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Education
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Selected Group Exhibitions
Youtube, Dance, Theater, TV
Selected Collectors
Murals
Publications
Presentations
Readings
Illustration
Teaching
Auctions
Affiliations
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Education
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
1963 ~ 1966
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Advanced study in visual arts & literature
Studied with:
· John Gardner, novelist
· Wright Morris, novelist & photographer
· Margery Livingston, weaver
· Niel K. Snortum, folklorist & historical linguist
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San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco, CA
1960 ~ 1961 |
Studied with:
· Manuel Neri, sculptor
· James Weeks, painter
· Richard Graf, printmaker
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University
of Vermont
Burlington, VT
1955 ~ 1959 |
B.A.,
English and Fine Arts
Studied with:
· Francis Colburn, painter
· Alan Gowans, art historian
· Dorothy Van Ghent, critic |
Western
Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI
1958 |
Special
study in painting
Studied with:
· Hazel Paden, painter |
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
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2026
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Outdoors in Illinois and California
ArtSeed's Seed Gallery in The Presidio National Park
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2014
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Poetic Oil Painting Contest
First and Third Prize in Dr. Kenneth Kuanling Fan's international Poetic Oil Painting Contest, held in San Francisco
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2013
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Masks of Wisdom
"Nile Dawn" diptych, created with Natica Angilly and Jacqueline Paull for Richard W. Angilly's poem "Masks of Wisdom", enlarged from Tanya Joyce's "Nile Dawn" watercolor. Presented at the Dancing Poetry Festival, California Palace of the Legion of Honor.
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2006
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From the City to the North Coast
Cafe Arrivederci, San Rafael, CA
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2005
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Medicine Buddha and Healing Images
Golden State Health, San Francisco, CA
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2004
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Tanya's Collectors
Paintings by Tanya Joyce from private collections. Emeryville, CA
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1996
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San Francisco Zen Center, San Francisco, CA
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1995
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First Unitarian Center, San Francisco, CA
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1993
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University of Wisconsin, Waukesha, WI
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1993, 1997
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Goat Hill Pizza Restaurant and Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
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1992
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Diesel Books, Oakland, CA
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1989
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Stanford Art Spaces,
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
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1979
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The Savoy, San Francisco, CA
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1975
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The Ames Gallery, Berkeley, CA
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1975
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Heritage House, Mendocino, CA
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| 1971 |
Quigley
Art Gallery, Western State College, Gunnison, CO |
| 1970 |
Celebrity
Centre, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1970 |
The
Lawson Galleries, San Francisco, CA |
| 1969 |
The
Fleming Museum, University of Vermont,
Burlington, VT |
| 1967 |
The
Lawson Galleries, San Francisco, CA |
| 1959 |
The Fleming Museum, University of Vermont,
Burlington, VT
(Exhibit drew favorable comment from Jacques Lipchitz.) |
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Selected Group Exhibitions
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2024
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Shipyard Open Studios
San Francisco, CA
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1985-2023
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San Francisco Open Studios
San Francisco, CA
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1993-2024
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Spring Open Studio
Artists of Hunters Point Shipyard, San Francisco, CA
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2019
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Rokeby Museum, Ferrisburgh, VT
Mail art exhibit in conjunction with "Structures" exhibition
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2009-2019
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Pinole Artisans Gallery
Pinole, CA
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2007-2013
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Featured artist:
Art, Dance, and Poetry in Honor of Jack London's Birthday
Alameda Historical Museum, Alameda, CA
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2010
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First show in Building 101, HPS
First open studio in Building 101, Hunters Point Shipyard, after move from Building 110, where Tanya had her studio since 1984. Celebratory painting of Building 110 from Building 101 done.
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2009
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Pinole Artisans
First exhibition at Pinole Artisans, Pinole, California, where Tanya has shown environmental art as well as paintings, watercolors, and murals.
