Curriculum Vitae

Lynn Van De Water DeCew
440 Poncha Boulevard
Salida, Colorado 81201

Education
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Professional Certificate in Art Education
1989-1990

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Post-Baccalaureate in Painting
1988

The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado
BA in Fine Art
1985

The American Colleges of the Midwest
Studies in Renaissance Art, Florence, Italy
1983

Continued Education
Anderson Ranch Art Center, Aspen, Colorado
Ceramics, Summer 1989, 1990
Japanese Woodblock Printing, Hiroki Minoue, Summer 1996
Painting with David True, Summer 1997
Painting with Roselyn Schwartz, Summer 2000

The University of Denver, The Young Audiences Aesthetics Institute
Graduate program in Fine Art Curriculum Design
Summer 1996

Professional Experience
Anderson Ranch Art Center, Aspen, Colorado
Children’s Program Instructor
Bookmaking, Summer 1998
Exploring Egypt, Summer 1999
World of Pattern, Summer 2000
Art House, Summer 2002
Landscape Painting, Summer 2003

Kent Denver School, Englewood, Colorado
7th and 8th Grade Art, High School Drawing and Painting,
AP Art History, Theater Set Design
1991-1998

Drawing Together at Hovenweep
Hovenweep National Monument and the Navajo Reservation, Utah
Spring 1996

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Multi-Age Life Drawing Class Instructor
Winter 1990

Professional Experience, continued
The Chicago Academy for the Arts, Chicago, Illinois
High School Art Instructor
1989

Acona Montessori School, Chicago, Illinois
Elementary Art Instructor
1990

Related Experience
The Colorado Historical Society, Denver, Colorado
Assistant Preparator
Special Events 1990-1991

Claire Zeisler Workshop
Artist Assistant
1998

Achievements and Honors
Featured Artist on the Taste of Salida Poster
1999

Merit Stipend for Excellence in Teaching, Kent Denver School
1996

Travel Grant to Guatemala, Kent Denver School
Summer 1993

Merit Grant, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1988

Committees
The Salida Art Walk
Planning Committee

Exhibitions
Currently Represented by Cultureclash Gallery, Salida, Colorado

Two woman show at Cultureclash with Melissa Hefferland, July 2004

Represented by BroadMinded Gallery, Salida, Colorado
1999-2002

Sangre de Christo Fine Arts Center, Pueblo, Colorado
“OYO Show”
December 2002

Grand Junction Art Center
Colorado Landscapes Invitational Show
July and August 2001

Elizabeth Schlosser Fine Art, Denver, Colorado
One Man Show
March 2001

Exhibitions Continued
Buena Vista Arts Center, Buena Vista, Colorado
“One Man’s Trash is Another Woman’s Treasure”
Group Show by Invitation
Spring 2000

Steamplant Art Center, Salida, Colorado
Group Show by Invitation
Spring 2000

Mitchell Museum of Fine Arts, Cedarhurst, Illinois
Drawing Together: Sonja Horoshko and the Project at Hovenweep National Monument
Drawings and Photographs
Fall 1999

James Walker Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Recent Paintings
1998

Core New Art Space, Denver, Colorado
Two Person Show
Paintings and Drawings
1997

Kent Denver School
Juried Art Show
Paintings and drawings
1994, 1995, 1996 Featured Artist 1997, 1998

Spark Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Two Person Show
1992,1993

Man Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Invitational Show
Paintings
1992

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Fellowship Show
Paintings
1989

Packard Art Center, The Colorado College
One Person Thesis Show
Paintings and Drawings
1985