dixie parker-fairbanks
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events a retrospective 2231 First Avenue Seattle Saturday, October 25, 2008 4 to 6 PM EXHIBIT OCTOBER 25 TO NOVEMBER 1 Tuesday thru Saturday, 9:30 AM to 6 PM please join us Please take this rare opportunity to see the work, understand, and join in our commitment to preserve the collection as a public and educational resource.                    12 x 7, stoneware, wheel thrown, white mat glaze with blue spiral brushwork
MARNI MUIR GALLERY EXHIBIT PIONEER SQUARE MARCH, 2008                             These two Odalisque quartets and are recent counterparts to the previous intense Grief Series featured in my March Seattle exhibit.  36 x 36 acrylic/canvas 2007  36 x 36 acrylic/canvas 2007  36 x 36 acrylic/canvas 2007  36 x 36 acrylic/canvas 2007  48 x 36 acrylic/canvas 2007  48 x 36 acrylic/canvas 2007  48 x 36 acrylic/canvas 2007  48 x 36 acrylic/canvas 2007 other recent parker-fairbanks exhibits A Russian Quartet for Richard (see installation below) each 36 x 48 inches, lilies with Russian plate and ribbon motifs, acrylic on canvas, framed, painted the winter of 2005 individual photos and price on request  2006 University House solo exhibit, Issaquah.  Seattle's Swedish Medicial Foundation's purchase of four major flower canvasses for new Issaquah Intensive Care Center. 2006.  Foster/White Gallery RF and DPF exhibit, 2005   Foster/White Gallery RF and DPF exhibit, 2005 DIXIE PARKER-FAIRBANKS Born: Cedar Rapids, Iowa 1936 Married: Richard Fairbanks 1966 (deceased 1989) EDUCATION 1959 Master of Fine Arts, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa 1958 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa 1954 Des Moines Technical High School, Iowa PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2005-present Executive Director, Curator Richard Fairbanks: American Potter Foundation 1996 Guest speaker, Networks in Ceramics International Conference, Speaking for Richard Fairbanks, Past, Present and Future, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland 1995 US Curator/ Guest Curator, Richard Fairbanks Retrospective, Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle 1994 US Curator/ 1993, 1994, 1995 Curator for Foster/ 1993 Curator for Tacoma Art Museum’s Classic Ceramics, Richard Fairbanks’ Exhibit 1993 Curator for Richard Fairbanks, American Potter Exhibit, Allied Arts, Yakima 1992 Curator for SAFECO's Richard Fairbanks Exhibit, Seattle 1992 Co-Curator with Matthew Kangas, Richard Fairbanks, American Potter Exhibit, Spurgeon Gallery, Central Washington University, Ellensburg 1992 Curator for Richard Fairbanks Ceramics, Bellevue Art Museum 1991 Curator for Masterworks exhibit, Bellevue Art Museum 1967-1969 Lecturer, Art Department, Central Washington University 1968-1972 Director/ 1967 Director Federal Grant Program, Central Washington University, Ellensburg 1961-1966 Assistant Director, Education Department, Des Moines Art Center, Iowa 1965-1966 Director, Junior Art Museum, Des Moines Art Center 1963-1966 Director, Docent Program, Des Moines Art Center 1960-1961 Crafts Instructor, public school system, Waukesha, Wisconsin SOLO PAINTING EXHIBITIONS 2005 University House, Issaquah, Washington 2004 Sun River Lodge Gallery, Bend, Oregon 2004 Oak Hollow, Yakima, Washington 2000-03 Foster/ 1992 Eileen Enk Gallery, Bellevue, Washington 1990-92 Oak Hollow Gallery, Yakima, Washington 1985 Quail Run Winery, Washington State 1985 Ellensburg Community Art Gallery (major retrospective exhibit), Washington 1985 Greenwood Galleries, Seattle, Washington 1984 PANACA Gallery, Bellevue, Washington 1980 Storefront Gallery, Yakima, Washington 1974 Modest Proposal Gallery, Seattle, Washington 1971 Alpha Double Plus Gallery, Tacoma, Washington 1969 The