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This is an abridged resumé.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Foreign Language: |
| Fluency in French |
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