Lauren Connolly

2024 to Present- Revolve, Loveland, Ohio

November 2024- Artist in Residence at Great Smoky Mountains National Park

2024, April to June- Hometown Cafe, Loveland, Ohio

2023 to present-  The Collective, Cincinnati, Ohio

2023- Cincinnati Nature Center's Nature in Focus, Cincinnati, Ohio

2023- Hamilton County Fair, Cincinnati, Ohio

2023- Hometown Cafe, Loveland, Ohio

2022- Indigo Hippo, Cincinnati, Ohio

2022- Hamilton County Fair, Cincinnati, Ohio

2025- Valentines Program Card Design, Little Miami River Chamber Alliance

2024- 1st Place Adult Color Nature, "Pollination Station", Hamilton County Fair

2024- 2nd Place Adult 2D Visual Art, "Hummingbird", Hamilton County Fair

2024- 3rd Place Adult Digital Art, "St. Croix Sunset", Hamilton County Fair

2024- Professional Division First Place "Landscape", Picture Hocking Hills

2024- Professional Division FIrst Place "Wildcard", Picture Hocking Hills

2024- Adult People's Choice Award, Montgomery Photo Contest

2024- Bronze in Wildlife for World's Top 10 Black & White Photo Contest 2023, One Eyeland

2024- Best Documentary for "Finding Frogman", Miami International Gold Awards

2024- Best First Time Director for " Finding Frogman", Miami International Gold Awards

2024- Valentines Program Card Design, Little Miami River Chamber Alliance

2023- Best Documentary for Finding Frogman", Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival

2023- Best Drone Video for "Finding Frogman", New York International Film Awards

2023- Calendar Contest Winner for Beaver Creek Wetlands Association, 10/2024 '"Dragonfly"

2023- 1st Place Watercolor, "Penguin", Hamilton County Fair

2023- 1st Place Landscape Photograph, "Cade's Cove at Sunset", Hamilton County Fair

2023- Best in Show, "Owl" Photograph, Hamilton County Fair

2022- Best Emerging Business, JL Aerial Views, LMRCA, Loveland, Ohio

2022- Best in Show, "Fiona" Watercolor Painting, Hamilton County Fair

2022- 1st Place Watercolor, "Fiona", Hamilton County Fair

2025- "OCTWS Member Spotlight: Lauren Connolly, Founder of Wild Developments Studio", Ohio Wildlife Society Winter 2025 Newsletter pg. 9-10

2024- "Author Allstars Magazine", pg.125

2024- "Life & Work with Lauren Connolly", Voyage Ohio

2024- "4 A.M. Photography", The Public Access Podcast

2024- "Lauren Connolly", HeartSongs: The Podcast  

2024- "From Experiment to Empire: Lauren Connolly's Path to Six-Figure Entrepreneurial Success", Mom Boss Central Podcast

2024- "Meet Lauren Connolly", Bold Journey 

2024- "Nature Bathing", Coming Home with Mama T

2024- "Wild Developments Studio with Lauren Connolly- A Passion for Wildlife and Aerial Artistry", Adeptus On Air

2024- "565- Lauren Connolly: From Aquariums to Ghost Hunts", The Public Access Podcast

2024- "Marketing in the Wild: Leveraging Nature's Canvas for Business Success with Lauren Connolly", Spark & Ignite Your Marking 

2024- "This week on ART ON THE AIR features furniture maker, Loran Bohall, and drone photographer Lauren Connolly", Art on the Air

2024- "Lauren Connolly and Frogman", Chasing Prophecy Radio 

2024- "The Lovely Loveland Frogman", Labeled Paranormal 

2024- "Wild Developments: Connecting to Nature through Visual Arts and Storytelling", The Price of Business Show

2024- "Meet Lauren Connolly", CanvasRebel 

2024-"Where you can buy the new 2024 Valentine Card and more Valentine 411

Including about artist Lauren's adventurous life...", Loveland Magazine 

2024- "Interview with Filmmaker Lauren Connolly", AIMAFF

2024- "'Ladies' Kick Off Loveland Valentine's Season", Loveland Magazine

2023- "Listeners Wild Ideas and Looking Back at 2023" , Wild Ideas Worth Living Podcast

2023- "Finding Frogman: Lauren & John of JL Aerial Views", Loveland Weekly Podcast

2023-  "Fresh Perspective", Loveland Lifestyle Magazine

2023- "Interview- Lauren Connolly", Artist Close Up

2019- "Meet Cincinnati’s best friend duo working to save the turtles", WLWT5

2019- "Turtle Squad at River Sweep" , WLWT5

2025- 2025 Hocking Hills Visitor Guide, Pages 23 & 25

2024- Photographs in The Wildlife Society Newsletter, Fall/Winter 2024

2023- "Unveiling Winter Resilience: The Journey of a Tenacious Eastern Box Turtle" The Naturalist Newsletter Winter 2023

2023- "On the Precipice of Change: An Autumn Leaf Study" The Naturalist Newsletter Fall 2023

2023- "Love From Above 2024 Calendar" JL Aerial Views

2025- Let's Go Outside: How to Connect Kids with Birds & Nature, Cornell Lab Bird Academy

2024- Nature Journaling Educator Program, Wild Wonder Foundation

2024- N.Y.U. Modern Journalism Certificate, Yellowbrick

2024- Community Garden Development Certification, Civic Garden Center

2024- Forest Bathing, Silence and Nature Therapy, Treeming

2024- Art Therapy Practitioner, Scholistico

2023- Conservation Photography, Conservation Visual Storytellers Academy

2023- Designing & Implementing a Nature Journaling Workshop, Forest Therapy Hub

2021- Project Wild Certification, Ohio Department of National Resources Division of Wildlife

2021- Master Herpetologist Certificate, Amphibian Foundation 

2020- F.A.A. Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate

2020- Ohio Wildlife Rehabilitators Association’s Introduction to Wildlife Rehabilitation

2020- Wildlife/Forestry Conservation, Penn Foster College

2020- Certified Theraputic Art Life Coach, Transformation Services

2020- Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist, The Ohio State University 

2019- Certified Interpretive Guide, National Association of Interpretation

2019- Sea Turtle Awareness Specialty Instructor, PADI

2018- Dive Against Debris Specialty Instructor, PADI

2018- B.A. Maritime Studies, University of West Florida

2018- PADI S.C.U.B.A. Open Water Instructor Certification