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MARILYN LYSOHIR
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Born in 1950 in Sharon PA. Studied at Ohio Northern University (B.A. in 1972), at the Centro Internazionale Di Studi in Verona Italy (1970-71) and at Washington State University (M.F.A. in 1979). Taught at various schools such as the Kansas City Art Institute, the Ohio State University and New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred.
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Selected One-Person Exhibitions:
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| 2008 |
“Good Girls: 1968 High School Portraits” Sharon High School, Sharon, PA, 40th Reunion Celebration
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| 2008 |
“Good Girls: 1968 High School Portraits” Port Angeles Art Center
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| 2007 |
“Good Girls: 1968 High School Portraits” WSU Museum of Art, Pullman, WA.
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| 2006 |
“Good Girls: 1968 High School Portraits” Guardino Gallery, Portland, Oregon
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2002
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"Tattooed Ladies and the Dinosaur" Pritchard Gallery of Art University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho
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2001
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"Tattooed Ladies and the Dinosaur" Eastern Washington State University, Cheney WA.
"Dark Side of Dazzle", Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Indiana
"Dark Side of Dazzle", Ochi Fine Arts, Ketchum, Idaho
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2000
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"Dark Side of Dazzle" Elzay Gallery, Wilson Art Center, Ada Ohio
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1999
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Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio
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1998
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"Dark Side of Dazzle" Boise Art Museum, Boise ID.
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1997
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Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio.
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1996
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North Idaho College, Coeur D'Alene ID.
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1995
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Denis Ochi Fine Arts, Ketchum ID.
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1994
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Installation with Ross Coates, "Secrets of an Ancient Heart" SPF, Rodovre, Denmark.
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1993
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Garth Clark Gallery, Kansas City MO.
MSC Gallery, Texas A&M University, College Station TX.
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1992
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Northview Gallery, Portland Community College, Portland OR.
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1991
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Port Angeles Art Center, Port Angeles WA.
Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle WA.
Moreau Gallery, St. Mary's College, Notre Dame IN.
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1990
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Museum of Art, Washington State University, Pullman WA.
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1988
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Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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1984, '86
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Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles CA.
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1980, '82
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Foster/White Gallery, Seattle WA.
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1979
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Eastern Washington University, Cheney WA.
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Selected Group Exhibitions:
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| 2008 |
Michael Berger Gallery, Object(ions) NCECA tour Pittsburgh, PA
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| 2008 |
Prichard Art Gallery, Moscow, ID, The Sun Valley Art Center, Ketchum, ID, Idaho Triennial Exhibition Tour.
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| 2007 |
Boise Art Museum, Triennial Exhibition, Boise, ID
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| 2007 |
“RED” Baltimore Clay Works/ Group Show Turman Larison Contemporary, Helena, Montana
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| 2006 |
“Walla Walla Foundry” Walla Walla, Wa. (2 group shows)
“Retrospective 20” Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles Wa.
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| 2005 |
“Tattoo…The Collaged Body” Marilyn Lysohir and Ross Coates,
Museum of Art and Culture, Spokane, Wa.
“Day of the Dead” Clayworks, Santa Fe NM.
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2004
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Clay as Canvas, Eleven Eleven Sculpture Space, Wa. DC/ Group Show Red Sky Studio & Spokane Art School, Spokane, Wa./ "Tile Matter and Motif" Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, Md./ Spirit Gallery, Coeur D'Alene, Id./WSU Museum work from Walla Walla Foundry, Pullman, Wa.
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2003
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Faculty Show, Washington State Museum of Art, Pullman, Wa./ Archer Gallery, In Form: Six Ceramic Artists,Vancouver, Wa./ 21st Century Ceramic, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Oh./ Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, University of Utah, Logan, Ut./Women Playing with Fire, Texas Women's University, Denton TX
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2002
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"The Figure in Ceramic" Gallery of Contemporary Art, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Or., "New Territory" Belger Art Center, Kansas City, Mo., "Faculty Show," Kansas City Art Institute, Mo, "Being Human : the figure expressed",Signature Gallery, Atlanta, Ga
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2001
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Pewabic Pottery, group show / Santa Fe Clay, group show / "Taking Measure: American Ceramic Art at the New Millenium" Yeoju, Korea/ Ceramics Northwest Invitational, Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman / Ceramic Continuum, Holter Museum, Helena Mt./ Pence Gallery group show, Davis CA./"Husbands and Wives"Kittredge Gallery,University of Puget Sound,Tacoma, WA/ "The Artful Teapot: 20th Century Expressions from the Kamm Collection "(international tour)
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2000
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"Artistry in Tile", Greater Reston Art Center, Reston Virginia
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1999
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The NCECA Clay National Exhibition, Columbus OH. "Art as Environ: The Contemporary Installation" with Ross Coates "Leonardo da Pisa spends Easter at the Beach" and "75 Bunnies" WSU Museum of Art, Pullman WA. "Flora and Fauna" Florida Craftsman Gallery, St. Petersburg FLA: and traveling to: Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute, MO; and Karl Drerup Gallery, Plymouth State College, Plymouth NH. and Pennsecola Museum of Art Fl.
