Photo courtesy of Greg Warden and BLVDS Las Vegas
Selected Awards and Achievements
- 2005 Mother Teresa Award for Religious Folk Art
- 1993 Billy Graham Center Museum, Sacred Arts exhibit, Honorable Mention
- 1993-2011 Who’s Who in American Art - Marquis Who's Who
Reviews and Articles
- Jan-Feb 1980 Judee Quillin, Profiles: Elayne LaPorta, Artist, Art Voices South
- Oct 1980 Betje Howell, Historical Biblical Arts by Elayne LaPorta, Artist, Santa Monica Outlook
- Nov 1983 A.D. Hopkins, Bible-story artist never runs out of ideas, Elayne LaPorta, Artist, Las Vegas Review Journal
- Oct 2005 Local Artist Wins High Honors, The Henderson Home News and Las Vegas Review-Journal
- Oct 2005 Madelyn Hynes, Henderson Woman Honored for Spiritual Nature of Her Artwork, Las Vegas Review-Journal
- Oct 2005 Nicole Feneberg Lucht, Biblical Stories on Canvas, The Henderson Home News
- Oct 2008 Jeremey Twitchell, Artistic Rejuvenation, The Henderson Home News
- Dec 2008-Jan 2009 Pam Lang, Elayne LaPorta, Artist, Neighbor, Philanthropist, BLVDS Las Vegas
Selected Exhibitions
- 1980 Art Exhibit Bolen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 1987 Elayne LaPorta: Naïve Images, Biblical Arts Center, East Gallery, Dallas, Texas
- 1991 Religious Art, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
- 1992 Annual Crèche Exhibit, Paul VI Institute for the Arts, Washington, DC
- 1992 Solo Exhibition, West Bend Gallery Fine Arts, West Bend, Wisconsin 1987
- 1995 Billy Graham Art Exhibition, Wheaton College, 500 College Avenue, Wheaton, IL
- 2005 Artist's Exhibit, St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church, Henderson, Nevada
- 2008 Gallery Opening, Elayne LaPorta Fine Arts, Henderson, Nevada
- 2009 Historical Society of Washington, DC
- 2009 Annual Holiday Reception and Exhibition
Permanent Collections
- Dominican Hopsital
1555 Soquel Drive
Santa Cruz, Ca. 95062 - Adrian Dominican Sisters
Adrian, MI 49221-1793 - St. Francis Memorial Hospital
900 Hyde St
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 353-6000 - The National Museum of Catholic Art and History
443 East 115th Street
New York, NY 10029
- Historical Society of Washington, DC
801 K Street NW
Washington, DC
- St. Rose Dominican Hospitals
Rose de Lima Campus
102 East Lake Mead Parkway
Henderson, NV 89015
Tel: (702) 564-2622
San Martin Campus
8280 West Warm Springs Road
Las Vegas, NV 89113
Tel: (702) 492-8000
Siena Campus
3001 St. Rose Parkway
Henderson, NV 89052
Tel: (702) 616-5000
- Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania
- University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Marian Library, Dayton, Ohio
- Poverello House, Las Vegas and Henderson, NV
Selected Collections
- Our Lady of the Streets, St. Vincent Plaza, Catholic Charities of Las Vegas, Nevada
- Biblical Arts Center, Dallas, Texas
- Saint Bernadette Institute of Sacred Art, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania
- University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Marian Library, Dayton, Ohio
- Poverello House, Las Vegas and Henderson, NV
Education
- Lesnick School of Art 1968 to 1979
- Arnold Hitchcock Private Study 1968
- Cliff Segerblom Private Study 1968
- Academy Fine Arts, Florence, Italy, 1969
Memberships
- Catholic Fine Arts Society, New York
- Catholic Artists of the 90's, New York
- Midwest Association Religious Talent, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- International Registry Religious Women Artists, Fresno, California
- Christians in the Visual Arts (CIVA), Wenham, Massachusetts
- National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
Gallery
- Elayne LaPorta Fine Arts, Henderson, Nevada, Phone & Fax 702.568.1166, email fineartinfo@elaynelaporta.com
