Barbara Danser
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Barbara Danser
PO Box 301
Jaffrey, NH 03452
Email: bd@danserart.com
Website: www.danserart.com
EDUCATION:
University of Colorado, BFA
Silvermine School of Art – Painting with Ann Toulim-Rothe, Charles Reed,
Jacki Kaufman, Laurie Fader, metal sculpture with David Boyajian
Stanley Bleifeld Sculpture Studio – ceramic, stone sculpture
INSTRUCTOR:
BARBARA DANSER ART WORKSHOPS (Plein Air Painting)
2023 Mount Monadnock Region, New Hampshire
2022 Mount Monadnock Region, New Hampshire
2021 Mount Monadnock Region, New Hampshire
2020 Mount Monadnock Region, New Hampshire
2019 Mount Monadnock Region, New Hampshire
2018 Maine Coastal Painting, Maine
Mount Monadnock Region, New Hampshire
2017 Mount Monadnock Region, New Hampshire
Westbrook Club, Peoria, Arizona
2016 Mount Monadnock Region, New Hampshire
Ghost Ranch, Taos and Santa Fe, New Mexico
2015 Mount Monadnock Region, New Hampshire
Ghost Ranch & Taos, New Mexico
2014 Mount Monadnock Region, New Hampshire
2007 Ghost Ranch, New Mexico
2001 Ghost Ranch, New Mexico
2000 Tuscany, Cinque Terre and Venice, Italy
Ghost Ranch, New Mexico
1999 Tuscany and Cinque Terre, Italy
Utah National Parks, Utah
Ghost Ranch, New Mexico
Taos, New Mexico
1998 Utah National Parks, Utah
Ghost Ranch, New Mexico
Taos, New Mexico
1997 Ghost Ranch, New Mexico
1996 Ghost Ranch, New Mexico
NHIA, SHARON ARTS CENTER
2018 Pastels: Energy and Drama
Alla Prima Painting
Abstracting with Pastels
Plein Air Painting - Pastels
2017 Plein Air Painting
Abstract Painting
2016 Abstracting the Landscape
Abstract Painting
Creative Expression Through Words and Paint
Figure Drawing Open Studio (Monitor)
2015 Abstracting the Landscape
Totally Abstract Painting
Introduction to Abstract Painting
Creative ExpressionThrough Words and Paint
Figure Drawing Open Studio (Monitor)
2014 Abstracting the Landscape
Abstract Painting
2013 Abstracting the Landscape
CURRIER MUSEUM ART CENTER
2017 Painting Monet’s Gardens
2016 Abstracting the Landscape
2015 Abstracting the Landscape
STUDIOS:
DanserArt Studios – Hancock, New Hampshire
Painting
DanserArt Studios – Jaffrey, New Hampshire
Metal, Glass, Jewelry
Recent EXHIBITIONS: (* Solo Shows) (** Curator)
2023 Women & Passion, Dublin Arts & Muse Gallery, Dublin, NH.
Annual Artist Members’ Exhibit, Jaffrey Civic Center, Jaffrey, NH.
Pastel Society of NH Members Show, Peterborough, NH.
Jaffrey Civic Center Gala Auction, Jaffrey, NH.
100 Mile Radius Juried Art Show, Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, Keene State College, Keene, NH.
2022 Wit & Whimsy, Dublin Arts & Muse Gallery, Dublin, NH.
Monadnock Art Open Studios Tour
**Art From the Heart For Ukraine, Dublin Community Center, Dublin, NH.
Tiny & Tremendous, Dublin Arts & Muse Gallery, Dublin, NH.
Annual Artist Members’ Exhibit, Jaffrey Civic Center, Jaffrey, NH.
2021 *Barbara Danser Jewelry Exhibit, Jaffrey Civic Center, Jaffrey, NH.
Monadnock Art Open Studios Tour
2020 **Vision 2020, EarthSong Artists, Jaffrey Civic Center, Jaffrey, NH, Barbara Danser Curator.
Monadnock Art Open Studios Tour
**Art in Winter, EarthSong Artists, Hancock Library, Hancock, NH.
2019 * Barbara Danser Jewelry Exhibit, Jaffrey Civic Center, Jaffrey, NH.
Monadnock Art Open Studios Tour
Jaffrey Civic Center Fall Show, Jaffrey, NH.
2019 Juried Show, It’s Pastel, Pastel Society of New Hampshire, Portsmouth, NH, Tom Christopher and Jacob Aguiar, Jurors.
Celebrating Monadnock, Invitational, Jaffrey Civic Center, Jaffrey, NH.
Annual Exhibit, GALA, Winchendon, MA.
Pastel Society of New Hampshire Members’ Show, Jaffrey, NH.
2018 Juried Show, Ash Hill Center for the Arts, Jaffrey Civic Center, Jaffrey NH, Pamela Tarbell, Juror.
Monadnock Art Open Studios Tour
**RED, Ash Hill Center for the Arts, Swanzey, NH.
Flowers, Ash Hill Center for the Arts, Swanzey, NH.
