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UPCOMING
EXHIBITIONS
No upcoming exhibits at this time
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
1999
Artcite, Duty Free, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
detroit contemporary, Naked, Detroit, Michigan
Henry Ford Community College, Sisson Gallery, 1999 Michigan Women Artists
Exhibition Dearborn, Michigan
Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Beyond the Surface, group exhibition,
Rochester, Michigan
1998
Nicolet College LRC Gallery, Northern National Art Competition, Rhinelander,
Wisconsin, Juror: Betye Saar
Erector Square Gallery, 12th annual Women in the Visual Arts 1998 Exhibition
International Competition, New Haven, Connecticut. Juror: Andrea Miller-Keller
Oakland Community College, Our Visions: Women In Art, A National Women's
Art Exhibit. Farmington Hills, Michigan
Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Chainart, Rochester, Michigan
Detroit Artist Market, DAM 6, Detroit, Michigan, group exhibition
1997
Above Gallery, The Clabber Girls, The Green Room, two person show, Ypsilanti,
Michigan
Detroit Focus Gallery, Body Politic/Political Bodies, Detroit, Michigan
Ann Arbor Art Center, New Visions, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Oakland Community College, Our Visions: Women In Art, A National Women's
Art Exhibit. Farmington Hills, Michigan
Art Center of Battle Creek, 18th Annual Michigan Artists Competition,
Battle Creek, Michigan
"Exhibit is small, but size is blessing," Roger Green, Ann Arbor News,
June 20, 1997
1996
Mask Gallery, Tile Show, Detroit, Michigan
Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Celebrate Michigan Artists Exhibition,
Rochester, Michigan
Mask Gallery, Annekdota, two person show. Hamtramck, Michigan
Willis Gallery, The Cigar Box Show. Detroit, Michigan
1995
Canton Cultural Center, Canton Fine Arts Exhibition, Canton, Michigan
Third Street Gallery, group show. Detroit, Michigan
1994
DePree Gallery, 1994 Alumni Arts Competition, Hope College, Holland, Michigan
Gallery Ten, Paperworks, Rockford Illinois, Juror, Roland Poska
1991
One person show, Saginaw Township Hall, Saginaw, Michigan
Saginaw Township State of the Arts Exhibition - Special Merit Award. Saginaw,
Michigan
*"Levitational Thoughts," The Township Times, February, 1991
*"Harrington exhibits paper," Holland Sentinel, December 5, 1991
Holland Area Arts Council, 28th Annual Juried Art Competition, Holland,
Michigan.
1990
Ann Arbor Artists Cooperative Gallery, group show, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Holland Area Arts Council, Professor Delbert Michel and Students, Holland,
Michigan
1989
Muskegon Museum of Art Regional Exhibition, Muskegon, Michigan
1988
Holland Area Arts Council Exhibition, Holland, Michigan
Exeter Press,The Colors of April, two person show, Mercer St., New York,
New York
87-96
Seven student shows. List provided upon request
AWARDS AND HONORS
1997
Graduate Professional Scholarship, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
John & Irene Sowinski Scholarship, Wayne State University
1995-96
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Wayne State University
1991
Special Merit Award, Saginaw Township State of the Arts Exhibit, Saginaw,
Michigan
Friends of Arrowmont Scholarship Fund, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts,
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
1989
Herman Miller Art Award, Hope College, Holland, Michigan
1985
The Dykema Award, Hope College, Holland, Michigan
PUBLICATIONS:
1997
"Digging Deeper, Valerie Mann," Ground Up Magazine #16, October 1997
"Still and Moving," Ground Up Magazine #17, December 1997.
EDUCATION
1998
MFA, Painting, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
1989
BA, Studio Art, Hope College, Holland, Michigan
COURSES/WORKSHOPS ATTENDED:
1993
University of New Orleans, Louisiana. Advanced painting, spring and fall.
Instructor: Jim Richard
1992
Pyramid Atlantic, Riverdale, Maryland. Hand papermaking workshops taught
by prominent artists: Timothy Barrett, University of Iowa. Catherine Nash,
Tucson, Arizona. Peggy Prentice, University of Oregon. Mina Takahashi,
Dieu Donne, New York, New York
1992
Corcoran School of Art, Washington, D.C. Hand papermaking, fall and spring,
Instructor: Georgia Deal
1991
Arrowmont School of Arts and Craft, Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Hand papermaking,
3 week intensive.
Instructor: Gisela Magdelena Moyer
Holland Community Education, Holland, Michigan. Beginning and Advanced
Creative Photography, 12 weeks
1990
University of Michigan School of Art Summer Workshop, Kyoto, Japan. Hand
papermaking and woodblock printing, 3 week intensive. Instructors: Takeshi
Takahara, Akira Kurosaki, Yamoguchi
1989
Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan. Life drawing, fall semester
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Davenport College, Holland, Michigan
Mr. & Mrs. Whitaker, New Orleans, Louisiana
Ms. Grube, Miller, Indiana
Mr. & Mrs. Bartley, Holland, Michigan
Mr. & Mrs. Jacobsen, Holland, Michigan
Mr. & Mrs. Bruggink, Holland, Michigan
Mr. & Mrs. Shelton, Denver, Colorado
Ms. Ogawa, Washington, D.C.
Mr. & Mrs. Harrington, Palo Alto, California
Mr. & Mrs. James, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Mr. & Mrs. DeYoung, South Haven, Michigan
Mr. Pierce, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ms. Peters, Detroit, Michigan
REFERENCES Provided upon request