Laura Whitesides Host
Artist Bio
A lifelong resident of Michigan, Whitesides Host received a BFA from the University of Michigan Architecture and Design School majoring in painting and ceramics. After moving to Birmingham, she discovered the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center and found her art family. After taking watercolor classes for 13 years, she began to teach experimental watercolor classes and has continued for 26 years. The excitement of playing with watercolors led to acrylic paint and then a class in monotypes enlarged her focus to creating monotypes along with her water media paintings. In 1987, after a friend decided to change her art gallery to a cooperative gallery, Host joined the gallery roster. She is one of the 2 original members still in Lawrence Street Gallery and is currently the president. Active in the Michigan Watercolor Society and the Birmingham Society of Women Painters since 1989, Host has served on their Executive boards for many years. Host has had numerous solo shows and has been juried into many exhibits both locally and state-wide.
