Francie Allen, artist and educator

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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
Employment:
2005-2008 2004-2007 1995-2003 1994-1996 1992-1994 1980-1992	Instructor in sculpture & 3-dimensional design, Gavilan College, Gilroy, CA Art instructor, Community School of Music and Art, Mountain View, CA Owner of Francie Allen & Co., Sculptures for the Garden, Seattle, WA Designer and color/finish consultant for Pacific Concrete Products, Auburn, WA Waste Reduction Educator and Recycling Coordinator, Tacoma Public Schools, WA Art educator in WA: faculty member in drawing and design 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 Island, WA
Awards, Grants and Scholarships:
2006 2005 2003 2002 1995 1992 1985 & 1988 1985	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 Special Recognition Award, Arizona Aqueous ‘95 King County Arts Commission grant for “Artist and the Environment: from Spiritual Celebration to Social Action” Project Director, Vashon Allied Arts, Vashon, WA Puget Sound Water Quality Authority grant for environmental artwork, Vashon Schools, Vashon, WA King County Arts Commission and Washington Commission for the Humanities collaborative installment/performance grants (one from each Commission) National Endowment for the Arts summer teaching residency in dance and sculpture with On the Boards Dance Theatre, Seattle, WA
Selected Art Exhibits and Performance Installations:
2009 2008 2006, 07, 08 2007 2006 2005 2003 2002	Bay Area Juried Indoor Sculpture Exhibit, Santa Clara City Hall, Santa Clara, CA Palo Alto City Hall Invitational Exhibition, Palo Alto, CA Sakai International Artists Association Small Exhibition, Gallery Irohani, Sakai, Japan “Beaux & Eros I, II and III” national juried exhibitions, Peninsula Museum of Art, Belmont, CA “Moshi! Moshi! Japan Comes to the East Bay” Participating artist at the Richmond Art Center, the Berkeley Art Center, the Oakland Alta Bates Gallery and Pro Arts, Oakland Pacific Rim Sculptors Group Juried Summer Show, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA “Fish Follies’ juried exhibition, Cordova Museum, AK "Intersections: Locating Acts of Courage" National Women's Studies and WCA 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 Solo sculpture exhibit, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, CA Solo sculpture exhibit, Peninsula Community Foundation, San Mateo, CA 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
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 Member, WORKS/ San Jose, San Jose, CA Member, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Foreign Language:
Fluency in French

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