Rita Spencer Knudsen: solo show, Paper Sculpture, Thomson Hall Gallery, Sausalito Presbyterian Church, Sausalito, CA, Sept. 2005. Herb Ranharter: solo show, Going for Baroque, International Atomic Energy Agency wing at Vienna International Centre of the United Nations complex, Vienna, Austria, Mar. 2005; working in studios in Berkeley, CA, and Vienna, Austria; recently finished translation of art book about 18th-century sculptor Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. Fayette Block Watkis: production handweaver for Randall Darwall since 1994; scholarship teaching assistant, Haystack, June 2004, and Penland, June 2005.
1978 Jamie Brunson: group shows: Transversal, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO, Jan.–Feb. 2005; Traywick Contemporary, San Francisco International Art Expo, San Francisco, Jan. 2005; It’s About Time: Celebrating 35 Years, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, Oct. 2004–Feb. 2005; Neo-Mod: Recent Northern California Abstraction, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, Nov. 2004–Jan. 2005; Hidden Order: Pattern Content in Contemporary Abstraction, Oakland Art Gallery, Aug.–Sept. 2004.
James Jermantowicz: solo show, Galerie Gora, Monteal, Canada, Oct. 2004; group show, Pareidolia, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA, Aug. 2004.
1979 Ann Morhauser: featured, NewYorkMetro.com, Feb. 2005, and Santa Cruz Sentinel, Jan. 2005. Ken Romero: solo show, Gathering Tribes, Berkeley, CA, spring 2005; group show, Totems to Turquoise: Native North American Jewelry Arts of the Northwest and Southwest, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, Oct. 2004–July 2005; merit award, Eiteljorg Museum Indian Market, Indianapolis, IN, 2004; third place, SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market, Santa Fe, NM, 2004; work in permanent collection of Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM; represented by Blue Rain Gallery, Taos, NM.
1980 Germán Herrera: solo shows: Recent Work, Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, Mexico, July–Aug. 2005, traveling to Centro Fotográfico Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Oaxaca City, and Fototeca de Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico; A Book of Mirrors, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR, Feb. 2005; group shows: Marin Arts Council 2004 Grantee Showcase, Marin Community Foundation, Hamilton Field, Novato, CA, Feb.–Apr. 2005; Latin Spirit, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Fort Mason, San Francisco, Feb.–Mar. 2005; selected by SF Camerawork for their fine print collection.
1981 Betsy Weis: solo show, Through Water: Betsy Weis, A Survey 1987–2004, Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI, Dec. 2004–Mar. 2005; lecture, Stephanie Dean ‘98, Boy in a Puddle, 2003 30
Saginaw Arts & Sciences Academy, in conjunction with artist residency, Saginaw, MI, Jan. 2005.
1982 Jennifer Bain: solo show, Poetry of Nature: Recent Work by Jennifer Bain, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY, Sept.–Oct. 2004; new website, www.jenniferbain.com. Carole Seborovski: group show, Faculty Exhibition, Hunter College Times Square Gallery, New York, NY, Feb.–Apr. 2005; Little Red School House & Elisabeth Irwin High School Art Auction, I-20 Gallery, New York, NY, Feb. 2005.
1987 Katherine McKay: taught watercolor class, Richmond Art Center, Sept.– Nov. 2004; artist’s business class, Richmond Art Center, Sept.–Oct. 2004; matting and framing workshop, Richmond Art Center, Davis Art Center, Pacific Art League, fall 2004; Japanese printmaking workshop, UC Santa Cruz Extension, July 2004. Ann Weber: solo show, Sculpture and Drawing, Kay Kimpton Contemporary Art, Feb.–Mar. 2005; group shows: In the Round, Institute for Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, Jan.–Feb. 2005; Art as Furniture, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Nov.–Dec. 2004; Inner Workings, Oakland Art Gallery, Sept.–Oct 2004; Off the Rim, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ, May–Sept. 2004; public art project in production, bronze sculpture, Phoenix, AZ; featured, San Francisco Chronicle, June 2004.
1988 Lampo Leong: solo shows: Spatial Luminance, Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA, 2004; Aspiration to the Sublime, Living Green, San Francisco, 2004; group shows: International Contemporary Ink Paintings, Zengxiu