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Cecilia Lieder

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About the artist:

Cecilia Lieder is a native of Minneapolis. She now lives in Duluth's East Hillside neighborhood in a 111 year old house. She has been an artist printmaker for over 35 years. Except for ten years in Cambridge, Massachusetts, her professional life has been spent in Duluth. Her work has been shown extensively in the region and in the Boston area. In 1999, she was awarded a McKnight/ARAC Individual Artists Fellowship. She identities herself as a regional artist, committed to making a difference in cultural awareness at the most basic levels. She has been active in the local arts community, directing a grass roots public arts project on the Hillside neighborhood (Perspectives on the Hillside, 1998), and helping to found and direct the Northern Printmakers Alliance (1999), a group of 25 regional printmakers. She also serves on the Duluth Public Arts Commission.  

Education:  
  M.A. in Fine Art (Printmaking and Sculpture), 1974, related fields in        
         English Literature, Art History, University of Minnesota, Duluth
  B.A. in Fine Art and English, 1964
           College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN
  Additional fields: English literature, German language,1978-1984
           University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN
  Other universities attended (Art): University of Wisconsin, Superior,
          1970, 1979; Richmond Professional Institute (College of William        
          and Mary), Richmond,  VA, 1964

Professional affiliations and awards:

  Visiting Artist Lecture, Tweed Museum, U of MN, Duluth, 2002
  ARAC Career Development Grant, 2002
  Duluth Art Institute, Curatorial Committee, 2002 - present
  University of Minnesota, Duluth, art  faculty, 2001 - 2002
  McKnight/ARAC Individual Artist Fellowship, 1999-2000
  Duluth Public Arts Commission, 1999 - present
  Northern Printmakers Alliance, founding member,Director,1999- pres
  Perspectives on the Hillside Public Arts Project, Director, 1997- pres   
  Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA (1989-1993)
  Experimental Etching Studio, Boston (1986-1993)
  Duluth Art Institute , Duluth (1986 - present)
  Delta Phi Delta, national art fraternity , College of St. Catherine, 1964

Selected exhibitions:

 Ripple River Gallery, Aitkin, "Elements", NPA group show, 2002
 Director: ARAC Group Project Grant
 Duluth Art Institute, "Eye of the Beholder", group show, 2002
 First Lutheran  (Duluth) & MacRostie (Grand Rapids),2 person, 2002
 Women's Art  Registry of Minnesota, Mpls, invitational, 1999 - 2002
 Duluth Art Institute, "Sources",  NPA group show, 2001
 Hynes Rotunda Gallery, Boston, " Unconventional ", 2001
 VIA Gallery, Boston, " Color Woodcuts", 2001
 Duluth Art Institute, "Hidden Spaces", PoH group show, 2000
 Duluth Art Institute, "Puja", two-person, 2000
 MacRostie, Grand Rapids, "Fine Print", NPA group show, 2000
 St. Scholastica, Duluth, "Solstice Moon". NPA group show, 2000
 Lizzards Art Gallery, Duluth,"First Impressions", group show, 1999
 Director: ARAC Group Project Grant, 1999
 Duluth/Thunder Bay Sister Cities Invitational, Thunder Bay, 1999
 Lizzards Art Gallery, Duluth, 1999 "Together", two person
 First Lutheran Church Gallery, Duluth,  MN,  1999
 Perspectives on the Hillside Group Exhibition: 1998
 Director, ARAC Project Grant, 1998
 Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery, Grand Marais, MN, 1997
 Experimental Etching Studio, Boston, Group Exhibitions:
 27th Annual Wiggins Symposium, EES Retrospective, 1992                       
 Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
 L¹Estampe du Rhin, Strasbourg, France, 1990
 Worcester Craft Center, Worcester, MA, 1989
 Brockton Art Museum, Brockton, MA 1988
 Framingham State College, Framingham, MA, 1987
 Bradford College, Bradford, MA, 1986
 Duxbury Art Complex, Duxbury, MA, 1986
 Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, group, 1991
 Newton Free Library, Newton, MA,  1990
 Catherine G. Murphy Galleries, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, 1982
 Kruk Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Superior, WI 1981
 Artists in Profile, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, 1980
 Tweed Museum, University of Minnesota, Duluth, 1978
 University of Minnesota Gallery, St. Paul, 1975    
   
Other professional expertise and activities:

Fine Art Printmaking, woodcuts and stone lithography, 1970 - present
Duluth Public Arts Commission, 1999 - present
Northern Printmakers Alliance, founding member, Director, 1999 - present
Director: Arrowhead Regional Arts Council Project Grants,1999, 2002
Director, Perspectives on the Hillside Public Arts Group Project,     
1998: organization, fundraising, publicity, curator      
Director: Arrowhead Regional Arts Council Group Project Grant,1998 
Teaching, art:, elementary to adult level
Rolling Plains Art Gallery  Visiting Artist Workshop, 2002
University of Minnesota, Duluth, art faculty, 2001 - 2002
Gifted Children Grant Program Artist, Somerville, MA,1988-90
University of Wisconsin, Superior, Printmaking, 1980
Duluth Arts Magnet School, 1978
Duluth Art Institute, Bookmaking and Printmaking, 1978-1982
Private tutorials in art: elementary to adult levels, 1976-pres