Background
Gypsy Patricia Ray was born on March 22, 1949, in Kewanee, Illinois, United States.
the University of Iowa
Goddard College's Historic Greatwood Campus in Plainfield, Vermont
Goddard College Clockhouse
Gypsy Patricia Ray was born on March 22, 1949, in Kewanee, Illinois, United States.
Gypsy Ray earned a Bachelor of Arts in Art from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, in 1972, and a Master of Arts in Photography from Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont, in 1978.
A senior photographer with the University of California, Santa Cruz Photo Lab (since 1976), Gypsy Ray previously worked as an artist's model for six years at various universities and art schools. In the 1990s, she photographed a group of San Francisco Middle School students on the verge of adolescence, who shared with her their dreams and promises for the future. These photographs have not been exhibited before in Ireland. So many years later, they contain the enigma of where these adults are now; how they might have faired through high school.
Gypsy Ray has taught at the Ormonde College of Art Programme, the Kilkenny Women’s Art Project, and Kilkenny Collective for Arts Talent (KCAT).
Quotations: "It is important for me to have my art have social implications."