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Directors

Melanie Walker - Co Director
	Occupational Arenas Artist, Sculptor, Costumer, Installation Sculpture, Interactive Environmental Installations, Photographer, Digital Imaging,Curator and Archivist Specialization's Historic Photographic Processes, Digital Imaging, Costume Design, Puppetry, Public Art Education M.F.A. Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 1975 B.A. San Francisco State University, San Francisco, Calif., 1972 Selected Awards Colorado Council for the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship, 1996 National Endowment for the Arts–Photography Fellowship, 1995 Aaron Siskind Foundation Fellowship, 1992 Al Smith Fellowship in New Genres, 1992 Southern Arts Federation Sculpture Fellowship, 1991 NEA Inter-Arts Grant, Administered by New Langton Arts, San Francisco, Calif., 1989 Polaroid Materials Grant, 1987 and 1988 "Paths Home" Regis University, 1997" Selected Permanent Collections SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, Washington, DC PRINCETON ART MUSEUM, Aaron Siskind Archive, Princeton, NJ LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, Los Angeles, Calif. FRIENDS OF PHOTOGRAPHY, San Francisco, Calif. CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY, Tucson, Arizona. POLAROID CORPORATION, Cambridge, Massachusetts CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART, Norfolk, Virginia SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF ART, San Francisco, Calif. ST. PETERSBURG MUSEUM OF ART, St. Petersburg, Florida GRAHAM NASH COLLECTION. Los Angeles, Calif. Selected Commissions 2003 Alaska Art in Public Places Program, Denali Elementary School, Anchorage, AK Washington Metro Rail System, Suitland Station, Washington, DC Family Crisis Center, Denver Department of Human Services, Denver, CO California Teacher’s Association, Burlingame, CA San Diego Port Authority, Chula Vista, CA 2002 University of Arizona, Special Collections Library & Communications Commons, Tucson, AZ Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL Longmont Art in Public Places Program, Longmont, CO – 2 projects North Boulder Recreation Center, Boulder, CO Boulder Department of Transportation, Boulder, CO Westminster Public Safety Department, Westminster, CO – 2 projects AstraZeneca Pharmaceutical Co., Wilmington, DE 2001 Aurora Community College, Aurora, CO University of Central Florida, Classroom Building, Orlando, FL 2000 University of Colorado Health Sciences Cancer Center, Fitzsimmons Medical Center, Denver Arapahoe Community College, Littleton, CO City of Grand Junction, City Hall, Grand Junction, CO 1998 Front Range Community College, Westminster, CO, Campus Center Entryway University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Columbine Hall 1996 SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS 1998: Camerye Voyeurage, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX 1997: Paths Home, O’Sullivan Art Center, Regis University, Denver, CO 1996: Home on the Range, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO Personifications, Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 1995: Myopic Mythologies, Griffin Fine Arts, Costa Mesa, Calif. 1992: Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island 1991: Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, Calif. 1988: Aaron Arts Center, Mills College, Oakland, Calif. 1981: Lightsong Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 1978: Lightwork Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2000: AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan PUBLIC ART, Nexus Art Center, Philadelphia, PA THE HOUSE FORM: A UNIVERSAL SYMBOL, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, Very Special Arts, Tampa, FLA 1998: MEMORY, Soil Gallery, Seattle, Washington 1997: NOTIONS OF THE 19TH CENTURY, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA 1996: EXPOSURE 2, An electronic exhibition, Atlanta, GA INSPIRATIONS, Artists Beyond Disabilities, Los Angeles, CA WOMEN ON LINE, An Internet/Web exhibition, originating from Beijing, China 1994: LURE OF THE LOCAL, University of Colorado Art Gallery, Boulder, CO WOMEN’S WORK, Boulder Dance Collective, Boulder, CO INSPIRATIONS, Brea Civic Center, Brea, CA 1993: VISUAL ARTS FELLOWSHIP WINNERS, Owensboro Museum of Art, Owensboro, KY THE END OF THE MILLENNIUM, Tallahassee, FL FROM THE BONINO COLLECTION, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA 1992:WOMEN FROM THE COLLECTION, Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ SELECTIONS, Photokina, Cologne, Germany WOMEN’S ART – WOMEN’S LIVES, Suny Oneonta, Oneonta, New York FELLOWSHIP EXHIBITION, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA 1991: SHOWCASE ’91, Louisville Art Association, Louisville, KY IMAGES OF GENDER, Images Gallery, Cincinnati, OH 1990: SOUND/VISION, Center on Contemporary Arts, Seattle, WA CHAIN REACTION, San Francisco Arts Commission, Sand Francisco, Calif. 