Carolyn Lee Mary Tolpo

Background

Tolpo, Carolyn Lee Mary was born on February 1, 1940 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of James J.E. and Ethel Lucy Lee (Greener) Robiscoe.

Education

Bachelor, Wayne State University, 1962.

Career

Art teacher Detroit Public Schools, 1962-1964. Art teacher, coordinator Freeport (Illinois) Catholic School System, 1972-1978. Artist Tolpo Studios, Rock Island, Illinois, 1979-1981, Shawnee Mountain Studios, Shawnee, Colorado, since 1981.

Co-owner Shawnee Mountain Gallery, since 1981. Art advisor Mountain Cable Channel, Bailey, Illinois, 1990-1998. Co-founder Shawnee History Society, Colo, 2009.

Achievements

• Carolyn Lee Mary Tolpo has been listed as a notable artist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Founding president Women Caucus for Art-Midwest Region, Rock Island, 1979-1981. Member Park County History Society, Shawnee, since 1985, Denver Art Museum, since 1988, Park County Friends of the Library., since 1985. Activist Save Shawnee environmental organization, since 1985.

Founding vice president Rock Island History Preservation Association, 1980-1981. Founder Cultural Council of Park County, 1992. Member American Crafts Council, National History Trust., Rock Mountain Weavers Guild.

Interests

• Avocations: environmental activism, historical preservation, feminism, traveling.

Connections

Married Vincent Tolpo;, June 24, 1976. 1 child, Michael Coleman Inglesh.

Father:

James J.E. Robiscoe

Mother:

Ethel Lucy Lee (Greener) Robiscoe

Spouse:

Vincent Tolpo;

child:

Michael Coleman Inglesh Tolpo