• Karen DeGroot Carte (2007) is a graduate of Syracuse University and a mother of three, is a blogger, a contributor to print and online publications, and a published novelist (One Sister's Song, Pearl Street Publishing 2002, 2004). She is currently at work on a collection of short stories.
• Margarita Blush (2007) holds a masters degree in directing for puppet and alternative theatre from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria. During her associateship with RMWI she will be developing a puppet theatre performance based on a Bulgarian folk tale.
• Joy Roulier Sawyer (2007) is an author, poetry therapist, and performance poet. She received her MA from New York University's Gallatin Division, where she received the Herbert Rubin Award for Outstanding Creative Writing. Joy is currently at work on a theatrical presentation of her eight-sonnet crown, “Following the Piper: Elegy of An American Geography: November 25, 1960-July 16, 1999.”
• Deanna Lowman (2007) Although Deanna Lowman received her B.F.A. in photography, storytelling is her life purpose. Relying on her experiences, and a passion for portraiture/self-portraiture, her photography tells her story by relating it to the stories of women of African descent who have inspired and healed her life. She hopes that her current project will inspire and heal others as well.
• Li Hardison (2007) A native of Harlem, portrait artist and figurative sculptor, Li Hardison has created a body of work that includes both public and private commissions. Her sculptural skills were acquired in a six-year apprenticeship with friend, mentor and colleague Paul Moore. Over the past 17 years, Li has expressed the complexity and passion of the human spirit through her art. She has honored the dignity and strength of women and African American women in particular. Her RMWI project will be the continuation of an ongoing series, which honors the achievements of black women artists in all genres of artistic endeavor. The depiction of these women as they manifest their hopes and dreams is an effort to speak to young artists. It is a means to emphasize the critical role the creation of art plays in contributing to the emotional, psychological, and spiritual wholeness of human beings.
• Kate Aspinal (2007) is an artist living in Boulder, CO. She graduated from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland with a degree in Art History and has worked and exhibited throughout as a dedicated creator of large pencil drawings. These works hinge on the figure but seek to create a tension of unlike objects married into strange and playful relationships with each other. As an associate of the Rocky Mountain Women's Institute, she will create a series of large portraits through which she will explore the significance/symbolism of line to identity.
• Renee Fajardo (2007) is the mother of seven and is a fifth generation Colorado girl who hails from a Wild West multi-cultural family. She writes for several Latino newspapers and has written four multi-cultural children's books; Holy Mole Guacamole, Pinch A Lotta Enchiladas, Chili Today, Hot Tamale, and Ole! Posole! (and other tummy tales). She is the only Colorado contributor to the national best seller Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul. She teaches storytelling, poetry, creative writing and fiction and non-fiction workshops. Her passion is to help young writers draw on their family and community ties to create a rich and vibrant world.
Past
Associates |
2007 |
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Irene VanHam Friedlob |
Opera Singer |
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Irene Elizabeth-Feltes Keeley |
Visual Artist |
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Mariah Raymond |
Visual Artist |
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Amanda Rea |
Literary Artist |
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Jennifer Vacchiano |
Literary Artist |
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Julie Wills |
Visual Artist | |
| 2005 |
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| Gayle Crites |
|
Visual Artist |
| Christine Davis |
|
Visual Artist |
| Nicole Dewart |
|
Writer |
| Sonnet Hanson |
|
Writer |
| Lisa Marie Patzer |
|
Visual Artist |
| Willow Pearson |
|
Singer |
| Sangeeta Reddy |
|
Writer |
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| 2004 |
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| Betsy Tobin |
|
Performing
Artist |
| Gwen Laine |
|
Visual Artist |
| Ruth Burink |
|
Visual Artist |
| Buff Elting |
|
Visual Artist |
| Suzanne MacAulay |
|
Writer |
| Rachel Pollack |
|
Writer |
| Constance Gelvin |
|
Writer |
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| 2003 |
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| Rokko Aoyama |
|
Visual Artist |
| Maria Cole |
|
Architect |
| Kristen Sidel |
|
Architect |
| Jennifer Devlin |
|
Visual Artist |
| Elizabeth McNutt |
|
Opera Singer |
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| 2002 |
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| Laura Audrey |
|
Visual Artist |
| Pattie Cowell |
|
Writer |
| Ginger Knowlton |
|
Writer/Visual
Artist |
| Lyra Mayfield (with Goodwin) |
|
Performing
Artist |
| Tonya Goodwin (with Mayfield) |
|
Performing
Artist |
| Jay Tacheny |
|
Visual Artist |
| Melanie Tem |
|
Writer |
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| 2001 |
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| Janet Bland |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Katherine Emsden |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Catherine Kunce |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Pattie Ortiz |
|
Visual Artist |
| Chandler Romeo |
|
Visual Artist |
| Doris Sung |
|
Visual Artist |
| Lorita Travaglia |
|
Performing
Artist |
| |
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| 2000 |
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| Maureen Breeze |
|
Performing
Artist |
| Brigette Dunn |
|
Performing
Artist |
| Andrea Dupree |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Elizabeth Haukaas |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Jan Marino |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Lauri Lynnxe Murphy |
