Background
Groat, Jenny Hunter was born on August 30, 1929 in Modesto, California, United States. Daughter of Leo Hunt and Lola Tuttle (Atwood) Miller.
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Groat, Jenny Hunter was born on August 30, 1929 in Modesto, California, United States. Daughter of Leo Hunt and Lola Tuttle (Atwood) Miller.
Associate of Arts in Music, San Joaquin Delta, 1950.
Modern dance teacher, Dominican Schools, San Rafael, California, 1952-1954;
dance director, teacher, Reed College, Portland, Oregon, 1954-1956 summers;
co-founder, artistic director, teacher, various dance cooperatives, San Francisco Bay Area, 1951-1961;
founder, director, teacher, soloist, choreographer, Dance West: The Jenny Hunter school and Dance Company, San Francisco, 1962-1968;
invited art teacher, International workshops, since 1983;
teacher art calligraphy, College of Marin, Kentfield, California, 1980-1990;
teacher-mentor art classes, Lagunitas, California, since 1987. Teacher, training for creative dance Dancers and Artists, Bay area, since 1955. Mast classes, dance Bay area groups, colleges universities, 1958-1968.
Organizer panel discussions on art Jenny Hunter School, Dance West, San Francisco, 1963. Curator introducing United States and European artists to Asahi Art Pictorials, Tokyo, since 1995, Marin General Hospital Atrium Gallery, 1997, Lexus Showroom, 1998.
Grantor scholarships for child and adult dancers Jenny Hunter Dance West School, 1962-1968. Founder, mentor, teacher Grass Root Scribes, Marin County, California, 1987-1989. Curator, art exhibitions College of Marin and Kentfield, and Fairfax (California) Library., 1980-1982.
Chair arts and humanities committee Marin General Hospital, 1998. Member Colorado Calligrapher's Guild (honorary), Friends of Calligraphy, MarinSoc. of Artists (life, First Prize), Society for Calligraphy (Los Angeles), Marin Arts Council.
Married Maurice Frederick Groat, January 15, 1955.