Lawrence B. Smith was born in Jesup, Ga. and grew up in Macon. He received his BS in Education from Georgia Southern University in 1971, and in 1975 he added a Masters Degree. He was named Supervising Teacher of the Year by GSU in 1988. He was also honored as the Screven County Middle School Teacher of the Year in 1993. He served as a Demonstration Teacher and Clinical Associate for Georgia Southern for many years, and has guided 63 Georgia Southern student teachers through various teaching experiences. In 2004 he retired from teaching with 31 years teaching experience, twenty nine at Screven County Middle School.
Lawrence’s current themes are Landscapes, Water, Mountains, Vanishing South, the Civil War Era, and Trains using pen and ink, watercolor, colored pencils, and acrylics. From 2005 through 2012 he has exhibited at the Averitt Art Center in Statesboro; The Screven County Public Library in Sylvania; and the Georgia National Fair in Perry, Ga.
Currently Lawrence teaches art lessons at the Averitt Center for the Arts in Statesboro. He served four years on the Visual Arts Committee at the Averitt center and continues there as a docent.
Lawrence B. Smith
Born: 1949, Jesup, Georgia
1971, Bachelor of Science in Education, Georgia Southern, Statesboro, Ga.
1975, Masters of Science for Teachers, Georgia Southern, Statesboro, Ga.
1980, Teacher's Supervision Certification, Georgia Southern, Statesboro, Ga.
1975: Second Place, Drawing - 303 Betty Foy Sanders Gallery student show-GSU, Statesboro, Ga.
1980-2000: various ribbons - Ogeechee Coastal Fair, Statesboro, Ga.
2003: Second Place, Drawing - Georgia National Fair Perry, Ga.
2005: Honorable Merit, Painting - Georgia National Fair Perry, Ga.
2007: Honorable Merit, Painting - Georgia National Fair Perry, Ga.
2008: Third Place, Painting - Georgia National Fair Perry, Ga.
2009: Honorable Merit, Painting - Georgia National Fair Perry, Ga.
Arthur and Carol Howard, Statesboro, Ga.
Statesboro High School, Statesboro, Ga.
Cliff and Marsha Cunningham, Reidsville, Ga.
Richard Chambers, Statesboro, Ga.
Dr. Thelma D. Sexton, Perry, Ga.
Laura Aziz, Statesboro, Ga.
Steve and Linda Smith, Macon, Ga.
Angela Harden, Reidsville, Ga.
Relinda Walker, Newington, Ga.
Dr. Larry G. Hubbard, DDS, Statesboro, Ga.
Statesboro Herald Publishing Co., Statesboro, Ga.
Glenn Thompson, Sylvania, Ga.
Pam Ellis, Statesboro, Ga.
Kemp and Evelyn Mabry, Statesboro, Ga.
Micheal Mock, Sylvania, Ga.
Dr. William Norton, Metter, Ga.
Emerson Thomas McMullen, PhD, Statesboro, Ga.
Georgia Southern University Centennial Project, Statesboro, Ga
Georgia National Fair (Oct. 2003): Georgia National Fairgrounds, Perry, GA
Celebrating the Arts (Oct. 2004): Averitt Arts Center, Statesboro, GA
100 X 100 X 100 (Nov. 2004): Averitt Arts Center, Statesboro, GA
Vanishing South - One person show (Jan. 2005): Screven County Library, Sylvania, GA
Artist of the Month, Chef Roe's (March 2005): Statesboro, GA
Water Series - One person show (Apr. - May 2005): Screven County Library, Sylvania, GA
Statesboro Regional Art Association (June - Aug. 2005): Averitt Arts Center, Statesboro, GA
Georgia National Fair (Oct. 2005): Georgia National Fairgrounds, Perry, GA
Flora + Fauna = Funa (May 2006): Averitt Arts Center, Statesboro, GA
Statesboro Regional Art Association (June - Aug. 2006): Averitt Arts Center, Statesboro, GA
Georgia National Fair (Oct. 2006): Georgia National Fairgrounds, Perry, GA
Statesboro Regional Art Association (July-Aug. 2007): Averitt Arts Center, Statesboro, GA
Georgia National Fair (Oct. 2007): Georgia National Fairgrounds, Perry, GA
Wildlife Exhibition (Oct. 2007): Averitt Arts Center, Statesboro, Ga.
Lawrence Smith Exhibit (Apr. 2008): Kalmanson Gallery, Swainsboro, Ga.
Comics In Society (Apr.-May 2008): Averitt Arts Center, Statesboro, Ga.
Georgia National Fair (Oct. 2008): Georgia National Fairgrounds, Perry, Ga.
West Main Art Gallery, Guest artist (Dec. 2008): Statesboro, Ga.
Georgia National Fair (Oct. 2009): Georgia National Fairgrounds, Perry, Ga.
Statesboro Regional Art Association (July-Aug. 2009): Averitt Arts Center, Statesboro, Ga.
Georgia National Fair (Oct. 2010): Georgia National Fairgrounds, Perry, Ga.
Statesboro Regional Art Association (July-Aug. 2010): Averitt Arts Center, Statesboro, Ga.
Georgia National Fair (Oct. 2011): Georgia National Fairgrounds, Perry, Ga.
Art of the Low Country (Mar. 2012): Averitt Arts Center, Statesboro, Ga.
Statesboro Regional Art Association; Ogeechee Riverkeepers fundraiser (May 2013): Averitt Arts Center, Statesboro, Ga.
Statesboro Regional Art Association (Nov. 2013): Averitt Arts Center, Statesboro, Ga.