| 2009 |
Plein Air Affair, Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz, CA. |
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Carmel Art Festival – Carmel, CA |
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Southwest Arts Festival – Indio, CA |
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Vistas of Yosemite, Dahlmeier Art Shows, Santa Cruz, CA. |
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King’s Mountain Art Festival, Woodside, CA (2006 - 2009) |
| 2008 |
"Statewide Painting Competition and Exhibition," Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA |
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"Big Sur Arts Initiative," plein air competition and “wet paint” exhibit, Big Sur, CA |
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"Native California Art Exhibition," Invitational Exhibition at the Filoli Center, Woodside, CA |
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"Art is Essential," PVAC at Gavilan College, Gilroy, CA |
| 2007 |
“Somebody: Art of the Figure,” ACCI Gallery, 1652 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA |
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“Beauty of the Coast: Paintings by Michele Hausman,” Costanoa Conference Center, 2001 Rossi Road, Pescadero, CA |
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“Market Motion: Art of the Farmers’ Market,” Pajaro Valley Art Center Gallery,
37 Sudden Street, Watsonville, CA |
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“Revisiting the Romance of the California Landscape,” Santa Cruz Art League,
526 Broadway, Santa Cruz, CA |
| 2006 |
“The Art of Painting,” Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA |
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“Impressions of Provence ”, Michael’s on Main, Soquel, CA |
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“Horizons: Where Earth meets Sky” , ACCI Gallery, 1652 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA |
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“Spring Floral Show”, MichaelAngelo Gallery, 1111 River Street, Santa Cruz, CA |
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“Art Week ” McRae & Company, SF Design Center 101 Henry Adams St, SF |
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“AVARTFest” , Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA |
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“Oasis” , ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA |
| 2005 |
"Farmer's Market Series", Santa Cruz County Government Center, 701 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz, CA |
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International Juried Exhibition, at the Herbst International Exhibition Hall. Juror: Marian Parmenter. At the Presidio in San Francisco, CA |
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"Central Coast Landscapes", Soquel Creek Gallery, 417 Capitola Avenue, Capitola, CA. |
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Michael’s on Main, 2591 Main Street, Soquel, CA. |
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Full Spectrum Gallery, 226 17 th Street Pacific Grove, CA. |
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Alameda Marketplace, sponsored by the Alameda Art Center, Alameda, CA. |
| 2004 |
National Juried Exhibit “The American Experience” Santa Cruz Art League. |
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Regional Juried Landscape Exhibit, Alameda Art Center, Alameda CA. |
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Plein Air Painters, Santa Cruz Institute of Contemporary Art, Santa Cruz, CA. |
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District Attorney’s Art Project, 701 Ocean Street 2 nd Floor, Santa Cruz, CA. |
| 2003 |
Yosemite Renaissance, Yosemite National Park. |
| Seventh Generation Mural Project, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino CA. |
| Bargetto Winery, Tasting Room Gallery, Soquel, CA. |
| Art Under the Oaks, Scotts Valley, CA |
| Open Studios Tour 2003, sponsored by the Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County |
| Many Hands Gallery, Capitola, CA |
| District Attorney's Art Project, 701 Ocean Street 2nd Floor, Santa Cruz, CA. |
| Exhibitions at Synopsis Inc, Santa Clara and Harmonic, Inc Sunnyvale. |
| Pacific Fine Art Festivals, Walnut Creek and Menlo Park. |
| Pacific Grove Art Center, Santa Cruz Oil Painters, 7/25 thru 9/5. |
| 2002 |
Open Studios Tour 2002, sponsored by the Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County. |
| National Juried Landscape Show, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA. |
| AVArtfest, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA. |
| Carmel Art Festival, Plein Air competition, Carmel, CA. |
| Coastal Art League Annual Juried Exhibit, Half Moon Bay, CA. |
| 2001 |
Coastal Art League Museum & Gallery, Annual Juried Exhibition, Half Moon Bay, CA |
| Open Studios Tour 2001, sponsored by the Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County. |
| Oil Painters' Alliance, Dancing Man Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA |
| Capitola Art and Wine Festival, Capitola, CA |
| The 2nd Annual Great River Exhibit, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA. |
| Celebrate Santa Cruz, Art Wine & Jazz Festival, Pacific Garden Mall, Santa Cruz, CA. |
| 2000 |
18th annual Capitola Art & Wine Festival, Capitola, CA |
