This collection of alumni notes lists recent accomplishments from our alumni who graduated before 1980. To see alumni notes of those who graduated from CCA after 1980, see parts Two, Three, and Four.

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1955

Viola Frey: Solo show: Bigger, Better, More: The Art of Viola Frey, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, Jan.-May 2010.

Charles Gill: Solo show: Recent Paintings, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Feb.-Apr. 2010; Inherited Furniture, Rosenthal Gallery, College of Idaho, Caldwell, 2009; Featured in: "Charles Gill Exhibits at Stewart Gallery", Boise Weekly, Mar. 2010.

1961

Edward Bohon: Solo show: Seeing Music, sponsored by the Sarasota Orchestra, Harmony Gallery, Sarasota, Florida, Sept.-Oct. 2009.

1962

John McCracken: Featured in: "Venerable, Small and Lots on Paper (Including Napkins)", The New York Times, Mar. 4, 2010.

Patricia Tavenner: Group show: Mail Order Art, In Numbers: Serial Publications of Artists Since 1955, X Initiative, New York, Dec. 2009-Jan. 2010, Publications: Mail Order Art (an artists' newspaper that Tavenner initiated, edited, and contributed to); In Numbers: Serial Publications of Artists Since 1955, PPP Editions and JRP Ringier, 2009; Divine Inspiration: How to Release the Artist Within, Emeryville Co-op, California, June 2010.

1966

Arlene Streich: Group show: In Memoriam: Women's Lives Taken By Violence, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Alameda, California, Sept. 2009.

Harry Weisburd: Solo show: Wilkinson Western Gallery, Beijing, Sept.-Dec. 2009; Group shows: First Friday, Place, Las Vegas, Apr. 2010; 2010 Year of the Tiger, Wilkinson Western Gallery, Beijing, Jan.-Apr. 2010.

1970

Helen Breger: Group show: The Art of the Book: Fourth Annual Exhibition of Handmade and Altered Artist Books, Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, California, Apr.-May 2009; Featured in: "Helen Breger's fashion illustrations", San Francisco Chronicle, April 26, 2009.

1972

Tim Beckwith: Musical release: TIMO SOLO, Solo indie album, May 2009; Promotion: Production Designer for OM: An Indian Tale of Good and Evil, Boxtales Theatre Company, Lobero Theater, Santa Barbara, June-Sept. 2009.

1973

Leland Byrd: Solo show: Bovine Bakery, Point Reyes Station, California, Sept.-Oct. 2009.

1974

Jane Lackey: Solo show: Shapes of Entanglement: Particle Politic, Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, Michigan, Nov.-Dec. 2009.

1975

Eva Bovenzi: Group shows: The Artists of ZYZZYVA, Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, June-July 2009; Fourth of July Show, Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles, July 2009; Featured in: "Eva Bovenzi at Graduate Theological Union" by Peter Selz, Art Ltd., July 2009; "Eva Bovenzi's Cryptic, Mysterious 'Messengers'", The Berkeley Daily Planet, Apr. 2009.

Marc Katano: Solo show: Half-light, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francsico, Nov.-Dec. 2009; Group show: Seven Perspectives, Stremmel Gallery, Reno, Nevada, Nov. 2009.

Gary Ruddell: Solo shows: New Paintings, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, Oct.-Nov. 2009; Learning to Trust, Sue Greenwood Gallery, Los Angeles, May 2009; Group shows: A Figural Presence, Alva deMars Megan Chapel Art Center, Saint Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire, Sept.-Nov. 2009; 29th Annual Fall Art Auction, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Oct. 2009; I'll Bet You Can't Paint a Portrait: The Genesis of Bay Area Figurative Art Now, Art Space 712, San Francisco, Sept. 2009; Gallery Henoch, New York, 2009; Four from the West, The Hamptons, New York, 2009; LA Art Show, Gallery Henoch, Los Angeles, 2009.

1976

Mark Bowles: Solo show: Atmosphere, Skinner Howard Contemporary Art, Sacramento, California, Sept.-Oct. 2009; Work acquired: The painting 'Intersect,' Denver Museum of Art, Sept. 2009.

Jill Hoffman-Kowal: Group show: Cool Down - Heat Up, State of the Arts Gallery, Sarasota, Florida, July-Oct. 2008; Featured in: "The purity of color", Sarasota Herald Tribune, Florida, July 3, 2008.

1977

Squeak Carnwath: Solo show: Imagination Is the Mind's Freedom, Peter Mendenhall Gallery, Los Angeles, Nov. 2009-Jan. 2010; Group show: Story Painters, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California, Feb.-Apr. 2010.

1978

Danaë Anderson: Solo show: Girl in Light with Hands, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, May-June 2010.

Jamie Brunson: Solo show: Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, Jan.-Feb. 2010; Group show (and cocurated): Metaphysical Abstraction, Berkeley Art Center, Oct.-Nov. 2009.

Candace Kling: Group show: 23rd Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition, California, Oct. 2009.

1979

Lisa Remeny: Group show: Andrews Art Museum, Andrews, North Carolina, Sept. 2009.