Welcome
Education
Art Institute of Chicago
Rudolph Schaefer School of Design
Ivan Albright Hilas Arnold
Elizabeth Daniels Baldwin Ray Lorenzato
Ray Must Vince Rascone
Rheba Stewart
Published Works
Who's Who of Women
Capital Arts Program Logo
Erotic Art, 2nd edition
Princeton Crab Festival Logo
San Mateo Times Princeton Fish Festival Logo
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
California Art Review
"Art Seen" - PBS Invitational Program Interviews
U.S. Post Office Philatelic Magazine, Art and Pumpkin Festival Cachet
"Project Muse" Participant, Museums Uniting with Schools In Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education,
Cambridge, MA, 1995
"Begging with Assistant -The Unseen Men, "Art on the Net: Internet Now" magazine, Israel --1997
"Coastside Women's Hall of Fame" - Half Moon Bay Review, 1999
Memberships and Affiliations
Women's Caucus for the Arts, "Was, Is, Will Be..." Catalogue Design, 2004
"Helping Hand," American Disabilities Act, County Government Center, Redwood City & So. S.F., Judge, 9/03 & 9/04
"Mac World Exposition 2003" International Digital Art, Judge
Northern California Association of Women Administrators & Lecturers, Guest Lecturer, 2003
American Institute of Architecture (AIA), Professional Affiliate
Arts Council City of Millbrae, "Experience Art Workshops", Instructor , 1999
ArtShare, Board Member Past-Vice President
"City Arts of Hillsdale," Bufano Lecturer and Guide
City Arts of San Mateo, Tour Guide/Lecturer, Bufano Sculptures, 8/2000
City of Half Moon Bay, Park & Recreation, Past Commissioner
Coastal Arts League, Founding Member, Curator and ArtShare Representative
Coastal Arts League, 11th Annual Juried Competition, Judge
Coastside Arts Commission, Member and Founder
Coastside Independent Elders Coalition, "Images for the Aging," Judge
"Forum" KQED-Radio Talk Show, Speaker
Half Moon Bay Arts & Pumpkin Festival, Judge, 2001
International Sculpture Society, Member
"Mac World Exposition Art Show, 2002 and 2001," Northern California Judge
Peninsula Art Association, Member
Peninsula Sculpture Guild, Member and Past President
SANCAM (San Mateo County Art Museum), Past Executive Board Administrative Team
San Francisco Artists Equity, Past President and Board Member
San Francisco Women Artists. Member
San Mateo County Arts Council, Past Board Member
Sculpture Guild, Current President
Silicon Valley Art Museum, Board of Directors/Treasurer, 11/2000
Silicon Valley Art Museum, Curatorial Speaker for "Hidden Treasures Han Dynasty Tomb Pieces," 6/01
Soroptomist Int'l., Half Moon Bay Coastside, "Women of Distinction" Award
Women's Caucus for the Arts-Peninsula Chapter, Current President
Supplemental Information
(Available in supplemental information: Internet Activity, Collaborative Exhibitions, Public Installations,
Galleries, Presentations and Selected Exhibitions, Invitationals, Competitions and Juried Shows)
Internet Activity
"Arteutile Project," virtual exhibit, Italy and England, 9/2000
art.net/Studios/Sculptors/Arabella/homepg.htm
Virtual Contributor: "Skin & Sky," London, England, 1997
Virtual Show "From the Wall," Corridor Gallery, a division of San Mateo County Arts Council, in association with
Coastal Arts League/Gallery 92 West, Government Center, Redwood City, CA, 1997
Virtual Show, "Violence & Consciousness," Franceart.http, 1997
Featured Artist, Arts & Letters, America Online, 1996
Coastal Village Technical Group, "Humanizing Hi-Tech," Half Moon Bay Chamber of Commerce, 1996
http Invitational, "The Spy Bar," Stockholm, Sweden, 1996
Invitational One Person Exhibition, Lawyers Club, San Francisco, 1996
http://www.art.net/TheGallery/Gallery92/Gallery92.html, 1995
http://www.art.net/TheGallery/Gallery92/PoemsOnTheWall/Show, 1995
Collaborative Exhibitions
"Peninsula Open Studios," Half Moon Bay, 8/2003
"Worth Saving: Wildlife & Environment," Sanchez Art Center, 8/2002
"Winds of Change," Women's Caucus for the Arts, Peninsula Chapter, 7/2002
"Environments to the Environmental," Peninsula Sculpture Guild, 4/2002
"Some Things Stay, Anything Goes," Coastal Art League/Peninsula Sculpture Guild Traveling Show, participant in Lake
Forest College, Lake Forest, IL, 9/2000
Donor to Western Museum Associates, British Colombia, Canada, through Silicon Valley Art Museum, 10/2000
"Silicon Valley Open Studios," Preview Exhibit, sponsored by Silicon Valley Visual Arts, 4/2000
"Hospice Mask Project," Phase II Exhibit, sponsored by the VNA & Hospice of Northern California in collaboration with
Sanchez Center and Coastal Arts League, 8/99
"To China With Love," International Fine Arts Exchange Exhibits, Zhuhai, China, 3/99
"Faces of AIDS and Pieces of the Quilt": Coastal Arts League (CAL) and Seton Hospital
"Images of Peoples Republic of China": CAL, Gallery Association of HMB, Peninsula Photographic Alliance, Lake Forest
College, and Donnelly Library
"Friends of Mexican Art": CAL, University of Arizona, Friends of Mexican Art, and Sacramento Parks & Recreation
Department.
