Colleen K. Howe Bleinberger, psa , AWA 526 Summit Creek Dr., Smithfield, UT 84335, 435-232-2470 art@colleenhowebleinberger.com EDUCATION Brigham Young University Fine Art Major, University of Utah Fine Art Major Individual Study with Michael Workman, T. Allen Lawson, Sally Strand AWARDS First Place, Pastel Society of America, September 2010, New York City, NY, International Top 100 Paintings, The Pastel Journal, September 2010, International Competition First Place, Landscape, Dixie Invitational Statewide, St. George, UT, 2008 AFFILIATIONS Signature Status, Pastel Society of America, 2005, American Women Artists 2008 Pastel Society of the Northern Rockies, Member EXHIBITIONS/SHOWS Maui Plein Air Painting, 2013 Invitational, Hawaii Maynard Dixon Country Invitational, Bingham Gallery, Mt. Carmel, UT, each year since 2000 Springville Art Museum, One Person Show, Springville, UT, January 2008 St. George Art Museum, St. George, UT, October 2006 PUBLICATIONS AMERICAN ARTIST, cover article published June 2008 issue, ART OF THE WEST, April 2013 THE ARTIST’S MAGAZINE, feature articles published June 2003 and April 2005 THE PASTEL JOURNAL, feature articles, November 1999, June 2007, June 2013 PAINTERS OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST, featured artist, published 2009 AN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE:LANDSCAPES, published 2011 (one of 67 featured artists) SPECIAL PROJECTS Commissioned work in Progress for Utah State University (11 large paintings) Video Taping Instructional Teaching Videos, May 2011, Artists Network TV Committee Member, Public Art, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 2010 Executive Director, Alliance for the Varied Arts, Logan, UT, 2003-2005 President, Pastel Society of Utah 2003-2005, Founder of this organization TEACHING/LECTURES Workshop Instructor, nationwide and Provence, France – currently teaching Landscape Painting Classes, local weekly instruction COLLECTIONS GALLERIES Cache Co. Building, Logan, UT OC Tanner Co, Salt Lake City, UT Bingham Gallery, Mt. Carmel, UT Jack Richeson & Co. (Unison Pastels) www.thunderbirdfoundation.com University of Utah, Fine Arts Museum Rich Haines Gallery, Park City, UT Utah State University, Ag. Sci. www.richhainesgalleries.com 15th Street Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT June 2013 www.15thstreetgallery.com