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Dana Boussard is a nationally renowned artist with artwork in the collections of private, corporate and public buildings throughout the country.  She has an active studio practice as well as a long career in public art.

She creates installations on commission from architects, designers liturgical entities and individuals.  Working in both textile murals and stained glass, examples of her large scaled work can be seen in the Anchorage International Airport, The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, AARP Headquarters, Washington D.C., The Casey Foundation, Seattle WA, Holy Spirit Catholic Parish, Gt. Falls, MT, Timberline Lodge, Mt. Hood OR, Denver National Bank, and the Montana State Library, Helena, MT among others.

Her studio pieces, which include paintings and drawings as well as glass and textile works, have been hung in gallery and museum exhibitions throughout the U.S. and abroad.  She represented Montana in an exhibition at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., and her work was selected for exhibition at the Drawing Center in New York City.

Boussard is a recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Florence Trust in London and the Western States Arts Federation.  She has received the Montana Governors Award for the Arts and the Fine Arts Outstanding Alumni award at the University of Montana.a

Her work has been featured in Big Sky Journal, Southwest Art Magazine, Pacific Northwest Magazine and the New York Times.  Her glass installations have thrice been featured in articles and on the cover of Glass Art Magazine and her work has been selected to illustrate tae covers of numerous books.

Early in her career, she taught in the New York Artist in the Schools Program and then later, was one of the first Artist in the Schools recipients in Montana. Boussard understood early the importance of the arts in education and continues to this day to donate her expertise to the enhancement of  public school programs. She has become a vocal supporter of the arts, and has lobbied in Washington D.C. for the National Endowment for the Arts.  Together with The O’Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West, she produced Montana Defined by Images, an educational film documenting the work of Montana artists and the relationship of that work to the environment of the State.

Boussard has lectured and published numerous articles about the value of art in society.  She continues to remain excited about art and maintains her active working studio on a sixty-acre ranch 20 miles north of Missoula.

RESUME

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

• 2021 Speyer Foundation, Helena, Montana
• 2017 Holy Spirit Catholic Parish, Great Falls, Montana
• 2011 1st Interstate Bank, Missoula, Montana
• 2010 University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho
• 2010 Holy Spirit Catholic Parish, Great Falls, Montana
• 2004 Big Bend College, Moses Lake, Washington
• 2002 Great Falls Surgery Center, Great Falls, Montana
• 2001 Anchorage Health Science Lab, Anchorage, Alaska
• 2000 The Casey Foundation, Seattle, Washington
• 1999 Rocky Mountain College, Billings Montana
• 1998 Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minnesota
• 1997 State of Washington, Public Art Program
• 1996 University of Montana School of Business, Missoula, Montana
• 1995 Arthur Anderson Advertising, Denver, Colorado
• 1995 Oregon Health Sciences Facility, Oregon State University, Portland
• 1994 MCI Communications, Corporate Headquarters, Colorado Springs, Colorado
• 1993 State of Idaho, Statehouse Murals, Boise, Idaho
• 1993 West One Bank Corporate Headquarters, Boise, Idaho
• 1993 Sonora Desert Club, Scottsdale, Arizona
• 1991 AARP, Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
• 1991 The Bank of Las Vegas, Nevada
• 1990 Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Helena, Montana
• 1989 University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska
• 1988 Robert Redford, Malibu, California
• 1987 Mr. & Mrs. Carroll O'Connor, Los Angeles, California
• 1987 Rainer Bank, Seattle, Washington
• 1986 US West Corporation, Denver, Colorado
• 1986 St. Joseph Church, Glass Installation, Choteau, Montana
• 1985 Kaiser Permanente, Denver, Colorado Mountain Bell, Denver, Colorado
• 1985 SAFECO Insurance Company, Seattle, Washington
• 1984 Montana Justice Building, Helena, Montana
• 1983 Beneficial Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware
• 1983 Timberline Lodge, Mt. Hood, Oregon
• 1982 Denver National Bank, Denver, Colorado
• 1982 Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, Alaska
• 1981 Educational Facilities, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
• 1980 Wells Fargo Bank, Torrance, California
• 1980 Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles, California
• 1980 Miller, Young, Holbrook Law Firm, Washington, D.C.
• 1979 Council Chambers, City Hall, Boise, Idaho

