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Alysanne McGaffey |
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Contact Info: Studio Address: 1276 Alicante Drive Pacifica CA 94044 (650) 359-2168 Email: aamcgart@aol.com |
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Visual Artist: painting |
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Alysanne McGaffey, MFA
A painter and printmaker, Alysanne came to the Bay Area in the 1950's from the University of Washington with an exhibition record in sculpture to enter the San Francisco Art Institute on scholarship. Under the tutelage of Wally Hedrick she studied with Jay DeFeo, Bill Brown, Joan Brown, Manuel Neri, Ivan Magdrikoff, Walt Kuhlman and Nathan Olivera among others in the exciting years of the Bay Area Figurative Movement and the Funk era centered around the school and San Francisco's North Beach.
In the 70's she finished a formal Bachelor of Fine Arts at the College of Notre Dame, Belmont under artist/historian Dr. David Ramsey. Alysanne then completed a Masters of Fine Arts in Painting at Lone Mountain College (now USF) in San Francisco, focusing on oil and watercolor.
Her original reputation was created as a figurative oil painter, in later years watercolor became her dominant expressive mode, frequently addressing landscape, seascape and the inner spiritual life.
After further academic work in the craft of teaching was completed at San Francisco State University, University of California at Berkeley, College of San Mateo and Canada College, Alysanne taught extensively in the field of children's art. She continues to work with adults on a private basis. She holds a Community College Teaching Certificate in Adult Education, Fine Art.
She is a past president of the Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay, a founding member of San Mateo County's ARTshare, serving two terms as Secretary. She was Chairman of the City of Pacifica's Cultural Arts Commission, serving on the commission for two full terms. Ms. McGaffey continues on the Board of the Pacifica Center For Solitude, St. Edmund's Pacifica, where she was a founding Member.
Alysanne shared Studio 17 with center founders, Marion Yap and Mary Harden at the Sanchez Art Center until 2004, when the center underwent chaotic legal and management changes. |
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BORN: Seattle, Washington, 1931
EDUCATION: University of Washington San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco Academy of Art, San Francisco University of California, Berkeley-Extension, Berkeley and San Francisco Campus College of Notre Dame, Belmont BFA degree Lone Mountain College, (University of San Francisco) MFA degree San Francisco State University, San Francisco Skyline Community College, San Bruno College of San Mateo, San Mateo Canada College, Woodside
SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2005 "Earth, Sea and Sprit: Coming Full Circle a retrospective exhibition at ARTshare of San Mateo ARTshare Gallery 25, San Mateo 1994 "Patterns: Sea, Sound And Mountains, Coastal Arts League, Half Moon flay 1991 "Coastal Expressions", Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay 1988/89 "Woman And Nature: Our Mythic Selves "- Institute for Research on Women & Gender Stanford University, Bechtel International Center, Palo Alto 1987 "Romance With The Coast" Watercolor Expressions, Eureka Savings bank Gallery. Pacifica 1986 "Four Watercolors", "The Birth Place. Menlo Park 1986 "Female Imagery", Mama Bears Bookstore Gallery, Berkeley 1985 "Paintings, Fitzpatrick Professional Center, Redwood City 1984 "One Woman Show" Corridor Gallery, San Mateo Arts Council Gallery, Redwood City 1983 "Jazz at the Firehouse, Art Guild of Pacifica, Pacifica 1983 "Three Woman Painters", Manor Gallery, San Mateo Arts Council, Twin Pines, Belmont 1979/82 "Commentaries from Mt. Parnassus" Private Showings, San Francisco 1977 "Women In Ecstasy", Everywomen's Gallery, San Rafael 1970/71 "The Gresham Hall Shows", Grace Cathedral, San Francisco 1971 "Resurrection One" Created, curated, exhibited First Liturgical Art Show, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco 1968 "Homage to Jeannette Rankin" The Kelley Galleries, San Francisco 1962 "The Cafeteria Show", San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco 1951 "Sculptures" University of Washington, Art Department Gallery, Seattle Washington campus
AWARDS: 1998 First Prize, Watercolor, Art Guild of Pacifica Annual Members Exhibition, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica 1995 "The Prophesy" Honorable Mention, Coastal Arts League Juried Competition, Half Moon Bay 1994 "The Prayer" Cash Award, CAL Museum Juried Print Show Half Moon Bay 1986 "Mystical Bird", Award of Merit, Society of Women Artists Format Show, San Francisco
