Tilly woodward biography

visual artistArt center director

Tilly Woodward, American visual artist, art center director. Recipient fellowship Mid-American Arts Alliance/National Endowment for Arts, 1984, project grant Iowa Arts Council, 1992, Edmundson award Des Moines Art Center, 1993, fellowship Arts Midwest/National Endowment for Arts, 1996.

Background

Woodward, Tilly was born on March 7, 1957 in Monticello, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Charles Clinton and Carol Emily (Klein) Woodward.

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Kansas City (Missouri) Art Institute, 1980. Master of Fine Arts, University Kansas, Lawrence, 1982.

Career

Drawing and design instructor, Richland Community College, Decatur, Illinois, 1982-1983; artists' assistant, Peter Voulkos/Jim Leedy, Kansas City, Missoury, 1983-1984; artist in education, Young Audiences and Missouri Arts Council, Kansas City, 1985-1990; visual arts instructor, Mattie Rhodes Counseling and Art Center, Kansas City, 1986-1990; director, Pella (Iowa) Cmty. Art Center, since 1991. Adjunct instructor painting and drawing Kansas City The Art Institute of Chicago, 1988.

Access to the arts panelist Iowa Arts Council, Des Moines, 1996-1997. Visiting artist Dubuque Public Schools, 1992-1993, Des Moines Art Center, 1991, 96, Pella Cmty. Elementary Schools, 1994-1995, Iowa State University, Ames, 1994, Jeanne Burkle Women's Center, Grinnell, Iowa, 1995, South Eastern College, Burlington, Iwoa, 1995, Control College, Pella, 1995, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, 1996.

Common Ground Conference Des Moines, 1996, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1997, Brunnier Museum, Iowa State University, 1997, Mount Mercy College, 1997, others.

Achievements

• Tilly Woodward has been listed as a notable Visual artist, art center director by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Steven Christopher Bell, May 5, 1980. Children: Adrian Mercedes Woodward Bell, Walker Farnsworth Woodward Bell.

Father:

Charles Clinton Woodward

Mother:

Carol Emily (Klein) Woodward

Spouse:

Steven Christopher Bell

child:

Adrian Mercedes Woodward Bell Woodward

child:

Walker Farnsworth Woodward Bell Woodward