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MEETINGS SPONSORED BY NWS Pat Undis will demonstrate her award winning
 Thursday, February 16, 2012, 7pm
Born and raised in the Chicago area, Pat attended McHenry College where she was awarded an art scholarship. She went on to graduate from Northern Illinois University with a B.S. in Art Education. After moving to MN in 1979, Pat continued her education at the University of Minnesota and MCAD as well as attended many painting workshops.
A signature member of the Transparent Watercolor Society of America and the Minnesota Watercolor Society, she is the recipient of several "Best of Shows" and "Award of Excellence" Her most recent achievements include, "Best Downtown" Red Wing Plein Air Festival, "Best of Show" Arts in Harmony 2010 and Minnesota Watercolor Society 2009. The first time Pat was juried into the Transparent Watercolor Society of America, she won the "Best of Show" award!
Pat has done freelance commercial work for national companies, including illustrating a children's book, The Lighthouse Mouse, which received an "IPPY" award.
 She also worked as an arts administrator, including the director of Banfill Locke Center for the Arts, Fridley, MN, and co-founded and directed the North Artists Studio Crawl (www.nascrawl.org)–currently in its twelfth year. Pat's paintings appear in the recently published The Artistic Touch 4.
 At present, she has her favorite job to date: teaching Painting 1,2,3, and Advanced Placement Art.—a year-long college level class where a small group of students work on a series of art and complete a portfolio of 24 pieces (Pat will bring some examples). The exam is a portfolio scored by the College Board. If the students pass, they get college credit. The transformations the students go through are so extraordinary: they become authentic artists with a passion to create. She tells her students that art will make them see the world through a new lens. "Painting makes life fun, especially when you get to share it!”
The February 16, 2012 meeting,
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