"On the Edge": CAL, Peninsula Sculptor's Guild, the Lake Wales Florida Cultural Center, and Lake Forest College (Lake
Forest, Illinois)
"Similar Differences:" Caye Gallery (Isle of Wite Gallery) and Coastal Arts League, HMB
Public Installations/Commissions
Peninsula Museum of Art, Permanent Collection, Belmont, CA 9/07
Mural Commission from Triage at the Salvation Army Detox Center, San Francisco, CA 5/04
"Old Orchard," outdoor mural at Salvation Army Alcoholics Recovery Center, SF, commissioned by Triage, 3/04
"The Swan," for the collection of the Board of Directors, Swarvoski & Co., Switzerland
"Peace Monument," Pillar Point Harbor, Half Moon Bay, CA
"Cupcake," El Granada School, El Granada, CA
"4-H Lamb of God," Cameron's Inn, Half Moon Bay, CA
"Day's Done," Kitty Fernandez Park, Half Moon Bay, CA
"Going Home," Kitty Fernandez Park, Half Moon Bay, CA
Galleries
Gallery 25-Art Share, "The Winter Show", San Carlos, 12/05
The Works Gallery, "Make a Bid for Freedom of Expression", San Jose, 11/05
Duo Exhibition with Gaylon Arrigotti, "Flashbacks," Quarry Cove Gallery, Pacifica, 4 thru 6/05
Solo Exhibition, "Visions Revisited," Coastal Arts League, HMB, 11/04
Solo Exhibition, Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay, 1/2000
Peninsula Gallery, San Mateo Co. Arts Council, 3-6, 1997
Corridor Gallery, Peninsula Art Association, Redwood City, 1996
Solo Exhibition, Gallery 92 West, Half Moon Bay, CA, 1994
Solo Exhibition, Ocean Cove Gallery, Moss Beach, CA
Solo Exhibition, San Mateo Arts Council, Belmont, CA
Solo Exhibition, Spanishtown Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA
Art is T Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA
Peggy Eriksen Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA
Ed Lesser Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Presentations and Selected Exhibitions
"Women's Caucus for the Arts," Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay, CA, 9/07
Gallery 1870 Exhibition, Belmont, CA, 8/07
"The Edge Of Time: Alchemy Artists", Coastal Arts League Museum, 1/07
"The Ultimate Eye", Studio Exhibit for the Alchemists: James Stanley Daughty, Arabella Decker, Ruth J. Waters, 12/05
"Turning Point," Coastal Arts League, 10/05
"Gathering," Quarry Cove, Pacifica, 8/05
"Myths & Metaphors," Coastal Arts League, HMB, 8/05
"Was, Is & Will Be," Women's Caucus for the Arts, Coastal Arts League, HMB, 10/04
"Was, Is & Will Be," Women's Caucus for the Arts, Gallery 25, San Mateo, CA, 10/04
"Connections," Quarry Cove Gallery, Pacifica, 8/2004
"Wholes" (Solo Show) Art Share of San Mateo, San Mateo County's Arts Partner, Corridor Gallery, 2&3/04
"Landscapes," Artists' Circle Gallery, Quarry Cove, Pacifica, Group Show ,2/04
"Passages" Artists' Circle Gallery, Quarry Cove, Pacifica, Group Show, 1 /04
Group Show, CAL, HMB, 1/04
"Predator's Prey," Women's Caucus for the Arts, 9/03
Preview Exhibition, Elizabeth Norton Gallery, Pacifica Art League, 9/03
Preview Exhibition, Herbst International Exhibition Hall, San Francisco, 9/03
"The Circle, Women's Caucus for the Arts, Cove Gallery, Pacifica, 9/03
"The Merrie Month of May," Women's Caucus for the Arts, Art Share, San Mateo, 5/03
Group Show, Coastal Arts League, 2/03
"Delancy Street," Hillbarn Theater, Pacifica, 2/03
Show, Art Guild of Pacifica, Sanchez Art Center, 11/02
"Something Blue," Sanchez Art Center, 3/2002
"Cabaret," Mel Melo Center for the Arts, Half Moon Bay, CA, 7/2001
"Beyond the Rules," Women's Caucus for the Arts, Calif. College of Arts & Crafts, SF, 2001
"Art from the Heart," Coastal Arts League, 2/2001
"Gardens Unlimited," Pacifica Garden Club & Florists, Sanchez Art Center, 5/2000
"Seascapes & Harbors," Sanchez Art Center, 2/2000
"Female Daze," Women's Caucus for the Arts, Ohlone College, 2/2000
"Arts on Fire," Ohlone College, 1/2000
"Windows, Doors and Gateways to the Other World," Sanchez Art Center, 7/99
"Deconstructing the Process," Women's Caucus for the Arts, 5/99
