LISA SROK
Licensed Graduate Professional Counselor (LGPC)
Maryland Department of Health-State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists
Registered Provisional Art Therapist (ATR-P)
Art Therapy Credentials Board
Education
2023 MA, Art Therapy, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC), Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN
2012 BFA, Painting & Drawing, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC), Chattanooga, TN
Exhibitions & Events
2023 CHA Art Space: etc., Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport, Chattanooga, TN
2023 Thanksgiving Market, ClearStory Arts, Chattanooga, TN
2023 First Friday / October, ClearStory Arts, Chattanooga, TN
2023 Group Exhibition: AVA at the INCubator, Chattanooga, TN
2023 All Women Group Exhibition, Wanderlinger Art Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
2022 Journey & Emerging Identity: Paths to Becoming, SMWC, IN
2022 Haven Maker Market, Homes and Havens, Chattanooga, TN
2022 How Are We Doing: A Pandemic Retrospective, Association for Visual Arts (AVA), Chattanooga, TN
2021 Annual Salon Show, Association for Visual Arts, Chattanooga, TN
2018 The Last Art Show of the Year, JJ’s Bohemia, Chattanooga, TN
2018 Featured Local Artist, The Spot, Chattanooga, TN
2018 Frequeroo Music & Arts Festival (Summer), Frequency Arts Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
2018 Frequency Art Festival (Spring), Frequency Arts Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
2015 Miss Griffin’s MainX24 Local Artist Showcase, Chattanooga, TN
2014 Featured Local Artist, Lupi’s Restaurant, Chattanooga, TN
2014 Miss Griffin’s MainX24 Local Artist Showcase, Chattanooga, TN
2013 Miss Griffin’s MainX24 Local Artist Showcase, Chattanooga, TN
2013 The Chattanooga Market, Chattanooga, TN
2013 North Shore Block Party, Uptown Art, Chattanooga, TN
2013 Haus of Minionz II: A Collective Show, Chattanooga, TN
2012 Feedback, Tanner Hill Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
2012 The Chattanooga Market, Chattanooga, TN
2012 Haus of Minionz: A Collective Show, Chattanooga, TN
2012 Microanalysis: A Small Works Exhibition, Association for Visual Arts, Chattanooga, TN
2012 Take Art/Leave Art, Association for Visual Arts, Chattanooga, TN
2012 Right Place / Right Time: BFA Thesis Exhibition, Cress Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
2012 Inconclusive Evidence, Apothecary, Chattanooga, TN
2011 1=1, Apothecary, Chattanooga, TN
2011 Take Art/Leave Art, Association for Visual Arts, Chattanooga, TN
2011 Non-Objective Drawings: A Group Exhibition, Apothecary, Chattanooga, TN
2011 UTC Juried Student Exhibition (Juror: Hope Hilton), Cress Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
2010 UTC Juried Student Exhibition (Juror: Patrick DeGuira), Cress Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
2008 Mid South Sculpture Alliance Conference, Chattanooga State Community College, Chattanooga, TN
Professional Creative Experience
2024 Art Therapist, Reclaim & Rise Therapy, Baltimore, MD
2023 Selected Artist, AVA at the INCubator, Professional Development Program (invite only), Chattanooga, TN
2023 Art Therapist, Iris Wellness Group, Chattanooga, TN
2023 Art Therapist, Chattanooga Recovery Center, Chattanooga, TN
2023 Art Therapist, Harmony Oaks Recovery Center, Chattanooga, TN
2023 Art Therapy Facilitator, Arts Therapies & Wellbeing Program, CHI Memorial, Chattanooga, TN
2022-2023 Art Therapy Intern, Access Art Therapy, Chattanooga, TN
2022-2023 Qualitative Research Co-Investigator, SMWC, Saint-Mary-of-the-Woods, IN
2021 Art Therapy Practicum Student, Daily Practice, Chattanooga, TN
2019 Art Director, Special Event Decoration Station, Chattanooga Zoo at Warner Park, Chattanooga, TN
2018 Hospitality, Handcrafted Wishes Event, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
2015-2017 Owner/Operator & Event Coordinator, Miss Griffin’s Food Truck, Chattanooga, TN
2014 Director of Stage Design, Miss Griffin’s MainX24 Event, Chattanooga, TN
2013 Classroom Instructor, Uptown Art, Chattanooga, TN
2012-2013 Intern for Director of Education & Exhibitions, Association for Visual Arts, Chattanooga, TN
2008-2009 Art Department Service Scholarship, Chattanooga State Community College, Chattanooga, TN
Commissions & Collections
2018 Original Painting, Frequency Gallery Permanent Collection, Chattanooga, TN
2015 Hand-Painted Game Boards, Original Design, Universal Joint, Chattanooga, TN
2014 Hand-Painted Restaurant Table Top, Original Design, Lupi’s Pizza Pies, Chattanooga, TN
2013 Wall Mural, Business Logo, Uptown Art, Chattanooga, TN
2008 Original Sculpture, Chattanooga State Community College Permanent Collection, Chattanooga, TN
Bibliography
“Cold Turkey,” ClearStory Arts, 25 Nov 2023, https://www.clearstoryarts.com/event-details/cold-turkey,
“Member Monday - Lisa Srok,” AVA, Social Media Feature, 31 Jul 2023
“Announcing the AVA @ The INCubator Cohort #2!,” AVA, Social Media Feature, 19 June 2023
“Lisa M. Srok - Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College,” SMWC, Social Media Feature, 26 Dec 2022
“2022-2023 Fall Virtual Exhibition: Journey and Emerging Identity: Paths to Becoming,” Master of Arts, Art Therapy Program, Oct 2022, https://www.smwc.edu/departments/graduate-studies/lisa-m-srok/
“Weekend Top 5,” Sean Phipps, Nooga.com, 29 June 2018
“AVA selects ‘Fresh’ Artists,” Lisa Denton, Chattanooga Times Free Press, 19 June 2014
“Urban Art paints its future at Chattanooga’s North Shore,” Shelly Bradbury, Chattanooga Times Free Press, 23 July 2013, https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2013/jul/23/urban-art-paints-its-future/
“Why small is sometimes better when it comes to art,” Susan Pierce, Times Free Press, 6 May 2012
“2012 UTC BFA Senior Thesis Exhibition Show One Rocks its Opening Night!” cressgallery.org, 3 April 2012
“Around & About,” Radio Interview with Mary Helen Miller, 88.1 WUTC, 2 April 2012
“Cress Gallery to Display Student Work,” Laura Bond, UTC News Release, 30 March 2012, https://blog.utc.edu/news/2012/03/cress-gallery-to-display-student-work/
“2010 Juried Student Art Exhibition Opens,” Adam Green, UTC News Release, January 2010, https://blog.utc.edu/news/2010/01/2010-juried-student-art-exhibition-opens/6
Publications as Author
Presentations
2023 “Fractured & Fragmented: A Pecha Kucha Presentation,” AVA at the INCubator, Professional Development Program, Chattanooga, TN
2023 “Art Therapy as Treatment with Nobinary People with Disordered Substance Use: The Art Therapists’ Perspective,” Qualitative Research Report, SMWC Thesis Symposium, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN
2022 “Autobiographical Fragments-Journey and Emerging Identity: Paths to Becoming,” SMWC MAAT Capstone Project, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN
2012 “Right Place, Right Time,” BFA Thesis Presentation, Cadek Conservatory, Chattanooga, TN
Memberships
2020-Present American Art Therapy Association
2020-2023 Tennessee Art Therapy Association
2012-Present Association for Visual Arts, Chattanooga, TN