CURLY CLARK
Resume
Personal
Born Saratoga Springs, NY 1951
Education
Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy 2002
Vermont College, Montpelier, VT. Earned Degree 1971
Universita Italiana per Stranieri, Perugia, Italy. Study of Italian language, study of Italian Art. ”con ottimo profitlo”
Professional Affiliation
Resident Artist, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX Sept. 2003 – Feb. 2004
Solo Exhibits
Trilogy: Freedom, Peace, Wisdom, Georgetown Public Library, Georgetown, TX 2018-2019
Exhibits and Workshops, The Barn, Swans Island, ME 2004 – 2012
I Dream of Irene, Fleury Gallery, Houston, TX 2004
Curly Clark Exhibition, C. G. Jung Center, Houston, TX 1999
Solo Exhibit, Harbor Island Hotel, Harbor Island, FL 1986
Fabric Art by Curly Clark, The Tampa/Hillsborough County Library Fine Arts Gallery, Tampa, FL 1985
Selected Group Exhibits
Creative Forces, C.G. Jung Center, Houston, TX 2002
Piecemeal: Putting It All Together, An invitational show at The Houston Center For Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX 2001
Contemporary Quilt Makers of Houston, Southern National Bank, Houston, TX 1993
Not What You Think, Austin Circle of Theatres in Association With The Texas Museum of Natural History, Austin, TX 1991
Form and Freedom Show, an invitational exhibit during the International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX 1992, 1991
Breakaway, Crossroads Gallery, Tampa, FL 1987
Traditions and Trends, Ruth Eckerd Hall Performing Arts Gallery, Clearwater, FL 1984
Commissions
Hillsborough County School District, Tampa, FL
Residential commissions throughout the state of Florida
Collections
Brock Hotel Company, Dallas, TX
Private Collections: Laguna Beach, CA; Tierra Verde, FL; Tampa, FL; Greeley, CO; Dallas, TX; Clearwater, FL;
Steamboat Springs, CO; Santa Fe, NM; New York City, NY; Houston, TX
Teaching
The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft Outreach Program 2002 – 2004
Art classes at the Chicano Family Center in conjunction with the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft Gallery talk
at the C.G. Jung Education Center, Houston, TX 1999
Design and dying courses at the Jewish Community Center, and throughout Tampa, FL 1985 – 1989
Guest lecturer at The Tampa Museum 1985
Lecture series at the Tampa-Hillsborough County Library System 1985