LAURA LEIGH LANCHANTIN

Painter • Pigment Researcher • Arts Educator • Musician
📞 518-461-2594
🌐 www.lauraleighlanchantin.com

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing
State University of New York at New Paltz, 2014

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Interdisciplinary artist, educator, and musician with over a decade of professional practice in fine art, pigment research, community-based arts education, and music performance. Work centers on sustainable materials, ecological inquiry, and place-based creative research across visual art and music disciplines.

SKILLS & AREAS OF PRACTICE

Natural pigment sourcing, grinding, and handcrafted paint formulation
Landscape painting using sustainable, earth-based materials
Workshop facilitation and hands-on arts instruction
Singer-songwriter, original composition and lyric writing
Management of independent music project The Laura Leigh Band
Live performance, audience engagement, and promotion
Interdisciplinary creative practice (visual art and music integration)
Studio management, commissions, and exhibition preparation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2014–Present — Full-Time Independent Visual Artist

Independent studio practice focused on landscape painting and pigment research.

2017–Present — Owner & Operator, Art By Laura Leigh

Teaching private and public workshops and classes for all ages.

2020–Present — Independent Singer-Songwriter / Musician

Manager of nationally touring band The Laura Leigh Band.
Live performance, recording, and promotion.

AWARDS & RESIDENCIES

Music Awards

2026 Thomas Edison Capital Region Music Awards — Winner, Americana Artist of the Year
2025 Thomas Edison Capital Region Music Awards — Nominee, Americana Artist of the Year
2025 NYState Music — Final Four, March Madness Battle of the Bands (The Laura Leigh Band)
2024 Listen Up! Mirth Film’s Capital Region Music Awards — Nominee, Folk Musician of the Year

Art Awards

2018 Artist in Residence, Basin Harbor Club Resort, Vergennes, VT
2017 Artist in Residence, The Ashokan Center, Olivebridge, NY
2017 Merit Scholarship, The Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, NY
2017 Artist in Residence, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, TN
2016 Artist in Residence, Platte Clove Cabin, Elka Park, NY
2014 SUNY New Paltz Research Symposium (Stone Pigment Research), New Paltz, NY
2013 Edwin A. Ulrich Fine Arts Scholarship, New Paltz, NY
2013 Erin Wright Memorial Scholarship, New Paltz, NY

EXHIBITIONS

2026

Solo Exhibition, Albany City Hall, Albany, NY

2025

Mountains of the Sky, Mountain Top Arboretum, Tannersville, NY (Solo)

2024

Hudson River Blues, RhineCellar, Rhinebeck, NY
MARCO Art at the Landing, Milton, NY (Group)

2023

The Barn Show, Studio 89, Highland, NY

2021

Livin’ In Cambridge, Valley Artisans Market, Cambridge, NY (Solo)
The Blue Show, Stepping Stone Studios, Rosendale, NY

2019

Passing Through, Cambridge Antiques Center, Cambridge, NY (Solo)

2018

New School: Contemporary Interpretations of the Hudson River School, Greene County Council on the Arts, Catskill, NY

2017

In The Open Dream, Gallery 54, Skaneateles, NY
The Platte Clove Cabin AIR Show, Catskill Center, Arkville, NY
Entrances on Esopus, The Ashokan Center, Olivebridge, NY (Solo)
Karma Road Café, New Paltz, NY (Solo)

2016

Older Than the Mountain, Kaaterskill Fine Arts Gallery, Hunter, NY (Solo)
Expressive Visions, William P. Duffy Fine Arts Gallery, Tannersville, NY
The Postcard Show, Thomas Cole Historical Site, Catskill, NY

2015

Technology, Denver Art Society, Denver, CO

2014

Back to the Garden, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art BFA Thesis Exhibition, New Paltz, NY
The Truth Out, The Unframed Artist’s Gallery, New Paltz, NY

2013

Rivers and Roads, Valley Artisan's Market, Cambridge, NY

Music Performances

2020–Present Guthrie Bell Productions — Over 350 live shows in the Albany/Hudson Valley region

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2018–Present

Earth Pigment & Painting Workshops for All Ages / Instruction

Mountain Top Arboretum, Tannersville, NY (2019-Present)
The Claude Monet Immersive Experience, Schenectady, NY
Sarah Hull Hallock Free Library- Milton, NY. (After-school Art Class Series Facilitator, 2020-Present)
Eden's Rose Foundation, Albany NY
Boundless Arts, Hunter NY
Full Circle, Gardiner NY (After School Art Class Series Facilitator)
Hurely Library, Hurley NY
Middlebury Studio School, Middlebury, VT
Independent Online Painting Class Series, Clintondale, NY
Salem Art Works, Salem, NY (2020-Present)
Longview School, Brewster, NY (High School Art Teacher, 2021–22)
High Meadow School, Stone Ridge, NY (Art Teacher, 2022–23)
Community Based Services, Hopewell Junction, NY (Art Teacher for Disabled Adults,)
Hudson Valley Seed Company, Accord, NY
Gardiner Library, Gardiner, NY
Village of Woodstock, Woodstock, NY (Senior Painting Teacher, 2024–25)
Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY

2013–2018

The Ashokan Center, Olivebridge, NY (Environmental Arts Teacher)
Greene County Community College, Hudson, NY
The Unframed Artist’s Gallery, New Paltz, NY
Kidzart, Albany, NY
Capital Region BOCES, Albany, NY
Denver Arts Society, Denver, CO
Mountain Top Library, Tannersville, NY
Villa Vosilla, Senior Painting Teacher, Tannersville, NY
Gallery 54, Skaneateles, NY
Catskill Center, Arkville, NY
William P. Duffy Fine Art Gallery, Tannersville, NY
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, TN
Job Corp, Cherokee, NC
Copper Trout Gallery, Cambridge, NY
Roxbury Arts Group, CROP Visiting Artist, Roxbury, NY
Wallkill River School of Art, Montgomery, NY
Prattsville Arts Center, Prattsville, NY

PRESS

Feb 2026 NYState Music — “Inside the Grit Hearted Songs of Laura Leigh”
2023 Aha – A House for the Arts — Segment on musician Laura Leigh
Nov 2017 The Mountain Press — “New York Artist Spending Month in the Smokies”
Sep 2017 WMHT Public Broadcasting — Aha segment on artist Laura Lanchantin
Mar 2016 Guide Magazine — Feature on Older Than the Mountain exhibition
Feb 2015 The Daily Gazette — Front-page arts section for Ninja Restaurant mural project

SUMMARY OF CREATIVE WORKS

Art

2025 — Stories of the Whales, Pacific Whale Foundation mural commission, Maui, Hawaii
2022 — The Painted Bridge, community public art project
2017 — Hoot of the Owl, public installation, Village of Coxsackie, NY
2015 — Ninja, 27×13 ft mural, Schenectady, NY
2014 — Back to the Garden, collaborative pigment research project. Catskill Mountains,NY

Music

2026 — Late Night Laura Leigh, Independent Solo Album (Releasing April 2026)
2021 — Livin’ In Cambridge, Independent Solo Album

CONTACT & WEBSITE

📞 518-461-2594
🌐 www.lauraleighlanchantin.com

🌐 www.lauraleighmusic.com