1989: URBAN ANIMALS, Lee and Lee Gallery, San Francisco, Calif. RE;MOVING INVISIBLE BARRIERS, ATA Gallery, San Francisco, Calif. 1988: RE:REPRESENTATION-CONCEPTION/PERCEPTION, Fullerton Museum, Fullerton, Calif. BLUMEN: Selections from the Polaroid Collection, Frankfurt, West Germany CALIFORNIA WOMEN IN PHOTOGRAPHY, Traveling Exhibition organized by Axiom Gallery, Cheltenham, England 1986: IMAGE AND PROCESS, Stanford Museum of Art, Palo Alto, Calif. 1985: THE POLAROID PROJECT, Friends of Photography, Carmel, Calif. 1984: ALTERNATIVES, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia REVIVAL, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ 1982: RECENT ACQUISITIONS, Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ 1976: PHOTO/SYNTHESIS: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, New York New Photgraphics, Central Washington State University, Ellensburg, Washington. 1975: NEW ORLEANS ART BIENNIAL, Del Gato Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana. FLORIDA PHOTOGRAPHERS, A Traveling Exhibition by the Jacksonville Museum of Art, Jacksonville, Florida SELECTED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA 2002 Speos Photographic Institute, Paris, France 1995 Rhode Island School of Design, 1992 Exploratorium, San Francisco, Calif. 1989 & 1990 Mills College, Oakland, Calif., 1988 Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, 1988 Derbyshire College for Higher Education, Derby, England, 1986 Fine Print Workshop, Fiends of Photography, Carmel, Calif., 1984 Society for Photographic Education, National Conference, Riverside, Calif., 1984 Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, 1980 University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1979 Lightwork Gallery, Syracuse, New York, 1978 Society for Photographic Education, National Conference, Asilomar, Calif., 1978
Antonette Rosato - Co Director
	Research and Teaching Interests Research interests include installation, collaboration and public art. Teaching reflects a strong interest in visual lieracy, sustainable paradigms and collaboration. Education MFA, Claremont Graduate School, 1976 Woman's Building, Los Angeles, CA, 1975 BFA, (Cum Laude) University of Cincinnati, 1974 Selected Exhibitions (since 1998) 2001 - 2002 Public Art Commission, Community Sponsors: Women of the West Museum, Denver CO, Boulder Library, Boulder, CO University of Colorado, Boulder, Site: Boulder Library, Boulder, CO. Team members: Abraham LaMark, Ethan Worden 2000 Solo Exhibition, Rosewood Art Center, Dayton, Ohio 1999 Gallery Kenova, Klatovy, Czech Republic, collaboration, Antonette Rosato, Jeanna Wilson, David Norr 1998 Center for Metamedia, Plasy, Czech Republic, collaboration, Antonette Rosato, William Gilbert 1998 Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, IL, collaboration, Susan Edwards, Antonette Rosato 1998 Contempo Italianate, Laband Art Gallery, Loylola Marymount Univ. Gallery, LA, CA Selected Publication (since 1998) 2002 Designing the Worlds Greatest Public Art, Image Publishing Group, Melbourne, Australis, book 1998 "Doteky/Contracts", Galerie Klatovy, Klenova, Czech Republic Catalogue 1998 "Contempo Italianate: Contemporary Artists Reflect on Italy", Laband Art Gallery, Loylola Marymount Univ. Gallery, LA, CA 1998 "Crisis, Dreams and the Aesthetic Imagination", Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Valdivia, Chile, Catalogue Current Projects Since 2001, In collaboration with the Women of the West Museum's Pathways of Purpose: Boulder County Women's History Trail Project, the University of Colorado, Boulder, and the City of Boulder Public Library, we (lead artist: Antonette Rosato, design team members: Abraham LaMark and Ethan Worden) are developing a public art piece that functions as a historical marker and trail map, at once attracting public interest to historical women and sites in Boulder county as well as promoting community education about women's history in the area.
Valerie Albicker - Administrative Director