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1998
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"Four Women Ceramists" Eastern Washington University, Cheney Wa., Byron Cohen Gallery, Kansas City Mo.,Idaho Triennial, Boise Art Museum, Boise ID.
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1997
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Montgomery College, Rockville Maryland./ NCECA, Las Vegas,NV. Loveland Museum of Art, Loveland CO. "Cast Contemporary Sculpture from the Walla Walla Foundry"Sheehan Gallery, Walla Walla WA.
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1996
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"Hjulet 96" Herning Museum, Herning Denmark. 10th Annual Monarch Tile Show, San Angelo TX.
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1995
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"Women Across the Arts" Washington State Convention Center, Seattle WA with N.W. International Women's Conference. Denis Ochi Fine Arts, Ketchum ID. J. Crist, Boise, ID
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1994
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"Stealth" Seafirst Gallery, Seattle WA/ Exhibition with Ross Coates and Luisa Betancourt at Alianza Francesca, Maracaibo Venezuela.
"N.W. Annual" Bellevue Museum of Art, Bellevue WA.
"Tales and Traditions" Museum of Art, W.S.U. Pullman WA.
"The Art Cup" Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles CA.
"Beyond Bounds II" Johnson County C.C. Overland Park KS.
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1993
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"Screams with Laughter" Bumbershoot, Seattle WA and traveling to Vancouver Canada.
"Babylon" Galerie Laerken, Holland, and Holstebro Festuge, Denmark
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1992
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"Inter" Cultural Center, Holstebro, Denmark.
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1991
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"The Sacred Bear: In Two Worlds" Missoula Museum of Art, Missoula MT.
"Come to Your Senses" Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue WA
"Clay With an Attitude" Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland WA
"The Tea Party" American Craft Museum, New York N.Y.
"Artists at Work" Mia Gallery, Seattle; Cheney Cowles Museum of Art, Spokane; and the Boise Museum of Art, Boise ID
"Celebrations and Ceremonies" Security Pacific Gallery, Seattle WA.
Sixth Annual Monarch Tile National Ceramic Exhibition, San Angelo Museum of Art, San Angelo TX. and Kennedy-Douglas Center for the Arts, Florence Alabama.
"Cup as a Metaphor: Works in Clay" The Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak MI.
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1990
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"Northwest Juried Art" Cheney Cowles Museum. Spokane WA
Group Show, North Arts Center, Atlanta GA.
Stuart Gallery, Boise ID./ William Traver Gallery, Seattle WA./
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno NV.
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1989
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Fourth Annual Monarch Tile National Exhibition, San Angelo Museum of Art, San Angelo TX. /"Washington to Washington" Traveling Exhibition, National Museum of Women Artists, Washington D.C.
"Surreal Ceramics" John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan WI.
"The Eccentric Teapot" Garth Clark Gallery, New York and Los Angeles.
"100 Years of Washington Art: New Perspectives" Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma WA.
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1988
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"Social Messages: 1980's" Wita Gardiner Gallery, San Diego CA.
San Francisco Airport Exhibition Program, San Francisco CA.
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1987
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"Teapot 200" Springfield Art Assoc. Ill.
San Francisco Airport Exhibition Program, San Francisco CA
101 California, group show, San Francisco CA.
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1986
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San Francisco Airport Exhibition Program, San Francisco CA.
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1985
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"Persuasive Art" KCTSeattle Nine, produced by Jean Walkinshaw
Objects Gallery, group show, Chicago Ill.
First Forum Gallery, group show, St. Louis MO.
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1984
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East End Gallery, group show, Provincetown Mass.
"Clay '84" Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle WA.
Foster White Gallery, group show, Seattle WA.
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1983
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"Echoes: Roots of Contemporary Ceramics" Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City MO.
Garth Clark Gallery, group show, Los Angeles CA.
Foster White Gallery, group show, Seattle WA.
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1982
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"Pacific Currents" The San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose CA.
Foster White Gallery, group show, Seattle WA.
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1981
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"Sculpture: Another View" Cheney-Cowles Museum, Spokane.
"Washington Women in Art" Eastern Washington State University Cheney WA.
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1980
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"Sculpture 1980" Maryland Art Institute, Baltimore Maryland.
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1979
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"Fire Arts" Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue WA.
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Selected Awards:
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Sudden Opportunity Grant, Idaho Commission on the Arts
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2002
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Sudden Opportunity Grant, Idaho Commission on the Arts
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1999
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Invited Artist. one month residency, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle Maine.
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1998
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Invited Artist, printmaking residency, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota Florida/ purchase award Boise Museum of Art
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1996
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Idaho Artist Fellowship
Artist residency at the Archie Bray Foundation, Helena MT.
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1993,
'95
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Sudden Opportunity Grant, Idaho Commission on the Arts.
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1991-92
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Artist Advisor, Idaho Commission on the Arts.
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1990
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Award Winner, "Northwest Juried Art, 1990" Cheney Cowles Museum of Art, Spokane WA.
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1989
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WESTAF/NEA Regional Fellowship for Visual Art.