Pottery, Yakima, Washington 1969 Sandpiper Gallery, Hemut, California 1969 Studio Gallery, Laguna Beach, California 1968 Yakima Valley Regional Library, Yakima Inaugural Group, Washington 1968 Invitational, Ellensburg Community Art Gallery, Washington 1967 Robbers Roost Gallery, Centennial Exhibition, Ellensburg, Washington 1964 Artist of the Month, Museum Shop, Des Moines Art Center, Iowa 1961-66 Des Moines Art Center, Iowa 1964 Fischer Community Center, Marshalltown, Iowa 1963 Mason City Public Library, Iowa 1963 Blandon Memorial Art Gallery, Fort Dodge, Iowa JOINT EXHIBITS WITH RICHARD FAIRBANKS CERAMICS 1995 House of Ceramic Art, Sanda, Japan 1977 Percival Galleries, Inc., Des Moines, Iowa 1974 Yakima Regional Library 1972 Burien Art Gallery, Burien, Washington 1972-78 White Whale Gallery, Gig Harbor, Washington 1971-74-75-81 Ellensburg Community Art Gallery 1970-75-77-81 Warehouse Gallery, Yakima INVITATIONAL EXHIBITS 1994 Selected Flower Painters, Allied Arts, Yakima 1993-94 Heart Art Exhibition, Allied Arts, Yakima 1981 Drake University Centennial Celebration, Des Moines, Iowa 1980 Larson Gallery, featured artist, Yakima 1970 Group Show, Richard White Gallery, Seattle 1970 Ford Gallery, Yakima 1967 Six From Ellensburg, Warehouse Gallery, Yakima 1967 Land Patterns, Huntington Galleries, West Virginia 1966 The States, Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin 1965 Selected Painters, Mulvane Art Center, Topeka, Kansas PAINTING TEACHER ADVISORS 1966 Jimmy Ernst, teaching assistant 1965 Will Barnet, teaching assistant 1963-1964 Nicholas Marsicano, painting and lecture classes 1959 Henry Varnum Poor, painting classes 1958 George Grosz, drawing classes and workshops 1957 Leo Steppat, sculpture classes 1955-59 Karl Mattern, Drake University, painting/ FOREIGN RESEARCH TRIPS 1997 Austria, Italy, Germany, Yugoslavia 1996 Finland Speaker, International Conference Networks in Ceramics ‘96, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland 1995 Sanda, Japan Fairbanks’ Painting and Ceramic Exhibition 1993 Finland, Greece and Sweden Guest of Arabia Institution for Richard Fairbanks, American Potter Exhibition 1991 Sanda, Japan Negotiations for Richard Fairbanks Ceramic Exhibit 1992 Austria and Germany 1986 Germany, Austria, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary Painting and folk art and craft research, five months 1980 United States; Southwest, South, East Coast, Midwest American folk art and craft research, two months 1979 England, France, Austria, Hungary, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal Painting and ceramic research, five months 1974 Finland, Tallinn, Estonia USSR and Leningrad, USSR Painting and folk art and craft research, two months 1970 Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, England Assisted husband in major museums researching historical crafts, fifteen weeks 1969 England, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, France Fine and folk art and craft survey, three months 1964 England, France, Italy Independent historical painting survey INVITATIONAL EXHIBITS 1994 Selected Flower Painters, Allied Arts, Yakima 1993-94 Heart Art Exhibition, Allied Arts, Yakima 1981 Drake University Centennial Celebration, Des Moines, Iowa 1980 Larson Gallery, featured artist, Yakima 1970 Group Show, Richard White Gallery, Seattle 1970 Ford Gallery, Yakima 1967 Six From Ellensburg, Warehouse Gallery, Yakima 1967 Land Patterns, Huntington Galleries, West Virginia 1966 The States, Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin 1965 Selected Painters, Mulvane Art Center, Topeka, Kansas COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS 1973-74-75-76 Kittitas County Open Exhibit, Ellensburg, painting and sculpture prizes 1971 Northwest Craft Annual, Bellevue, sculpture