|
Visual Artist |
| Dania Pettus |
|
Visual Artist |
| Sheila Schroeder |
|
Visual Artist |
| Cole Swenson |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Dominique Walton |
|
Literary
Artist |
| |
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| 1999 |
|
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| Michelle Baldwin |
|
Visual Artist |
| Lucy Congdon |
|
Visual Artist |
| Jerri Davis |
|
Performing
Artist |
| Amy England |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Elizabeth Faulhaber |
|
Visual Artist |
| L.L. Griffin |
|
Visual Artist |
| Janis Hallowell |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Crystal Potter |
|
Literary
Artist |
| LaRana Skalicky |
|
Performing
Artist |
| Lisa Trank |
|
Literary
Artist |
| |
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| 1998 |
|
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| Michelle Barnes |
|
Performing
Artist |
| Debra Goldman |
|
Visual Artist |
| Christine Hume |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Norah Krogman |
|
Visual Artist |
| Sylvia Montero |
|
Visual Artist |
| Regina Sanders |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Reven Swanson |
|
Visual Artist |
| Gail Waldstein |
|
Literary
Artist |
| |
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| 1997 |
|
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| Dawn A. Williams Boyd |
|
Visual Artist |
| Elizabeth Cross |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Naomi Horii |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Rita Kiefer |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Tori Read |
|
Visual Artist |
| Kimberlee Sullivan |
|
Visual Artist |
| Karen A. Schatten |
|
Performing
Artist |
| |
|
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| 1996 |
|
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| Janet Austin |
|
Visual Artist |
| Lee Ann Brown |
|
Literary
Artist |
| June Favre |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Susan Meyer Fenton |
|
Visual Artist |
| Linda Kozloff-Turner |
|
Visual Artist |
| Amelia Maria (Ramirez) de la Luz
Montes |
|
Literary
Artist |
| |
|
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| 1995 |
|
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| Martha Daniels |
|
Visual Artist |
| Heather Delzel |
|
Visual Artist |
| Virginia Folkestad |
|
Visual Artist |
| Judy GeBauer |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Jeffrey Richards |
|
Visual Artist |
| Kim Robards |
|
Performing
Artist |
| Jacqueline St. Joan |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Laurie Marr Wasmund |
|
Literary
Artist |
| |
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| 1994 |
|
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| Deborah Horner |
|
Visual Artist |
| Dorie Klein |
|
Visual Artist |
| Michele Spring-Moore |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Margaret Neumann |
|
Visual Artist |
| Beth Nugent |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Elizabeth Stein |
|
Literary
Artist |
| |
|
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| 1993 |
|
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| Leslee Becker |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Liz Buhr |
|
Visual Artist |
| Trine Bumiller |
|
Visual Artist |
| Doris DeHardt |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Lisa Spivak |
|
Visual Artist |
| Morgan Williams Wahab |
|
Performing
Artist |
| Kathyrn Winograd |
|
Literary
Artist |
| |
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| 1992 |
|
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| Kathy Hutton |
|
Visual Artist |
| Peggy Lyon |
|
Performing
Artist |
| Kristin Iversen |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Cathleen Meadows |
|
Visual Artist |
| Kay Obering |
|
Visual Artist |
| Rickie Solinger |
|
Scholarship |
| Barbara Wright |
|
Literary
Artist |
| |
|
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| 1991 |
|
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| Clarissa Pinkola Estes |
|
Performing
Artist |
| Dee Farnsworth |
|
Visual Artist |
| Vicki Finch |
|
Visual Artist |
| Patti Leota Genack |
|
Visual Artist |
| Hannah Kahn |
|
Performing
Artist |
| Carol McKelvey |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Janet Singleton |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Karen Zidwick |
|
Literary
Artist |
| |
|
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| 1990 |
|
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| Trista Conger |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Andrea Ellison |
|
Visual Artist |
| Susiehyer |
|
Visual Artist |
| Colleen Hubbard |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Opalanga Pugh |
|
Performing
Artist |
| |
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| 1989 |
|
|
| Nancy Bohm |
|
Visual Artist |
| Lolly Gold Brown |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Jean Casbarian |
|
Visual Artist |
| Jeanne W. Englert |
|
Scholarship |
| Barbara Geller |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Valari Jack |
|
Visual Artist |
| Nancy Means |
|
Visual Artist |
| Ania Savage |
|
Literary
Artist |
| |
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| 1988 |
|
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| Tahiri Ali-Masai |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Carolyn Hart |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Jan Johnson |
|
Visual Artist |
| Kimberly McCord |
|
Performing
Artist |
| Renna Shesso (aka Nancy Clegg) |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Pat Staten |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Constance Studer |
|
Literary
Artist |
| |
|
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| 1987 |
|
|
| Irene Blea |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Carolyn Braaksma |
|
Visual Artist |
| Nancy Dana |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Sally Elliott |
|
Visual Artist |
| Nancy Good |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Anne Price |
|
Literary
Artist |
| Walter Weare |
|
Scholarship |
| Linda Yarr |