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Barbara Danser

BIO

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)

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