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Alex
Anderson
Quilter/teacher/author/television host
She discovered her passion at SF State, when she completed her Grandmother's
Flower Garden quilt as part of her work toward a degree in art. Today she
hosts HGTV's "Simply Quilts" and her award-winning quilts are
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Judy Dater
Photographer
One of contemporary art's leading photographers, this Guggenheim-winning artist was part of the Visual Dialogue Foundation, the SF State-based school that grew out of the ferment of the 1960s. |
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Roy DeForest
Artist
Known for their rich, colorful palette, this art major's paintings hang in major museums worldwide. His "Country Dog Gentlemen" is a popular work at the San Francisco MOMA. |
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Rupert Garcia
Artist
He first gained notice for his political posters dealing with race, politics and the Vietnam War.
Since then, his silkscreen posters, etchings and paintings have been featured in hundreds of exhibitions. |
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Carmen Lomas Garza
Painter
Her paintings, shown at the Hirshhorn, Whitney and elsewhere, depict a Chicana's memories of small-town life in Texas,
from making tamales to dancing in a patio to Tejano music.
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Lyle
Gomes
Photographer
A Fulbright Scholar and artist, his 16-year photographic project, "Imagining
Eden: Connecting Landscapes," took him to countless locations in the
U.S. and Europe. When finished, he thanked former faculty members Don Worth,
Jack Welpott and Neal White in the acknowledgments. |
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Lynn Hershman Leeson
Artist
This groundbreaking artist and filmmaker's projects include a 9-year private performance as a simulated person, Roberta Breitmore, who had her own apartment, handwriting, gestures, moods, and friends who became part of her fiction. |
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Kristin Oppenheim
Conceptual artist
She began experimenting with audio art as an undergraduate in the 1980s. In her "Hey, Joe"
installation, her voice repeats the first two lines of the Jimi Hendrix song while blue spotlights move about a room.
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Wes Wilson
Poster artist
A pioneer of the psychedelic rock poster, this philosophy major's posters for the Fillmore and Avalon concert halls are noted for their experimental, freehand lettering. |
