This is an abridged resumé. Download Francie's full resumé as a pdf, here. Selected Art Exhibits and Performance Installations: 2011 2010 2009 2008 2008-07-06 2007 2006 2005 2003 2002 March-October: “Blackberry Woman” Outdoor site-specific sculptural installation sponsored by Seattle Center on Contemporary Art and the Seattle Parks & Recreation, at Carkeek Park, Seattle, WA “Small Works Sculpture Exhibit” Bellingham City Hall, B’ham, WA August: “Women: Concealed & Revealed” 2-person show at the Blue Heron Art Center, Vashon Island, WA July: 2-person show at the Whatcom County Allied Arts Gallery, Bellingham, WA Bay Area Juried Indoor Sculpture Exhibit, Santa Clara, CA Palo Alto City Hall Invitational Exhibition, Palo Alto, CA Sakai International Artists Association, Gallery Irohani, Sakai, Japan “Beaux & Eros” I-III national juried exhibitions, Peninsula Museum of Art, Belmont, CA "Intersections: Locating Acts of Courage" National Women's Studies and WCA juried shows: Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, and Galeria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA “Moshi! Moshi! Japan Comes to the East Bay” Participating artist: Richmond Art Center, Berkeley Art Center, Oakland Alta Bates Gallery and ProArts Gallery, Oakland, CA Pacific Rim Sculptors Group Juried Spring Exhibition, San Francisco, CA “Fish Follies’ juried exhibition, Cordova Museum, Cordova, AK “Intersections: Locating Acts of Courage” National Women’s Studies and Women's Caucus for Art juried shows: Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, and Galeria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA Pacific Rim Sculptors Group Juried Spring Exhibition, San Francisco, CA Sakai Invitational Art Exhibition, City Hall Galleries, Sakai, Japan Pacific Rim Sculptors Group Juried Spring Exhibition, San Francisco, CA International Sculpture Invitational Exhibition, Big Rock Garden Park, Bellingham, WA Niche Awards Exhibitions, Buyers Market of American Craft, Philadelphia, PA Awards, Grants and Scholarships: 2009 & 08 2006 2005 2003 2002 Artist-in-Residence for the city of Palo Alto, CA, Cubberley Community Center Studio Program, Palo Alto, CA Selection to a delegation of Bay Area artists to travel and exhibit in Sakai, Japan Artist-in-Residence, WORKS/ San Jose, San Jose, CA People's Choice Award for chocolate sculpture, Washington NARAL's "Chocolate for Choice", Seattle, WA National finalist for the Niche Magazine Awards for Excellence in Crafts Permanent Collections: Pair of concrete "Guardians" in the Everett City Sculpture Garden, Everett, WA Pair of large "Guardian Heads" at Earth Sanctuary Retreat Center, Whidbey, WA Professional Affiliations: Charter member, National Museum of Women Artists, Washington, DC Member, International Sculpture Center Member, Pacific Rim Sculptors Group Employment: 2005-2008 2004-2007 1996-2003 1994-96 1976-1992 Instructor in sculpture & 3-dimensional design, Gavilan College, Gilroy, CA Art instructor, Community School of Music and Art, Mountain View, CA Owner, Francie Allen & Co., Sculptures for the Garden, Seattle, WA Designer and color consultant, Pacific Concrete Products, Auburn, WA Art educator in WA: faculty member in drawing and design: Fairhaven College at Western Washington University, Bellevue Community College, University of WA Continuing Education, Adjunct Professor of Arts and Education, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA; Instructor, Artists-in-the-Schools Program for Seattle and Vashon, WA Education: BA in art history and fine arts, Smith College, Northampton, MA BFA in sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI MFA in sculpture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 2 quarters of architectural graphics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Foreign Language: Fluency in French

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