GROUP SHOWINGS: 1966/68 The Kelley Galleries, San Francisco 1996 San Mateo County Fair, San Mateo 1996 San Mateo County Fair, San Mateo 1995 "Diverse Visions", Women's Caucus for Art Exhibition, Hall of Justice, Redwood City 1996 "Fete de Morgana " Redwood City Exhibit 1996 "Land and Sea" Visual Digital Comp. Art Services, Hobart Australia, Tasmania 1996 "Similar Differences, International Exchange Show, Quay Arts Centre, Isle of Wight, England 1997 "The Angel Show", Half Moon Bay Community Center, Half Moon Bay 1996 "Nudes of 95", CAL Life Drawing Group Show, Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay 1996 CAL Coldwell Banker Gallery exhibition, Half Moon Bay 1997 "Taste of Pacifica" Juried Show Nick's Pacifica 1997 Annual Member's Show, Pacifica Art Guild, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica 1997 "Jazzed About Art" Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica 1998 "People Show," Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica 1998 "Places Show," Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica 1998 40 Years Art Guild of Pacifica Annual Members Exhibition Sanchez Art 1999 "Things Show," Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica 1998 Coastal Arts League Museum Juried Show, Half Moon Bay 1999 "Small Works 11", Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica 1999 "Heaven and Earth and the Myriad Things as One Body" Sanchez Art 1999 "Deconstructing The Process" Women's Caucus for Art Member's Exhibit, 1870 Gallery, Belmont 1999 "Jazzed About Art, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica 1999 "Mask Project", Coastal Arts League Museum, Half Moon Bay 1999 Arts On Fire 4, Sanchez Art Center 2000 "Seascapes & Harbors" Sanchez Art Center 2000 "Windows and Doors & Other Gateways to the World", Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica. 2000 "Gardens Unlimited", Sanchez Art Center 2000 Studio Artists Show, Sanchez Art Center 2000 Volunteer Exhibit 11 Sanchez Art Center 2000 42nd Annual Art Guild of Pacifica Art Exhibit, Sanchez Art Center 2000 Coastal Arts League Museum, Juried Competition, Half Moon Bay 2000 Coastal Arts League Members Show, CAL Half Moon Bay 2000 West Wing Gallery, "Small Works 111", Sanchez Art Center 2000 Coastal Arts League Computer Art Show 2000, Cal Museum, HMB 2000 "Anything Goes (but some things stay)" CAL traveling show, Lake Forest College, Donnelley Library 2000 "A Taste of Pacifica 4", Nick's Pacifica 2001 Annual "Arts on Fire 5", Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica 2001 "Beyond the Rules", WCA Regional Conference exhibition, SF campus California College of Arts & Crafts 2001 "Pacific Prism" 5 Arts Organizations, 4 Venues 2001 "Art From The Heart" CAL, Half Moon Bay 2001 CAL 16"' Annual Juried Competition, Half Moon Bay 2001 Art Guild of Pacifica 43'd Annual Membership Exhibit, Sanchez Art Center 2001 "Small Works IV", Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica 2002 CAL 17'h Annual Juried Competition, Half Moon Bay 2002 "Primarily Blue" Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica 2003 "Predator Pray, WCA Coastal Arts League Museum, Half Mon Bay 2004 "Twelve Bay Area Artists" Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay 2004 "2004 General Art Show" South San Francisco Cultural Arts Commission Exhibition, Honorable Mention 2004 "What Was, Is, Will Be..." WCA show, Coastal Arts League Museum, ARTshare Gallery 25, San Mateo 2004 CAL 20th Juried Competition, Coastal Arts League Museum, Half Moon Bay, Best 2D In Show 2004 Cal Membership Show, Coastal Arts League Museum, Half Moon Bay 2005 "Women By Women" San Mateo Arts Commission, Commission on the Status of Women and ARTshare exhibition County Government Center Gallery, Redwood City. Juror: Catherine Clark, Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco
ASSOCIATIONS: Member Women's Caucus For Art Member Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay, Past President (1994/1996) Board Member, Pacifica Center for Solitude (retreat center) St. Edmund's, Pacifica. Former Cultural Arts Commissioner the City of Pacifica, 1996-2004 Former Board Member San Mateo County ARTshare, Belmont, CA Former Secretary ARTshare Former Member Art Guild of Pacifica Former Member Sanchez Art Association Former Board Member, Sanchez Art Association -Publicity Chair SAC (200012001) Former Bishop's Committee, (Vestry) St. Edmund's Episcopal Church, Pacifica (1999/2001) Former Associate Member, Silicon Valley Art Museum
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