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Susan Balas-Whitfield

Biography

 

Education

Douglass College, 1960-1961

New York University, 1961-1964

Rutgers University 1961-1964 Bachelor of Arts Degree

Mead Institute, N.Y. Studied the Triune Brain 1988

 

Honoraria

 

June 2003         One woman show at San Juan College, Farmington, New Mexico

 

November 2001           Pastel Society of New Mexico Natl. Show - Holbein pastel award

 

August 2001     Three person show at Durango Arts Center

 

July 2001          One woman show at Termar Gallery, Durango (reception July 6)

 

June 2001         Merit Award at Durango Arts Center juried show

 

January 2001    Best of Show award by Toh-atin Gallery at Durango Arts Center

 

Summer 2000   Featured artist in Western Style magazine.

 

May 2000         Three artist show at the Abiquiu Inn Gallery, New Mexico

 

January 2000    Salmagundi Club, Members Show, pastel award

 

August 1997     One woman show at Durango Arts Center on "The Anasazi Oracle"

 

1997 Presented oil painting of Eagle earth mounds to HoChunk Indians

 

May 1988         One woman show on "The Native American Spirit"

 

1976-1981        Awarded Hon. Mention at Salmagundi Oil Show. Scholarship exhibitor at Salmagundi, N.Y., National Arts Club, N.Y. N.J. Trenton State Museum, and N.J. State Watercolor Soc. shows.

 

1976 Commissioned to paint Herve Fillion (Standardbred Horse Racing) and Tony Abatiello driving his horse Taurus Romeo (oil painting appeared on the cover of Trotters and Pacers magazine).

 

Publications

Author of Into the Triangle, A Teacher's Trot, Vantage Press, N.Y. 1989

 

Memberships

Pastel Society of America, N.Y., full signature member

N.Y. Salmagundi Club NR Artist Member

Colorado Pastel Society and New Mexico Pastel Society

Experience

Teacher (English, Spanish, Russian, Humanities, Creative Arts), Holmdel, N.J. 1976-89

Lectured at American University on Triune Brain - July, 1988

Lecture for 100 Monmouth County, N.J. High Schools' Students on the Triune Brain, October, 1989

Now Showing In

Durango, Colorado at Termar Gallery

Contact

 

Susan Balas-Whitfield
308 Cottonwood Creek Road
Durango, Colorado 81301
USA

 

Phone: 970-259-0774
Web site: www.balasart.com
E-mail: susan@balasart.com

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