintings help raise enough money in an auction for the Texas Medical Association Foundation to help immunize 27,000 children in their “Be Wise, Immunize” program. Amanda traveled back to France to study at the Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art with the Rhode Island School of Design where she acquired her Post Baccalaureate certification.
-Amanda began studying for her MA in Art History at Southern Methodist University. She also began working with the World Craniofacial Foundation. Her charitable giving had exceeded $1million dollars catching the attention of the media. Amanda was profiled by ABC World News as America’s “Person of the Week” by Charles Gibson for her extraordinary art and life. She was also celebrated in her home town of Allen Texas where signage was placed throughout the city in her honor. She has remains a consistent positive female role model to her community.
-Amanda continued to work on her MA while also preparing her newest art collection entitled “Precious Rebels”. Her fully playable art guitars, clad in Swarovski crystal were released as part of a larger collection in the fall of 2008. Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus commissioned Amanda to create 3 limited edition designs to be sold exclusively through their stores and their Holiday Book 2008 as fantasy gift items. The remainder of the collection contains additional guitars, a chandelier and a grand piano. Her spectacular displays began touring in galleries and museums in 2009. European magazines began dubbing the collection “among the most beautiful and expensive guitars in the world”.
-Amanda continues her MA studies and has completed all but her thesis. In November she received an award of distinction from the Southern Methodist University Alumni Board for Emerging Leadership. Amanda also received the 2009 Americanism award from the Texas State DAR regents. (The award is given periodically to honor an outstanding naturalized US citizen.) In Jan, 2009 Amanda created the “Precious Rebel” Gibson Les Paul guitar for front man Chad Kroeger of the band Nickelback to play for the group’s opening performance at the Canadian Juno Awards. (The group later received 3 Junos) The group now plays the guitar during their 09’ European and American tours. Other performers have similarly commissioned their own Precious Rebels instruments. Likewise, the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles placed a Precious Rebels art guitar in their collection honoring the Academy’s 50th anniversary.
-Amanda Dunbar and Dunbar Studios will join a select group of luxury item retailers with guitars from the Precious Rebels collection at the upcoming Envy Expo in Los Angeles in November 2009. The Precious Rebels guitars will also be among the exclusive gift offerings of BOKKS London scheduled to open in the UK in October 2009 (followed by a global roll out in 2010/2011. Bokks is a gift giving company and project that is heavily assisted by Dustin Hoffman and Karl Lagerfeld.
-During these challenging economic times, Amanda has seen a surge in attendances at her museum and gallery shows. The exhibits have expanded to include her Precious Rebels guitars in installations such as a chandelier and more. She works hard to bring meaningful art to people of all ages, colors and backgrounds. Her spiritually connected paintings, often of simple pleasures and beautiful imagery, continue to uplift people and give them a sense of hope and comfort. Additionally, Amanda’s philanthropy continues. She joined the Miami Guitartown project by painting a 10 foot tall guitar sculpture honoring the Miami Heat which was subsequently auctioned. She is also creating a large mural valued at over half a million dollars that will be donated to the Children’s Medical Center in her Dallas TX community. She has donated art to the adjoining Ronald MacDonald House in 2006. Amanda continues to be an ambassador for the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and a supporter of the Grammy’s Musicares Foundation, Grammy Foundation and a host of other reputable charitable organizations. Her donations to date are estimated to exceed $1.5M.
 == Television Appearances ==
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 The Big Idea, CNBC  *[http://www.cnbc.com/id/24854799]<br />
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 == Honors & Awards ==
 - SMU Distinguished Alumni Award: 2009 *[http://smu.edu/alumni/daa/dunbar.asp]<br/>
+- Awarded the 2009 DAR "Americanism Award" * [http://www.leader-news.com/news/2009/0321/lifestyle/026.html]<br />
+- 2006 - Inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame. *[http://www.twu.edu/TWHF/tw-dunbar.asp]<br />
+- Ambassador to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children *[http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/NewsEventServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=1547]
 - Certificate of Commendation, United States & U.S. Senator Diane Feinstein.<br />
 - Keys to the cities of: Colleyville, Southlake, Grapevine, Allen, TX & West Palm Beach, FL.<br />
 - October 14, 2000 designated "Amanda Dunbar Day" by the Mayor of the City of Allen, Texas.<br />
-- 2006 - Inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame. *[http://www.twu.edu/TWHF/tw-dunbar.asp]<br />
 - Texas Health Resources Community Star Award, 2002.<br />
 - Commissioned "State Artist of Texas", 2005.<br />
-- Awarded the 2009 DAR "Americanism Award" * [http://www.leader-news.com/news/2009/0321/lifestyle/026.html]<br />
-{{Fact|date=May 2009}}
 ==References==