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2008
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Box Art Benefit
Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
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2005
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Living in the Spirit of St. Francis Today
National Shrine of St. Francis Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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2004-2005
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Artists from Hunters Point Shipyard
The Studio, San Francisco, CA
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2004
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Art for Change
South Bay Artists for Kerry, San Jose, CA
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2004
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Visual Aid's 11th Annual Big Deal Art Sale and Benefit
SomArts Gallery, San Francisco, California
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2004
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Art as Possibility
848 Divisadero Performance Space, San Francisco, CA
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1988-2009
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Pro Arts Open Studios
Emeryville and Oakland, CA
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1997 |
Affirming Women's Traditional Roles: Caregiver and Crone
Portland State University, Portland, OR |
| 1996 |
Paper
Plate Exhibition
Columbia College, Chicago, IL |
| 1992, 1996 |
WCA
Exhibit, Prieto Gallery
Mills College, Oakland, CA |
| 1994-1995 |
12
Women Artists from HPS
Kennedy Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1994 |
Ten
Years at the Point
Sally's, San Francisco, CA |
| 1993 |
Ninth
Annual Juried Exhibition
Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA |
| 1988-1990 |
Artists
from the Point
American Zephyr Gallery, Sally's, Goat Hill, San
Francisco, CA |
| 1985 |
The
Artist as Shaman
Hatley-Martin Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1985 |
Book
Art - Mail Art
Berlin, Germany |
| 1985 |
Envelope
Art Exhibition
Hyogo, Japan |
| 1984 |
I
Love/Hate Summer
Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1982-1983 |
The
Art of Chivalry, traveling exhibit
University of Texas, Arlington |
| 1980 |
Femailable
Art
Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1979 |
Mary
Tyler Moore Show
Work appeared on the television show |
| 1978-1980 |
San
Francisco MOMA Rental Gallery
Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA |
| 1975, 1976 |
KQED
Annual Invitational
Zellerbach Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1974 |
Women
See Themselves
Women's Art Center, San Francisco, CA |
| 1973 |
One
Foot Exhibition
Women's Art Center, San Francisco, CA |
| 1970-1972 |
Midwest
Art
West of Chicago Gallery, DeKalb, IL |
| 1970 |
The
Renaissance Society
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
| 1969 |
The
Local Scene
deson zaks gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 1968 |
West
Coast Invitational
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL |
| 1964, 1965 |
SFSU
Annual
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Purchase Award, 1964 |
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Dance, Theater, TV
Tanya on Youtube Tanya Joyce Art
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Avebury Awaiting Painted cape costumes for Avebury Awaiting, Dancing Poetry Festival (California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco) and Rakkasah Middle Eastern Dance Festival (Concord, CA), 2017
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In Case You Have Not Visited Before Grand Prize Poem, Dancing Poetry Festival, San Francisco, 2016. Poem also danced at World Congress of Poets, sponsored by United Poets Laureate International, Santa Rosa, CA.
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Avebury Portable "Full Moon Banner" mural painted for Richard W. Angilly's Goddess of Avebury presented at the Dancing Poetry Festival, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco.
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Artistry Three portable "Plum Blossom on Red" panels created for Judy Davies' Grand Prize poem Artistry, Dancing Poetry Festival, San Francisco, 2014.
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Artist's Statement
Grand Prize Poem, Dancing Poetry Festival, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 2012.
Poem also danced at Rakkassah East in NJ, and the Alameda Museum, Alameda, CA.
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Buddha by the Bay B-TV 28, Berkeley Public Access Television, 30 minute interview, 2007
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An Artist's Romance with San Francisco video, 2003
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Cancer in Two Voices movie/video: first edition's book cover painting included
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San Francisco television:
· Buddha By The Bay
· shipyard artists and businesses at City Center
· city and county candidates at the shipyard
· federal drug refund program
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Environmental Justice tour of Southeast San Francisco
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Mary Tyler Moore Show, paintings shown
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Selected Collectors
- N.W. Ayer Company, Chicago, IL
- Walden Capitol Corporation, San Francisco, CA
- University of Wisconsin, Waukesha, WI
- National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC
- San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
- Columbia College of Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, IL
- Mr. & Mrs. John W. Aldridge, Ann Arbor, MI
- Mr. & Mr. Eric Allman and Kirk McKusick, Berkeley, CA
- Prof. Sue Andrews and Ms. Cindy Weix, Waukesha, WI
- Helena Foster, Oakland, CA
- Nancy Gordon, Mill Valley, CA
- Judge Glenn Groenewold, Alameda, CA
- Dr. & Mrs. Howard Gurevitz, Hillsborough, CA
- Anna Ruth Kipping, San Francisco, CA
- Bonnie Milstein & Michele Magan, San Francisco, CA
- Mrs. Philipp H. Lohman, Houston, TX
- Dr. Georg Lohmann & Ms. Behnaz Madjidi, Bonn, Germany
- Mr. Wes Muchmore, San Francisco, CA
- Cathe Ray and Carl Smith, Alameda, CA
- Mr. & Mrs. Peter Tancig, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Paul Wartelle & Maggie Donoghue, San Francisco, CA
- Mark and Ruth Neiman, Coto de Caza, CA
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Murals
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2000
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Can You See It From The Moon, Cowden Automotive, San Francisco, CA.
