Nita Winter 3001 Bridgeway Blvd, Suite K #339 Sausalito CA 94965 [email protected] 415-339-1310 O
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Nita Winter 3001 Bridgeway Blvd, Suite K #339 Sausalito CA 94965 [email protected] www.WinterBadger.com www.wildflowerbook.com 415-339-1310 o. 415-717-5279 m. Resume: Documentary, Conservation, Fine Art Photographer and Publisher Co-Founder/Owner: The WinterBadger Collection/Press (2011- present) Green Certified Business Beauty and The Beast: Wildflowers and Climate Change (1998-present) Documentary Art Project with Rob Badger: A Blue Earth Alliance Project Owner/CEO: Nita Winter Photography (1982-present) Green Certified Business Current Project: Beauty and the Beast: Wildflowers and Climate Change . This documentary art project, in collaboration with photographer Nita Winter, is a sponsored project by of Blue Earth Alliance. Blue Earthis a non-profit organization that supports photo documentary projects worldwide that raise awareness about endangered cultures, threatened environments, and social concerns through photography. BOOKS Beauty and the Beast: California’s Wildflowers and Climate Change by Rob Badger and Nita Winter. Companion book to traveling exhibit with essays by 16 nature, science and conservation authors. Co-published by WinterBadger Press and the Californian Native Plant Society (CNPS). Publication date: late 2019 See reader’s proof at https://www.blurb.com/books/9655414-beauty-and-the-beast-california-wildflowers-and-cl Awards: 2020 Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) Benjamin Franklin Book Awards:3 Medals Gold Medal: Bill Fischer First Time Book Award Silver Medal: Art and Photography Silver Medal: Nature and Environment 2020 Foreword Indies Book Awards: 3 Medals Silver Medal: Coffee Table Book Silver Medal: Regional (Adult Non-Fiction) Bronze Medal: Nature EXHIBITIONS Joint Educational Traveling Exhibits with Partner Photographer Rob Badger “Beauty and the Beast: California Wildflowers and Climate Change,” by Rob Badger and Nita Winter. Upcoming: 2020-21 San Diego Natural History Museum. Customized large print version. Opening date TBD. Traveling Exhibit offered by Exhibit Envoy (52 images) to small and medium size exhibit venues. 2020 Museum of San Ramon Valley, Danville CA Jan – March 2020 2019 Bay Model, Sausalito CA April – May 2019 2019 Hi-Desert Nature Museum, Yucca Valley CA Jan – Feb 2019 2018 Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton CA Sept – Oct 2018 2018-19 Gateway Science Museum, Chico CA June 2018- November 2019 (Semi-Permanent Exhibit) 2018 Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiah CA February - June 2018 2017 California Museum, Sacramento CA Oct –Dec 2017 2017 San Bernadino County Museum, Redlands CA June – Sept 2017 Original Exhibit: 2016 “Beauty and the Beast:...” Exhibit, Jewett Gallery, San Francisco Main Public Library January – March 2016 Original exhibit with 100 images. Solo Shows “Green Art for Green Homes”, Nature Images, Invitational with photographer Rob Badger 1 2007 Western Interior Design and Home Show, San Francisco, CA "Faces of Affordable Housing in Marin," Commission: Marin Community Foundation 2006 Marin Community Foundation Headquarters, San Rafael CA 2005 Marin Civic Center, San Rafael CA "Child's Play" 2004 Tiburon Town Hall, Tiburon CA "Celebration of Life" 2003 Marin General Hospital Oncology Center, Greenbrae CA "The Faces of Vallejo" Community Art Project (25 7’ outdoor photo banners featuring 50 photographs) 2003 Downtown Vallejo, Commissioned by the Arts Foundation of Vallejo and the City of Vallejo "The Faces of the Canal" Community Art Project (50 outdoor photo banners with 100 images) Throughout the Canal Neighborhood, on bus shelters and large prints in the Pickleweed 2002 Community Center "The Faces of Novato" (100+ images including 40 83" outdoor banners) 2001 Old Town, Novato (4 + months to date) "The Faces of Marin City" (135 images including 24-94" vinyl banners) 1999-2002 Gateway Shopping Center, Marin City CA (15 months), Marin Civic Center, Jewish Community Center, San Rafael, Tiburon Town Hall, Tiburon, The Bay Model Gallery, Sausalito CA "In the Soup, the Faces of St. Vincent's Dining Room" (61 prints up to 40 x 60") 1998 Marin Civic Center, San Rafael CA Marin Community Foundation Larkspur Landing CA 1997-1998 Caffe Valeska, San Rafael CA plus 6 Satellite Exhibits "Children, Children Everywhere and Not a Place to Play" 1987-1989 San Francisco Main Library, San Francisco Airport, North Terminal CA Wells Fargo Bank, Civic Center, San Francisco CA “Children of the Tenderloin" 1986-1988 San Francisco Main Library, Chevron Gallery, Chevron USA, PG&E Corporate Hdqtrs, Atrium Gallery and San Francisco Foundation, SF CA Group Shows “57 Degrees” 2011 Thoreau Center for Sustainability, Presidio, San Francisco CA “Unveiling: Twelve Artist to Watch in 2011” 2010 Marin Arts Council Gallery, San Rafael CA “Where the Wild things Grow” 2010 G2 Gallery, Venice CA “Master Artist” 2008 Invitational at the Marin Art Festival at the Civic Center Lagoon, San Rafael CA COMMISSIONS 2017 Major hospital commission: WinterBadger Collection images for architectural installation with Rob Badger for Sutter Health’s new Mission/Bernal and Van Ness/Geary hospitals: welcome walls, CT Scan room wraps, corridor wraps (up to 125' wide), elevator lobbies and door panels. 