Susan Black
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Susan Black
San Francisco

Education
 
2003 - present  Art student at City College of San Francisco
1998 - present Private instruction, short-term classes, workshops
1974 Connecticut College, New London -- BA English
 
Juried Competitions
San Francisco Bay Area
 
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" Expressions of Gratitude — 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"
 
Juried Competitions
California
 
1/10 North Valley Art League — 26th Annual National Show — "Before Diving In"
9/09 Coast Redwoods Art Association — 5th Annual National Competition — "Firestorm," "Lake on Fire" and "Gridding for Heat"
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"
 
Juried Competitions
Out of State
 
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"
 
Other Venues
 
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
 
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
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
 
Affiliations
 
Art Guild of Pacifica
City College of San Francisco Art Club
Marin Arts Council
Marin County Watercolor Association
Marin Society of Artists – Member, Board of Directors; Chair, 2009 National Exhibition
San Francisco Women Artists
 
Professional Background
 
1975-1998 New York City-based career in public relations and corporate communications
 

 
 
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