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Susan Jane Keizer, American Artist. MacDowell Colony fellow, Peterborough, N.H., 1986. Member of executive board Nelson ARTfriends University of California, Davis, 1992-1996, chair benefit exhibition Nelson Gallery, since 1994. Member American Association of University Women, Women's Caucus for Art, Artists Equity.

Background

Keizer, Susan Jane was born on September 26, 1940 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Daughter of Roy Laver and Eulalia Frances (Shively) Swank.

Education

Bachelor, Reed College, 1964; postgraduate, University of California Davis, 1973-1977; postgraduate, Maryland. Institute, 1978-1979; Master of Arts, California State University Sacramento, 1981.

Career

Science illustrator Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, 1964, Santa Cruz, Davis, California, 1967—1972. Instructor drawing Davis Art Center, 1976-1978. Artist Davis, since 1976.

Guest artist San Jose (California) Museum School, 1986. Coordinator West Coast Women's Conference, Heceta Head, Oregon, 1983. Associate director Lester Gallery, Inverness, California, 1981-1982.

Adjunct faculty art American River College, Sacramento, 1997. Guest instructor art California State University, Sacramento, 1983, visiting lecturer University California Davis, 1989, 2000-2002, 2004. Member faculty summer Haysack Program Portland State University, 1999-2001.

Achievements

  • Susan Jane Keizer has been listed as a notable artist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of executive board Nelson ARTfriends University of California, Davis, 1992-1996, chair benefit exhibition Nelson Gallery, since 1994. Member American Association of University Women, Women's Caucus for Art, Artists Equity.

Connections

Married Joel Edward Keizer, December 8, 1964. Children: Sidney Jacob, Sarah Rebecca.

Father:
Roy Laver Swank

Mother:
Eulalia Frances (Shively) Swank

Spouse:
Joel Edward Keizer

child:
Sidney Jacob Keizer

child:
Sarah Rebecca Keizer