"The Mask Project," VNA & Hospice Foundation, 5/99
"Things," Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, 7/98
"The Places," Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, 6/98
"Jazzed About Art," Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, 5/98
"Unframed Nudes," Coastal Arts League, Group Show, Half Moon Bay, 1/98
"Art History, Mail Art," Ohlone College Art Gallery, Center for the Fine & Performing Arts, 1997
"Humane Expressions," The ASPCA, Los Angeles Athletic Club, 5/97
"Arts on Fire," Grand Opening Show, Pacifica Art Center, 2/1997
"Artistic License," Center for Visual Arts, Oakland, CA 1/1997
Johnston House Exhibitors, Half Moon Bay Chamber of Commerce, 11/1996
Bay Area Art Source/Virtual Gallery/Digital Artists, 8/1996
"Virtual Mail In," Bay Area Art Source, 8/1996
"Land and Sky," Contemporary Art Services, Hobart, Australia (Tanzmania), 5/1996
Coldwell Banker Group Show, 3/1996
Palo Alto Medical Clinic, Group Show, 3/1996
"A Version of Love," City of Half Moon Bay Group Show, 2/1996
"Nudes of '95," Coastal Arts League, 1/1996
"Not Even A Mouse," tree ornament selected for the Clinton White House Collection, Washington, D.C., San Mateo
Chapter AIA, 12/1995
"On The Edge" (sculpture video), National Assn. of Arts Organization, SF Art Institute, 1995
"The Vintage-Vantage Show," Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1995
"Gift of Life," Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, CA, 1995
"At the Edge," 10th National NAAO Conference, Art Institute, San Francisco, 1995
"Display," Half Moon Bay Library, CA, 1995
"Global Focus: Women in Art and Culture," 4th World Conference on Women, NGO Forum, Beijing, China, National
Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., 1995
"Used and Re-Used," San Francisco Women Artists, San Francisco, CA, 1995
"We Are All Connected," San Francisco Women Artists, United Nations Show, 1995
"Break the Silence by Margot Lovejoy," Collaboration, Queens Museum of Art, NY, 1995
"Voila," Coastal Arts League Group Show, 1995
Small Works Show, Coastal Arts League, 1994
K.T.E.H.-TV Art Auction, 1994 and 1995
Women's Caucus for Art, Members' Exhibit, 1994 (San Carlos, CA)
"The Gift of Life" Exhibition, Center for Visual Arts, Oakland
"T.G.I.F., November 19th," Mayor's Office, Oakland, CA
"House of Cards," Bay Area Greeting Card Juried Invitational, The Jewish Museum, SF
"Expectations of the 90s," Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay, CA
"The Fashion Project," Jack London Square, Oakland, CA
Mural Design for El Granada Elementary School, El Granada, CA
Who's Choice Competition, Women's Caucus for the Arts, Belmont, CA and Chicago, IL
Center for the Visual Arts, San Francisco, CA
Artists Equity Invitational, SOMA, San Francisco, CA
Pro Arts and Guerrilla Girls West Show, Oakland, CA
San Francisco Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA
"Originality Plus," Women's Caucus for the Arts, Museum Gallery of Foster City
"Small Works," Peggy Eriksen Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA
"Eroticism: West Coast Expression," Gallery Six Oh One, San Francisco, CA
"Utopia: Envisonary A Dream," Jamestown Community College, Jamestown, NY
"Judas: Show About Betrayal," Sanchez Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Women Alone," Invitational Solo Exhibition, 1870 Gallery, Belmont, CA
"Coastside Artists," Peggy Eriksen Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA
"Women Sculptors," Stanford Univ. Women's Studies Department
"Art Walk," Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay, CA
"Bay Arts '80," San Mateo Arts Council, Belmont, CA
Outstanding Citizen," 1991 Arts Award presented by the San Mateo Arts Council
"Year of the Woman" (Best in Show), Santa Rosa, CA
"Erotic Art by Living Artists"
Invitationals
Skyline College, San Bruno, CA, 2006
"Miniatures," Coastal Arts League, 8/04
Tritan Museum, invitation to donate fundraising gala, 2003.
