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contact name: Cheryl Walsh Bellville
phone: 651-402-7813
fax: 715-684-5291
email: cwb@baldwin-telecom.net

location address:
308 Prince Street
Northern Warehouse, Studio 214
Saint Paul MN 55101

open to public: yes
hours: Open afternoons T-W-F when in town. Call 651-402-7813 for an appointment.

mailing address:
308 Prince Street
Studio 214
Saint Paul MN 55101-1476

Pseudonym: Cheryl Hastings

Related Organizations:
WARM, Women's Art Registry of Minnesota, general member and Mentor Program
Minnesota Center for Photography, pARTS
Photography Council of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Recently purchased studio and gallery space in the town of Magdalena, New Mexico. Tentative name, CWB Studio, LLC

Free-lance photographer and exhibiting artist since 1968.
BFA in Photography, University of Minnesota
Ongoing workshops, conferences, seminars,and personal work.
Author/photo-illustrator of 14 books for young readers.

Current projects include photography of the " Minnesota 8" and the anti-war movement in Minnesota during Viet Nam, and photo illustrations for "Ojibway Dream Songs", poetry by writer Marcie Rendon.

Nadine Blacklock Fellowship for a Woman Nature Photographer, Jerome Foundation, Blacklock Foundation
Award of Merit and Honorable Mentions, WARM Juried Exhibitions
Award of Merit and Honorable Mention, Mn. State Fair Fine Arts Exhibitions
Jerome Fellowships, WARM Mentor Programs
Minnesota State Arts Board Grant, COMPAS, Artists in the Schools
Elizabeth Burr Award (Wisconsin Library Assoc.)for an author/illustrator of a children's book.
Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (The South Dakota Reading Council) for a body of work.
Other awards for photo-illustrating and writing non-fiction books for children. A list is available.
Organization of American States, "Photos of the Americas", Honorable Mention
"Best of Show", Wisconsin Advertising Federation (for commercial work).
"Gold Award", Minnesota Advertising Federation (for commercial work).

James J.Hill Gallery, Clouds and Shadows
Landscapes, The Hopkins Center for the Arts
50/50 Show, The Flag, pARTS Gallery
WARM Juried Exhibitions, Intermedia Arts and the College of Visual Arts
Pinhole Photography, Frank Stone Gallery
WARM Mentor Exhibitions, Soap Factory, DiStilo Gallery
Earth, Air, Water, The Minnesota Artist's Exhibiton Program, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Biennial Exhibition, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Member's Exhibit, Phipps Center for Arts
Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibits
Juried Exhibition, Minnetonka Center for the Arts
Lakota Portraits, South Dakota Historical Society
Street Photography, University of Minnesota Gallery
Juried Exhibition, Rochester Center for the Arts

The Minnesota Historical Society,examples from over thirty years as a photographer in Minnesota; "The Iron Range Documentation Project", personal work, children's books, and commercial work.
Immigrant History Department, The University of Minnesota, "A Reunion of Sisters"; documentation of a conference between the University of Minnesota and the University of Kuopio, Finland describing the immigration of Finnish Women to the U.S. at the turn of the 20th Century.
Native portraits and reservation landscapes, the Cowles Family
Pinhole Landscapes/Lakescapes, The Headwaters Group

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota Gallery
Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, Minnesota
pARTS Gallery, Minnesota Center for Photography
James J. Hill Gallery, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Soap Factory, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, Wisconsin
DiStilo Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
College of Visual Arts, Saint Paul, Minnesota
University of Minnesota Galleries, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Minnesota Valley Wildlife Reserve, Bloomington, Minnesota
Frank Stone Gallery, Minneapolis,Minnesota
Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, Minnesota
Saint Paul Arts and Science Center, St. Paul, Minnesota
Rochester Center for the Arts, Rochester, Minnesota

Saint Paul Pioneer Press
Minneapolis Star and Tribune
Multi-Cultural Review
Publisher's Weekly
Indigenous News (Canadian).
A sample of excerpts from other national and international publications is available.

Recently online newspaper The Twin Cities Daily Planet published my photo essay on the extended Thao family in their photo gallery. Go to www.tcdailyplanet.net

Country of Citizenship:
United States

Birth Place:
New Mexico

Birth Date:
August 27, 1944

Gender:
Female

Active Place:
Saint Paul

Minnesota County:
Ramsey

Photographer

http://www.cwbphotography.com 

2003 Fine Arts Exhibition (Photography)
2004 Fine Arts Exhibition (Photography)
Pinhole Photography