1. Chronology
1950 born in Stamford, CT
1967 drawing classes at Silvermine Guild, New Canaan, CT
1967 – 69 attended University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1969 – 71 attended Yale College. New Haven, CT. BA, major in architecture, 1971
1972 – 75 ceramics study at Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR
1975 – 77 professional potter, St Louis, MO
1977 Missouri Arts Council Artist In Residence
1981 MFA in ceramics, University of California at Santa Barbara, CA
1986 – 88 California Arts Council Artist in Residence grants, co-sponsored by Arts Outreach, Los Olivos, CA
1988 – 97 - drawing and design teaching at Allen Hancock College, Santa Maria, CA
1989 art teacher, Dunn School, Los Olivos, CA
1997 married Wayne Gibson and moved to Lamy, NM
2001 joined EVO Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2005-2008, approx. environmental illness precludes work in the studio
2009 first one-person show at Smink in Dallas, TX, plus other exhibitions mark the resumption of art career
2011 co-founded the Lady Minimalists Tea Society with six other Santa Fe artists.
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February 17, 2011 at 11:32 am
carrie leeb
hi dara,
i saw your work on zane bennett’s website and really love it. i feel like we’re interested in similar themes, so i thought i’d forward my website to you. i looked at your bio, and i think we were at ucsb at the same time. i remember having a very sweet ceramics instructor who looked like a gnome. although i didn’t major in art, he and my painting instructor recommended i pursue art/design, and after i graduated, i ended up going to art center in pasadena. who knew taking a few art classes could change a life?! anyway, keep making beautiful art. all my best, carrie
February 17, 2011 at 12:09 pm
daramark
Hi Carrie, nice to meet you. Your website is lovely, and we do indeed share many aesthetic concerns, along with UCSB – was that Sheldon(Shel) Kaganoff you studied with? And Ruth Bachofner – she sold a couple of my drawings back in the 80′s. Are you still in California?