Background
Keeton, Darra Rathbun was born on February 5, 1947 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Robert Raymond and Ida Marie (Stickney) Rathbun.
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Darra Rathbun Keeton
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Bachelor of Fine Arts, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1974. Master of Fine Arts in Painting, Queens College, 1979. Student, New York Studio School Drawing and Painting, 1977.
Student, New York Studio School Drawing and Painting, Paris, 1976. Postgraduate, State University of New York, Fredonia, 1990.
Career
Member faculty The Hewitt School, New York City, 1977-1989. Faculty The Browning School, 1977-1980. Now freelance arts administrator.
Member faculty University Manchester and University Sheffield, England, winters 1980-1982, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York City, 1979, 83. Consultant Arts Italia, Incorporated, New York York City, 1987-1988. Curator art exhibition Exhibit A: Brooklyn Federal Courthouse Show, 1985, Water Plus Color Plus, 1985.
Guest artist Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham, England, 1981, Sheffield Polytechnic, 1981, College of New Rochelle, New York, 1980, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1980, Suffolk Community College, 1980.
Achievements
Membership
Benifit committee Organization of Indiana Artists Benifit, New York City, 1986, New York State Council on the Arts Benifit, 1982, Heresies Magazine benifit, 1979, 80. Volunteer St. James Church Lunch for the Homeless, 1986. Volunteer cataloging the Whitney Museum of America Art, New York City, 1977.
Area organizer American Cancer Society fundraising doctor, Middletown, Ohio, 1971. Member Art in General Gallery (board directors).
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Connections
Adopted; married John W. Keeton, November 26, 1966 (deceased 1973).