World's second largest interactive mural (the largest is the Sears Tower Skydeck mural in Chicago)
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1996
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Mt. Tamalpais from the East Bay, Residence, Orinda, CA
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1987
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Bob's Back Yard, mural and event produced by Paul Israel
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1985
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Eclectic Cookery, San Francisco, CA
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1958
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Allen House Foot Mural, Burlington, VT
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Publications
River of Stars, Poets of the Vinyard Anthology
POV, Santa Rosa, CA. 2022
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The Gathering 7-15
The Ina Coolbrith Circle, biennial publication, 2003-2022
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Good and Bad Times in a San Francisco Neighborhood
H. Arlo Nimmo [October Properties],
"Memorial Piece for Mrs. Smith", 2016
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Dreams of Pan,
Russian Poems and Illustrations by Semion Mirkin
English Retellings by Tanya Joyce, 2014
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Updrafts
[California Federation of Chaparral Poets, 2007], poem
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Benecia Historical Museum 2007 Poetry Competition: Love Poems Honoring an Early California Romance
poem
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Alameda Poems: an Anthology, 2004, 2005, 2006
two poems
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Modern Muses
Literary Award from Artists Embassy International for "Modern Muses" book and artworks
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Tarot Haiku,
Editor: Tanya Joyce [Small Poetry Press, 2007]
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Celestial Animals,
Tanya Joyce [Small Poetry Press, 2006]
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A Sampler of Poems,
Tanya Joyce [Small Poetry Press, 2005]
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"Poet's Corner"
monthly poetry column for Pinole Artisans
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"Hopeful Monster"
magazine, short story and illustration
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"Wise Woman" magazine, articles on
ancient figurines and Mother Buddhas with illustrations
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Contemporary California Women Poets: An Anthology,
edited by Jennifer MacDowell [Merlin Press, 1977], poem
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"New Harmonium Gazette,"
arts articles, illustrations, poetry
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"All Around the Tarot,"
articles on history of tarot images
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"MacArthur Metro"
monthly, articles on the Dimond and Laurel neighborhoods,
Oakland, CA
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Artists Embassy International Publications, inluding poems, essays, illustrations:
- The Romance of Poetry and Dance, 2022
- The Art of Awe IV, The Spoke Word Dances The Universe, [n.d.]
- The Art of Awe III and the Power of Your Artists Journey, 2019
- The Art of Awe II and the Power of Your Creative Spirit, 2017
- The Art of Awe and the Power of Your Artists Statement, 2017
- Essential Arts: The Dynamism of Moving Fusion, 2016
- Rejuvination Anthology: 24th World Congress of Poets, 2016
- Love Your Audience: Cause for Applause, Vol III, 2015
- Art Sense, Dance Sensational, Sensual Essentials, 2015
- Dynamism: What Makes Our Artistry Matter, 2015
- Inspiration and Collaboration, 2014
- Cause for Applause, 2012
- Proclaim Your Fame, 2012
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Presentations
Art and Technique, 2021
Zoom programs for ArtSeed and Pinole Artisans Foundation
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The Importance of Place in California Art, 2017-2018
Two part series, Ina Coolbrith Circle, Lafayette, CA |
Translating Vietnamese Poetry into English, 2016
Workshop with poet Le Pham Le, World Congress of Poets-UPLI, Rohnert Park, CA |
Poet's Dinner, 2008
Contest Chair |
Modern Language Association of America
Paper on Medieval poetry and art |
International Congress on Medieval Studies
Papers and workshops on Medieval book production |
Women's Caucus for Art National Conference
Paper on computerized access to museum
collections |
University of California at Berkeley
Paper on Medieval poetry and illuminations |
San Francisco State University
Lectures on changing uses of English, in conjunction with
curated exhibition of modern and ancient manuscripts |
Northern California Women's Caucus for Art
Slide Lecture |
Berkeley Art Center
Slide Lecture |
The California Club
Slide Lecture. Annual prose and poetry reading.