All Around Monadnock, Historical Society of Cheshire County, Keene, NH.
**Realism & Abstraction: Diverse Interpretations, Invitational, Ash Hill Center for the Arts, Swanzey, NH.
Celebrating Monadnock, Invitational, Jaffrey Civic Center, Jaffrey, NH.
Inaugural Show, GALA, Winchendon, MA.
**Reflections on Nature, EarthSong Artists, Hancock Library, Hancock, NH.
2017 Invitational Fall Exhibit, Mill Brook Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Concord, NH.
Monadnock Art, Dublin Art Colony Exhibit, NHIA- Sharon Arts Gallery, Peterborough, NH,
Monadnock Art Open Studios Tour
**Continuum: Variations on a Theme, Invitational Exhibition, Jaffrey Civic Center, Jaffrey, NH, Curator: Barbara Danser
Ash Hill Center for the Arts: Founders and Friends, Invitational Exhibition, Ash Hill Center for the Arts, Swanzey, NH.
Encaustic Exhibition, Jaffrey Civic Center, Jaffrey, NH
2016 NHIA Juried Instructor/Student Exhibition, Sharon Arts Gallery, Peterborough NH.
* Barbara Danser Exhibition, Zerocelcius Gallery, Center for the Arts, New London NH.
Holiday Invitational, Ash Hill Center for the Arts, Swanzey NH.
2015 * Barbara Danser: Visions and Reflections - A Retrospective Exhibition, Jaffrey Civic Center, Jaffrey NH.
NHIA Juried Faculty Exhibition, Discover Portsmouth Center, Portsmouth NH, Juror – Andrew Lucas.
Members’ Exhibition, Pastel Society of New Hampshire, Jaffrey Civic Center, Jaffrey NH.
NHIA Community Education Exhibition, Sharon Arts Gallery, Peterborough NH, Juror – Andrew Lucas.
Dancing Leaves, Invitational Exhibit, Mill Brook Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Concord NH.
2014 2014 Art In Nature: Outdoors Sculpture Exhibit at the Fells, The Fells Estate, Sunapee NH, Juror – Andrew Spahr, Curator, Currier Museum.
Passionate Pursuits, Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, Keene State College, Keene NH.
Members’ Exhibition, Pastel Society of New Hampshire, Mill Brook Gallery, Concord NH, Judge - Christine Bodnar.
Continuing Education Exhibition, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH.
Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Mill Brook Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Concord NH.
2013 Members’ Exhibition, Pastel Society of New Hampshire, Sharon Arts Gallery, Peterborough NH, Judge – Robert Carsten.
Ceramic Exhibition, Sharon Arts School, Sharon NH.
2011 **In Sight: Visions and Reflections, Cunningham Gallery, Jaffrey, NH, Barbara Danser, Exhibition Curator.
Visions and Reflections: Diverse Journeys, Mill Brook Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Concord, NH.
Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Mill Brook Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Concord, NH.
Juried Show, Monadnock Fine Arts Gallery, Keene, NH.
2010 Passionate Pursuits, Thorne-Sagendorph Gallery, Keene State College, Keene, NH.
Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Mill Brook Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Concord, NH.
Members’ Exhibition, Pastel Society of New Hampshire, Red Roof Gallery, Enfield, NH. Judge-Cindy House.
2009 *Turquoise and Pastel, Jaffrey, NH.
Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Mill Brook Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Concord, NH.
Four Artists Show, Monadnock Fine Art Gallery, Keene, NH.
“It’s Pastel!” Juried Show, Pastel Society of New Hampshire, Newport, NH. Juror - Susan Ogilvie.
Members’ Exhibition, Pastel Society of New Hampshire, Theatre Gallery at Pinkerton Academy, Derry, NH.
2008 **Interplay: Inward Outward Transference, Cunningham Gallery, Jaffrey, NH, Barbara Danser, Exhibition Curator.
Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Mill Brook Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Concord, NH.
Members' Exhibition, Pastel Society of New Hampshire, Manchester, NH.
New England Juried Show, Pastel Society of New Hampshire, Derry School, NH.
2007 Members' Exhibition, Pastel Society of New Hampshire, Jaffrey, NH. Judged by Barbara Willis, PSA.
New England Juried Show, Pastel Society of New Hampshire, Red Roof Gallery, Enfield, NH. Juried by Richard
McDaniel, PSA, and Christina Debarry, PSA.
Vermont Pastel Society Selected Artists Show, Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, Vermont.
Friends of the Dublin Art Colony Exhibition, Sharon Arts Gallery, Peterborough, NH.
2006 **In Sight, Art Explorations by Maureen Ahern and Barbara Danser, Jaffrey, NH, Barbara Danser, Exhibition Curator.
Members' Exhibition, Pastel Society of New Hampshire, Durham, NH. Judged by Vicki Wright, Director, The Art
Gallery at University of New Hampshire.