prize 1971 Burien Competition, Burien, Washington, sculpture prize 1968-74-75-76-77 Artists of Central Washington, Larson Gallery, Yakima 1967 Women Painters of Washington, Seattle Art Museum 1964 Iowa Council of Churches, painting prize 1959-64-65 Iowa Fair Art Competition and Exhibit 1962-63-64 Iowa Artist Annual Exhibition UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS 1954 High School Honor, Velma Steven’s Honor, Fine Arts Honor (full tuition) COLLECTIONS (major work) Swedish Medical Foundation House of Ceramic Art, Sanda, Japan Sanda Medical Complex, Sanda, Japan University of Utah, permanent collection American Republic Insurance Company, Des Moines, Iowa (Catalog reproduction of painting) Iowa Methodist Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa National By-Products Company, Des Moines, Iowa Ellensburg Community Art Gallery, permanent collection Ellensburg, city offices, Washington Private collections in Iowa, Kansas, Wisconsin, Washington, New York, California, Finland, Japan, England, and Austria GALLERY AFFILIATIONS Public Galleries Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa Davenport Municipal Art Gallery, Davenport, Iowa Ellensburg Community Art Gallery Larson Gallery, Yakima Allied Arts Gallery, Yakima PRIVATE GALLERIES MarniMuir, Seattle Foster/ Richard White Gallery, Seattle Northwest Craft Center, Seattle PANACA Gallery, Bellevue White Whale Gallery, Gig Harbor, Washington Maxwell Galleries, Inc., San Francisco, California C.G. Rein Galleries, Scottsdale, Arizona Percival Galleries, Inc., Des Moines, Iowa Louise Matzke Gallery, Seattle Lynn McAllister Gallery, Seattle Greenwood Galleries, Seattle Prisma Gallery, Vienna, Austria Eileen Enk Gallery, Bellevue Galerie Pelin, Helsinki, Finland BUSINESS EXHIBITIONS Nordstrom’s: Seattle, Northgate, South Center, Lynnwood, Bellevue, Yakima Gallin Matti, Seattle Seattle Design Center, Heald Associates I. Magnin; Art Storm Roche Bobois, Seattle Street of Dreams, Seattle Pierre Deux, Seattle Mahler Fine Arts, private consultant, Seattle Fountain Court Restaurant, Bellevue Greystone Restaurant, European Cafe, Yakima Giovanni’s on Pearl, Ellensburg McCullough’s and Carriage House Restaurants, Ellensburg Offices of Dr. Marvin Swainson, Yakima PUBLICATIONS 2000 Silent Sunflowers, A Balkan Memoir, author and co-designer University of Washington Press 1999 Essential Passions, Fairbanks-Salmenhaara Letters 1959-1986, co-edited and designed University of Washington Press 1993 Richard Fairbanks, American Potter, Matthew Kangas author (DPF journal editor) University of Washington Press 1996 An Artistic Bond, Ann Bishop, ARTIFACT Magazine, Seattle 1995 Japan: Graciousness in the midst of loss, Ellensburg Record by-line 1993 KYVE-PBS In Focus 30-minute television interview 1989 Northwest Artists 1989 Flower and Garden Calendar, CPFR Publications, Portland, Oregon 1988 Quilter’s Newsletter, feature article, three full-color painting reproductions 1987 Greeting Card, Carole Smith Gallery, Inc., Salem, Oregon 1986 Pacific Coast Vineyards wine label, sumi-ink drawing 1986 Yakima Symphony Orchestra Poster painting reproduced 1985 KYVE-PBS Journal 47 studio interview with husband 1985 Ellensburg Hospice greeting card 1984 Market Bow-maker, acrylic painting reproduced in American Artist magazine, May 1972 Fourteen travel articles and photographs, Ellensburg Record 1965 Looking at Art, Des Moines Art Center training book 1965 Landscape, Des Moines Art Center membership gift print 1965 An Egyptian Tomb, School Arts Magazine article 1964 A Cave for a Child, School Arts Magazine article AFFILIATIONS 2003 to present New York Author's Guild 1989 to present Who's Who in America, the West, America Women, subsequent national/ |
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