Multidisciplinary visual and scenic artist
April Terra Livingston is a sculptor, painter, photographer with leadership experience in cultural and educational settings. As a dedicated teacher and student of the arts, she believes that art is the best vehicle for education and dialog. While exhibiting her work in the U.S. and abroad, she strives to promote discourse and unity through art. She is passionate about the conservation and preservation of history—especially history of events/people that are often overlooked or underappreciated.
Her work has been featured in National Geographic, The Washington Post and Vogue Magazine. She has also been on the cover of the New York Times. She has worked on films such as, Get Out, Before I Wake and Life of Chuck.
Metal casting, mold-making and fabrication are just a few of the sculptural methods that Livingston employs. Currently, she freelances as a designer/consultant, instructor and Scenic Artist for film and theater.
Photo credit: Devin Ford
Curriculum Vitae
Education: Academic
2011
Master of Fine Art – Sculpture. The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL.
2007
Post Baccalaureate Certificate – Ceramics, Fresco and Painting.
Studio Art Centers International - Florence, Italy
2006
Bachelor of Art - Painting and Ceramics. The University of Mobile, Mobile, AL ▪ Transferred from the University of New Orleans
Alabama Master Naturalist Certificate - Auburn University. 2026
Education: Technical
2018
Certificate in Welding. Bishop State Community College Mobile, AL
Academic Positions
2021- 2023
Visiting Assistant Professor: Sculpture and Ceramics - Texas A&M Corpus Christi, TX.
2011-2021
Instructor - The University of Mobile, AL.
2016-2022
Instructor– Spring Hill College, AL.
2010 – 2011
Instructor of Record – The University of Alabama
2008 – 2011
Teaching Assistant – The University of Alabama
Professional Appointments
Resident Artist and Foundry Assistant – Fairhope, 2014 – 2016
Metal Arts Instructor – New Orleans Glassworks, 2014 – 2016
Sculpture Intern – Sculpture Trails Outdoor Museum and Foundry 2014
Art Instructor – Girl Scouts of America, 2007 – 2009
Professional Experience
2000 - Present
Professional Sculptor, Painter, & Photographer
2013 - Present
Scenic and Prop Artist for Film
2018- Present Mardi Gras Float Designer and Builder - Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association
Selected Regional, National and International Exhibitions
2022
Eisenwunderwelt Invitational, Berlin, Germany
2021
Community Exhibition, Holmavik, Iceland
2020
USPS Art Project Artworks – Sunset Art Studios, Dallas, TX
2019
Iron Tribe Invitational Exhibit – NM Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM
Selected for Exhibition Contemporary Cast Iron Art & Practices National
2018
Verge Interactive Art Festival, Jackson, MS
2017
Conference Sloss Furnaces
2016
Keystone Iron Works Juried Show, Scranton, PN
Sculpture Trails Outdoor Museum and Foundry, Solsberry, IN
2017
Xiodid (2014) and Capella
2016
Fall Invitational – Biletnikoff Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
“Out There” Photography Exhibit – Millsaps College, Jackson, MS 2016
2014-2015
La Siren – New Orleans Healing Center, New Orleans, LA
2009
Idle Hands – The University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
2007
Piano, Piano. Galleria La Corte. Florence, Italy
Expatriate Invitational. The Cellar Gallery. Florence, Italy
Selected Exhibitions - Alabama
2018- Current - Annual Exhibition of Art Activism and Moving History for MAMGA
2022
Official Sculptor Mobile Medical Museum
Commissioned sculptor for Equal Justice Initiative and Mobile County
2021
Community Remembrance Project, Mobile, AL
2020
Curator- Different Kind of Weapon- Alabama Contemporary Art Center
2019
Mobile Medical Museum, Commissioned Alabama Biennial Sculptor – Minorities in Medicine. Dr. James Franklin Memorial
History of Midwives in the American South Memorial – Motherwork
Poarch Creek Healer Memorial – Portrait of Bessie McGhee
2017-2019
Memorial Bust of Cudjoe Lewis Tour – Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
2018
Mobile Museum of Art, Courthouse Display Invitational
DO IT. (Installation with University of Mobile).