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

• 2020 DUNEDIN FINE ARTS CENTER, Dunedin, FL
• 2020 HOLTER MUSEUM, Speaking Volumes, Helena, MT
• 2018 MONTANA TRIENNIAL, Missoula, MT
• 2018 SITE: Brooklyn, New York, NY
• 2015 ART MUSEUM, Missoula, Montana
• 2014 THE DRAWING CENTER, New York, NY
• 2013 GOTTHELF GALLERY, San Diego, CA
• 2013 CENTER FOR ART, Lewis & Clark College, Lewiston, ID
• 2008 HOLTER MUSEUM of ART, Helena, Montana
• 2007 MERIDIAN FOUNDATION, National Museum of China, Beijing
• 2006 HEIDI CHO GALLERY, New York City, New York
• 2004 TACOMA ART MUSEUM, Tacoma Washington
• 2003 DENISE ROBERGE GALLERY, Palm Desert, California
• 2001 GROVELAND GALLERY, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• 1999 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS, Washington, D.C.
• 1998 EITELJORG MUSEUM, New Art From the West, Indianapolis, Indiana
• 1996 SANDY CARSON GALLERY, Denver, Colorado
• 1995 SOF A Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois
• 1994 FOSTER/WHITE GALLERY, Seattle/Kirkland, Washington
• 1994 CANADIAN CRAFT MUSEUM Storytelling in the Northwest, Vancouver
• 1989 OAXACA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Oaxaca, Mexico
• 1988 MONTANA TOURING EXHIBITION, Tokyo and Kumamoto, Japan
• 1988 ART MUSEUM OF SOUTH TEXAS, Corpus Christi, Texas
• 1987 MUNSON GALLERY, Santa Fe, New Mexico
• 1984 ZHENJING ACADEMY OF ART, Hangzhou, China
• 1983 MODERN MASTERS TAPESTRIES, New York, New York
• 1978 HERBERT A. JOHNSON MUSEUM, Ithaca, New York
• 1977 ART GALLERY/UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, Houston, Texas
• 1977 CONTEMPORARY PAPER WORKS, Woman's Building, Los Angeles, CA
• 1975 JPL ART GALLERY, London, England
• 1975 FAIRTREE GALLERY, New York, New York
• 1975 FOUNTAIN GALLERY, Portland, Oregon
• 1974 SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF ART, San Francisco, California
• 1974 MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS, New York, New York
• 1973 TACOMA ART MUSEUM, Tacoma, Washington
• 1972 HENRY GALLERY, Women in Art, Seattle, Washington
• 1972 AMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL, Invitational, New York, New York
• 1972 WILLIAM SAWYER GALLERY, San Francisco, California
• 1972 PORTLAND ART MUSEUM, Portland, Oregon
• 1971 MINNEAPOLIS ART INSTITUTE, Minneapolis, Minnesota

GRANTS & AWARDS

• 2005 Missoula Cultural Council Outstanding Cultural Achievement Award
• 2003 Fine Arts Outstanding Alumni Award, University of Montana, Missoula
• 1991 Studio Fellowship, Florence Trust, London, England
• 1987 Montana Governor's Award for the Arts, Visual Arts Recipient
• 1980 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
• 1975 Western States Arts Federation Fellowship

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• 2022 Cover Art, Aviary, Deirdre McNamer, Milkweed
• 2017 Featured article, Big Sky Journal, August Issue
• 2017 Feature article, Glass Art Magazine
• 2009 Feature Article, Ministry and Liturgy Magazine,
• 2009 Cover & Feature Article, Glass Art Magazine
• 2007 Feature Art, M.J. Murdock Trust, Messages From Idaho
• 2000 Cover & Feature Article, Glass Art Magazine
• 2000 Featured Article, National Women in The Arts Museum, spring magazine
• 1996 Cover Art/Feature article, Intermountain Woman Magazine, June/July
• 1996 Feature article, Big Sky Journal, spring
• 1994 Cover/Feature article, West, Magazine, November
• 1994 Feature article, Pacific Northwest Magazine, October
• 1993 Article, Southwest Art Magazine, October
• 1986 Cover/Illustrations, FOOLS CROW, James Welch, Viking
• 1982 Cover/article, American Craft Magazine, December