Kate Ali

Kate Ali (born 1977) is an American visual artist based in Eugene, Oregon. She is a sculptor, teaching artist, and local arts education advocate who creates public works and sculptures. She is also a project manager for the Oregon Arts Commission’s Percent for Art program.[1]

Early life and education

Ali was born in 1977. Her father Walter Ali is a potter and her mother, a seamstress.[2][3] Ali attended Lane Community College in 2003 and Emily Carr Art Institute in 2004, earning a BFA from California College of the Arts in 2007.[4][5]

Career

Ali is Project Manager for the Oregon Arts Commission’s Percent for Art program. She also teaches at Lane Community College in the division of the arts.[6]

As a member of Lane Arts Council’s board of directors,[7] Ali helped shape arts education programs and a multi-year model of arts integration called Artcore, explorations in music, dance, theater, and visual arts disciplines,[8] to "create an arts program that enhances the current curriculum as well as providing professional development for teachers".[9]

Liora Sponko of the Lane Arts Council said, "Kate is an artist and a huge advocate for the arts in Lane County... an inspiration and often a go-to consultant in the arts for many of us. I so appreciate her vision and creativity and willingness to contribute".[7] According to Bob Keefer of the Eugene Weekly, "Ali has considerable experience in public art as both an artist and as a project manager."[10]

Selected exhibitions

"Shelter in Place:Brick and Mortar", with Lee Imonen[11]

"Don't Feed the Animals", 2017[12]

"Dining Dynamics", 2006[13]

"Ear to Wall", 2005[14]

Awards and honors

Ali received an Oregon Arts Commission Fellowship Grant for Visual Arts in 2008.[5]

In 2014, Ali and artist Betsy Wolfston each received a 3-year $210,000 Oregon Community Foundation grant, "...to create an arts program that enhances the current curriculum as well as providing professional development for teachers".[15] They developed curriculum in drawing and painting, sculpture, 3D art, multimedia arts, graphic design, theater and technology.[15]

References
  1. "An Introduction to Public Art: Navigating the Public Art Commission Process". Lane Arts Council. December 4, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  2. "2015 LCC Juried Student Art Exhibition opens February 17". www.lanecc.edu. February 9, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  3. "About Ms. Ali". Kate Ali. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  4. "Alumni US, California College of the Arts (2007)". alumnius.net. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  5. Darcy, Christine T. (December 28, 2007). "[OregonArts] Oregon Arts Commission Awards Artist Fellowships". Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  6. "Fine Arts Fac Staff". www.lanecc.edu. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  7. "Kate Ali". The Register-Guard. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  8. "ArtCore". Lane Arts Council. March 24, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  9. Notman, Alex (August 13, 2014). "Bringing Art Back". www.eugeneweekly.com. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  10. Keefer, Bob (May 4, 2017). "Oregon Country Fair cancels story pole". www.eugeneweekly.com. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  11. "Shelter In Place: Brick and Mortar". Gray Space. August 18, 2017. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  12. "Public Work". Kate Ali. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  13. "Kate Ali, Dining Dynamics". oregonartsblog.typepad.com. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  14. "Kate Ali, Ear to Wall". oregonartsblog.typepad.com. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  15. Notman, Alex (August 13, 2014). "Bringing Art Back". www.eugeneweekly.com. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
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