COLETTE CRUTCHER 316 Highland Ave. San Francisco, CA 94110 (415) 641-1987 www.colettecrutcher.com email: [email protected] EDUCATION 2007-10 Ceramic sculpture classes, City College of SF 2006 Darjit sculpture workshop, Institute of Mosaic Arts, Oakland, CA 1979-84 Printmaking, batik and art critique classes, Galileo Community College, SF 1978 Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art Major, Brown University, Providence, RI 1977-78 Art therapy study with emotionally disturbed children, Bradley Hospital, Providence, RI 1977 "Summer in Brittany": drawing intensive sponsored by G W U, Washington, DC 1976-77 Junior year at Institute for American Universities, Aix-en-Provence, France ONE AND TWO PERSON SHOWS 2012 “Stairways, Doors & Windows”, Recent Works at Inclusions Gallery, SF 2007 Live Worms Gallery, with Elizabeth Raybee and Elly Simmons 2003 "Shock and Awe", a commemoration of September 11th, Saint Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church, SF 1997 "House of Cards", Tarot Card exhibition, Collage Gallery, SF 1997 Modesto Junior College Art Gallery, Modesto, CA 1996 "Born Again Trash", Artist-in-residence Show, Sanitary Fill Co, SF 1995 Sightings Gallery, SF, with Rachel Robb 1995 Canessa Gallery, SF, with Mark Roller 1994 Newton Gallery, Victoria, BC 1994 "In Observance", with Francis DaSilva, Mission Cultural Center, SF 1993 Griffith Gallery, with Bear 1986-97 Artspan Open Studios, SF 1984 "Twelve Moons", Galerie Nidal, SF 1983 Monotypes, Canessa Gallery 1981 Masks and Monotypes, 1469 Pacific Gallery, SF 1980 Drawings and Prints, Fair Oaks Gallery, SF "From the Inside Out", Goodman Artworks, SF, with Debra Disman JURIED AND INVITATIONAL GROUP SHOWS 2010, 11, 12 Inclusions Gallery, SF 2010 Landfillart.org: international environmental art collection 2009 “Going North” Contra Costa College Gallery 2009 Fingado Gallery, El Cerrito, CA 2009 “Nordic Moods”, Norwegian Seamen’s Church, SF 2008 “Recollections: 30 Years of SCRAP”, Market Street Gallery, SF 2008 Ceramic Biennial, City College of SF 2007 "Nordic Mysteries", Addison Windows Gallery, Berkeley 2006 "Sensuality and Survival', Nordic Five Arts, 600 Townsend, SF 2005 Nordic Five Arts, Giorgi Gallery, Berkeley, CA 2005 Art & Soul Gallery, SF 2005 V. Breier Gallery, SF 2005 "Pushing Boundaries", Nordic Five Arts, 600 Townsend, SF 1998-2005 SFMOMA Artists' Gallery 2003, 2004 International Marble Mosaic Competition, Yerba Buena Gardens, SF 2001 "Reading the Cards", San Francisco Center for the Book 2000 "Recycled", Mendocino College Art Gallery, Ukiah, CA 1998 Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Moscone Center, SF 1996 Museum West Gallery, SF 1996 Valentine Show, San Jose Institute for Contemporary Arts 1995 Bucheon Gallery, SF 1993,94 "Urban Visions", SF Muralists, SOMAR Gallery, SF 1991-93 De Vera Gallery, SF 1991 Fair Oaks Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1991 "Woman Times Six", Art Attack Gallery, SF 1990-92 Dolores Chase Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT 1989 New Artists, Somerstown Gallery, Somers, NY 1989 "Line and Form", Hatley-Martin Gallery, SF 1987 "Beyond Power", Women's Caucus for the Arts, Southern Exposure Gallery, SF 1985 "Celebration of Sculpture", SF Arts Commission PRIVATE COMMISSIONS 2011 Tonantsin II, painted and mosaic panel version of the mural image 2011 Mexican hummingbird, private residence, SF 2009 Deutsch kitchen mosaics, private residence, Washington, DC 2007 Bird & Beckett bookstore sign, SF 2007 Hearth mosaic, Gudjohnsen/Teixera residence, Oakland, CA 2006 Frogs & Flowers mosaic, Gottlieb residence, SF 2006 Floral entryway, Peringer/Rodriguez residence, SF 2005 Cosmos staircase, Campbell residence, SF 2005 Lourdes shrine, with Aileen Barr, mosaic relief sculpture, Ortiz residence, SF 2002 Wise and Furry, mosaic relief sculpture, private residence, Bernal Heights, SF 1994 Set and costume design consultation, Christmas Revels, Oakland, CA & Cambridge, MA 1990 Garden Mural, Jack and Alene Roller residence, SF 1989 Celestial Ceiling, David Neilson residence, New Rochelle, NY PUBLIC ART WORKS In Progress: Ornamental fencing design, Cabrillo Playground, SF Arts Commission Hidden Garden Steps, with Aileen Barr (grassroots initiative, Sunset District, SF)) 2012 Chinese Kites: Mosaic mural, Chinatown Recreation Center, SF Arts Commission 2011 “The Six Days of Creation: Tiled steps for Temple Judea, Tarzana, CA, with Aileen Barr 2010 Giant puppet series commissioned by SF State theater dept. 2009 Carnival of the Animals!, 9 paper mache sculptures for Davies Symphony Hall, SF 2008 Mosaic panel series, Ping Yuen Housing Project, Chinatown, SF 2006 Skep model (9x9' paper mache sculpture for museum display), Randall Museum, SF 2006 Quetzalcoatl sculpture, 24th St. Mini-park, with Mark Roller and Aileen Barr, SFRPD 2005 16th Avenue Tiled Steps Project, 