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Artists : Jennie Jones Class of 2000 Jennie Jones was born in Denver, Colorado. She attended the Layton School of Art in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the Colorado Springs Fine Art Center and was graduated from Northwestern University with a BA in art history. She joined the education staff of the Milwaukee Art Center where she remained for eleven years. She continued her commitment to the visual arts, both as a volunteer and professional during several moves including Chicago, Boston and Detroit. She moved to Cleveland in 1978. After years of using her photography for educational/lecture purposes she established her own studio in 1983, specializing in architectural and urban photography. Her commercial work has included most of the major building projects in Cleveland from 1980 to 2000 including TRW, Inc. Tower City Center, the Old Post Office, the Engineer's Building, Society Center, Gateway, the Stokes Wing of the Cleveland Public Library and the Tiedman Road facility of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Her images were the feature of the 1988 International Printing Corporation Calendar. In 2002 and 2004, she photographed the Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic for their annual international calendars. In 2005, she photographed the twelve United States hospital facilities for the Cleveland Clinic's corporate calendar "In Excellent Hands". During 2002 and 2003 Jennie Jones photographed the construction of the Madagascar and Costa Rica Biomes for the Cleveland Botanical Gardens. Other clients include Forest City Enterprises, Inc. TRW, Inc., The Richard and David Jacobs Group, Teare Herman & Gibans, the American Landscape Architects Foundation, VanDij, Pace and Westlake Architects, Gilberti Spittler International, RTKL, the Western Reserve Historical Society, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, The Cleveland Public Library, Holtkamp Organ, The Rowfant Club, Ugrinov & Associates, Trinity Cathedral and the Slavic Village Development Corporation. She has had extensive one woman exhibitions including the Thomas F. Campbell, PhD Exhibition Gallery at Cleveland State University in 2008, the Humphrey Atrium Gallery, the Mandel Jewish Community Center, the Cleveland Playhouse Gallery, Cleveland State University and the atrium at BP America. Her work was juried into the 1993 May Show at the Cleveland Museum of Art and the exhibition "Photo Opportunities at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Group shows include the Great Northern Corporate Center Art Gallery in 1994 and 1996 and the Butler. Her work resides in major private and corporate collections including the Cleveland Clinic, the Cleveland Indians, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Progressive Insurance and TRW, Inc. In 2008, her Rowfant portfolio was acquisitioned by the Cleveland Museum of Art for their permanent photographic collection. In 1986 she published a photographic essay Cleveland: A Celebration in Color which sold out two editions. Her second book, Celebration II: Cleveland in Color was published in 1991. In 1989 she produced her third book Walden in The Western Reserve. Her work was juried into the 1996 Cleveland Bicentennial book Images From The Heart. In 2002 she photographed Slavic Village celebrating an established Cleveland community titled Slavic Village: Coming Home To The City. Her work is currently featured with Ian Adams in A Paradise In The City: The Cleveland Botanical Garden published by Orange Fraser Press, A Place Apart: Bratenahl, Ohio and Surgeon-Craftsman, Laurence Knight Groves, M.D. 1922-2007. In addition her images have appeared in local, national and international publication such as World Architecture, Inland Architect, Forbes, Fortune Magazine and Photo District News. She served as President of the North Coast Chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) from 1988 to 1990. She served on the national Board of ASMP from 1991 to 1993. In 1983 Jennie Jones was selected as one of Cleveland's most influential women by the New Cleveland Magazine. In 1988 she received a citation from the House of Representatives of the State of Ohio for her publications. She was given an Honorable Mention in Cleveland Magazine's annual art awards in 1987. In 1992, the Cleveland Institute of Art gave her the Burchfield Award for her outstanding contributions to teaching, photography and leadership as a trustee. The city of Cleveland honored her in 1993 with a Mayoral Proclamation. In May of 2003, she received the 2003 Golden Achievement Award in The Arts from the Golden Age Centers. In 2006 she received an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from Cleveland State University. She is a juried member of the Artist Archives of the Western Reserve. In the spring of 2008, Jennie Jones became a Fellow in the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce in London. In November of 2008 she was the National Philanthropy Day Honoree for the Cleveland Institute of Art. Jennie Jones is married and has a daughter and grandchild. She lives in Bratenahl, Ohio.

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