of Arts. In 1955 she was inducted into the Royal Academy of Art. Many of her works take as their subject the American West. One of her paintings is in the collection of the Oklahoma State Capitol. An oral history interview is held by the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution; it was conducted as part of the Archives' New Deal and the Arts project. Today JRB Art at the Elms Gallery is part of the Paseo Arts District. Sheets was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1953. References 1885 births 1976 deaths American women painters American women printmakers 20th-century American painters 20th-century American printmakers People from Whiteside County, Illinois Painters from Illinois Artists from Oklahoma City Painters from Oklahoma Valparaiso University alumni People of the New Deal arts projects Works Progress Administration in Oklahoma American columnists American women columnists Journalists from Illinois Journalists from Oklahoma 20th-century American journalists 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American women artists