SUSAN RICHARDSON
EXHIBITIONS
2012
Once Upon a Time, solo exhibit at UC Berkeley Extension SOMA Art and Design Center, San Francisco, CA
Matthews Gallery at The Grand Theatre Arts Center, Tracy, CA (juried exhibition)
Expressions, Tracy Community Center, Tracy, CA (juried exhibition)
Expressions Selections, Grand Theatre Art Center, Tracy, CA (juried exhibition)
Shine, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2011
Matthews Gallery at The Grand Theatre Arts Center, Tracy, CA (juried exhibition)
Expressions, Tracy Community Center, Tracy, CA, (juried exhibition)
Expressions Selections, Grand Theatre Art Center, Tracy, CA (juried exhibition)
2010
Matthews Gallery, The Grand Theatre Arts Center, Tracy, CA (juried exhibition)
Expressions, Tracy Community Center, Tracy, CA (juried exhibition)
Expressions Selections, The Grand Theatre Arts Center, Tracy, CA (juried exhibition)
2009
Letters California Style, Kellogg Center at Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona, CA
2008
San Diego Public Library, main branch, three person show, San Diego, CA
2007
Talking Walls, La Jolla Public Library, La Jolla, CA (solo exhibition)
Word Play, Brandon Gallery, Fallbrook, CA
2006
Play on Words, Poway Center for the Performing Arts, Poway, CA
2005
Words and Images: Western Calligraphy with a Japanese Influence,
Japanese Friendship Garden, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA (juried exhibition)
2004
Graceful Envelope Contest Winners Exhibit, National Association of Letter Carriers headquarters, Washington, D.C., (catalogue, traveled)
AWARDS
2012 Third place Mixed Media, Expressions, Tracy Community Center, Tracy, CA (juried exhibition)
2011 First place Mixed Media, Expressions, Tracy Community Center, Tracy, CA (juried exhibition)
2010 First place Mixed Media, Expressions, Tracy Community Center, Tracy, CA (juried exhibition)
2009 Second place Letters California Style, Society for Calligraphy Exhibit at Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona, CA
2004 Honorable Mention, Graceful Envelope contest, National Association of Letter Carriers and Washington Calligraphers Guild.
PUBLICATIONS
2011
Letter Arts Review, Christopher Calderhead (ed.), vol. 25 no. 2, pp. 47-8.
2009
“Just Doing It,” The Calligraph Journal, Deann Singh (ed.), vol. 31, issue 1.
2008
Letter Arts Review, Christopher Calderhead (ed.), vol. 22 no. 3, p. 18.
2005
Mehigan and Noble, The Encyclopedia of Calligraphy Techniques (2005)
2002
Bobbi Richards, “Abstracting the Alphabet: The Art of Susan Richardson,” Expressions Magazine, vol. 1, issue 5, Sept/Oct 2002, pp.86-91
ART TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2006-Present
Guest artist, West High School, Tracy, CA
The Grand Theatre Art Center, Tracy, CA, Drawing, Mixed Media, Art Journaling
La Jolla, Pacific Beach, and Clairemont Public Libraries in San Diego, CA, Mixed Media, Art Journaling
EDUCATION
Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Visual Arts (candidate), UC Berkeley extension, Berkeley, CA, expected 2013
Ph.D. Education in Language and Literacy, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Outstanding Dissertation Award
M.A. English Education, Boise State University, Boise, ID, Graduate Fellowship
B.A. Secondary English Education, Simmons College, Boston, MA