2016 Commission by A.R.T. Consulting Services and Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) to provide images (up to 14’ wide) for the new San Carlos Medical Center. 2014 Major Hospital commission by A.R.T. Consulting Services and Kaiser Redwood City Medical Center: 34 photographic images by Rob Badger and Nita Winter selected to be built into the architecture of their new hospital. Minimum size: 8 square feet. Maximum size: 8’ x 20’ translucent room dividers. 2008 “The Faces of Emeryville,” Emeryville Unified School District ($9,000 Budget for Photography only) 2002 "The Faces of Vallejo," City of Vallejo and the Vallejo Arts Foundation ($30,000+ Budget) 2002 "The Faces of Affordable Housing," Marin Community Foundation ($25,000 Budget) 2001 "The Faces of the Canal," Marin Community Foundation and San Rafael Canal Ministry ($45,000 B) 2000 "The Faces of Novato," City of Novato Multicultural Oversight Committee ($50,000 Budget) 2000 Marin City Cookbook, County of Marin Department of Health & Human Services 1992, 95-99 Children's Defense Fund Wall Calendars, Washington, DC (Hand-colored by Thea Schrack) 1997 "In the Soup," the Faces of St. Vincent's Dining Hall, Exhibit, San Rafael, CA ($14,000 Budget) 1997 "20 Years of Women Helping Women" 1998 Calendar for the Iris Center, San Francisco 1996 Fresh Start, by KQED Books and Stanford Medical Center 1993 Changing the Odds, Middle School Reform in Progress, The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, NY 1988 "Bay Area Theater Week" Exhibit, by Chevron USA, Hand-colored by Thea Schrack, SF CA 1987 "Children Children Everywhere and Not a Place to Play" Exhibit and Poster, San Francisco, CA 2 19852020 Ansel"Children Adams of the Award Tenderloin" for Conservation Exhibit and Photography, Book, by the Sierra Bay AreaClub –Women's Shared withResource Rob BadgerCenter (upcoming) 2020 $5,000 Art Hall donation for “Beauty and the Beast” AWARDS/GRANTS2019 $15,650 Grant from California Native Plant Society for “Beauty and the Beast” 2019 $10,000 Grant from Jack and Laura Dangermond, ESRI for “Beauty and the Beast” 2019 $10,000 Grant from the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy for “Beauty and the Beast” 2018-19 $ 5,500 Grant from the RHE Foundation for “Beauty and the Beast” 2018 $ 5,000 Grant from the Gottlieb Foundation for “Beauty and the Beast” 2002 $28,000 Grant from the Marin Community Foundation for "The Faces of Affordable Housing" 2002 $45,000 Grant from the Marin Community Foundation for "The Faces of the Canal" 2001 $24,000 Grant from the Marin Community Foundation for "The Faces of Novato" ($45,000 Budget) 2001 $10,000 Arts Grant from the Institute of Noetic Sciences for "The Faces of Novato" 2000 $20,000 Grant from the Marin Community Foundation for "The Faces of Marin City" 1998 $4,300 Marin Arts Council Community Arts Grant for "The Faces of Marin City" ($52,000 Budget) 1994 Communication Arts Annual, Editorial 1976-91 Various Awards: Nikon, Int’l Assoc, Business Communicators, Fellowship: Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport ME REVIEWS/ARTICLES 2020 Foreword Review Magazine: Review of “Beauty and the Beast:….” May/June Issue - Nature 2020 2 Million Blossoms Magazine: “Chasing Spring: Timing is Everything” by Ryan Burnett (reprint from book) 2019 Flora Magazine: “In Wildflower’s Beauty, A Call to Action” by Kathy Morrison 2019 San Francisco Chronicle: “California’s wildflower blooms” by Sam Whiting 2019 Bay Nature Magazine: “California Wildflowers and Climate Change” by Matthew Harrison Tedford 2019 Marin Independent Journal (Marin IJ): “A voice for wildflowers” by Vicki Larson 2019 Pacific Sun: “Native Beauty” by Charles Swanson 2019 Pacific Horticultural Magazine: “Beauty and the Beast: California’s Wildflowers and Climate Change” 2018 Marin Independent Journal (Marin IJ): “The Face Behind the “Faces” Project: Master Artist” 2008 American Photo Magazine: “Inside the Green Studio: Being Eco-conscious Can Also be Good 2007 Business" Natural Home Magazine: “Focus on Sustainability” May/June issue 2007 Marin IJ: "Green Plan-it: Shutter Out the Pollution with Eco-friendly Photography" 2007 Marin Independent Journal (Marin IJ): Artist Dialogue, “Artists Explore What It’s Like to Make 2006 Marin Home” by Jeanne Bogardus Marin IJ l: Artist Dialogue, “Students Focus on Challenging Their First Impressions” by Paul Mace 2005 and Maureen Parton SF Chronicle, “New Course for the Canal”