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Women's City Club of San Francisco
Special programs on ancient female figurines, Hildegard of Bingen,
contemporary art, and ecology projects. Organizer and participant,
annual Epiphany poetry and prose readings.
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Hunters Point Shipyard Art Salons
Participant and organizer
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Ted Kipping's Botanical Potluck Series at Strybing Arboretum
Medieval plants, San Francisco gardens, prairie restoration
projects, and Walden Pond |
Speech Arts Association of California
"Tour of an Artist's Studio" Presentation with Collages, Paintings, and Studio Tools
"John leCarre's London" Slide Lecture
"Walden Pond" Slide Lecture
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Readings
- San Francisco State University
- Northern Illinois University
- Women's City Club of San Francisco
- The California Club
- Irreverent Grounds series at Sacred Grounds Coffee House
- Pyramid Shadows series at Canessa and Bay Front Galleries
- Works by Felecity Wallis & Gertrude Stein on Pacifica Radio
- The Ina Coolbrith Circle
- Speech Arts Association of California
- Poetry Express
- Salons for Wooing Our Imaginations
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Illustration
Racine's Britannicus, Eric Vaughn translation, Folio One Publications
Eleven full page woodcut illustrations, printed at Auerhahn Press, San Francisco.
Limited edition of 300. (Credited to Tanya's birth name, Tanya Lohman.)
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Sir Gawain
Illustration for The Art of Chivalry exhibit, University of Texas, Arlington |
Oakland Museum
Comediennes film series |
Northern Illinois University
Francis Christensensen Memorial Award bookplate |
Victorian Alliance of San Francisco
Architectural heritage walking guide |
Association for Computer Assisted Text Analysis
Logo |
Labyrinth Theatre Club, Inc.
Letterhead, woodcuts for deluxe book publication
Costume design |
Laidlaw textbooks
Illustration to accompany creative writing exercises |
Spinsters Books, Inc.
Cover for Being Someone |
Spinsters Books, Inc.
Cover for Cancer in Two Voices, first edition |
Suzann Stahl
Cover for
The Neon Buddha |
Art House
Cover for Conversion Frontiers:
Military Bases & Other Opportunities for Artists |
Live-Work: Form and Function, 4th ed.
Line Drawings |
Aztlan
Cover for Noon Words/Palabras de Mediodia,
poetry of Lucia Corpi |
Holladay Paganism
Lunar/solar calendars goddess illustrations |
Hunters Point Shipyard open houses and exhibits
Illustrations |
"Hopeful Monster" and
"Wise Woman" magazines
Illustrations |
US Navy Environmental Newsletter
Hunters Point Shipyard, Logo |
Businesses of Hunters Point Shipyard
Cover for Community Planning Workshop for the Arts |
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Teaching
San Francisco State University, English Department
Classes for first year students |
University of Vermont
Fleming Museum Children's Art Program |
University of Vermont, Adult Education Painting Studio
Substitute teaching for head of Art Department |
DeYoung Museum Art School, San Francisco
Adult & Children's classes in painting, quilting,
weaving, & macrame |
Alameda Museum, Alameda, CA
Art and poetry workshops |
Palo Alto Cultural Center
Children's classes in painting, drawing,
collage, & mixed media |
DeKalb, Illinois, Public School System
Middle school substitute teacher in English, art
& music
Included classes for students with learning disabilities
& retarded students
Developed computer spelling bee for middle school
students |
San Francisco private schools, including Hamlin
and Brandeis
Middle school substitute teacher in English, science,
& mathematics |
Blue Teapot School of Chinese Influenced American Painting
Co-founder. Adults and children |
Private classes in painting, drawing, &
using computers
to write stories & poems.
Adults and children. San Francisco, CA; DeKalb, IL; and
Burlington, VT |
Unitarian Church School, Burlington, Vermont
Classes for children emphasizing ecology and world unity |
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Auctions
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Affiliations
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