Lou Haney was born in Decatur, Alabama. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Art with a Studio Concentration, cum laude from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. In 2000, Lou was employed at St. Patrick’s Parish School in Cooma, Australia as a Visual Arts Teacher. She was also the Director of the Young Artist’s Program at Watkins College of Art and Design in Nashville, Tennessee. Ms. Haney graduated with her Master’s of Fine Art degree in Painting from Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California. She was awarded the President’s Award in May of 2003. More recently, Ms. Haney was presented with the Merit Award at the Red Clay Survey, A Triennial Exhibition of contemporary Southern art at the Huntsville (AL) Museum of Art. In addition, Lou has had solo exhibitions in California, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia. She was employed as Assistant Professor of Art and chair of the Art and Design department at Tusculum College in Greeneville, Tennessee from 2004- 2007. Ms Haney joins the University of Mississippi as an Assistant Professor of Art and Foundations Coordinator in 2007.