I am a working artist with an eclectic career. In addition to my studio work I have done workshops, teaching, publishing, and commissions. I believe in experiential learning. I'm interested in all aspects of the creative process. I have been an Outward Bound instructor in the Boundary Waters of Minnesota and led trips through Alaska as well as developing creative problem solving classes for corporate retreats in Europe. The thread that connects all of my work is a love of nature and helping myself and others unleash our creativity.
EDUCATION
MA Design, University of Minnesota
BFA, Fine Arts and Dance, St Olaf College, Northfield, MN
The Art Students League, New York, NY, Figure Drawing and Watercolor
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Minnesota Museum of American Art, St Paul, MN
The Humanities Commission, St Paul, MN
The Excelsior Bay Spa, Excelsior, MN
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company, Minneapolis, MN
Leonard, Street and Deinard Law Firm, Minneapolis, MN
Interstate Banks, Minneapolis, MN
Faegre and Benson Law Firm, Minneapolis, MN
Lye Buchanan Inc., Edina, MN
University of Minnesota Hospital, Minneapolis, MN
Green and Espel Law Offices, Minneapolis, MN
M.B. Cushman Designs, Stowe, VT
Northwest Banks, Minneapolis, MN
Royal Carribean Coastlines, Norway
TEACHING GRANTS
St Croix River Association: Art & Science 7 Year Residency in 5 schools
ArtStart and Lifeworks: Teaching Art with special needs adults
Veterans in the Arts Program
ART EDUCATOR
ArtStart
St. Paul, MN 1990 - present
Designed a variety of interdisciplinary programs for this non-profit arts organization that links arts with the environment and different cultures.
- St. Paul Civic Symphony Children's Concerts: Dance, Visual Arts, + Theatre
- 15 Schools in Twin Cities and St. Cloud: Taught students Bookmaking, Drawing, Collage, Printmaking, Sculpting, Batik, and Weaving, Artist in Residence, Trained Teachers
- Facilitated 8 different murals in schools with student and teacher participation
Interplay Inc.
St. Paul, MN
1996- present Improvisational Movement/Drawing/Story Telling
PUBLISHED WORK
2010 Art Director: Intimate Immensities The Art of Donald Anderson
2006 goddess collection: winter issue & spring 2004 of Art Doll Quarterly
1993 Minnesota Center for Book Arts, winter book illustrator:
Swimming Snow, by Paulette Alden Bates
1977 Illustrator: Animals Around d Us, by Julie Becker, EMC Publishing Company
PANELS and CURATORIAL
2012 Minnesota Watercolor Society Fall Show
2012 Edina Arts Center
2012 Burnsville Visual Arts Society Fete with Andrea Specht & Holly Stone
2005. ArtStart Faculty Invitation Exhibition
2002 Perpich Center for Arts Education, Student Visual Arts Grant
2001 Creative Process Guest Speaker with Chris Aken
PUBLISHED CURRICULUM
ArtStart Inc.:
“River Eco Journeys: An Art and Science Curriculum to Promote Watershed Stewardship”
“Drawing Tools”
“Drawing Animals” “Experiential and Creative Process Learning for Elementary School Students”
The National Fire Prevention Association:
“Risk Watch Safety Program (K-12)”
The Consortium on Children's Asthma Camps:
“Asthma Roadways, A Family Connection”
Contact: maarjaroth@gmail.com