Cynthia Starkweather-Nelson
Contact Information
contact name: Cynthia Starkweather-Nelson
phone: 651-452-0517
email: starkweathernelson@cstarnel.com
location address:
666 Apache Lane
Mendota Heights MN 55120
open to public: yes
hours:
mailing address:
666 Apache Lane
Mendota Heights MN 55120
Related Organizations:
WARM Women's Art Resource of Minnesota
PAN Project Art for Nature
ARTSAGE - Master Teaching Artist
Experience
EDUCATION:
2002 MN Center for Book Arts: Book forms
1998 Electronic Easel: Adobe Photoshop
1996 Electronic Easel: Adobe Photo Deluxe
1988 Going Public: Midwest Regional Public Art Forum, St. Paul, MN
1987 "Creating a Monotype in Handmade Paper" Helen Fredrick workshop, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Mpls., MN
1976 M.F.A. University of Minnesota, Mpls., MN
Concentration in printmaking
1972 B.F.A. Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
Concentration in painting and drawing
1968 – 70 Clarke College, Dubuque, IA
EMPLOYMENT:
2008 - continuing: Artist
1995 -2008-- teaching Drawing, Paint and Print, Computer Graphics and Middle School Art.
Saint Thomas Academy, Mendota Heights, MN
1994 Mentor, District 196 Mentor program
1985 Paper, Minnesota Museum of Art (workshop)
1982 Juror, Rent-a Mentor, Women's Art Registry, Mpls., MN
1980 Paper Making Workshop, Clarke College, Dubuque, IA
1979-80 Instructor, Arts Center of Minnesota, Mpls., MN
1976-78 Intaglio Printer, Vermillion Editions LTD, Mpls., MN
Awards
Art Grants/ Awards/ Workshops
▪ 2009 Jurors Award, Arts in Harmony, Elk River, MN
▪ 2008 Honorable Mention, 2008 Arrowhead Biennial, Duluth, MN
▪ 1980 Minnesota State Arts Board Grant
▪ 1978 Minnesota State Arts Board Grant
Exhibitions/Performance History
Exhibitions (partial list)
▪ 2013 Coloplast Exhibit, Minneapolis, MN
▪ 2012 First Juried Art Exhibition, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD
▪ 2012 “Welcome Home Quad Cities”, Invitational, Rock Island, IL
▪ 2012 “Our Minnesota”, Maple Grove Arts Center, Maple Grove, MN
▪ 2012 *“Waterscapes”, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
▪ 2011 Project Art for Nature exhibit, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
▪ 2011 Gallery 2, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
▪ 2011 Art 4 Shelter, Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
▪ 2010 “Healing Arts Exhibit”, Hudson Hospital, Hudson, WI
▪ 2010 White Bear Unitarian Universalist Church, Mahtomedi, MN
▪ 2010 *“Paintings and Prints”, Unity Church-Unitarian, St. Paul, MN
▪ 2010 “WARM Currents”, juried exhibition, Northrup King Bldg., Minneapolis, MN
▪ 2009 “Vital Culture”, Gallery 13, Minneapolis, MN
▪ 2009 * “Recent Paintings”, The Minnesota Women’s Building, St. Paul, MN
▪ 2009 “Arts in Harmony 2009”, Elk River Area Arts Alliance, Elk River, MN
▪2008 Arrowhead Biennial Exhibition, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN
▪2008 WARM Invitational Exhibit Banfil-Locke Center for Arts, Fridley, MN
▪ 2007 “Healing Arts Exhibit”, Hudson Hospital, Hudson, WI
▪ 2007 One person show, East Bank Gallery, Sioux Falls, SD
▪ 2006 “Elements”, Unity Church-Unitarian, St. Paul, MN
▪ 2003 * “Landscapes”, Unity Church-Unitarian, St. Paul, MN
▪ 1998 “Alumni Spotlight: Printmaking”, Katherine Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Mpls., MN
▪ 1990 *One person show, Peter M. David Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
▪ 1989 “Above, Below, On the Table”, Peter M. David Gallery
▪ 1988 “Paintings”, Peter M. David Gallery
▪ 1988 “Alumni Show”, Kathryn Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Mpls., MN
▪ 1987 “Contemporary Book Arts at Carleton”, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
▪ 1986 “National Exhibition of Contemporary Women Artists”, WARM Gallery, Mpls., MN
▪1986 “Paper Works Now”, Wallace Wentworth Gallery, LTD. Washington, D.C
▪1985 “Six Exhibitions”, University of Minnesota, Mpls., MN
▪ 1983 “New Directions in Paper”, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
▪ 1982 “Of, On or About Paper, USA Today, Arlington, VA
▪ 1982-86 “New American Paperworks”, Traveling invitational exhibition (including Houston, TX, Birmingham, AL Kyoto, Japan, Manila, Philippines)
Collections
SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
Prudential Insurance Co., Mpls., MN
Piper, Jaffrey and Hopwood, Inc., Mpls., MN
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, St. Paul, MN
General Mills Corporation, New York, NY
Faegre and Benson, Minneapolis, MN
Gannet Newspapers, Arlington, VA
Bank of America, San Francisco, CA
FDIC, Arlington, VA
Dayton Hudson Foundation, Mpls., MN
WCCO, Mpls., MN
Hennipen County Law Library, Mpls., MN
Galleries
Peter M. David, Minneapolis, MN
Gallery 13, Minneapolis, MN
Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
East Bank Gallery, Sioux Falls, SD
Publications
Cover Art: Holy Comforter by Donna Isaac, Red Bird Chapbooks, 2010
Cover Art and interior art: Cairns, Literary Journal, Unity Church, Unitarian, 2010
Biographical Information
Country of Citizenship:
United States
Birth Place:
Moline, Illinois
Gender:
Female
Active Place:
Dakota County
Minnesota County:
Dakota
Artist Information
Roles
Painter
Artist's Website
http://www.starkweather-nelson.com