Background
Touchette, Charleen Daughter of Archille Raymond and Colleen Muriel (Ethier) Touchette.
Touchette, Charleen Daughter of Archille Raymond and Colleen Muriel (Ethier) Touchette.
Student, Wellesley College, 1971-1973; student, Brown U., 1973; Bachelor in Painting, Bard College, 1975.
Researcher, executive assistant, Jamake Highwater, New York City, 1976-1980;
curator, gallery director, Executive Board member, Six Directions, Inc., Portland, Oregon, 1982-1984;
artist in residence, Minneapolis College Art and Design, 1990;
originator, author, lecturer, teacher, Minnesota Center for Arts Education, Minneapolis, 1990-1998. Director, head instructor Native American Art is World Art, St. Paul Foundation and the Minnesota Arts Experience Program, 1992-1993. Workshop director, lecturer, coordinator Plaza Resolana, Santa Fe, 1995, 96.
Guest curator, writer, educator Museum New Mexico Museum Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe, 1996-1997. Consultant Lewallen Contemporary Fine Arts, Santa Fe, 1997, American Indian Cmty. House Gallery, New York City, American Indian Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, Native Arts Circuit, Minneapolis, ATLATL, Phoenix, Winona LaDuke, Anishanabe Akeeng, White Earth, Minnesota, Lubbock (Texas) Fine Arts Center, Gallery 10, Arizona, others.
Independent artist, curator, educator, scholar Touchette Studios, Santa Fe, since 1975.
Honorary award committees member, catalog editor, chair National Women's Caucus for Art, New York City, since 1988. Board member Anti-Defamation League, New Mexico, since 1995. Artist's advisory board member Santa Fe The Art Institute of Chicago, since 1997.
National affiliate member Soho 20, New York City, since 1992.
Married Sheldon Barry Paisner, October 12, 1979. Children: Jacques Touchette, Sage Daniel, Raoul Justis, Liesette-Mimi.