| "Art Under the Oaks", Scott's Valley Art & Wine Festival, Scott's Valley, CA |
| "Century MM Exhibition", Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA. Juror: Richard Gadd, Director Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art. |
| "Impressions of Ghost Ranch by Six West Coast Women Artists", Louden Nelson Community Center, Santa Cruz, CA |
| 1999 |
Ashley Fine Art Gallery - Featured Artist, Capitola, CA, 95010 |
| California United Artists' "Exhibition '99", Oakland CA. |
| "American Landscapes", Santa Cruz County Cultural Council, County Government Center, Santa Cruz, CA |
| "Whale Fest" Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, California. |
| "Of Land and Sea", a three artist show at Riva, Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf, CA. |
| 1998 |
"Bargetto Winery Holiday Show", Soquel, CA |
| "Open Studios" Tour '98, Soquel, CA. |
| "HORIZONS: A Landscape Survey", Santa Cruz Art League, 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz, Juror: Peter Loftus. |
| 1997 |
Chaminade Artist Series 31, One Chaminade Lane, Santa Cruz, CA 95060. |
| Solo Exhibition " Color Through the Year", Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency. |
| California Watercolor Society Exhibit, Berkeley, CA. Juror: Juan Pena. |
| 1996 |
66th Statewide Exhibition, Santa Cruz Art League, 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz, CA. Juror: Richard Gadd, Director Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art. |
| "Works on / of Paper" Santa Cruz Art League. Jurors: Tobin Keller and Bonnie Britton |
| 1995 |
65th Statewide Exhibition, Santa Cruz Art League. Juror: Peter Gordon, Chief Curator of the San Jose Museum of Art. |
| 1992 |
Autumn Leaves, a three artist show, Silversmith Gallery, Capitola, CA. |
| Bibliography: |
| 2009 |
Impressions of the Natural World, by Michele LaMontagne Hausman, book published by LaMontagne Press, August, 2009 |
| 2007 |
Santa Cruz Sentinel, “Pajaro Valley Show celebrates the beauty of agricultural bounty” by Maureen Davidson, March 30, 2007. |
| 2006 |
King's Mountain Echo, "Michele Hausman's Plein Air Landscapes" by Kathy Kennedy-Miller, Vol. 6, Issue 8, August 2006.
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| 2003 |
Mendocino Art Center, Seventh Generation Mural Project Catalogue, by J. Tepley. |
| “Where Art Lovers find Inspiration and Artists Find Encouragement ”, Nancy Redwine, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Oct.2, 2003. |
| 2001 |
Celebrate Santa Cruz Festival Program , interview of Michele Hausman by Angela Meadows Signorelli. |
| 2000 |
A Colorful Day in Capitola by Kelly Woods, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Oct. 3, 2000. |
| Awards and Recognitions: |
| 2009 |
Lakeside Evening received Juror’s Choice Award at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History’s Plein Air Affair. |
| 2007 |
Coast to the Finish commissioned by the Wharf to Wharf Committee and York Gallery, to be used for the 35 th running (2007) event poster in both limited edition and general publication formats. |
| 2007 |
County’s Bounty commissioned by the City of Santa Cruz Arts Commission for their “Graphic Traffic” public art program.
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| 2006 |
Image of Michele Hausman's painting "Wind in the Sycamore" (oil on canvas, 30x24) has been selected for the cover of new poetry book by James Grabill ("October Wind"), published by Sage Hill Press. |
| 2005 |
Market Musicians selected for Daniel Smith Artists’ Reference Catalogue, 2005-06 |
| 2004 |
Lemonade selected by Houghton Mifflin for publication in literature text accompanying story by Maya Angelou. |
| 2004 |
Selected for Community Printers of Santa Cruz Promotional Calendar 2004. |
| 2003 |
Merit Award for Oil Painting at the California State Exposition in Sacramento, California. |
| 2002 |
"Best of Show" at the AVArtFest 2002. Selection of Michele's work was by the Executive Director of the Triton Museum of Art, George Rivera. |
| 2002 |
Merit Award in oil painting at the AVArtFest 2002. |
| 2002 |
Two Merit Awards at the National Landscape Show sponsored by the Santa Cruz Art League. |
| 2000 |
Commissioned to create the Arbor Day 2000 oil painting for use in posters and promotions, by the City of Santa Cruz |
| 1999 |
Winner of the 1999 Arbor Day Art Contest, Santa Cruz, CA |
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| Teaching Experience: |
| 2003-2009 |
Oil painting Workshops and Classes, at the Michele Hausman Studio in Soquel, CA, at the Santa Cruz Art League, and at the Casa Nambe Retreat Center in Santa Fe, NM |
| 2000-2001 |
Weekly Watercolor Classes, Ashley Fine Art Gallery, Capitola, CA |
| 2000 |
Presentation in watercolor painting to the Pajaro Valley Artists' Association |
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| Education: |
| 1997-2006 |
Week long workshop studies in landscape oil painting with Ted Goerschner, Ned Mueller, Andrew Peters, Ken Auster, Chuck Waldman, Elizabeth Tolley, Brian Blood, and figure painting study with Peggi Kroll-Roberts and Ray Roberts.
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| 2001-2003 |
Various oil painting classes, Scottsdale Artist's School, Scottsdale, AZ. |
| 1997-1999 |
Oil Painting Study, Santa Cruz Art League, CA |
| 1987-1992 |
Cabrillo College Studio Art Classes, CA |
| 1980 |
MSW, University of California at Berkeley |
