Susan Black
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Susan Black
San Francisco

Education
 
2003 - 2010  Art student at City College of San Francisco
1998 - present Private instruction, short-term classes, workshops
1974 Connecticut College, New London -- BA English
 
Selected Venues
 
Ongoing Resident artist at A Woman’s Eye (AWE) Gallery, 678 Portola Drive, San Francisco
Ongoing Watercolors on loan to the Ozanam Treatment Center of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, San Francisco
Ongoing Members' open shows sponsored by the Art Guild of Pacifica and the Marin County Watercolor Society
6/12-8/12 “Explorations in Color” two-woman show (with Pauline Crowther-Scott) at the Mercy Center, Burlingame
2/12-3/12 “Themes and Variations” two-woman show (with Pauline Crowther-Scott) at the AWE Gallery
6/11 Summer Art Salon group show at Art Waves/Fogbelt Studio
2/11-3/11 "Representations" individual show at the AWE Gallery
1/11-4/11 "Serenity" group show at the UCSF Center for Women's Health
6/10 Summer Art Salon group show at Art Waves/Fogbelt Studio
12/09 - 3/10 Marin Arts Council Annual Members' Show at the Marin Civic Center
9/09 - 12/09 "Ripples" group show at the Marin Civic Center
6/09 - 9/09 "Visions" group show at the Marin Civic Center
12/08 - 3/09 Tangerine Arts group show at the Sanchez Concert Hall
12/08 - 2/09 Marin Arts Council Annual Members' Show at the Marin Civic Center
2/08  "Vision(s) Seen, Remembered, Imagined" individual show at Thomson Hall (Sausalito Presbyterian Church)
9-10/07   "Watercolor Quilts" show at the Art Waves Gallery
4-5/07     "Rowing" series on display at Open Water Rowing Center
2-5/07  "Translating Emily Dickinson's Poetry" series on display at City College of San Francisco (33 Gough Street)
5/06 Private show at the offices of Zeno Group
 
Publications/Productions
 
SF Peace and Hope – Online literary/art journal – “Dwelling Place of Light” (in chapter 4) and “Contemplation before Diving In” (in chapter 5)
Beyond the Human Voice – E-book of watercolors and poetry (with Kit Kennedy) – published 11/11 and available through “My Store” on this website
Custom Made Music: Ten Solos for Piano by Belinda Reynolds — Volume 2 in her series of instrumental music books — "The Mariana Trench" as cover and CD art — Summer 2011
SF Peace and Hope -- OnLine literary/art journal -- "Rising" (in chapter 4) -- Spring 2011
Mercury House-- Non-profit press -- "Rim Ice" on website home page -- Ongoing
The Meadowland Review -- OnLine literary/art journal -- "What's Left" — Fall 2010
Caesura 2010 – Journal of the Poetry Center of San Jose – “Rim Ice,” “Lovely, Dark and Deep” and “White Almost to Blueness” - Spring 2010
Santa Clara Review (Volume 97, Number 1) — Literary magazine of Santa Clara University — "Firestorm" — 2/10
Transported — Poetry/music CD by Joan Gelfand and Marty Castleberg -- "Firestorm" as cover art — 12/09
Switchback (Issue 10, Volume 5) — Online literary magazine of the MFA/Writing program at the University of San Francisco — "California Natives in Golden Gate Park" and "Memory" — 11/09
 
Affiliations
 
Current
Art Guild of Pacifica
AWE Gallery, San Francisco – resident artist
Friends of Sharon Art Studio
Marin Arts Council
Marin County Watercolor Association — membership chair
Mercy High School, San Francisco — art department volunteer
San Francisco Women Artists
St. Vincent de Paul Society, San Francisco — volunteer art teacher
Previous
City College Art Club
Marin Society of Artists — chair, 2009 National Exhibition
Tangerine Arts