Artist in Residence, Arts in Industry Program, Kohler Factory Kohler, WI (three months).
First Prize and Purchase Award, Fourth Annual Monarch Tile Exhibition, San Angelo Museum of Art, TX
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1988
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Artist in Residence, Arts in Industry Program, Kohler Factory Kohler WI (six months).
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1973
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Purchase Award, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown Ohio.
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Workshops/Lectures:
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2003
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New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
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2002
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NCECA 2002 Demonstrator and slide lecture
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2001
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Visiting Artist U.C. Davis, Davis CA. / WestMinster College, New Wilmington, PA / Eastern Washington University, lecture / Ft Wayne Museum of Art, lecture
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2000
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Visiting Artist University of Idaho, Moscow Id. / Visiting Artist Ohio Northern University. Ada Ohio/ Kent State University, Kent, Ohio / Purdue University Fort Wayne, Indiana
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1999
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Panelist NCECA, Material Approaches, Columbus Oh. / Visiting Artist Professor Ohio State University, Columbus Oh./ Lewis and Clark State College, Portland OR./Florida Craftsman Gallery, St. Petersburg FLA.
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1998
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University of Florida, Gainsville FLA. Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota FLA.
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1997
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San Jose State University, San Jose CA Sonoma State University, Sonoma CA. San Francisco College of Art, San Francisco CA. Visiting Artist Professor Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City
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1996
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North Idaho College, Coeur d'Alene ID / Archie Bray and Holter Museum of Art, Helena MT.
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1995
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University of Washington, Seattle WA.
Panelist: Traditional Technology Using Clay and Bronze, NGO Women's Conference, Beijing China.
PBS TV Interview for 25th Anniversary of North Idaho College, Coeur d'Alene ID.
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1994
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NCECA Panelist: "Art and Social Commentary" New Orleans LA.
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1993
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Sam Houston University, Huntsville TX.
Texas A&M University, College Station TX.
Visiting Artist and Professor NY State College of Ceramics, Alfred N.Y.
Visiting Artist Professor Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City MO.
University of Kansas, Lawrence KS.
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1992
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Portland Community College, Portland OR.
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1991
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Missoula Museum of Art, Missoula MT.
University of Montana, Missoula MT.
Port Angeles Center for the Arts, Port Angeles WA.
Artist in Residence, St. Mary's College, Notre Dame IND.
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1990
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Museum of Art, Washington State University, Pullman WA.
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1989
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So. Australia College of Art, Adelaide Australia. Camosum College, Victoria B.C. Canada, Kent State University, Kent OH.
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1987
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Cultural Center, Holstebro, Denmark.
Paa Ya Paa Cultural Center, Nairobi Kenya.
Kenyatta University, Nairobi Kenya.
Panelist: Works by Women, National Sculpture Conference, Cincinnati OH.
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1986
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles CA.
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1982
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Hunter College, New York NY.
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Commissions:
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1997-99
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Collaboration with the Pat Graney Dance Co. "Tattoo" Seattle WA.
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1996
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North Idaho College, Coeur d'Alene ID.
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1995
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Collaboration with the Pat Graney Dance Co. "Sleep" Seattle WA.
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1994
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"Spring Run" First Security Bank, Boise ID.
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1991
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Multiples Collection, Washington State Public Schools/Public Art Program.
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1984
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Ordway Elementary School, Bainbridge Island School District, WA.
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Collections:
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Butler Museum of American Art, Tacoma Art Museum. Boise Art Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Long Beach Museum of Art, El Paso Museum of Art, Kohler Company, Archie Bray Foundation, Kansas City Art Institute, The Ohio State University, Kent State University, University of California at Davis, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Saint Alphonsus Healing Invironment Project, Boise Idaho and Ohio Northern University as well as numerous private collections
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Other:
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Owner of COWGIRL CHOCOLATES, an award winning candy company.
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Appeared on Food Network, "Unwrapped "and "Extreme Cuisine"
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Past board member Idaho Specialty Foods Association.
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Was Co-editor of [High Ground] artist book/magazine yearly publication (no longer published).
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Current Gallery Affiliations:
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Christ Gallery, Boise, Idaho/ Ochi Fine Arts, Ketchum, Idaho
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Teaching Experience:
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2004
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Visiting professor, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho
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2003
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Visiting professor, Washington State University, Pullman,Wa.
Visiting professor, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho.
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2000
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Visiting professor, Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio, Advanced ceramics, fall quarter
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1999
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Visiting professor, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, Intermediate ceramics and independent studies, graduate students, winter quarter
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1993
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Visiting professor, The Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, Sophomore figurative handbuilding, fall semester
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1993
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Visiting professor, The New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred, Alfred, N.Y. Junior handbuilding and graduate students and special studies students and summer school
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1979-
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Adjunct faculty at Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, beginning and advanced ceramics and beginning sculpture
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1976-
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Graduate teaching at Washington State University, Pullman Washington, beginning ceramics and beginning figure drawing
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1975
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Sharon Senior High School, Sharon, Pa. art 1-4
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1973
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Kennedy Christian High School, Hickory, Pa. art 1-4
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1972-
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Substitute teacher K-12
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