Wild & Scenic Film Festival and Art Exhibition 2021 and 2022
Juried Works: “Guardians of Resilience” (2021) and “Remember, Hope from Our Ancestral Roots” (2022)
Award Winner: Judge’s Award
Submission Category: Two-Dimensional
Commissioned Works
Nisenan Heritage Days
Mountain Lion “Pekun”
2019
Nisenan Heritage Days
Bear “Kapa”
2019
Featured Artist Exhibition
Nevada City Winery
Featured Exhibition in July 2019
One Woman Exhibition: Unmasked, Becoming Visible
June 2021
Nevada City Winery’s featured Artist for the third year.
Raves & Reviews
Artist of the Month
January 2019
Deep gratitude to Jennifer Rugge for an amazingly wonderful mineral painting and gold leaf workshop yesterday!! This piece is still in progress, but I absolutely loved making the mineral based paints/applying gold leaf….. and playing with them in that vast domain of creativity. I have never considered myself a visual artist, but am having so much fun letting go into the world artists inhabit all the time. How blessed I am!
Gaye Abbott, Goldleaf Workshop attendee
Jennifer!
The painting is absolutely wonderful! We picked it up on Weds., and put it up last night. First, we studied your notes on the back and took it ALL in. We feel your generosity of spirit and your immense talent. I know I felt drawn to your work, but I think it has become even more fully realized in this piece. Jill (Collector)
Jen, It was so fun. I’m going out today to get a few supplies.
Lorena, Mineral Painting Workshop attendee
Thanks again Jennifer! Had so much fun.
Sarah, Mineral Painting Workshop attendee
Wow, you’re right about the seasons, how interesting. I showed my grandkids, I thought they would laugh but they really liked it, hmm who would of thought. I can do art!
Thank you!!!
Jennifer Rugge 