Background
Friday, Katherine Orwoll was born on December 3, 1917 in Granite Falls, Minnesota, United States. Daughter of Melvin Sylvester and Anna Elizabeth (Hustvedt) Orwoll.
Friday, Katherine Orwoll was born on December 3, 1917 in Granite Falls, Minnesota, United States. Daughter of Melvin Sylvester and Anna Elizabeth (Hustvedt) Orwoll.
Student, University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1941. Student, Frederick Mizen School of Art, Chicago, 1941.
Designer, illustrator Josten's, Owatonna, Minnesota, 1936-1939, 42-43. Layout artist Tempo Inc., Chicago, 1941-1942, Vogue-wright Studios, Chicago, 1943-1944. Layout, illustration Allan D Parson Advertising Agency, 1945, Ad-Art, Wichita, Kansas, 1952-1954, 63.
Industrial designer Harold W. Darr Associate, Minneapolis, 1959-1961. Layout, illustration Lydiard Associate, 1961—1962. Owner Skyline Studio, 1962—1966.
Layout, illustration Communications Consultant, Wilmington, Delaware, 1971. Freelance illustrator, medical illustration department pathology University Chicago, Chicago, 1946-1948. Freelance illustrator Hutchinson, Kansas, 1948—1952, 1954—1958.
Art director SPF Advisory, Intermedia, Minneapolis, 1966-1969, Arne Westerman Advisory, Portland, Oregon, 1970-1971, Battle Advertising, Wyncote, Pennsylvania, 1971-1972. Creative director, owner A'La Carte Advertising/Art, Bellevue, Washington, 1973-1977. Graphic illustration Courseware, Moffat Field, Mountain View, California, 1978, Quantic, Los Altos, since 1979.
Retired, 1982
Curator, judge international miniature art exhibit Festival of the Arts, Lake Oswego, Oregon, 2002.
Member of Sequoia Gallery & Studios, Hillsboro, Oregon, Main St. Art. Society (Best of show, 1st place and 2d place awards 2002, Best of Show, 1st place oil, 1st place watercolor 2003, 3d place 2004, Best of Show, 1st place portrait, 1st place floral 2005, Best of Show, Merit award, 1st and 2d place awards), Painters Showcase (Grand award 1999, Judges Choice award 2000-2002), Oregon Colored Pencil Society (2d place Northwest Regional show 2000-2002), Watercolor Society Oregon (Achievement award 1998, 2002), Cider Painters of America (award of excellence 1992-1994, 1st. place in floral 1993, still life award 1995, portrait award 1995, award of excellence 1997, portrait award 1998, President award 1999, award of excellence 2001, President award 2002, 1st place in floral 2007, Cathie P Scott Memorial award 2009, signature member), Miniature Painters, Sculptors, Gravers Society (3d place 1990, 1st place 1996, 1st of show 1998, 2d and 3d place 1999, Grumbacher gold award 2001, Best of Show award), Georgia Miniature Artists Society (2d place and 3d place 1990, 1st place 1991, 1994, Merit award 1997), Miniature Art Society Florida (1st place 1989-1990, 2d place 1994-1995, 1st place 1997-1998, 2d place 1999, 1st place 2002-2003), Miniature Artists of America (signature member, honorary signature), Colored Pencil Society of America.
Married Erling Bjarne Struxness, May 8, 1943 (divorced 1961). Children: John Eric Struxness, Mimi Ann McNicholas, Martha Jane Begin. Married George Edward Friday, April 12, 1969 (deceased January 1997).