“People I Know” first exhibited in “Face to Face”, The Stage Gallery, NY, June, 2000.
(First 12 panels exhibited)
The New York Times featured the painting in the Art Section, June 4, 2000.
"People I Know" also exhibited in the following venues receiving many best of show awards and featured in newspapers, magazines and internet sites across the country:
“2000/44th Annual International Exhibition”, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA.
Juror: Don Bacigalupi, Ph.D., Director, San Diego Museum of Art. September, 2000
(12 panels exhibited)
“2000 Art in the Metroplex”, Moudy Gallery, Ft. Worth, TX
Juror: Annette Di Meo Carlozzi, Curator of American and Contemporary Art, Blanton Museum of Art
(12 panels exhibited)
“2001 Biennial Juried Exhibition”, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX (28 panels exhibited)
Jurors' Awardof $1500.
Article in The Gallery Guide of The Dallas Morning News, May 18-24, 2001 by Mike Daniel.
"People I Know" solo exhibit, Craighead Green Gallery, February, 2001.
(Complete suite of 90 panels exhibited)
Annabelle Massey-Helber of the Dallas Observer, wrote “Face Time”, an in-depth story about the year long project. Christy Hughes-Babb of Where Dallas, featured the painting in “What’s On Dallas”, March, 2001.
“2001 Art in the Metroplex”, Moudy Gallery, Ft. Worth, TX
(90 panels exhibited)
Hawn Foundation Award; $2000 cash award.
Juror: Laurence Miller, Founding Director, ArtPace Foundation for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX.
“Ulrich Alumni Exhibition” Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS, Dec. 1, 2001-Jan. 27, 2002.
(80 panels exhibited)
“Artwork of Distinction”; $1500 cash award.
Juror: Charles Steiner, Director, Wichita Art Museum.
Featured on the Ulrich Museum catalogue andThe Wichita Eagle's Bud Norman declared the portrait series as the crowd favorite in his article December 7, 2001. WSU Fine Arts, Winter 2002 and inside WSU, Volume 18, Number 7, November 15, 2001 did a feature story about Connally and “People I Know” by Julie Rausch.
"People I Know" Solo Exhibit, The Forum Gallery, Brookhaven College Center for the Arts, Dallas, TX, May 13, 2002 through August 22, 2002.
"People I Know" Solo Exhibit, The McCormick Gallery, Midland College, Aug. 29-Sept. 27, 2002.
Featured in Arts and Entertainment, Midland Reporter-Telegram, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2002
and El Paisano, Sept 20, 2002.