Background
Russo, Laura was born on March 7, 1943 in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Lawrence and Lillian A. Kaplan.
Russo, Laura was born on March 7, 1943 in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Lawrence and Lillian A. Kaplan.
Certified, Pacific Northwest College Art, 1975.
Art instructor, Tucker Maxon Oral School, Portland, Oregon, 1970-1974;
art instructor, Pacific N.W. College Art, Portland, 1977-1978;
associate director, Fountain Fine Arts, Seattle, 1981-1982;
assistant director, Fountain Gallery of Art, Portland, 1975-1986;
owner, director, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, since 1986. Lecturer Portland State College, 1992. Juror Oregon School Design, Portland,1988, Western Oregon State College 1992, Beaverton Arts Commission, 1992, Oregon History Society, 1990.
Committee member Oregon Committee for National Museum Women in Arts, 1988. Guest interviewer art department Oregon State College, 1996. Member of advisory board School Fine and Performing Arts Portland State University, since 1998.
Member of committee awards and grants Metropolitan Arts Commission, Portland, 1988, 89. Member P.N.C.A.; juror Art in Public Schools Program, 1990. Juror ArtQuake, Portland, 1994.
Juror Corvallis (Oregon) Art Center, 1995. Member Alumni Friends, Contemporary Arts Council (program chairman, vice president 1989-1991), Portland Art Museum (search committee 1993-1994), Oregon The Art Institute of Chicago, Friends Print Society, Oregon The Art Institute of Chicago, Los Angeles Museum Contemporary Art, Seattle Art Museum (lecturer 1987), Art Table (West Coast branch).
Married John I. Lawrence, May 6, 1962 (divorced 1974). Children: Maia Giosi, Dylan Russo.