80’-high mosaic staircase, with Aileen Barr 2001 Da Vinci, Jr., chalk painting for Oracle Corp. Art & Technology Festival, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, SF 2001 Mosaic columns, Synergy School, SF 2000 Oceanview Library façade, two 9x9' relief murals, w/ Mark Roller, SF Arts Commission 1998 Tonantsin Renace, mixed media mural, Instituto Pro Musica de California, SF 1996 Arch: Mother and Child, Joseph Johnson Memorial Sculpture Garden, SF 1996 Our Little Life is Rounded with a Sleep, AIDS Memorial Sculpture Garden, St. Mary's Medical Center, SF 1996-2000 Costume and parade float design and fabrication for Norcal Corp., SF 1993 Voyages I-V, suite of five paintings for Oracle Corp. headquarters, Bellevue, WA 1993 Heritage Wall, Douglass Elementary School, SF 1992 La Madre Tonantsin, mural, Instituto Pro Musica de California, SF 1989 Jungle Mural, with Ana Fernandez, Little People's Workshop, SF AWARDS AND HONORS 2008 Honorable Mention, Biennial Ceramics Exhibition, City College of SF 2006 Beautification Award, San Francisco Beautiful 2006 Special Recognition Award for Tiled Steps, Precita Eyes Mural Arts Center 2006 Certificate of Appreciation for Tiled Steps, Art Deco Society of CA 1998 First place for float design, Buckeye Parade, Yuba City, CA 1997 MECA Costume Design Award, first place, Carnaval Parade, SF 1996 Artist-in-residence, Norcal Corp., SF 1995 San Jose Institute for Contemporary Arts, Monotype Marathon 1992 Best New Muralist award for La Madre Tonantsin, Precita Eyes Mural Arts Center BIBLIOGRAPHY 2010 “Tumbling Tiles Make a Splash”, SF Chronicle, December 12 2010 “Expanding Movement”, SF Bay Guardian, March 3-9 2010 “Schools Fired up over Day of Action”, SF Chronicle, February 28 2009 “Eight Favorite San Francisco Parks”, SF Chronicle, March 4 2009 Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo, Abrams Publishing 2008 163: The Story of San Francisco’s 16th Avenue Tiled Steps, Crutcher & Barr 2008 “Garden Snake”, Landscape Architecture, April 2008 2008 Walls of Empowerment: Chicana/o Indigenist Murals, Guisela Latorre, U of Texas Press 2007 Stairway Walks of San Francisco, Adah Bakalinsky, Tiled Steps entry and cover photo 2006 "A Piece of the Bigger Picture", SF Chronicle, Home section, Dec. 16, 2006 2006 "Art You Can Walk On", Brown Alumni Magazine, Nov/Dec 2006 2005 "Neighborhood Groups Get Money for Projects", S F Chronicle, May 27, 2005 2004 Lonely Planet Guide to San Francisco, "Tonantsin Renace" 2004 "Stairway to Heaven", San Francisco Bay Guardian, Dec. 9, 2004 2004 "Tile Artists Making their Way to the Top", SF Observer, Sept 4, 2004 2004 Celebrating Guadalupe, photographs by Charles Mann, p.13 2004 A Guide to Mosaic Sites, San Francisco, pp. 9, 31 & 35 2004 San Francisco Chronicle, "16th Avenue steps to get a mosaic makeover", 1-30-2004 2000 San Francisco Chronicle, "Library saga has happy ending", 6-1-'00 1999 Gnosis magazine, "The Illumined Heart", Spring 1999 1998 SF State Prism, "Sing praise to Tonantsin", Dec. 1998 1998 San Francisco Metropolitan, "Mysterious mural", 10-5-'98 1997 Modesto Bee, "Gallery brings dreams to light", 8-31-'97 1996 Renovation Style magazine, "Good days for garbage", 8-'96 1994 San Francisco Murals, Timothy W. Drescher , Pogo Press RESUME NAME Aileen Barr ADDRESS 1963 28th Ave San Francisco CA 94116 Tel: (415) 407 4496 email: [email protected] www.aileenbarr.com EDUCATION 1980-81 Dun Laoighaire College of Art, Dublin, Ireland Foundation Studies in Art and Design 1982-85 National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland Diploma in Ceramic Design 1993 Maynooth College, Dublin, Ireland Diploma in Art and Community Development WORK 1985-89 New York, worked as a studio assistant in a variety of art and ceramic sculpture studios. 1990-91 Cultural Exchange Programme to Turin, Italy working as an assistant in a Ceramic Sculpture Studio and Gallery. 1992-2002 Founder member and Creative Director of Artlink Ltd.(company publication and video available on request) an artist led, community based, visual art group based in the northwest of Ireland. Initiated and developed a broad program of art projects and workshops within the local community. This included artist residencies, school based programs, exhibitions, training programs and public art projects. Projects were carries out with school children, teachers women’s groups, artists and cross border groups. 2002-Present Moved from Ireland to San Francisco and have continued to be involved in public art commissions. I also continue to teach as an Artist in Residence with for the San Francisco Arts Education Project in Miraloma and Commodore Sloat Elementary Schools in San Francisco PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS IN IRELAND, ENGLAND AND THE US 1993 “Art in the Park 1” Buncrana,Co Donegal, Ireland Artist in Residence Scheme funded by the Art Council