Allan Jones, Professor

Born and educated in central Texas, Professor Allan L. Jones began his college career in engineering.  Discovering the campus art department altered his life.  In 1963 he received his Bachelor of Arts in painting from Texas Wesleyan College and in 1965 a Master of Fine Arts from Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California.  His first teaching position was as an instructor in design and painting at University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1965.  In 1970 Jones accepted an Assistant Professor position teaching painting and printmaking at Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio.  In 1986 Professor Jones returned to USL, now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and is currently teaching intermediate painting, advanced painting, and drawing.

His work has been included in exhibitions at the the Cassa Frela Gallery N.Y.C., Atelier-Gallery Alain Piroir, Montreal, Quebec, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, University of Miami, Florida, Arizona State University, Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, Janis Forberg Gallery, Cincinnati, Oxford Museum, Miami University, Ohio, University of Denver, Tony Birkhead Gallery, Cincinnati, New Museum, New York, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisville School Of Art, University of Kentucky, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Dayton Art Institute and the Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, California.

Professor Jones' work has been selected to be included in a number of collections including the Oxford Museum, Miami University, Ohio, Yale University, Midsouth Bank, Lafayette, Harvard University, Cincinnati Pubic Library, Dupre Library, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Mint Museum, North Carolina, Chase Manhattan Bank, and the New York Public Library.

Professor Jones was a recipient of the Dr. Ray Authement  Excellence in Teaching Award for 2011.