Charlotte Yale-Provost

I was born in Connecticut. I spent my childhood experiencing the joys of roaming a 100 acre homestead/farm settled in the 1700s. I spent much of my time exposed to wildlife, plants, and the life of domestic animals. Always interested in capturing images, I took all art classes possible in high school and was admitted early to Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, Connecticut.

After graduation, I taught art in Enfield, Ct schools saving up to go to graduate school. While there I created a “growth series” that I exhibited in the surrounding cities. These were acrylic and sometimes experimenting with canvas on canvas texture.

I moved to Rochester, NY in 1972. There I earned my MFA in painting, minoring in ceramics from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1973. In Rochester, I rented painting in the RIT offices, and painted a huge mural for the Hilton Inn on the Campus in Rochester. I

I painted, taught at community colleges part time and raised 2 children from 1978 until 1990. My family was moved from Rochester, NY; to Pittsburgh, PA in 1985, where I created a “Reflection Series” and ”Prisoner of Man Series”. Just after I was accepted into the Pittsburgh Society of Artists, my husband was transferred once again to ...

I graduated from Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, Connecticut where I earned a BS in Art Education in 1970. I was the editor of the 1970 yearbook for the University which gave me a taste for publishing.

After teaching a few years, I moved to Rochester, NY in 1972. There I earned her MFA in painting, minoring in ceramics from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1973. In Rochester, she rented painting in the RIT offices, and painted a huge mural for the Hilton Inn on the Campus in Rochester. She also had work shown in the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, NY. Her thesis work was inspired by her study of Zen and concluded in a series of calligraphic type paintings lit from within entitled “Illumination”. After graduation she continued the “Illumination” series that only had texture of canvas on canvas and string on the front with color in the interior that shown through when lit.

2020 - Redlands Art Association “Red, White and Black” - sold “Dragon”

2018 - Redlands Art Association “The 49th Annual Multi Media Mini Show –   juried show – cash Award

2011 - CCAA Art show – juried show – honorable mention award

2006 - Redlands Art Association Annual Multi Media Mini Show - RAA  gallery,        Redlands California – juried show – purchase award

1986 - Greensburg Art Club 53rd Annual Juried Show, Westmoreland Museum of Art, Greensburg, PA

           Silver Anniversary Show – Penn Art Association, Gallery Space, Monroeville, PA

           Penn Art Association Show – CCAC Boyce Campus, Monroeville, PA

1977 - Artists of R.I.T Show, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

1975 - Finger Lakes Art Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY

           Two Person Exhibit at Hilton Inn on the Campus, Henrietta, NY

            Rental Paintings on exhibit in the Office of Development, RIT, Rochester, NY

1972 -  RIT Graduate Thesis Show, Plaza Gallery, Lincoln First Tower, Rochester NY

1970 - Bicentennial Art Exhibit, Springfield, MA

           Hartford Civic and Arts Festival, Hartford, CT

           Mattoon Street Arts Festival, Springfield, MA