 
Juried Competitions (currently suspended)
San Francisco Bay Area
 
12/10 San Francisco Women Artists — Holiday — "Snowflake" and Snowball"
11/10 San Francisco Women Artists — Autumn — "Autumn Wind"
10/10 San Francisco Women Artists — Views — "Dark Night of the Soul"
7/10 San Francisco Women Artists — Reflections — “Surface Pattern”
6/10 Sausalito Gallery 111 — surface/tension: h2o — “Before Diving In”
6/10 San Francisco Women Artists — Summer — “The Four Seasons of Water” and “Sonoma Vineyard'
5/10 San Francisco Women Artists — Artist’s Choice — “Relic” and “Golden Gate Bridge”
4/10 Art Works Downtown — Mosaics — "Lake on Fire"
3/10 Thoreau Center for Sustainability — Expressions of the Bay Area — "Marin Headlands (One)"
3/10 Sanchez Art Center — Déjá Vu— "Relic"
2/10 San Francisco Women Artists — Small Works — "Tender Heart"
12/09 Art Works Downtown — Small Works — "Lake Merced, San Francisco"
11/09 San Francisco Women Artists — Expressions of Gratitude — "And You Shall Receive" and "Trust"
11/09 Marin Society of Artists — "Small Treasures" — 5 from the "Jewels of Ocean Beach" series
10/09 San Francisco Women Artists — Fall Colors— "Turquoise"
10/09 Marin Society of Artists — 82nd Annual Members' — "What's Left" and "Huo/Fire"
9/09 San Francisco Women Artists — Artist's Choice — "Fossil" and "Single Element"
7/09 San Francisco Women Artists — Art at Any Age -- "Lake on Fire"
7/09 Marin County Fair — "Huo/Fire"
6/09 San Francisco Women Artists -- Favorite Things -- "Fossil"
6/09 Sanchez Art Center -- Green -- "Vernal"
5/09 San Francisco Women Artists -- River, Oceans, Seas & Tides -- "Pearlescent" and "Solitaire"
5/09 Marin Society of Artists -- Waterworks --"Black Pearl,""Loose Pearls" and "Sapphire"
3/09 San Francisco Women Artists -- Celebration of Women's Art -- "Echo" and "Reminder"
2/09 San Francisco Women Artists -- Expressions of Love -- “The Embrace”
1/09 San Francisco Women Artists --Winter Colors -- “Rim Ice” (Merit Award) and “Chains Required over Donner Pass”
12/08 San Francisco Women Artists -- Peace -- "Stroking the Air" and "The Woods Are Lovely, Dark and Deep"
11/08 Marin Society of Artists -- Small World -- "The Sky Is Low"
11/08 Artisans Gallery -- Life in Motion -- “Rim Ice” and “Tide Scape”
11/08 San Francisco Women Artists -- Shadows -- “Emerging From"
10/08 Artisans Gallery – Idea of the Body -- “Focus” and “Starboard”
10/08 San Francisco Women Artists -- Great Expectations -- “Baby Blanket” and “Double Peace”
10/08 Sanchez Art Center -- 2008 Bay Area Annual -- “What’s Left”
9/08 Artisans Gallery -- Works on Paper -- “Reminder”
7/08      Marin County Fair -- “Focus,” “Fire Storm” and" Golden Gate Bridge”
7/08  Marin Society of Artists -- Arts Alive -- “Golden Gate Bridge” and “As If the Sea Should Part”
6/08  Marin Society of Artists -- Panorama of Patterns -- “Rim Ice” and “White Almost to Blueness”
5/08 Marin Society of Artists -- Escape from Reality -- “Haiku” and “Double Peace”
4/08        Sanchez Art Center -- Arts on Fire XII -- "2007 Fire Season"
2/08 Marin Society of Artists -- Red Is … -- “Your Crinkly Smile”
11/07       Marin Society of Artists -- Sweet Dreams and Nightmares -- “Fire Season”
10/07   Marin Society of Artists -- 80th Annual Members’ --  “Along the Coast”
8/07  Marin Society of Artists -- Imagine -- “Ahead of the Weather”
5/07  Marin Society of Artists -- Land and Sea -- “Chains Required over Donner Pass”
5/07  City College of San Francisco -- Annual Student Competition --  "Lake Merced, San Francisco"
1/07  Marin Society of Artists -- A Moment in Time -- “The Propelling of Time” and “Float Beyond Its  Reach"
11/06  Marin Society of Artists -- 79th Annual Members’ -- “Lake Merced, San Francisco” (First Prize) and “The Headlands”
11/06 City College Art Club -- Faculty-Judged Show --  "Fog Scape" and "Tide Scape"
10/06  Marin Society of Artists -- National Exhibition -- “California Natives at Golden Gate Park”
5/06 City College of San Francisco -- Annual Student Competition -- "Time Flies"
4/06  Springer-Croke Gallery -- Emily Dickinson Multi-Media Show -- "Yellow Lightning"
 
California
 
1/11 North Valley Art League — 27th Annual National Show — "Wildfire Storm"
9/10 Cost Redwoods Art Association — 6th Annual National Show — "Storm at Ocean Beach"
7/10 Sebastopol Center for the Arts — H2O — “Before Diving In”
5/10 Santa Cruz Art League — Contemporary Landscape Painters of California — "Storm at Ocean Beach"
1/10 North Valley Art League — 26th Annual National Show — "Before Diving In"
9/09 Watercolor Artists of Sonoma County — 15th Annual Northern California Show — "Loose Pearls"
8/09 Coast Redwoods Art Association — 5th Annual National Competition — "Lake on Fire," "Fire Storm" and "Gridding for Heat"
1/09 Gallery Route One -- 24th Annual Juried Show -- "Relic" (Award of Merit)
1/09 North Valley Art League -- 25th Annual National Show -- "On the Edge" (Honorable Mention)
9/08 Watercolor Artists of Sonoma County -- 14th Annual Northern California Show -- “Specimen” and “Fire Storm”
9/08 Stockton Art League -- 55th Annual Juried Exhibition -- “Fire Season”
9/07 Watercolor Artists of Sonoma County -- 13th Annual Northern California Show -- "Lake Merced, San Francisco" and "Susan's First Quilt"
5/07    Gallery One -- Image and Imagination Show --  "On the Edge" and "Along the Coast"
1/07        North Valley Art League -- 23rd Annual National Show -- "Time Flies"
9/05 Watercolor Artists of Sonoma County -- 11th Annual Northern California Show -- "California Natives at Golden Gate Park"
 
Out of State
 
11/11 George Fox University, Newberg, OR/Minthorne Art Gallery — "Expressions of Faith" Show — "Dark Night of the Soul (St. John of the Cross)" and "Dwelling Place of Light (Job 38:19)"
5/10 Connecticut Women Artists — 81st Annual Open Juried Exhibition — "Water Born(e)" and "Rising Tide"
6/09 Connecticut Women Artists -- 80th Annual Open Juried Exhibition -- "Lake Merced, San Francisco"
6/08   Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts -- 97th Annual Exhibition -- "Lake Merced, San Francisco"
5/08  Connecticut Women Artists -- 79th Annual Open Juried Exhibition -- "Relic"
6/07   Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts -- 96th Annual Exhibition -- "Brooksville, Maine"
5/06 Connecticut Women Artists -- 77th Annual Open Juried Exhibition -- "Brooksville, Maine"
 
Professional Background
 
1975-1998 New York City-based career in public relations and corporate communications
 

 
 
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