Three Artists’ Exhibition, VIS Centennial Celebration, Jaffrey Center, NH
**Pastel Society of New Hampshire: Founders and Friends, Sharon Arts Gallery, Peterborough, NH, Barbara Danser, Exhibition Curator
*Jump For Joy: An Artist’s Passion for Multi-dimensional Creativity – Barbara Danser Artist’s Lecture, Thorne-Sagendorph Gallery, Keene State College, Keene, NH.
Monadnock Arts Auction, Jaffrey, NH.
Omer T. Lassonde Memorial Juried Competition/Exhibition, Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH.
2005 Bronze, Glass and All That Jazz, Three Artists’ Show, Colonial Corner, Colonial Theater, Keene, NH.
*Barbara Danser - Pastels, Banknorth, Jaffrey, NH.
Black and White Juried Show, Sharon Arts Gallery, Peterborough, NH. Juried by Robert Seaman and Dustan Knight.
Friends of the Dublin Art Colony Studio Tour, Harrisville, NH.
Friends of the Dublin Art Studio Exhibition, Sharon Arts Gallery, Peterborough, NH
Omer T. Lassonde Memorial Juried Competition/Exhibition, Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH.
Members’ Show, Sharon Arts Gallery, Peterborough, New Hampshire.
Monadnock Arts Auction, Jaffrey, NH.
Academic Artists National Juried Show, Springfield, Massachusetts. Juried by Paul Leveille and Sandra Wakeen.
Recent AWARDS:
2018 Honorable Mention, Sunset Burst, Juried Show - Ash Hill Center for the Arts Exhibit, Jaffrey Civic Center, Jaffrey
NH, Pamela Tarbell, Juror.
2015 Honorable Mention, Garden with Old Grey, Pastel Society of New Hampshire Members’ Exhibition, Jaffrey Civic
Center, Jaffrey NH.
2014 Splash of Color Award, Mountain Pass, Pastel Society of New Hampshire Members’ Exhibition, Mill Brook
Gallery, Concord, New Hampshire, Judge – Maryanne Mullett, PSA.
2013 Theresa Kimball Memorial Award, promenade sous des arbres en feu, Pastel Society of New Hampshire
Members’ Exhibition, Sharon Arts Gallery, Peterborough, New Hampshire, Judge - Robert Carsten, PSA.
2010 Second Place Award, Autumn Journey, Pastel Society of New Hampshire Members’ Exhibition, Red Roof
Gallery, Enfield, New Hampshire, Judge-Cindy House.
2008 Third Place Award, Aspen Spring, Pastel Society of New Hampshire Members' Exhibition, Jaffrey Civic Center,
Jaffrey, New Hampshire. Judge - Barbara Willis, PSA.
2007 Pastel Painters of Maine Award, Autumn Journey, New England Juried Show, Red Roof Gallery, Enfield, New
Hampshire. Juror - Richard McDaniel, PSA, and Christina Debarry, PSA.
2005 Honorable Mention, Sculpture, Legend of the Rock, Academic Artists National Juried Show, Springfield,
Massachusetts.
COMMISSIONS and INSTALLATIONS:
Private Collection, Jaffrey, New Hampshire, 2022
Connections, steel sculpture
Private Collection, Jaffrey, New Hampshire, 2021
I Think I Can, I Think I Can, bronze sculpture
Private Collection, Amherst, New Hampshire, 2021
I Think I Can, ceramic on wood panel
Private Collection, New York, New York, 2019.
Dance, bronze sculpture
Private Collection, Keene, New Hampshire, 2016.
Spirt Wind, bronze sculpture
Private Collection, Keene, New Hampshire, 2012.
Orb, bronze, stainless steel sculpture
Hancock Professional Center, Hancock, New Hampshire, 2008
Inward Outward Bound, steel sculpture
Monadnock Management Inc, Jaffrey, New Hampshire, 2007.
Release, bronze sculpture
Private Collection, Keene, New Hampshire, 2005
Mother Earth Father Sky, bronze sculpture,
Silvermine Arts Center, Sculpture Grounds, New Canaan, Connecticut, 2002
Shall We Dance, steel sculpture,
Private Collection, Belmont, Vermont, 2001.
Legend of the Rock, Tallix cast bronze
Art Space Projects Incorporated, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Bridgeport Economic Development Corporation, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 2001.
On A Roll - Mural Installation, latex acrylic paint on wood, 11’ x 14’.
NH ART AFFILIATIONS and ASSOCIATIONS:
Monadnock Art - Friends of the Dublin Art Colony
EarthSong Artists
Pastel Society of New Hampshire - Founder (2006), President (2006, 2007)
Monadnock Area Artists Association, Keene, NH
Monadnock Writers Group
Arts Alive, Keene, NH
Jaffrey Civic Center
Dublin Community Center
GALA, Gardner Area League of Artists, Gardner, MA
Ash Hill Center for the Arts, Swanzey, NH (2017-2018)
NHIA Sharon Arts Center – Fine Arts Gallery Committee (2004-2007)
Friends of the Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, Keene State College – Executive Committee (2005-2010)