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I love to paint! A few years ago, I took a Batik Watercolor class from Carol Spohn which inspired me to do more batiks, and I have done lots of experimenting with this media. I don’t have enough time to paint usually, so appreciate my Attic Artists a lot, as I know ONCE a month I will paint a lot. Fall is most inspiring to me...all the colors!
I sell note cards and prints of original paintings of my own as well as from the artist group on my website and at shows. We have nearly 200 note card designs now. I am the founder of the Attic Artists. We have been meeting in my Eastside attic once per month for 13 years. We produce a monthly newsletter and do art shows and festivals together. The artist group has grown from 7 charter members to about 37 members.
Connie Keithahn is the founder of our group, the Attic Artists. She has been an inspiration for all who are around her, whether it's in the "attic", the garden or over a cup of coffee.
She comes from a family of artistic talent. Her father was a painting contractor for 30 years. Her mother was a watercolorist (and a very good one: Ada Copp Larson). Her sister, Patricia, was an art teacher at Rochester Community College and her brother Rob, at one time paid for college as a photographer. She said, "I always felt like I was the non-talent in a very talented family...all I did was play the piano!"
She has had a varied and industrious career that has included being an Assistant Membership Director for MPR, working on the Prairie Home Companion Show, and illustrating the first 2 books published for Garrison Keillor (Pledge week premiums). She was a reporter for 18 newspapers in California, was a Marketing and Sales manager for 2 exclusive Beverly Hills Hotels, and the Administrative Manager for Grubb & Ellis Commercial Brokerage. She has worked for Metropolitan State University for the past ten years, and hopes to retire in Nov 2011. She is an artist, a gardener, a gourmet cook, a mother, grandmother and a friend.
Attic Artists bi-annual shows:
Prosperity Bank Show: October 2000
Metropolitan State Show: October 2002, 2004, 2010
Lake Elmo Regional Center for the Arts: Oct 2005, 2006
Metropolitan State Women’s Commission Art Shows:
Chair of shows: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011
Art on a Line, Northstar Watercolor Society:
Artist Participant, Committee member for 9 years: 2002 – 2011
Festivals and shows:
Minnehaha Academy December shows: 2009, 2010
Swedish Institute Midsommer festivals: 2009, 2010, 2011
Svenskarnestag Midsommer Festivals: 2009, 2010
Scandia Midsommer Festival: 2009
Swede Hollow Festival: 2010
Gold Rush Days Antiques Show and sale: Family booth for 35 years
Many years doing Gingerbread Shows with many media in Metro area
as well as Rochester and other Minnesota locations
BA degree: Music and Education: Hamline University, St Paul MN
MA Degree: Management: St Mary’s University, Mpls MN
ADCEP Certification program: 26 credits, U of M, Mpls MN
Painting classes and workshops:
Split Rock Arts Program:
Cheng-Khee Chee weeklong class: Duluth MN 2002
Drawing with Michael: Weeklong class: Duluth MN 2003
Weekend workshop: Mary Ann Prietzer North Woods, WI
Classes with Carol Spohn: Batik Watercolor
Classes with Helen Bond: Special Techniques, Pouring Watercolor
Metropolitan State: Acrylic painting 4-credit class
Metropolitan State: Art Therapy Class:3 credits
Peer winner for two paintings: Northstar Watercolor Society:
Batik Butterfly and Batik Monarch and Sunflower
Peoples’ Choice Award: Attic Artists 2002 Metro State Show Koi Fish
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