General Services Administration, curated invitational, San Francisco, 12/02
"Rotary at the Ritz" Community Grant Program Donation, 4/02
"Prelude," premiere exhibit for ArtShare at San Mateo County Government Center, 2/02
Triton Museum Auction: "Vessel: I am the vessel that holds my ancestors' genes playing out destiny in today's
environment," Santa Clara, 10/01
"Pacific Prisms-a metaphor for art & artists," Group Exchange Exhibit: Peninsula & Monterey Bay Chapters of the
Women's Caucus for Art, Coastal Arts League, Peninsula Sculptors' Guild & the Santa Cruz Art League. Shown at:
Manor House Gallery, Belmont; Coastal Arts League Museum, Half Moon Bay; Corridor Gallery, County Govt.
Center, Redwood City; Cardiff House, Univ. Calif.-Santa Cruz; Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, 9/01.
Pacifica Art Guild, Group Show, 11/2000
Invitational Solo Show, "Transfigurations," 1870 Gallery, Belmont, CA, 1/2000
Coastal Arts League Millennium Show, 1/2000
Coastal Arts League Group Show, 12/1999 and 11/2000
Invitational Show, "Searching for the Goddess," Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay, 1999
Women's Caucus for the Arts, Hillbarn Theater, Foster City, 8/99
Coastal Arts League Museum Group Show, 8/98
Invitational Donation, "Three Lino Cuts," Poplar Center, Burlingame, CA, 2/98
Invitational, "Closer Than Ever," Hillbarn Theater Gallery, Women's Caucus for the Arts, 8/1997
Professional Affiliate Invitational, Architect's Week, American Institute of Architects, 3/97
Invitational Show, Duo Exhibit, Cameron's Inn, Half Moon Bay, CA, 1995
Invitational Artists Equity, SF State Univ.-Student Union Gallery
Invitational Exhibition, Dietle Gallery, New York, NY
WCA Curated Membership Show, Corridor Gallery, Hall of Justice, Redwood City, 1995
Invitational Exhibition, 1993 San Mateo County Fair, with Blue Sky Design
Invitational Exhibition, San Mateo Chapter of American Institute of Architects
Invitational Exhibition, Deitle Gallery, New York, NY
Invitational Exhibition, The Family Dog, San Francisco, CA
Invitational Exhibition, University Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Competitions and Juried Shows
Juried Competition, Coastal Arts League, Eleanor Dickinson Judge, 11/06
Juried Show, Skyline College, Daly City, CA 4/2006
2003 Juried Show, Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay, 12/03
"Small Works Show," Sanchez Art Center, juried by Alice Anne McGaffey, 11/02
"3-D On and Off the Wall," Sanchez Art Center, juried competition, 6/2002
"New York Scar," Zoe Tierney Award-Best Sculpture, juried by Rebecca Holland, 2001
"Images & Icons," The Pacifica Art Guild, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, 8/01
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica Art Guild, “Best in Show," Ruth Waters, Juror, 10/99
Fifteenth Annual Juried Competition, Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay, 1999
Competition, "The Heaven & The Earth: The Myriad Things As One," Sanchez Adobe, 4/99
Competition, "Avenue of the Arts," clay sculpture, San Mateo County Arts Council, 3/98
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Competitions and Juried Shows (cont'd.)
II Computer Bi-Annual, Siemaszkwa Dramatic Theater Gallery & Exhibition Hall, Rzesz, Poland, 11/1996
Juried Show, "Icons of Power," Peninsula Sculptors' Guild, 9/1996
Juried Competition, "Women's Caucus for the Arts," San Mateo County Government Center, Redwood City, CA,
Women's Caucus, Regional Conference Exhibition, Prieto Gallery, Mills College, 3/1996
Juried Competition, "Similar Differences, Phase I, Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay, CA
(Exchange Show, Isle of Whyte, Great Britain), 1996
Juried Competition, "Artistic License," Lilian Paley Center for Visual Arts, 2/1996
"Poems on the Wall, Visual Poetry," Fred Martin, Judge, Coastal Arts League Competition,
Juried Competition, Capital Arts Program
Juried Competition, Peninsula Art Association, San Mateo, CA
Juried Competition, San Francisco Women Artists, San Francisco, CA
Juried Competition, Marin Civic Center, City of Marin, CA
Annual Juried Exhibition, Foster City Arts League, Foster City, CA
International Art Competition (US Representative), Finland
Fourth through Thirteenth Annual Juried Competition, Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay, CA, 1997
Zoe Tierney Award, Coastal Arts League, HMB, CA
Small Work Show, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
Coastal Arts League Group Show