Ruth Patterson Hart:
Biographical Sketch

1910 / Born, Seattle Washington

1913 / Family moved to Portland, Oregon

1916-1924 / Cady School; Portland, Oregon (arts-based school, later its faculty and curriculum were merged into Catlin-Hillside School)

1913 / Numerous family trips to Hawaii

1924 / Punahou School, Honolulu

1925-1928 / Allen Preparatory School; Portland, Oregon ( with art classes at Portland Art Museum)

1928-29 / Art Students League; New York, NY (under Boardman Robinson)

1929-30 / Cas'Alta School, Florence, Italy (Under Celeste Celestini, etcher)

1930-33 / Mills College, Art Major (under Roy Partridge and Florence Minard)

1933 / BA Mills Summer Session (under Alexander Archipenko)

1934 / One Person Show - Honolulu Art Academy

1935 / Purchase Prize - Honolulu Art Academy Annual

1935 / Travels to Japan, North Cape, Russia

1936 / Helps launch Portland Creative Arts Gallery; included in shows there

1936 / Included in 3-Person show, Portland Art Museum

1935-36 / Art Teacher - Gabel School, Portland, Oregon

1936-38 / Art Teacher - St Helens Hall, Portland, Oregon

1939 / Colorado College and Colorado Springs Fine Art Center (under Peppino Mangravite) MA

1933-1944 / Art Teacher - Riverdale School, Portland, Oregon

1942 / Submission of Riverdale Students Art to Exhibition of Children's Art, NY Museum of Modern Art, Wins Third Place

1940 / Included in American Artists Professional League Show

1943 / Teacher /Student Show, Contemporary Crafts Gallery; Portland, Oregon

1940 / Teacher in Portland Art Museum's Children's Classes

1940 / Mills Summer Session with Bauhaus Group (Under Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and others)

1943 / Weaving Workshop with Dorothy Liebes

1944 / Married Allan Hart II; Portland, Oregon

1945 / Included in Oregon Guild of Painters and Sculptors Show

1937-44 & 1959-91 / Volunteer - Contemporary Crafts Gallery; Portland, Oregon

1947-50 / Births of three children (Martha, Sally ,Allan III)

1988 / Death of son, Allan III(Ted)

1991 / "Circle of Influence" - Group Show - Image Gallery; Portland, Oregon

1994 / "Landscape" Group Show Catlin Gabel School; Portland, Oregon

2001 / Died



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