Hand, Giclee Print, 11”x14”
RESUME
Education
Master of Arts: Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX, 1987. Concentration: Painting and Drawing.
Bachelor of Fine Arts: University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 1965. Concentration: Art Education.
Selected Workshops with Master Pastelists: David Leffel, Daniel Green, Raymond Kinstler, Richard McKinnley.
Selected Courses: Art Students League, New York, NY.
Exhibitions
2012
Origins, Solo Exhibit of Sandra Dowd, Owatona Arts Center, Owatona, MN, January 2012.
2011
Journeys, Healing through Art, Edina Art Center, Edina, MN, Aug-Sept 2011.
Current Works of Sandra Dowd, Kramer Gallery, Kenwood Living Community, Minneapolis, MN, Aug-Sept 2011.
New Works of S. Dowd, Art-A-Whirl, Studio 376, Northrup King Building, MN, May 2011.
The Romance of Nature, an invitational group exhibit, Stevens Square Center for the Arts, Minneapolis MN, Feb-Mar 2011.
2010
New Works of S. Dowd, Art Attack, Studio 376, Minneapolis, MN, Nov 2010.
Lake Country Pastel Society’s 2010 Fall Show, The Art of Pastels, Anoka Ramsey Community College, Anoka MN, October, 2010.
56th Juried Exhibition at the Haggin Museum, a national art competition, Stockton CA, Sept 2010.
Juried Art Educators’ Exhibit, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN, June 2010.
Current Works of S. Dowd, Art-A-Whirl, Studio 376, Minneapolis, MN, May 2010.
Foot in the Door, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN, February–June 2010.
A Touch of Red, Lake Country Juried Pastel Exhibit, Burnsville Center for the Arts, Feb 2010.
2009
Chicago Pastel Painters’ Second Biennial National Juried Exhibition, Koehnline Museum of Art, Des Plaines, Illinois, Juror: Doug Dawson, Feb 2009.
Lake Country Pastel Society’s Membership Exhibition, 2nd Place and People’s Choice Award, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN, 2009.
Current Works of S. Dowd, Art-A-Whirl, Studio 376, Northrup King Building, MN, 2009.
New Works of S. Dowd, Art Attack, Studio 376, Northrup King Building, MN, 2009.
2008
Invitational One Person Exhibition, Bloomingdales, Mall of America, Bloomington, MN, Dec 2008.
Lake Country Pastel Society’s Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention, Robbins Gallery, Robbinsdale, MN, 2008.
Au Naturel: The Nude in the 21st Century, an international juried exhibition, Clatsop College Visual Arts Center, Astoria, OR, 2008.
Pastel National 2008, a national juried exhibition, The Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS, Juror: G. Daniel Massad, 2008.
Art-A-Whirl, Works by S. Dowd, Studio 376, Northrup King Building, Minneapolis, MN, 2008.
New Works of S. Dowd, Art Attack, Studio 376, Northrup King Building, MN, 2008.
2007
Art Attack, Current Works by S. Dowd, Studio 376, Northrup King Building, Minneapolis, MN, 2007.
Art-A-Whirl, Works by S. Dowd, Studio 376, Northrup King Building, Minneapolis, MN, 2007.
Women--The Variety And Meaning Of Their Sexual Experience, an invitational exhibition, Studio C4, Minneapolis, MN, November 2007.
Before 2005
One Square Foot of Art, a membership exhibition of the Texas Association of Art Schools, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX, 1995.
One Square Foot of Art, a membership exhibition of the Texas Association of Art Schools, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX, 1994.
Area Faculty Exhibition, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX, 1994.
Faculty Exhibition, Navarro College, Corsicana, TX, 1993
The Art Center 1990 Competition, a regional juried exhibition, The Art Center, Waco, TX, 1990.
Men by Women, Sheraton Gallery, an invitational exhibition, Dallas, TX, Dallas Women’s Caucus for Art, 1988.
The Art Center 1987 Competition, a regional juried exhibition, The Art Center, Waco, TX 1987.
42nd Annual Competition, Abilene Fine Arts Museum, Abilene, TX, 1986.
The Art Center 1985 Competition, Waco TX, Honorable Mention., Austin, TX, 1985.
Works by Sandra Dowd, Corsicana State National Bank, Corsicana, Texas, 1985.
Performance Art
A Few Minutes with Einstein, a painting of Einstein, VIP Party, Northrup King Building, Minneapolis, MN, Nov, 2010.
Jamming at the Grove, a painting of Ray Charles to the live music of Linda Muehlbauer and Shannon Pierce, a Charity Event for Spare Key, Golden Valley Country Club, Golden Valley, MN, March 2009.
Jamming with Paint, a painting of Ray Charles to the live music of Linda Muehlbauer and Shannon Pierce, Art Attack Art Crawl, Gallery 322, Northrup King Building, Minneapolis, MN, November 2008.
Dancing with Paint, a painting of John Lennon, applying paint strokes in sync to music in 20 minutes, Art-a-Whirl, Minneapolis, Studio 376, Northrup King Building, MN, May 2008.
A Few Minutes with Einstein, a painting of Einstein, Art-a-Whirl, , Studio 376, Northrup King Building, Minneapolis, MN, May 2007.
A Fifth of Beethoven, a disco painting of Beethoven to recorded Saturday Night Fever music, Studio 204, Northrup King Building, Minneapolis, MN, November 2006.
Beethoven, a large portrait of Beethoven with the Austin Chamber Music Society for their small concert series, A private home, Austin, TX, Fall 2003.
Louis, a portrait of the great Louis Armstrong with Dallas’s Lower Beaton Street Band playing Big Band Songs and Jazz, Corsicana’s Palace Theater, Corsicana, TX, Fall 2004.
Marilyn’s Best, a painting of Marilyn Monroe to her songs, accompanied by Nancy Roberts on the piano, Kinslow House, Corsicana TX, Fall 1999.
Articles Published About My Art
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• “Art in Action,” Where Magazine, November, 2008.
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• “Minnesota Art Throb,” Home & Away Magazine, page 9, July/August 2008
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• Tom Horgen’s Column: “Party A Whirl,” Star Tribune Newspaper, May 2008.
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• “Art-A-Whirl Special Edition,” l’etoile Online Magazine, May 14, 2008.
Works Authored
“From Conception to Completion: What Art Students Visualize,” Visual Communication: Bridging Across Cultures, 1992 (Co-authored with D.G. Beauchamp).
A Portrait Drawing Curriculum for Adult Recreational Art Students. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement of MA, TWU, Denton, TX, 1987.
“Do You See What I See?” Woman of Power, Spring 1987.
“Line Weaving,” School Arts, Spring 1985.
Exhibitions Curated
Super Shopping Bags, an exhibit of shopping bags from the collection of Paul Rogers Harris, Navarro College Fine Gallery, Corsicana, Texas, 1995.
Through the Looking Glass: Fanciful Funiture by Joanne West, an exhibition of fanciful animal furniture created by Joanne West. Navarro College Fine Arts Gallery, Corsicana, Texas, 1994.
American Baskets, an exhibit of American Baskets from the collections of Catherine Corley, Navarro College Fine Arts Gallery, Corsicana, Texas, 1994.
Vigorous Visions: Dallas Women’s Caucus for Art Exhibition, an invitational exhibition at the Warehouse Living Art Center, Corsicana, Texas, 1992.