Collection: Caroline Youngblood
Grew up surrounded by cotton fields on Breston Plantation, located in Riverton, Louisiana. She attended Louisiana State University where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing and Painting, graduating Magna cum Laude. Youngblood pursued graduate work at Syracuse University, New York, and received her Master of Fine Arts degree from Louisiana Tech University with a concentration in Drawing and Painting. Youngblood completed her 200 hour RYT training at Shrimath Yoga (Bihar School) near Bangalore, India. She is also a Usui/ Holy Fire iii Reiki Master Teacher, a Karuna Reiki Master Teacher, an Animal Reiki Master Teacher, and a Professional Member of the International Center for Reiki Training. Youngblood has teaching experience as instructor of record for beginning watercolor and teaching assistant in numerous courses at the college level. She has also taught Usui/ Holy Fire iii Reiki I and II and Master Level. She completed a residency at Centre d’Art, Marnay sur Seine, France (CAMAC), funded by an Artist’s Career Advancement Grant awarded by Louisiana Division of the Arts. She recently was awarded her second Artist Career Advancement Grant to fund, "Riverton, 1937: Part Two", a multi-media installation which premiered at the 2015 North Delta Food and Wine Festival (Monroe, Louisiana).