Barbara Anne Penn

Background

Penn, Barbara Anne was born on January 10, 1952 in Pittsburgh. Daughter of John Newton III and Jean (Schlafer) Penn.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Art Education, State University of New York, New Paltz, 1973; Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, San Francisco The Art Institute of Chicago, 1983; postgraduate, Showhegan School Painting, Maine, 1985; Master of Fine Arts in Painting, University of California, Berkeley, 1986.

Career

K-12 teacher art, Delaware Academy and Control School, New York, 1974-1977; member installation crew, San Francisco Museum Modern Art, 1987-1989; instructor extended university studio program, University of California, Berkeley, 1988; instructor, San Francisco The Art Institute of Chicago, 1989; visiting resident artist, lecturer, Middlebury (Vermont) College, 1990-1991; assistant professor painting and drawing, U. Arizona, Tucson, since 1991; coordinator 2D Founds., U. Arizona, Tucson, 1991-1995. Dean students Skowhegan School Painting and Sculpture, summers 1987, 89. Juror Control Arts Collective, Tucson, 1995, Dinnerware Artists' Cooperative Gallery, 1995.

Lecturer Tucson Museum Art, 1994. Conference planner, panelist, lecturer Women and Creative Process, Tucson, 1994. Panel lecturer Women's Caucus for The Arts, 1997.

Artist resident Millay Colony for Arts, Inc., Austerlitz, New York, 1990, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1990.

Achievements

• Barbara ANne Penn has been listed as a notable artist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member College Art Association, Emily Dickinson International Society F C.

Connections

Father:

John Newton III Penn

Mother:

Jean (Schlafer) Penn