Mobile Arts Council, Commissioned Award Sculptor – Arty Awards
2017
Bay Area Arts Educators Annual Show
Art of the Bay
2016
Saenger Theater Space Invitational
Bay Area Arts Educators Annual Show
Films
Adulting (Scenic Artist and Set Decoration) 2025 Life of Chuck (Scenic Artist) - 2023 Supercool (Lead Scenic Artist)- 2022
Peel (Scenic Artist, Designer and Sculptor)- 2019
Between Worlds (Scenic Artist)- 2018
Crossroads-Short (Scenic Artist)-2017
Convergence (Set Painter: faux)-2017
Get Out (Scenic Artist)-2017
Sasq-Watch! (Prop Maker)-2016
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (Scenic Artist)-2016
Before I Wake (Sculptor and Scenic Artist)- 2016
Here Comes Rusty (PropMaker)- 2016
Aether: Prologue-Short (Set Painter)- 2015
Selected Honors. Residencies and Visiting Artist Invitations
Alabama Public Television Monograph- Season 7, Episode 3, 2025
Blount County Eco-Art Initiative - 2024
Our Time to Heal. Poetry and Visual Art. Mobile Medical Museum. 2023-24
Visiting Artist- Sculpture Trails Outdoor Museum and Foundry, 15-19 and 2022. 26
Adobe Building Workshop, New Mexico Earth Adobes, NM, 2021
GisfjordurArts Residency, Northern Iceland, 2021
Guest Curator, Alabama Contemporary Art Center, 2020
Visiting Artist- Sculpture Trails Outdoor Museum and Foundry, 15-19 and 22
Visiting Artist- Carrie Furnaces – Cast Iron Intensive, 2017
Sloss NCCCIA Large Mold, 2017
Resident Artist- 5 Rivers Delta Resource Center, 2011
Awards + Honors
Finalist, “Best Sculptor,” Lagniappe Weekly’s Nappie Awards. 2016-26
La Merienda Invitational, Corpus Christi Texas, 2022
Best Sculptor- Lagniappe Magazine Nappie Awards 2021
Elected Board Treasurer – Mobile Medical Museum 2020
Official Alabama 200 Bicentennial Artist 2018-20
Ceremonial Plaque of Gratitude – Union Missionary Baptist Church 2017
Selected Panelist – Artist Discussion Group – Mobile Museum of Art 2017
Finalist, “Visual Artist,” Mobile Art Council’s Arty Awards 2016
Best in Show – Vessel 4 2012
Best in Show – Vessel 3 2011
Best in Show – Juried art show at ASL Gallery 2009
Award for Excellence in Field – University of Mobile Studio Arts 2006
Curatorial Projects
Alabama Contemporary Art Center - Guest Curator – A Different Kind of Weapon – Art and Advocacy 2019 – 2020
Selected Curator – For Freedoms Exhibit 2018
Curator and Public Relations Specialist, Lookit exhibition, 2014
Organizer, Curator, and Public Relations Specialist- The University of Mobile
Photo/Art Shows 2011 – Current
Co-Curator – The Paul R. Jones Gallery - Icon 2011
Organizer and Curator – The Lite Box Gallery, The End and Means 2011
Organizer and Curator – The Sella-Granata Gallery, Thou Shalt Pow 2010
Organizer and Curator- The Second Coming of Ed Flesh 2009
Selected Commissions
Community Remembrance Project Mobile County 2021
Minorities in Medicine – Mobile Medical Museum 2018
Award Artist – Mobile Art Council’s Arty Awards 2017
Memorial for Cudjoe Lewis – Union Missionary Baptist Church 2016 – 2017
Anba Dlo Sculpture and Illustration – New Orleans Healing Center 2014
Creative Campus – The University of Alabama 2009 – 2010
Hudson Alpha Institute of Biotechnology 2009
Press
Alabama Public Television Monograph- Season 7, Episode 3, 2025 The Descendent- Netflix 2022
The Clotilde- The Last Slave Ship, National Geographic, 2022
”Livingston Leads in the Community Classroom,” Focus Magazine, 2021
EPIX -Enslaved (S1 E4): New World Cultures- 2020
PBS News Hour- How discovery of the slave ship Clotilda informs U.S. history-2020
archleague.com- Image and article- 2020
”Alumna Casts Sculptures for Bicentennial Project,” University of Alabama News, 2019
The Philadelphia Tribune- Image and article- 2019
BBC News- Image and article- 2019
Los Angeles Times -Image and article- 2019
smithsonianmag.com- Article and Image- 2019
Curiosity Stream- The Illegal Arrival of America's Last Slave Ship-2019
boredpanda.com- Image-2019
The Atlantic, Image and article- 2018
National Geographic – images and articles 2018 – 2020
Radio Interview, 92ZEW, 2020
Washington Post – images and article 2018
The New York Times – article 2018
”Whole New Weld,” Access Magazine, 2018
”The Street of Many Colors,” Alabama Public Radio, 2018
Cudjoe Lewis Project, WKRG, WPMI, and Lagniappe, 2016 & 2017
Languages
English
German, Italian and Spanish (Limited Working Proficiency)
CV copy happily provided on request