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| EDUCATION BFA METROPOLITAN STATE COLLEGE, Denver, Colorado, Honors FURNITURE MAKING, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, Colorado SCULPTURAL FORMS AND BLACKSMITHING, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina VESSEL FORGING, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina WOODWORKING BUILDING FOR THE ELEMENTS, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, Colorado AWARDS 2005 STEVEN HEATER MERIT SCHOLARSHIP, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, Colorado 2003 ARTIST FELLOWSHIP IN VISUAL ARTS, Colorado Council on the Arts 2003 ARTIST GRANT, U.S. EMBASSY, Brataslava, Slovakia 2003 ARTIST GRANT, U.S. STEEL, Kosice, Slovakia 2002 ARTIST GRANT, Vermont Studio Center, Residency, Johnson, Vermont 1997 ARTIST FELLOWSHIP IN VISUAL ARTS, Colorado Council on the Arts 1996 SAM MALOOF WOODWORKING MERIT SCHOLARSHIP, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, Colorado SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2006 DRIFT, Carol Keller Gallery, Denver, Colorado 2005 STOPPERS, Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, Colorado 2003 ISTHMUS/go-between, Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, Colorado 2001 DISTANT CONVERSATIONS, OZ Architecture, Denver, Colorado 1999 MUSICAL CHAIRS: A COMPETITION FOR POSITION, Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, Colorado GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2007 COLORADO MASTERS, Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, Colorado, invitation 2006 BEST COLORADO ARTISTS, Denver International Airport, Denver, Colorado, juried 2005 ART INSIDE THE PARK, Jefferson City, Missouri 2005 COMPACT COMPETITION, Louisiana State Univ.,Baton Rouge, Louisiana, juried 2004 OPEN GROUND, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, Wyoming 2004 BETWEEN THE LINES, Carl Cherry Art Center, Carmel, California 2003 BETWEEN THE LINES, U.S. Steel,Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2003 PICTURES OF VERMONT, Andy Warhol Museum, Medzilaborce, Slovakia and Sarisska Gallery, Presov, Slovakia 2002 TEXAS NATIONAL 2002, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, juried 2000 TIME AND PLACE: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF WOMEN ARTISTS IN COLORADO, Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, Colorado. (One artist for each decade. Folkestad was chosen to represent the 1990s.) COLLECTIONS Kaiser Permanente, Denver , Colorado Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado(collaboration) George & Lynn Goldstein, Santa Fe, New Mexico Dr. Wagner and Annalee Schorr, Denver, Colorado Wenderski Collection, Colorado Springs, Colorado Mrs. Lawrence Claman, Dallas, Texas Rick DeGolia,Carmel,California Jim Logue, Casper, Wyoming Paul Jameson, Omaha, Nebraska |
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