Education
Student, Elmira College, 1962-1963.
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Rita Marie Kepner
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Rita Marie Kepner, American sculptor, writer, editor, educator, public affairs officer, marketingand communications professional. Member International Artists Cooperation (Edewecht, Federal Republic Germany), Northwest Multihull Association (commodore 1974), Marrowstone Island Community Association (president 1993). Holder United States Coast Guard captain licensed for passenger carrying auxiliary sailing vessels up to 50 tons, 1980.
Career
Instructor experimental college U. Washington, 1972-1974. Instructor sculpture internship program Evergreen College, Olympia, Washington, 1974-1978;informal visual arts ambassador between United States and Poland, 1976-1981. President federal women"s program county Seattle district, 1985-1986.
Federal women"s programmgr., Schweinfurt, Federal Republic Germany, 1986-1987, Wiesbaden, Federal Republic Germany, 1988.
Artist-in-residence City of Seattle, 1975, 77-78. Delegate International Sculptors Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1978.
Writer, editor, public affairs specialist Seattle district United States Army Corporation Engineers, spokesperson Exxon Valdez oil spill clean-up operations. Public affairs officer Wiesbaden Milcom Headquarters, 1987-1988, editor, Schweinfurt, 1986-1987;instructor writing & editing for managers
Department of Navy, Bremerton, Washington, 1991-1993.
Appointed disaster assistance spokesperson public affairs reservist Headquarters, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, mid-western floods United States, 1993, Southern California firestorm, 1993, Northridge earthquake, California, 1994, States of Georgia, Oregon, Washington and Alaska, 1994, Northern California floods, 1995, Oklahoma City Bombing, 1995, West Virginia floods, 1995, Washington State floods, 1996, New York State snowstorms and floods, 1996, Pennsylvania floods, 1996, Hurricane Fran, North Carolina, 1996, severe storms and flooding California, 1997, Ohio, 1997, Illinois, 1997, blizzards and floods, North Dakota, 1997, winter storms, New Hampshire, 1998, El Nino earthslides and floods in California, 1998, Massachusetts floods, 1998, Hurricane Bonnie, North Carolina, New York storms, HurricaneGeorges, United States.V.I. One-woman shows include Willoughby Wallace Memorial Gallery, Branford, Connecticut, 1967, Penryn Gallery, Seattle, 1970, 73, 76, Haines Gallery, Seattle, 1975, Zoliborz Gallery, Warsaw, Poland, 1981, Yorkshire 510, Norman, Oklahoma, 1988, Women"s Center, Portuguese Townsend, Washington, 1995, Bruskin Gallery, 1998. Group shows include State University of New York, Binghamton, 1966, 96, Manawata Art Gallery, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 1976, Modern Art Museum, Seattle, 1976, Portland (Oregon) Art Museum, 1976, Hajnowka (Poland) Gallery, 1977, Die Roemer Gallery, Wiesbaden, Federal Republic Germany, 1988, Blue Heron Gallery, Portuguese Hadlock, Washington, 1991-1992, Quimper Arts, Bruskin Gallery, Portuguese Townsend, Washington, 1993, 94, Portuguese Townsend Women"s Center, 1995, Ichikawa, Japan, 1997. Major works includePeace Pipe, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary, Human Forms in Balance, City of Seattle, 1975, Unity, City of Znin, Poland, 1976, Rough to Smooth, Seattle Public Library., 1978, The Surveyor, Savannah, Georgia.
Sculpture commission United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1995, 96.
Contributor articles to Northwest Arts, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Leonardo magazine, Polska Panorama, Poland magazine Founder Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council, 1984. Volunteers in Service to America volunteer, 1982-1984.
Board directors Aradia Medical Clinic, Seattle, 1972-1974. FounderChimacum (Washington) School District Learning Boosters, 1989.
Loaned executive togovt. campaigns United Way, 1989.
Trainer for campaign coords. and key workers, 1989. 1st aid trainer Medic I, Seattle, 1989-1991. Elected chair Marrowstone Island Groundwater Committee, 1989-1994.
Member of advisory committee Seawater Intrusion Team Department of Ecology, Washington State.
President Marrowstone Island Community Association, 1993-1994.
Achievements
Membership
Member International Artists Cooperation (Edewecht, Federal Republic Germany), Northwest Multihull Association (commodore 1974), Marrowstone Island Community Association (president 1993). Holder United States Coast Guard captain licensed for passenger carrying auxiliary sailing vessels up to 50 tons, 1980.
Connections
Married John C.Matthiesen. 1 child, Stewart.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Recipient merit award for superior journalistic achievement United States Army Civil Engineering, 1984, 85, 2d place news category competition award, 1985, 86. Suggestion award Department Army, 1984, official commendation Department of Army, 1985, 86, 87, 90, Department of Navy, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1990, 91, Achievement certified Washington Association Educators of the Talented and Gifted, 1990, Specialist Achievement award, 1991, Recognition certified Federal Emergency Management Agency, 1993 (3), 1994, 95, 96, 97, 98. Named Citizen of Year, City of Marrowstone Island, Washington, 1994.tempSpaceKosciuszko Foundation grantee, 1975, 76, 79, 81. President"s scholarship City University, Bellevue, Washington.Recipient merit award for superior journalistic achievement United States Army Civil Engineering, 1984, 85, 2d place news category competition award, 1985, 86. Suggestion award Department Army, 1984, official commendation Department of Army, 1985, 86, 87, 90, Department of Navy, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1990, 91, Achievement certified Washington Association Educators of the Talented and Gifted, 1990, Specialist Achievement award, 1991, Recognition certified Federal Emergency Management Agency, 1993 (3), 1994, 95, 96, 97, 98. Named Citizen of Year, City of Marrowstone Island, Washington, 1994.tempSpaceKosciuszko Foundation grantee, 1975, 76, 79, 81.
President"s scholarship City University, Bellevue, Washington.