Artist Resume
Selected Shows & Competitions


2009
  • BarenForum, Year of the Ox - Exchange [Image]
  • 'Fruit Alpahbet' Four Oceans Press Hand-Pulled Print Exchange, [Archive]
  • 'Water' Four Oceans Press Hand-Pulled Print Exchange, [Archive]
  • Four Ocean Press - Co-Artist of the Month - January 2009 with 11 other Artists from the 2009
    Print Makers Calendar
  • 'Water' Four Oceans Press Hand-Pulled Print Exchange, [Archive]
  • 'Grapes' Four Oceans Press Hand-Pulled Fruit Alphabet Print Exchange, [Archive]


2008
  • Four Oceans Press - 2009 Print Makers Calendar, Cozy Winter is the image of the month for
    December 2009. Purchase Calendar.
  • Four Oceans Press - Co-Artist of the Month - December 2008 with 11 other Artists from the
    2009 Print Makers Calendar
  • Hand-Pulled Print Show - Creative Framing & Gallery - [Review]
  • Post - PostCard 12 - The Lab - [Review]
  • Pomegranates, Persimmons and Pickles - Frank Bette Canter for the Arts - [Review]
  • Pro Arts Box Art Benefit Auction 2008 - [Review] [Page]
  • BarenForum, Exchange #38 [Image]
  • Tannic Acid Revolution - Frank Bette Canter for the Arts - [Review]
  • Prints for Peace in Mexico - [Review]
  • Steamroller Event - SFCB - [Review]
  • 'Earth' Four Oceans Press Hand-Pulled Print Exchange, [Archive]
  • Undressed - Frank Bette - [Review]
  • Printmaking Today in Italy - [Review]
  • "Be Still Life" - July, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Alameda, CA. [page]
  • 'Toast' Four Oceans Press Hand-Pulled Food Alphabet Print Exchange, [Page]
  • East Bay Open Studios Event, June 7 - 8th & 14 - 15th, the art work will be on display
    through the end of July, Creative Framing & Gallery, Oakland, CA. [page]
  • "Schisms" - June, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Alameda, CA. [page]
  • "Kathe Welch - Prints"  - April - May, Creative Framing & Gallery, Oakland, CA. [page]
  • 'Summer' Four Oceans Press Hand-Pulled Summer Print Exchange, [Page]
  • "Come Right In, Sit Right Down" - March, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Alameda, CA.  [page]
  • 'Man' Participation in the Monumental Collaborative Puzzle Prints, coordinated by Maria
    Arango, 2006-2008 [Page]
  • BarenForum, Exchange #36 [Image]
  • 'Spring' Four Oceans Press Hand-Pulled Spring Print Exchange, [Page]
  • "Vision & Revision" - February, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Alameda, CA.  [page]
  • BarenForum, Year of the Rat - Exchange [Image]
  • 'Winter' Four Oceans Press Hand-Pulled Winter Print Exchange, [Page]


2007
  • "A Partridge and a Pear Tree" - November - December,  Frank Bette Center for the Arts,  
    Alameda, CA.  [page]
  • The Postcard Show, The LAB, San Francisco, CA [page]
  • 'Fall' Four Oceans Press Hand-Pulled Fall Print Exchange, [Page]
  • "Reading Between the Lines" - September,  Frank Bette Center for the Arts,  Alameda, CA
    [page] [Image] [Image] [Image] [Image]
  • Creative Farming & Gallery,  Group Show [Image]
  • BarenForum, Exchange #33 [Image]
  • Open Art Studio [Event]
  • BarenForum, Exchange #32 [Image]


2006        


2005
  • The Postcard Show, The LAB, San Francisco, CA [page] [page]


2004
  • Artist of the Month, Creative Framing, Oakland CA. [Image]


2001
  • Zelda’s Saturday show,  Zelda’s Wig Shop, Modesto, CA. [Image]


1999
  • Emerging artist show, Central California Art League, Modesto, CA.
  • Senior show, California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, CA.


1998
  • Artist Group Project, Design and Production of Halloween Haunted House, for B-93 FM,
    KOSO, Modesto, CA.


1997
  • Summer Arts Bazaar, California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, CA.


1996
  • Spring show, Carnegie Art Center, Turlock, CA."Kathe Welch - Prints"
Teaching Experience

2009 – Present
2004 – 2009
2002 – 2003
2001 – 2002
    Student Teacher, 9th - 12th Grade, Sierra High School, Manteca Unified School District,
    Manteca, CA.

Selected Workshops

2009
    Teaching American History for All: Changing Definitions  in Citizenship in American
    History. Revised Grade 8: Art Inquiry and added a Teacher Guide.
  • Teacher Guide specific to 5th, 8th & 11th grade standards for U. S. History.
  • Focus Question: How do you look at art to discover its meaning?
  • Unit/Lesson Working Thesis: Reading a work of art can involve considering the artist’s
    creative intent, its historical context and its intended audience. Other considerations
    might include the artwork’s place in the artist’s oeuvre and its place within an art
    movement.

2008
    Teaching American History for All: Changing Definitions in Citizenship in American
    History - a project of MDUSD and UC Berkeley.
  • Wrote Grade 8: Art Inquiry
  • Focus Question: How do you look at art to discover its meaning?
  • Unit/Lesson Working Thesis: Reading a work of art can involve considering the artist’s
    creative intent, its historical context and its intended audience. Other considerations
    might include the artwork’s place in the artist’s oeuvre and its place within an art
    movement.

    Building Blocks for Kids at Peres Elementary School in Richmond, CA organized by the
    Richmond Art Center. I taught a week long workshop on bookmaking for 25 2nd & 3rd
    grade students.

2007
    Books Arts Demonstration at Alameda Literati I showed and discussed my nearly complete
    book The Last Monkey.

    Papier-Mâché Sculpture at the Paper Art Workshop to accompany Paper Cuts (a traveling
    exhibition) at the Hearst Art Gallery, Saint Mary's college of California. [1 day workshop - 50
    students - Ages 8 to 70]

Education

2001 – 2002
    -Preliminary Teaching Credential, Single Subject: Art.
    -CLAD Certificate.
    -Governors Teaching Fellowship.
1997 – 1999
    -Course of Study: Painting and Printmaking.
1993 – 1995
    -Course of Study: General Education.
1986 – 1988
    -Course of Study: Graphic Design and Advertising.
Kathe
Welch