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M.A., Ceramic Sculpture, The Ohio State University 1974.
Susan Aurand
Education
B.A. summa cum laude, French Language and Art, Kalamazoo College, 1972.
Washington State Arts Commission Portable Works Collection
Work in Permanent Collections
City of Olympia Portable Works Collection
City of Seattle Portable Works Collection
Central Washington State University Collection
Washington State Arts Commission, Art in Public Places Program
Lincoln Elementary School, Olympia, WA
Providence St. Peter’s Hospital, Olympia, WA
2008 Commission for Olympic Middle School, Shelton, WA, WSAC Art in Public Places Program
Grants and Awards
2006 Commission for Artswalk Poster, Olympia Arts Commission
2006 Sponsored Research Grant, The Evergreen State College; Topic: “An Artist’s Book of Hours Inspired by French Medieval Books of Hours”
2005 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant, The Evergreen State College
2001 The Evergreen State College Fund for Innovation in Teaching Award
1996 The Evergreen State College – Faculty Sponsored Research Grant; Topic: “Land, Water,Lifting – New Paintings from the Landscape”
1992 Burlington Northern Award for Excellence in Teaching
1987 The Evergreen State College- Faculty Sponsored Research Grant; Topic: A Sense of Place in Contemporary Painting and Photography
1985 Maryhill Museum of Art, Glendale, OR – Prize Award
1981 Sponsored Research Grant, The Evergreen State College; Topic: The Semiotics of Art and Contemporary French Painting (project done in Paris, France)
1976 Lilly Foundation Grant for the Arts and Humanities
1974 The Ohio State University – Teaching Assistantship
1973 The Ohio State University – Graduate Fellowship
1988 Pierce College, Tacoma, WA
Solo Exhibitions
1987 Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR
1986 Marianne Partlow Gallery, Olympia, WA
1982 Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
2008 The Book as Art: Beyond Words, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 First Annual Juried Exhibition, Kenneth J. Minneart Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA
2006 Featured Artist, Olympia Arts Commission, Olympia, WA
2006 First Annual Juried Exhibition, Minneart Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA
2006 Childhood’s End Gallery, Olympia, WA
2006 “Semiotics: A Culture of Visual Communication” Viking Union Gallery, Western Washington State University, Bellingham, WA
2005 “Northwest Landscapes,” Childhood’s End Gallery, Olympia, WA.
2004 “The Evergreen State College Arts Faculty,” Childhood’s End Gallery, Olympia,
2003 “1+1,” The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
2002 The Evergreen State College, Tacoma Campus – New Faculty Work
2002 “Branching Out,” The Evergreen State College
2000 Childhood’s End Gallery, Olympia, WA, Group Exhibit
2000 The Evergreen State College, “Retro-Active” – New Faculty Work
1999 Childhood’s End Gallery, Olympia, WA, Group Exhibit
1994 Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA, “Figure/Ground”
1994 Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA,
1994 Childhood’s End Gallery, Olympia, WA
1993 The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, Group Exhibit
1991 The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, Group Exhibit
1990 Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA,
1990 Washington State Capital Museum, Olympia, WA
1989 The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
1988 Spirit Guides,” The Woman’s Building, Los Angeles, CA,
1988 Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA, Group Exhibit
1988 The Evergreen State College, Group Exhibit
1986 “Especially for Children,” Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
1986 The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, Group Exhibit
1985 “Fantastic: Six West-Coast Artists,” The Henry Museum of Art, Seattle, WA
1985 Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA, Prize Award
1984 “Paperworks: A National Invitational,” Cheney-Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, WA
1984 “Selections from the Public Works Collection,” Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
1983 “2nd” Annual National Fiber Exhibition,” Traver-Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA
1983 “12th Annual Washington Exhibition,” Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
1983 “Of, On or About Paper II,” U.S.A. Today, Arlington, AV
1982 Traver-Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA, Group Exhibit
1982 Pollack Gallery, Mercer Island, WA, Group Exhibit
1981 Centre Culturel a Choisy-le-Roi, France, Group Exhibit
1981 Gallerie Villeparisis, Paris, France, Group Exhibit
1980 Arts Place Gallery, Portland, OR, Two Person Exhibit
1980 The Evergreen State College, “Birds, Serpents and New Shoes,” multi-media performance event (co-produced with Sally Cloninger and Joye Hardiman)
1977 The Evergreen State College – Site installations, and Group Exhibit
1977 “Heartworks” sculpture installation commissioned for Bumbershoot Arts
Festival, Seattle, Washington.
2003-06 Juror, Campus Public Art Committee for Washington State Arts Commission
Related Professional Experience
2006 Guest Demonstrator, Olympia Arts League
2002 Juror, Juno Art Scholarship, The Evergreen State College
2002 Interim Gallery Director, Evergreen Galleries, May- Sept.
2002 Co-Curator (with Joe Feddersen), “The Drawn Image,” The Evergreen State College.
2002 Curator, “Branching Out,” The Evergreen State College
2001 Interim Gallery Director, Evergreen Galleries, May – Sept.
2001 Curator, “New Faculty Work,” The Evergreen State College
2002 Juror, Olympia Arts Commission, Olympia, WA
2002 Juror, Juno Scholarship, The Evergreen State College
2000 Juror- Member, Campus Public Art for Washington State Arts Commission
1997 Curator, “Light,” The Evergreen State College
1987 Juror, Pierce College Student Art Exhibition
1983 Artistic Director, Evergreen Arts Symposium, performing and visual arts series, The Evergreen State College
1982 Artistic Director, Evergreen Expressions Performing Art Series, The Evergreen State College
1978-9 Director, Evergreen Galleries, TESC, Sept. – Jan., 1978
1987 Curator, “Clayworks: Contemporary Ceramics,” The Evergreen State College
1987 Curator and Installer, “Selections from the Permanent Collection – I,” and “Selections from the Permanent Collection – II,” The Evergreen State College
1987 Curator and Installer, Through Children’s Eyes,” The Evergreen State College
1987 Interim Curator, The Evergreen State College Collection of Art
1986 Co-Producer, “Birds, Serpents and New Shoes,” performances and installations, The Evergreen State College
1977 Juror, Lakewood Arts Association
1976 Juror-Member, Campus Public Art Committee for Washington State Arts Commission
1975 Juror-Member, Visual Environment Group, The Evergreen State College
1974 Member, Visual Environment Group, The Evergreen State College
Artist Trust
Professional Associations
Related Academic Administration and Governance Experience
Planning Unit Coordinator (Department Chair) for Expressive Arts, 2001- 2003, 1985-86, 1981-82, 1976-77
Visual Arts Convener 2000-2001
Campus Public Art Committee 1998-99, 2003-06
Visual Environment Group 1979, 1976, 1974